A man who burned a cross next to a mail box and in front of an interracial couple’s house was sentenced to three years in prison, officials announced today.
U.S. Judge Susan C. Bucklew sentence Pascual “Pete” Carlos Pietri, 53, of Port Richey, Florida, to federal prison for his role in a 2012 cross burning, officials said.
Police stop violent sex offender with 5 young children in car, none were his
MEMPHIS, TN (WMC) -A violent sex offender was stopped by police with five children in his car—none of them were his.
Police said Jerome Sawyer, a registered sex offender who is listed as a violent sex offender for aggravated sexual battery, was stopped on Ridgeway Road south of Winchester Road for not having a seat belt.
Leaders of Lorenzana Drug Trafficking Organization Convicted for Importing Tons of Cocaine into U.S.
Following a four-week trial, leaders of the Guatemala-based Lorenzana Drug Trafficking Organization were convicted of importing multi-tons of cocaine into the U.S, officials announced today.
Sheriff: Man killed Walmart employee, shot self
KAUFMAN, TEXAS — A man authorities say entered a Kaufman Walmart Tuesday morning and fatally targeted an employee was also awaiting indictment on assault and kidnapping charges out of Gun Barrel City.
The sheriff department confirmed authorities were called to the scene on a report of shots fired at about 9:41 a.m. Tuesday at 300 Kings Fort Parkway.
Defendant Who Ran Scam to Reduce Mortgage Payments Plead Guilty to Ripping Off More Than 1,000 Homeowners
More than 1,000 homeowners who had problems making mortgage payments believed that Ari Maleki and others could help them. The homeowners paid between $2,500 to $4,300 to get their mortgage payments reduced but ended up getting ripped off by California-based companies.
Man Who Embezzled $8 Million from Designer Jean Company is Facing Up to 20 Years in Prison
An East Los Angeles man who oversaw a scheme that embezzled more than $8 million from an industrial launderer that provided finishing services for Citizens of Humanity, a manufacturer of high-end designer jeans, is facing up to 20 years in prison.
Lawyer Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison for Sexually Exploiting Children of His Client to Produce Porn
A federal judge sentence South Dakota lawyer today to 40 years in prison after he admitted that he sexually abused many minors, who were children of one of his clients during a two year period.
Christopher R. Jansen, 35, of Selby, South Dakota, plead guilty on Nov. 17 to one count of sexual exploitation of a child and one count of distribution of material involving the sexual exploitation of minors.
Austin Fires Police Officer for Fatal Shooting of Naked Teen
Philip Jankowski and Tony Plohetski American-Statesman Staff, KVUE News Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo fired a 10-year department veteran Monday in the shooting death of an unarmed, naked teen — the outcome of an…
Federal Judge Bars Adding 13-Year-Old to State’s Sex Offender List
A federal judge has blocked Nebraska from putting a 13-year-old boy who moved here from Minnesota on its public list of sex offenders.
Senior U.S. District Judge Richard G. Kopf said if the boy had done in Nebraska exactly what he did in Minnesota he would not have been required to register as a sex offender “and he would not be stigmatized as such.”
“It therefore makes no sense to believe that the Nebraska statutes were intended to be more punitive to juveniles adjudicated out of state as compared to juveniles adjudicated in Nebraska,” the judge wrote in a 20-page order.
In Nebraska, lawmakers opted to exclude juveniles from the Nebraska Sex Offender Registration Act unless they were prosecuted criminally in adult court, even though it meant losing thousands in federal funding.
But the way the law is written made it appear that all sex offenders who move to Nebraska must register.
Audiologist Sentenced to Prison for Ripping Off Medicare for Millions of Dollars
A Florida audiologist was sentenced to seven years and 10 months in prison today for her role in a multimillion-dollar health care fraud and money laundering scheme.
U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday of Florida, who also ordered Terri L. Schneider, 57, of Lakeland, Florida, to pay $2.5 million in restitution, according to officials.
Police: Boy Killed by Arrow Probably Accidental, but Juvenile Could be Charged
West Virginia State Police said they believe the death of a 15-year-old middle school student who was struck in the head with an arrow was an accident, but a juvenile could be charged with involuntary manslaughter.
State Police said Caleb Fairchild, 15, was playing “dodging arrows” with a group of three teens in in the yard of a home near the Boone/Logan line Saturday night. An arrow struck Fairchild in the head and killed him.