LOS ANGELES In eight new cases filed in recent weeks – five resulting from FBI-led investigations and three from investigations led by Homeland Security Investigations – nine defendants are accused of exploiting…
El Paso Border Patrol Agent Indicted for Allegedly Using Excessive Force
A federal grand jury in El Paso, Texas returned a three-count indictment that was unsealed Monday, charging a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer with using excessive force, officials stated. Miguel Delgado…
Former New Orleans Officer Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Sexually Assaulting 15-Year-Old Girl
A former police officer with the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) was sentenced in federal court to 14 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old crime victim in violation of her…
Former Kentucky Prison Supervisor Convicted of Covering Up Brutal Assaults on Inmates
KENTUCKY After a six-day trial, a federal jury convicted former Bureau of Prisons Lieutenant Kevin Pearce, 38, of covering up a brutal beating of inmates, officials stated. two counts of obstruction for…
Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol Agents Led Nation in Apprehension of Illegal Gang Members
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector leads the nation in gang member encounters this fiscal year with 181 of the 282 total, federal officials announced Monday. Gang encounters are up 3.5 percent…
To Protect and Serve: 11 East Cleveland police officers indicted on civil rights violations after video captures shocking brutality
By John H. Tucker, cleveland.com CLEVELAND, Ohio – One officer stomped on a victim as he was being pushed to the ground. Another kicked a kneeling victim from behind. Another unleashed a…
Convicted Killer Paul Flores Gets 25 Years to Life for the 1996 Murder of College Student Kristin Smart
California Superior Court Judge Jennifer O’Keefe sentenced Paul Flores, the man convicted of killing Kristin Smart, to 25 years to life in prison, according to ABC News. The Monterey County judge rejected…
Physician Convicted of $5 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme, Facing Up to 110 Years in Prison
A federal jury convicted a physician Friday for a $5 million healthcare fraud scheme, officials stated According to evidence presented at trial, Frederick Gooding, 71, of Wilmington, Delaware, owned and operated a…
Former L.A. Resident Arrested for Alleged Multimillion-Dollar Scam Targeting Orthodox Jewish Community
LOS ANGELES A former resident of the Fairfax District of Los Angeles has been arrested on a criminal complaint alleging he defrauded investors, primarily members of the Orthodox Jewish community, officials stated…
Mississippi Man Sentenced to More Than 3 Years in Prison for a Cross-Burning, Hate Crime
A Mississippi man was sentenced Thursday for burning a cross in his front yard to intimidate a Black family, federal officials stated. U.S. District Judge Halil S. Ozerden sentenced Axel Cox to…
Three Mexicans Allegedly Possessed a Million Fentanyl Pills in Their Car
LOS ANGELES Three Mexican men arrested in El Monte on Wednesday for allegedly possessing 1 million fentanyl pills have been charged in a criminal complaint with violating federal drug laws, the Justice…
International Mexican Drug Trafficker Guilty, Facing Life in Prison
WASHINGTON D.C. A narcotrafficker pleaded guilty Wednesday to international cocaine trafficking conspiracy, officials stated. According to court documents, beginning in the 1980s through 2017, Raul Flores-Hernandez, aka El Tio, 70, led a…