Sarasota County Sheriff Kurt A. Hoffman announced Monday the results of an investigation that halted the fraudulent release of more than $4 million in CARES Act funds.
Former Social Worker Who Distributed Child Pornography Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison
SANTA ANA, California A former social worker in Orange County was sentenced Monday to eight years in federal prison for distributing computer video files that contained sexually explicit videos…
Maine Man Charged with Hate Crimes For Arson of Martin Luther King Jr. Community Presbyterian Chuch
BOSTON A Maine man was charged this week in federal court in Springfield in connection with setting the Dec. 28 fire that destroyed a predominately Black church in Springfield, Mass, officials stated….
Dominican Who Bit off Fingertip of ICE Agent Sentenced to More than Three Years in Prison
APRIL 15, 2021 NEW YORK A federal judge sentenced a Dominican national, Monday, to three years and nine months in prison, according to prosecutors. On the morning of March 3, 2019, deportation…
Man Admits to Trying to Smuggle 100 Illegal Immigrants inside Tractor-Trailer
APRIL 7, 2021LAREDO, TXHUMAN SMUGGLING/TRAFFICKING LAREDO, Texas —(PRESS RELEASE) A Houston man pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiring to transport 119 noncitizens inside a tractor-trailer. Brodrick Keith Rhodes, 32, from Houston, entered a…
Ex-Owner of Wastewater Treatment Co. Indicted for Allegedly Dumping Industrial Waste
SANTA ANA, California The former owner of a wastewater treatment facility in Orange offi has been indicted him and his company – Klean Waters, Inc. – in a scheme that discharged untreated…
Audit the Audit: Using Profane Words in Public Places
Free expression complex but exercising First Amendment is vital in a Democracy.
Man Sent Hundreds of Messages to Victims Demanding Sex and Threatening Them if They Refused
LOS ANGELES A San Gabriel Valley man was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months in federal prison for sending hundreds of messages over several years to two victims, including a teenage…
South Korean Charged with Tax Evasion, Failing to Report $2.3 Million of Interest for Seven Years
SANTA ANA, California A South Korean national who lives in Orange County has been charged with tax evasion, according to officials. Jean Guy Minn allegedly failed to report on a federal income…
Ex-L.A. Sheriff’s Deputy Sentenced to Seven Years for Leading a $2 Million Armed Robbery of Marijuana Warehouse
LOS ANGELES A former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy was sentenced Monday to seven years in federal prison for masterminding a $2 million armed robbery of a marijuana warehouse, according to officials….
Audit the Audit: Fighting Words and Yelling Profanity at Cops
Officer Swiftly Fired After Challenging Altercation
Three Women Used Names of Prison Inmates to Get COVID-19 Unemployment Benefits
RIVERSIDE, California Federal authorities this week arrested three Inland Empire residents on fraud charges, officials stated. They allegedly used information belonging to California state prison inmates to file for pandemic-related unemployment benefits,…