FRESNO, CA—A federal judge sentenced a former detective with the Fresno Police Department’s Vice and Intelligence Unit to two years in prison for agree close a drug investigation in exchange for a…
N.Y. State Senator and Son Indicted for Extorting Businesses
NEW YORK – New York State Senator Dean Skelos and his son, Adam Skelos, were arrested Monday for allegedly extorting people who were doing business in the state, according to authorities. The…
Comptroller Who Embezzled $3.3 Million Sentenced to Prison
SANTA ANA, CALIF. –The former controller of a company that provides supervision services, including electronic monitoring programs, to courts and probation departments was sentenced to three years and a month in prison after…
Why We Distrust and Fear the Cops In Oxnard and Throughout the Nation
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 All…
Alleged Guatemalan Drug Leader Extradited to U.S., Arraigned in Federal Court
WASHINGTON D.C. – An alleged leader of an international drug trafficking organization based in Guatemala was extradited to the U.S. last week, officials announced. Eliu Elixander Lorenzana-Cordon, 43, was arrested in Guatemala on…
“2 Much” Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison for Sex Trafficking of Child
ALEXANDRIA, VA— A federal court judge sentenced Lenny Paul Haskins, 34, also known as “2 Much,” of Las Vegas, Nevada, and Richmond, California, to 40 years in prison for sex trafficking of a…
Gang Member Who Murdered Two People and Wounded Federal Agents Sentenced to Life
SAN FRANCISCO – A San Francisco gang member who murdered two people and later, shot and wounded federal agents who came to arrest him with an AK-47 was sentenced Friday to life…
Disbarred Lawyer Sent to Prison for Tax and Bank Fraud Involving His Properties
BOSTON —A Boston area attorney, who was disbarred in 2007 after practicing law for more than three decades, was sentenced to federal prison this week for tax and bank fraud violations, officials said….
DOJ Will Spend $20 Million on Body Cameras, Part of a $75 Million, Three-Year Investment
WASHINGTON D.C. – The federal government will begin a $20 million body camera pilot program that is part of President Obama’s proposal to invest $75 million over three years, which will buy 50,000…
Woman Ripped Off Medicare for $3.5 Million By Running a Wheelchair Scam
LOS ANGELES – A Hawthorne woman who ran a company that submitted more than $7 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare – primarily for power wheelchairs that were not needed by patients…
13 Current and Former Cops Indicted for Protecting a Phony Drug Organization
WASHINGTON D.C.—Thirteen current and former law enforcement officers and two other individuals were indicted and arrested for allegedly protecting narcotics shipments and cash proceeds for what they believed was a large-scale drug…