A police officer employed by the Los Angeles Unified School District was taken into federal custody this morning after being named in an indictment that charges him with the attempted sex trafficking of a child, according to officials.
Feds: Pilot Charged with Flying Private Jet With Passengers and Not Having a Valid FAA License
LOS ANGELES An Irvine man was arrested today on federal charges of illegally flying a twin-engine Falcon 10 turbojet airplane with passengers onboard without having a valid pilot’s license from…
Clothing Factory Manager Guilty of Offering $10,000 Bribe to Federal Inspector
A jury Tuesday found the manager of Seven-Bros Enterprises in La Puente, Howard Quoc Trinh, 42, of Arcadia, guilty of offering to pay $10,000 in bribes to a Department of Labor Wage and Hour Investigator to close an investigation, officials said.
Prison Guard Who Stole Inmate’s Gold Plated Grill Designed to Cover Teeth Sentenced to Four Years in Federal Prison
U.S. District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced Jason Dean to four years and three months in prison after the former prison guard admitted stealing an inmate’s gold plate used to cover teeth from an inmate, according to officials.
The 30-year-old Dean, of Henderson, North Carolina, was also given three years of supervised release, officials said.
Lawsuit: Off-Duty Cop Working Security at Walmart Severely Beats Man Who He Falsely Accused of Stealing Tomato
A local man said an off-duty police officer working security for Walmart severely beat him after he was falsely accused of stealing a tomato.
After he was handcuffed to his hospital bed with a broken leg and severed artery, Tyrone Carnegay told Channel 2’s Craig Lucie he spent three days in jail and the charges were dropped.
11 Men Arrested for Trading Child Pornography via Peer-to-Peer-File-Sharing Programs
Authorities today arrested 11 defendants who are accused of using peer-to-peer file-sharing programs to receive and possess – and, in some cases, distribute – child pornography.
Dentist Who Billed Medicaid for $407,000 for Work He didn’t Do Charged with Medicaid Fraud
OHIO Federal authorities charged a Cleveland Dentist for billing Medicaid $407,000 for work never done, such as fillings on patients with dentures, officials announced this week. Robert Rouzaud, 59, operated Five Points Dental…
One judge is Responsible for Most of the Student Debt-related Arrests in America
In February, a guy in Houston was arrested by U.S. Marshals for failing to show up to court to pay off student debt he owed from the ‘80s.
I wrote a followup story suggesting that if this was one district, it was possible there were hundreds of such arrests occurring across the country.
I was wrong.
Mali Man Sentenced to 25 Years for Murdering a U.S. Diplomat Stationed in Niger
A federal judge sentenced a Mali man to 25 years in prison for conspiracy to murder a U.S. diplomat in Niger in 2000, officials announced today.
Alhassane Ould Mohamed, aka Cheibani, 46, a citizen of Mali, was sentenced in federal court.
Russia Arrests Scientologist for Stealing $2 Million and Giving to Church
A woman is accused of defrauding apartment buyers, taking their deposits, and giving much of it to the church in Moscow.
Authorities in Russia say a woman stole money given to her for dream homes and donated it to the Church of Scientology.
Sheepdog heads home to Aberystwyth 240 miles
A sheepdog originally from a farm in Ceredigion appears to have made the 240-mile solo journey back to its birthplace from its new home in Cumbria.
Pero, a four-year-old working sheepdog, escaped from Cockermouth on 8 April only to reappear on the doorstep of Alan and Shan James’ Farm near Aberystwyth a fortnight later.
City Official Arrested and Charged with Stealing More than $21,000 from Police Pension Fund
Police today arrested James Griegel, 71, of Sauk Village, for embezzlement in connection with the alleged looting of the Sauk Village police pension of more than $21.000, according to officials.