A federal judge sentenced a Houston psychiatrist today to 12 years in prison for her role in a $158 million Medicare fraud scheme involving false claims for mental health treatment, according to officials.
Just Saying: Jane Laut’s Sweet Deal, The Olympian, and Website Updates
It was a sweet deal.
Jane Laut who killed her husband Dave Laut, a 1984 Olympic bronze star medalist, would get six years in prison if she would plea guilty to voluntary manslaughter.
The deal was all but gift wrapped: Prosecutors also agreed not to tack on the use of a weapon during the commission of a felony crime. This would mean that Laut would be eligible for parole after serving about half of the six-year sentence.
Jane Laut, however, refused the offer.
Cop Shot fellow Officer During Drug Bust
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —A day after the city settled with an undercover detective shot by his own lieutenant in a drug bust gone horribly wrong, lapel camera video from the incident was released.
As racial hate groups rise, strategies to shut them down
JUDY WOODRUFF: The Klux Klan and other white supremacist groups have gained more attention in the news recently, but as special correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault explains, the national undercurrent of racism may be…
Man Convicted of Choking and Hitting Fellow Airline Passenger Over Reclined Seat, Flight Had to Return to LAX
A Northern California man has been convicted of a federal assault charge for choking and hitting a fellow passenger on a flight from Los Angeles to San Francisco.
Lawrence Wells, Jr., 54, of Richmond, California, was convicted by a jury Wednesday.
Reputed Texas Mexican Mafia Gang Member Arrested for Killing Cop
A purported hit man for the Texas Mexican Mafia has been indicted on racketeering charges in connection with the 2014 slaying of a Balcones Heights police officer.
A new federal indictment filed against Ruben “Menace” Reyes, 36, lays out the killing of Officer Julian Pesina as one of the overt violent acts or pattern of criminal acts Reyes is accused of as part of the gang’s alleged racketeering.
Jury Convicts Man of Racially Motivated Hate Crime for “Stomping” and “Kicking” Black Victim at a Bar
IOWA A man who repeatedly stomped on and kicked the head of an African-American man because of the victim’s race was convicted of a racially motivated hate crime today by a jury…
Man Who Was Involved in a $9 Million Bank Fraud Ripoff Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges
LOS ANGELES A man who was a vice president of an Ontario-based wholesale equipment company plead guilty today to federal charges in connection with a bank fraud scheme that resulted in more…
County Attorney Press Conference: No charges against Minneapolis police officers in Jamar Clark shooting
No charges will be filed against the two Minneapolis officers involved in the shooting death last fall of Jamar Clark, Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman announced Wednesday, citing DNA and other evidence showing Clark was not handcuffed during the altercation and he refused to let go of an officer’s holstered gun during the late-night struggle outside an apartment building.
Aryan Brotherhood prison gang’s “Dirty Red” Sentenced to Prison for Maiming and Kidnapping former Member
A Universal Aryan Brotherhood prison gang member was sentenced to 21 years and 10 months in prison for maiming and kidnapping a former Aryan gang member, according to officials.
Ronnie Dean Haskins II, aka Dirty Red, 43, of Oklahoma, was sentenced Tuesday for conspiring to conduct a racketeering enterprise and related criminal charges, officials said.
Man gets 10-year sentence for drunk-driving crash that killed four
While her father’s and children’s killer may have received a 10-year prison term, Jennifer Neville-Lake is already serving a kind of life sentence.
Her last moments with her two youngest children were in the hospital, their beds next to each other and their hands intertwined, as they were taken off life support while family and friends sang “Over the Rainbow.”
Former City Employee Who Stole Cash Payments Made by Utility Customers Sentenced to 21 Months in Prison
Former city employee who stole cash payments made by utility customers was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison, according to officials.
Ernesto Valdez, Jr. was sentenced Monday for embezzling more than $33,000 from the City, announced U.S. Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs this week.