Tennessee man was sentenced Thursday to 27 years in prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for extorting and threatening multiple minors into performing sexual acts on camera, officials stated. According…
Texas Man Guilty of Hate Crime, Killing One Person, Injuring Four
Federal officials stated that a Dallas man pleaded guilty Thursday to federal hate crime charges arising from a fatal shooting at a car repair shop. Anthony Paz Torres, 38, pleaded guilty to…
MS-13 Gang Member “Spooky” Sentenced to 28 Years for Racketeering, Including Murder
A Maryland man was sentenced Wednesday to 28 years in prison for racketeering conspiracy, including murder, related to his participation in the La Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang, officials stated. According to court…
JUST SAYING: Powerful Words from the Bench During Alex Murdaugh’s Double-Murder Sentencing
Six months ago, Judge Clifton Newman slammed Alex Murdaugh with the maximum penalty of two consecutive life sentences for murdering his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul. “I sentence you to prison for…
Cash-for-Opioids Pharmacist Guilty of Illegally Dispensing More Than 100,000 Pills.
A federal jury in Houston convicted a Texas pharmacist Wednesday for her role in a pill-mill pharmacy that unlawfully dispensed over 100,000 opioid pills in exchange for cash, officials stated. According to…
Tennessee Man Sentenced to Six Years in Prison for Jan. 6 Riot
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Tennessee man who wrote on social media about wanting to “take over the Capitol building” before the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, where he threw a flagpole at a police…
Former Alabama Corrections Lt. Guilty of Beating Restrained Inmate
Officials stated that a former Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) lieutenant pleaded guilty Wednesday to using excessive force on an inmate and lying afterward in an official report to cover up his…
Korean-Based Co. to Pay $9 Million Fine Related to Bid Rigging at U.S. Military Bases
First guilty plea and sentence in an ongoing investigation into bid rigging and related fraud at U.S. military installations in South Korea J&J Korea Inc. (J&J Korea), a company based in the…
Five Memphis Detectives Indicted for the Beating Death of 29-Year-Old Man
A federal grand jury on Tuesday in Memphis indicted five former Memphis Police Department (MPD) detectives with federal civil rights, conspiracy, and obstruction offenses resulting in the death of Tyre Nichols on…
Belize Man Sentence to 10 Years in Prison for Money Laundering for International Drug Trafficking Organizations
Federal officials stated that a Belize man was sentenced Tuesday to ten years in prison and ordered to forfeit $6 million for conspiracy to commit money laundering. He laundered millions of dollars…
Maine Man Arrested for Allegedly Using Racial Slurs and Threatening Blacks
Federal officials stated that a Maine man was arrested Tuesday on federal charges for sending a threatening voicemail to a neighbor. According to the indictment, Charles Allen Barnes, 47, of Lewiston, allegedly…
Calif Businessman Sentenced to 15 Months in Prison for Failing to Report $9 Million in Income
SANTA ANA, California The owner of a Newport Beach-based artificial turf company was sentenced last week to 15 months in federal prison for failing to report nearly $9 million in income his…