NEW YORK – Three leaders of a Peruvian terrorist organization, the Shining Path, were charged with terrorism, narcotics and weapons crimes, authorities announced this week. The three – Florindo Eleuterio Flores-Hala, whose…
Getting Inside Some Courthouses and Courtrooms is Getting Harder Despite Supreme Court Decisions
“With certain very limited exceptions, each step of the federal judicial process is open to the public. Many federal courthouses are historic buildings, and all are designed to inspire in the public a respect for the tradition and purpose of the American judicial process,” according to court officials.
Seven Colombians Extradited to U.S. to Face Charges for Killing DEA Agent
VIRGINIA – Seven Colombian nationals who stabbed to death a DEA special agent were extradited to the United States on Tuesday to face charges relating to the kidnapping and murder of Special…
Man Who Used Racial Slurs and Assaulted Two Black Female Hurricane Relief Workers Pleads Guilty
LOUISIANA – A man who used racial slurs and assaulted two black female hurricane relief workers plead guilty Wednesday to two counts of federal civil rights violations, federal officials said. As part…
U.S. Marshals Arrest 104 Violent Fugitives in the Sacramento and Oakland Area
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – U.S. Marshals ended a two-week operation which resulted in the arrest of 104 wanted violent fugitives, including two dozen gang members, authorities announced Tuesday. The U.S. Marshals Service’s Pacific…
Senator Indicted for Allegedly Lying to the FBI About Payments to a Lobbying Firm
A federal grand jury indicted New York State Senator Thomas W. Libous for making false statements to the FBI in connection with an investigation about payments he allegedly had a Albany lobbying…
Man Who Damaged Planned Parenthood Clinic With Hatchet Given Probation
INDIANA — A man who broke into a Planned Parenthood plead guilty Tuesday in federal court to damaging the property of a reproductive health services with a hatchet because of the services…
Man Who Threatened to Blow Up a Synagogue Gets Prison Sentence
HOUSTON – A man who threatened to blow up a synagogue was sentenced Monday to two years and nine months behind bars. U.S. District Judge Kenneth M. Hoyt sentenced Dante Phearse, 33,…
Supreme Court Tosses Out Contraceptive Mandate for Some Corporations
The nation’s highest court affirmed a birth-control exemption for some corporations including the Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. on Monday. The Supreme Court’s decision tossed out a mandate that requires family-owned corporations who are…
Al Qaida Wannabe Sentenced to Prison for Supporting Terrorist Group
LOS ANGELES – An Orange County man who admitted that he intended to assist al-Qaida by traveling to Pakistan, where he would provide weapons training to members of the terrorist group, was…
Alleged Mastermind of Benghazi Attack In Federal Court; Indictment Unsealed
WASHINGTON D.C. — The terrorist who was allegedly responsible for the attacks in Benghazi, Libya two years ago made his first court appearance Saturday in federal court, officials said. Ahmed Abu Khatallah,…
Military Man Convicted of the Torture and Murder of his Five-year-old Daughter
HAWAII – An army man was sentenced to life in prison Friday for the murder of his five-year-old daughter who was forced to endure beatings, eat her own feces and whipped with…