NEW ORLEANS – Houston Police Officer Noe Juarez, 46, and Mexican citizen Sergio Grimaldo, 32, were charged with conspiracy to distribute 10 pounds or more of cocaine, federal officials in New Orleans…
Man Sentenced to Six Years for Threatening to Blow Up Federal Judges
LAS VEGAS, NV—A Las Vegas man who told federal homeland security officials on June 3, 2014, that he had placed explosives under the desks of two federal district court judges in Las…
NY Robber Gets 16 Life Sentences Plus 40 Years for Robbing Businesses Including Seven Banks
NEW YORK – A resident of Bronx, who committed a series of armed robberies, including seven banks and restaurants, got a lengthy prison that prosecutors said will send a message “brazen acts…
Artist Vincent Van Gogh Was a Preacher, Had Problems with the Ladies and Sold One Painting
In the winter of 1878, Bio states that Van Gogh, the preacher, volunteered to move to an impoverished coal mine in the south of Belgium, a place where preachers were usually sent…
U.S. Wants to Extradite Former Salvadoran Military Officer for Jesuit Massacre
NORTH CAROLINA – The U.S. wants to extradite a former Salvadoran military officer to Spain to face charges for participating in the 1989 massacre of six Jesuit priests in El Salvador during the…
Former Clerk Who Stole From City By Giving Herself Unearned Pay Raise, Overtime Sentenced
WICHITA, KS—A former city clerk of Altoona, Kan., was sentenced Tuesday to six months in jail for bank fraud, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said. She also was ordered to pay more than…
Oxnard Activist: “…in the name of justice and love stop the killings”
Other Voices is an opinion column that provides a criminal justice forum where different viewpoints can be expressed by people from all political, socio-economic, ethnic and cultural backgrounds. BY: ARMANDO VAZQUEZ The…
ICE Arrests Nearly 1,000 gang members and Associates from 239 Different Gangs
WASHINGTON — Nearly 1,000 gang members and associates from 239 different gangs were arrested in 282 cities across the U.S. during Project Wildfire, a six-week operation led by the U.S. Immigration and…
Clothing Factory Manager Indicted for Offering Bribe to Labor Investigator
LOS ANGELES – The manager of Seven-Bros Enterprises in La Puente, Howard Quoc Trinh, 41, of Arcadia, was indicted for offering $10,000 in bribes to a Department of Labor Wage and Hour Investigator,…
The “Taco Beat,” the FBI and Ferguson
BY RAUL HERNANDEZ Notebookventura@gmail.com “You ever heard of the Taco Beat?” I asked a young Hispanic newspaper reporter attending the National Association of Hispanic Journalists in Anaheim in 2013. He looked at me…
“Shooting Tattoos” Investigation of Police Nears Completion; Grant for Body Cameras Submitted
OXNARD, CALIF. – An internal investigation of the Oxnard Police Department related to the so-called shooting tattoos that are “earned” if an officer is involved in a shooting is expected to be completed…
DOJ’s First Online Marketplace Prosecution Results in E-Commerce Seller Admitting to Price Fixing
WASHINGTON—A former executive of an e-commerce business that sold posters, prints and framed art admitted that he conspired with others to fix the prices of posters sold through Amazon Marketplace, the officials…