WASHINGTON D.C. – A former loan officer at the Export-Import Bank of the United States plead guilty in federal court Wednesday for accepting more than $78,000 in bribes. The loan officer, in…
C.S. Lewis’ Books Were Banned In China in 1931 Because Animals Talked
The novel, “Alice in Wonderland” was written by Lewis Carroll and published in 1865. C.S. Lewis is a pseudo name; his real name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. Carroll had many jobs including;…
School Board Member Who Racked up $566,000 in Kickbacks Sent to Prison
CHICAGO—A former North Chicago school board member, and the last defendant of five, was sentenced to two years and six months in federal prison for taking at least $566,000 in kickbacks from…
Felon Arrested After Posting Hate Comments and Loading Firearm on Social Media
HOUSTON— A convicted felon was arrested Tuesday after triggering an investigation by posting several racially-laden hate messages and showing how to load a firearm on social media, officials said. Frederick Ramon Robinson,…
23 Members of a Violent Drug Ring Indicted Following 2-Year Investigation
SEATTLE – Law enforcement arrested 18 people and searched more than a dozen locations for members of a violent drug trafficking organization, according to a federal prosecutor. The organization distributed cocaine, heroin…
Convicted Bank Robber, Drug Dealer Convicted in $1 Million Tax Fraud
OREGON – Four Portland residents who filed 208 false federal income tax returns that included fraudulent claims for tax refunds between $3,000 and $9,000 per return were sentenced to prison, according to…
Oxnard Police Crisis Intervention Training is a Fraud
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 As…
Former Prison Doctor Turned Phony Minister Tried to Cheat IRS and Other Federal Agencies
PHILADELPHIA — A doctor who tried to cheat creditors including IRS and the Department of Health and Human services out of hundreds of thousands of dollars was sentenced to three years and five months…
The Mayor of Spring Valley New York Convicted of Bribery
NEW YORK – The mayor of the Village of Spring Valley was found guilty Monday of engaging in a bribery scheme in which she negotiated 50 percent stake for herself in a development…
New York Man Sentenced to 25 Years for Trying to Join Al Qaeda
NEW YORK – A man from Long Island was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Monday for trying to join Al Qaeda. He planned to travel to Yemen, according to officials….
Tennessee Teen Arrested After Threatening to Bomb Massachusetts High Schools
TENNESSEE – A Tennessee teen was arrested last week for threatening to bomb three high schools in Whitman and Brockton, Massachusetts, officials said. “The FBI takes threats of violence to schools very…
Six Arrested for Conspiring to Help Terrorist Group ISIS
WASHINGTON D.C. – Six defendants – Zacharia Yusuf Abdurahman, 19, Adnan Farah, 19, Hanad Mustafe Musse, 19, and Guled Ali Omar, 20, – were arrested in Minneapolis , and Abdirahman Yasin Daud,…