LOS ANGELES A Texas man pleaded guilty Friday to kidnapping a 13-year-old girl at gunpoint last year in San Antonio, officials stated. Steven Robert Sablan admitted that he drove her to California,…
Calif. Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Bombing Aliso Viejo Spa That Killed His Ex-Girlfriend, Injured Two Others
LOS ANGELES A Long Beach man was sentenced to life plus an additional 30 years in federal prison for building and planting a package bomb that detonated inside an Aliso Viejo day…
DOJ Report: ‘cascading failures’ and ‘no urgency’ during Uvalde, Texas, shooting
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Police officials who responded to the deadly school shooting in Uvalde, Texas “demonstrated no urgency” in setting up a command post and failed to treat the killings…
Calif. Woman Charged with Drug-Related Crimes, Including Distributing Fentany That Resulted in a Death last year
LOS ANGELES A San Luis Obispo County woman was arraigned Wednesday on a federal grand jury indictment alleging, among other crimes, that she knowingly distributed fentanyl, the use of which resulted in…
Two Tax Shelter Promoters Sentenced to 25 Years and 23 Years for Billion-Dollar Tax Scheme
Sold Over $1.3 Billion in Fraudulent Tax Deductions Two men were sentenced today for crimes arising from their organization, promotion, and sale of abusive syndicated conservation easement tax shelters, officials stated. Jack…
Three Allegedly Operated a Multimillion-Dollar Pyramid Scheme Named 8 Figure Dream Lifestyle
WASHINGTON An indictment unsealed Friday charged a U.S. citizen residing in Canada for orchestrating a multimillion-dollar pyramid scheme named 8 Figure Dream Lifestyle LLC (8FDL). Guilty pleas by his co-conspirators, who participated…
Mexican Man Sentenced to 21 Years and Ten Months in Prison for His Role in Transporting Thousands of Pounds of Cocaine into U.S.
WASHINGTON D.C. A Mexican man was sentenced Friday to 21 years and ten months in prison and ordered to forfeit $280 million for his role in an international conspiracy to transport tens…
Man Who Used Machete to Attack Three NYPD Officers Pleaded Guilty of Attempted Murder
Trevor Bickford Traveled to the Times Square New Year’s Eve Celebration in 2022 for the Purpose of Killing U.S. Officials in the Name of Radical Islamic Jihad and Used a Machete-Style Knife…
North Carolina Man Convicted of Federal Hate Crimes for Racially Motivated Attacks Against a Black and a Hispanic Man
A jury Thursday in Greensboro, North Carolina, convicted Marian Hudak, 52, for committing a hate crime against a black man and a Hispanic man on separate occasions, officials stated. It’s one thing…
Jury Indicts Calif. Lawyer for Money Laundering, Tax Evasion and Obstructing Probe of $2 Million Payment from Swiss Oil Company
LOS ANGELES A federal grand jury indicted a Koreatown lawyer with multiple felonies arising from an alleged $2.1 million bribe. Paulinus Iheanacho Okoronkwo allegedly received the award while serving as an officer…
TSA Finds a Record Number of Guns at Airports in 2023
Airport security officers prevented passengers from carrying more than 6,700 prohibited guns onto airplanes in 2023, according to the Transportation Security Administration. READ MORE: https://abc7.com/tsa-airport-gun-chec…
U.S. Marshals Arrest More Than 73,000 Fugitives in Fiscal Year 2023, On Average 293 a Day
The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) arrested 73,362 fugitives (28,065 on federal and 45,297 on state and local warrants) in fiscal year (FY) 2023. On average, the agency arrested 293 fugitives per day…