WASHINGTON D.C. A former Arkansas State Senator was sentenced Friday to three years and ten months in prison in Arkansas for accepting multiple bribes and tax fraud, officials stated. The crimes were…
Man Involved in Causing Fatal Fetal Fentanyl Overdose Sentenced to 22 1/2 Years in Prison
LOS ANGELES A Cerritos drug trafficker was sentenced Friday to 22 1/2 years in federal prison for narcotics and firearms offenses, including providing fentanyl to a victim who later ingested the powerful…
Food Manufacturer Guilty of Having Unsanitary Plant That Resulted in 2018 Salmonella Poisoning Outbreak
ILLINOIS Food and ingredient manufacturing company Kerry Inc. plead guilty Friday to a charge that it manufactured breakfast cereal under insanitary conditions at a facility in Gridley, Illinois, officials stated. The unsanitary…
Nine Arrested for Illegally Distributing 1.5 Million Opioid Pills and Other Controlled Substances
TEXAS Nine Texas suspects were arrested this week in Houston on criminal charges related to their alleged involvement in the unlawful distribution of 1.5 million opioid pills and other controlled substances. According…
Woman Who Stole More Than $1.1 Million in Unemployment Benefits Sentenced to 41/2 Years in Prison
LOS ANGELES A Riverside County woman was sentenced Thursday to four years and six months in federal prison for her role the mastermind of an extensive conspiracy that defrauded California’s unemployment insurance…
Disbarred Lawyer Charged with Allegedly Embezzling More Than $15 Million in Client Money
LOS ANGELES A federal grand jury indicted former plaintiffs’ personal-injury lawyer Thomas Vincent Girardi for allegedly embezzling more than $15 million from several of his legal clients, the Justice Department announced Wednesday….
Former Prisoner Transportation Officer Sentenced to Prison for Subjecting Prisoners to Cruel, Unsafe and Unhealthy Conditions
NEW MEXICO A former prisoner transport officer was sentenced Wednesday to two years in federal prison, followed by one year of supervised release, for mistreating and subjecting them to cruel, unsafe, and…
Man Charged with Mail Fraud For Alleged $5.8 Million Scheme to Defraud Produce Distributor
RIVERSIDE, California A grand jury indictment alleges that a Utah man participated in a long-running scheme in which he sent fake invoices on behalf of a shell company, officials announced this week….
Former Top Guatemalan Police Official Guilty of Failing to Disclose Murder Convictions on Green Card Application
LOS ANGELES The former chief of the National Police in Guatemala’s second-largest city has been found guilty by a jury of a federal criminal charge for knowingly using a “green card” application…
Man Sentenced for Stealing Dead Married Couples’ Identity to Get Their Bank Accounts, Credit Cards and Retirement
LOS ANGELES A Marina del Ray man was sentence Monday to 45 months in federal prison for stealing the identities of a married couple who had died days earlier and then using…
Man Sentenced for Role in the Jan. 6 Capitol Breach — Entered Senate Gallery, Took Selfies
WASHINGTON D.C. A California man was sentenced Monday on a felony charge for his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Andrew Alan Hernandez and others disrupted…
Just Saying: The Police Reform Train Just Left the Station
Huffington Post: 3 Memphis Fire Dept. Workers Terminated After Failing To Render Proper Aid To Tyre Nichols Two emergency medical technicians and a lieutenant in Memphis have been fired in the wake…