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“It was a façade, a total lie”: new documents reveal how Trump University’s scam worked

Posted on June 3, 2016

Updated by Libby Nelson on June 1, 2016, 2:00 p.m. ET @libbyanelson Trump University didn’t even pretend its goal was to offer students an education. Internal documents show that it was a…

Wrong mom harassed after gorilla death at Cincinnati Zoo

Posted on June 3, 2016

A Northwest Ohio woman is speaking out after she became the target of online abuse linked to the death of a gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo.
Many people have messaged Michelle Gregg of Weston, thinking she’s the same Michelle Gregg whose son fell into a gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo on Saturday, leading officials to kill the animal.

Eight MS-13 Gang Members Convicted for Racketeering Charges After 16-Week Trial

Posted on June 2, 2016

A federal jury Wednesday convicted eight defendants of multiple charges related to a racketeering enterprise known as La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, after a 16-week trial, according to officials.

Mexican Doctors Admit Helping Rip off Insurance Company of $2.5 Million by Submitting Fraudulent Accident Claims

Posted on June 2, 2016

Two Mexican doctors — Dr. Mayolo Melchor, 59, and Dr. Bertha Hernandez-Melchor, 61, both of Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico, plead guilty Wednesday to conspiring with policyholders of the American Family Life Insurance Company to fax fraudulent claim forms and accident reports to the insurance company for accidents and injuries that never occurred.

Feds: 52-Year-Old Woman Sentenced to Seven Years for Hiring Someone to Kill Her Sister

Posted on June 2, 2016

A federal judge sentenced Houston resident Leta Faye Douglas, 52, to seven years and three months in federal prison without parole, officials announced this week.

Former L.A. Officer Admits to Trying to Smuggle Mexican Citizen into U.S. in a Spare Tire Well (News Video)

Posted on June 1, 2016

Former Los Angeles police Officer Carlos Curiel Quezada, Jr., plead guilty in federal court today on charges that he attempted to smuggle a Mexican citizen into the U.S. in the spare tire well of his car at the Otay Mesa border crossing in March of 2015.

Nine People Allegedly Involved in Multi-State Dog Fighting Network, Some of the 66 Animals Injured

Posted on June 1, 2016

Six New Jersey residents were among nine individuals charged today in four states for their alleged roles in an interstate dog-fighting network spanning from New Mexico to New Jersey, according to officials

Ex-Cop Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Critically Injuring Restrained Teen After Traffic Stop (Video)

Posted on June 1, 2016

A federal judge sentenced an Independence, Missouri police officer to four years in prison for dropping a restrained 17-year-old on the ground face-first after a traffic stop, according to officials.
Evidence indicated that the tasing of 17-year-old Bryce Masters resulted in a cardiac arr

Prosecutors Want to Stop San Bernardino Shooter’s Family from Collecting $250,000 in Life Insurance

Posted on May 31, 2016

Federal prosecutors today moved to seize two life insurance policies worth $275,000 that were held by San Bernardino terrorist and shooter Syed Rizwan Farook, federal officials said.
Before the December 2, 2015, terrorist attack at the Inland Regional Center, Farook obtained two insurance policies through his employment with San Bernardino County – one for $25,000 in 2012, and another for $250,000 in 2013.

“Diablo” Pleads Guilty to Kidnapping and Illegal Immigrant Smuggling that Resulted in Two Deaths

Posted on May 31, 2016

A former fugitive who was illegally residing in Houston entered a guilty plea today, admitting that he engaged in an alien smuggling conspiracy that resulted in two deaths and kidnapped two women, one of whom was killed, according to officials.
Noe Aranda-Soto, aka Diablo, 36, of San Carlos, Michoacan, Mexico, plead guilty to kidnapping resulting in death, use of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence resulting in death and conspiracy to transport aliens for private financial gain resulting in death.

Bank Robber Gets 75 Years in Prison for Armed Robbery and Carjacking Shootings

Posted on May 31, 2016

A federal judge sentenced Anthony Terrell Cannon, age 26, of Washington, D.C., today to 75 years in prison for conspiracy, robbery, carjacking, and two counts of discharging a gun during a crime of violence, and interstate transportation of a stolen vehicle, in connection with an armored car robbery and a carjacking in which a victim was shot in the arm and head, officials said.

Sailor Pleads Guilty to Illegally Possessing Photographs of a Nuclear Attack Submarine’s Propulsion System

Posted on May 31, 2016

A sailor admitted Friday to taking photographs with his cell phone of classified nuclear submarine instruments and equipment, officials announced.
Kristian Saucier, 29, of Arlington, Vermont, plead guilty in federal court in Connecticut to one count of unauthorized possession and retention of national defense information, according to authorities.

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