WASHINGTON D.C. An Iowa man pleaded guilty Thursday to sending a threatening communication to an election official on the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, officials stated. Mark A. Rissi also sent a…
Two Former L.A. Deputies Charged With Falsely Arresting 23-Year-Old Skateboarder
LOS ANGELES Two former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies were named in a five-count indictment for allegedly violating the civil rights of a young man at a skatepark by falsely imprisoning him…
Two Police Detectives Charged with Assault for 2020 On-Duty Shooting of Unarmed Man
LOS ANGELES COUNTY Two Whittier police detectives have been charged for their roles in the April 2020 daytime shooting that left Nicholas Carrillo paralyzed, officials stated Wednesday. “The decision by these two…
Feds: Albuquerque Police Agree to Wear Body Cameras, Create Civilian Investigative Unit
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO The Justice Department announced Wednesday that it has joined with the City of Albuquerque in filing a motion seeking a consent decree regarding the Albuquerque Police Department (APD). The…
Physician and Clinic Office Manager Convicted of Unlawful Distribution of Over 600,000 Opioid Pills
HOUSTON A federal jury convicted a Texas physician and clinic office manager Wednesday for operating a pill-mill clinic that unlawfully prescribed over 600,000 opioid pills in exchange for cash, officials stated. According…
Man Admits to Lying to FBI About His Role in Creating Fake Basquiat Paintings
LOS ANGELES A one-time auctioneer has agreed to plead guilty to lying to FBI agents about the origins of paintings attributed to Jean-Michel Basquiat that were seized last year from the Orlando…
Justice Department Distributed Over $6 Billion to Victims of State-Sponsored Terrorism
WASHINGTON D.C. The U.S. Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund (the Fund) this week notified a group of eligible claimants of upcoming payments totaling approximately $2.7 billion that the Fund will…
Calif. Man Allegedly Embezzled $2.2 Million in Cash and Real Estate from Elderly Victim
SANTA ANA, California – A Burbank man was arraigned Monday on a federal grand jury indictment alleging he embezzled about $2.2 million from a sizable estate left to an elderly man by the…
Calif. Tax Preparer Guilty of Conspiring with Social Worker to Commit Tax Fraud that Resulted in $3.8 Million in Losses
SANTA ANA, California An Orange County tax preparer pleaded guilty Monday to a federal criminal charge of participating in schemes that caused nearly $3.8 million in losses to the United States government,…
Two Former Kentucky Corrections Supervisors Guilty of Not Stopping Beating of Restrained Inmate
A former member of Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex’s (EKCC) Internal Affairs Department pleaded guilty to one count of deprivation of an inmate’s civil rights, and a former EKCC sergeant pleaded guilty to…
Farmington police shoot and kill man after responding to wrong home
According to KOB 4, around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, the Farmington Police Department was dispatched to a domestic violence call on Valley View Avenue. According to New Mexico State Police, Farmington police officers…
Los Angeles Businessman, Utah Fuel Plant Operators and Employees Sentenced to Prison for Billion-Dollar BioFuel Tax Fraud Scheme
Five individuals were sentenced this week to prison for their roles in a $1 billion biofuel tax conspiracy, officials stated Friday. The convicted felons are Lev Aslan Dermen, aka Levon Termendzhyan, 56,…