BY RAUL HERNANDEZ [email protected] OXNARD, CALIFORNIA — An internal administrative investigation continues surrounding allegations against some Oxnard Police Department officers who allegedly have so-called shooting tattoos put on their left shoulders after…
Two Men Who Allegedly Used an ATM Investment Con to Make $100 Million Charged With Fraud
LOS ANGELES – Two San Fernando Valley men allegedly involved in a lease-back ATM business that turned out to be a Ponzi scheme were charged Tuesday with fraud, officials said. Joel Barry Gillis,…
A former USC Professor Sentenced to Five Years for Engaging in Sex with Minors
WASHINGTON – A former University of Southern California professor who was on the FBI’s Most Wanted was sentenced to five years in prison for traveling to the Philippines to have sex with…
Former Cop and Ex-Professional Football Player Indicted for Rape and Drug Dealing
NEW ORLEANS, LA— A former St. Bernard deputy sheriff and former New Orleans Saints player were Monday indicted for drug distribution and obstruction charges Brandon Licciardi, age 29 of Meraux, Louisiana, and Darren…
Paying It Forward With The Gift of a College Education
Other Voices is an opinion column that provides a forum where different viewpoints can be expressed by people from all political, socio-economic, ethnic and cultural backgrounds. BY ARMANDO VAZQUEZ Legend has…
L.A. Deputy Gets 18 Months in Prison for His Role in Hiding an FBI Informant
LOS ANGELES – The seventh and last deputy in the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department who was convicted of obstruction of a civil rights investigation into misconduct at the Men’s Central Jail…
Judge Guilty of Arranging Arrest of Woman Who He Had Sexually Propositioned
ROME, GA — A federal jury found former Murray County Chief Magistrate Judge Bryant L. Cochran guilty for arranging the false arrest of a woman who alleged that she had been sexually propositioned by…
Venezuelan Who Made Repeated Death Threats After Sandy Hook Shootings Pleads Guilty
CONNECTICUT – A Venezuelan man who made threatening phone calls to residents of Newton, Connecticut, shortly after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting plead guilty Thursday, officials announced Friday. Wilfrido A. Cardenas…
Gang Arrests Made Involving Cross-Country Sex Trafficking of 100 Women and Underaged Girls
SAN DIEGO—Twenty—two alleged gang members of the “Tycoons”and gang associates are charged in a federal indictment with racketeering conspiracy involving the cross-country sex trafficking of underage girls, officials said. Many of the girls…
Drug Dealer Admits Selling “Molly” to Concert Goer Who Died of Drug Overdose
NEW YORK – A 24-year-old drug dealer who sold the drug “Molly” to a concert-goer who died as a result plead guilty to conspiring to distribution of narcotics, said officials. Patrick Morgan…
First Time Federal Conviction of a Website Owner For Using Site For Prostitution
WASHINGTON—A California man plead guilty Thursday in connection with his operation of the myRedBook.com website to facilitate prostitution, officials said. This represents the first federal conviction of a website operator for facilitation…
Woman Who Used Her Ranch to Hide Illegal Immigrants Forfeits 76-Acre Ranch
SAN DIEGO – A 47-year-old woman who used her ranch hide illegal immigrants was ordered to forfeit her 73-acre ranch to the U.S. government, officials said. On Wednesday, a federal jury convicted…