BY RAUL HERNANDEZ I started writing my novel The Rivera Girls in 2018, a few months after Pixar’s Coco hit theaters in November 2017. Coco went on to win Academy Awards for…
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Mexican National Pleads Guilty in $1.9 Million Drug Money Laundering Scheme Using Cryptocurrency
KENTUCKY — A Mexican national pleaded guilty Friday to participating in a conspiracy that laundered more than $1.9 million in drug trafficking proceeds collected across the United States and transferred to Mexico…
Life Sentences Handed Down to Three Gang Members in Mexican Mafia Racketeering Murder
LOS ANGELES —Three Southern California gang members were sentenced Thursday to life in federal prison for the 2017 murder in aid of racketeering tied to the Mexican Mafia, a powerful prison gang…
Man Sentenced to 27 Years for ‘DoorDash for Drugs’ Service Linked to Two Fatal Fentanyl Overdoses
A Calabasas man was sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for operating a drug delivery network dubbed “DoorDash for drugs” that distributed fentanyl-laced pills and caused two fatal overdoses in Southern California.
Life Sentence: Man Convicted in Brutal Hate Crime Stabbing on Los Angeles Metro Bus
LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles County judge sentenced Gerald Pitts to life plus seven years in state prison, with the possibility of parole, for the attempted murder of Santos Tejas Gonzalez…
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In 2008, Regent University law professor James Duane delivered a lecture that would become one of the most widely viewed legal presentations on YouTube. Titled “Don’t Talk to the Police,” the…
Federal Prison Guard, Wife Plead Guilty in Contraband Smuggling Scheme for Cash
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Florida Postal Worker Pleads Guilty After Nearly 500 Pieces of Mail Burned in Barrel
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Three Florida Men Sentenced for Trafficking Foster Care Runaways, Sexually Exploiting Teen Girls
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Philadelphia Man Sentenced to 27 Years for Child Exploitation Crimes Involving Multiple Victims
A Philadelphia man was sentenced to 27 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to child exploitation offenses, including transporting and enticing a minor for sexual abuse and producing child sexual abuse material.