LOS ANGELES – A federal grand jury Thursday indicted the chief of police for the Port of Los Angeles on corruption and tax charges, officials said. The corruption charges stem from a…
Feds: Alabama Cop Who Beat a Suspect Charged With Assault (Video)
ALABAMA – Huntsville Police Department Officer Brett Russell, 48, stated in a report that a suspect Gary Wayne Hopkins kicked officers and attempted to head butt them when they were taking him…
52-Year-old Chicago Gang Leader Sentenced to 15 Years for Drug Trafficking
CHICAGO— A high-ranking leader of the Black Disciples street gang was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in federal prison for drug trafficking, officials said. The defendant, Walter Blackman, of Gary, Indiana, pleaded…
American Gothic Models Were Artist’s Sister and His Dentist
This familiar image was exhibited publicly for the first time at the Art Institute of Chicago, winning a three-hundred-dollar prize and instant fame for Grant Wood. The impetus for the painting came…
24-year-old Woman Sentenced to 12 Years for Producing and Possessing Child Porn
OHIO – A federal judge sentenced a 24-year-old Sheffield Lake woman to 12 years and six months in prison for producing and possessing images of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, authorities said,…
Feds: Black & Decker Pays $1.5 Million for Not Reporting Safety Hazard
WASHINGTON D.C.. – Black & Decker agreed to pay a $1.5 million fine to settle allegations that it didn’t report a safety hazard on its “spontaneous ignition” cordless electric lawnmowers in a…
Mexican Nationals Who Allegedly Sold Black Tar Heroin Throughout Northern Ohio Indicted
OHIO – Three Mexican nationals were named in a 24-count indictment charging them with selling black tar heroin across Northern Ohio, federal officials said. Victor Morales-Garcia, 38, of Columbus, Mario Perez Sanchez,…
L.A. Sheriff’s Department Agrees to Policing Reforms Including Use of Excessive Force and Unlawful Search and Seizures
WASH D.C. – The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department agreed to wide-ranging police reforms in its Antelope Valley stations in the cities of Lancaster and Palmdale, federal authorities announced Tuesday. The Sheriff’s Department…
Financial Officer Admits to Stealing from Two Non-Profit Health Clinics
BIRMINGHAM—The former financial officer of two non-profit health clinics in Alabama for the poor and homeless plead guilty Monday to multiple federal charges related to a scheme to defraud millions of dollars…
Two Former Cops Who Tased Mentally Disabled Woman Sentenced to Prison
SOUTH CAROLINA – Two former police officers with the city of Marion Police Department who tased a mentally disabled woman were given prison sentences, according to federal officials. Franklin Brown, 35, and…
Gang Leader sentenced to Life in Prison Plus 55 Years for Drug Dealing and Gun Offenses
LOS ANGELES –– The leader of the Oxnard-based Colonia Chiques street gang was sentenced Monday to life without parole in federal prison, plus an additional 55-year consecutive term. Luis Manuel Tapia, 39,…
Women Who Illegally Applied and Got $2.2 Million From the Oil Spill Fund Plead Guilty
NEW ORLEANS – Two women plead guilty to fraudulently applying for financial assistance to a fund set up to help victims of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, officials announced Monday. Clara Aitch,…