TENNESSEE A former police officer with the Memphis Police Department was charged in an indictment unsealed Tuesday in federal court for sexually assaulting a woman over 20 years while he was on…
Former Chairman of Energy Co. Guilty of Duping 51 Investors Out $15 Million in Ponzi Scheme
A California man who previously served as an executive at an energy company plead guilty Tuesday to defrauding investors of more than $15 million, federal officials stated. This was part of a…
California Man Guilty of Distributing Child Porn Videos via Zoom on Online Meeting Room
LOS ANGELES A Riverside County man pleaded guilty today to a federal criminal charge for streaming sexually explicit videos of children – some of them toddlers – in a Zoom online meeting…
Man Sentenced to Two Years for Running Subscription-Based Computer Attack Platforms
LOS ANGELES An Illinois man was sentenced Monday to 24 months in federal prison for running websites that allowed paying users to launch powerful distributed denial of service, or DDoS, attacks, according…
Beverly Hills Man Wanted to Hire Hitman to Murder Woman He Briefly Dated but Later Rebuffed
LOS ANGELES A Beverly Hills man pleaded guilty Monday to a federal murder-for-hire charge, according to federal officials. Scott Quinn Berkett attempted to hire a hitman to kill a woman he…
Woman Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison for Selling More Than a Half-Pound of Meth in Front of Minors
LOS ANGELES A Riverside woman with a lengthy criminal history, including a prior drug trafficking conviction for selling methamphetamine, was sentenced Friday to 11 years in prison, federal officials stated. Prosecutors said…
Mexican Man Sentenced to More than 15 years in Prison for Producing Child Porn of Teen
LOS ANGELES A former Inglewood resident has been sentenced to 15 years and eight months in federal prison for the production of child pornography of a teenage girl, federal officials stated. The…
Feds: South Carolina Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Sex Trafficking
WASHINGTON D.C. Rodregiz Antwon Cole, 37, of Manning, South Carolina, was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison for sex trafficking a minor in Washington, D.C….
Leavenworth Prison Officials Smuggled Cell Phones, Drugs, including Meth and Tobacco , to Inmates
Four former prison officials have been sentenced to prison for smuggling drugs and other contraband into Leavenworth Detention Center, a maximum-security federal prison in Kansas, officials stated. Janna Grier, 36, of Horton,…
Department of Justice Investigating the Louisiana State Police for Civil Rights Violations
The Justice Department announced Thursday that it has opened a “pattern or practice” investigation into the Louisiana State Police. This civil investigation will assess whether Louisiana State Police Department uses excessive force…
Rio Grande Border Patrol: Thirty-Percent Increase in Border Crossings, More than 287,000 Migrants.
EDINBURG, Texas – (press release) As of the end of April 2022, Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol agents have encountered more than 287K migrants, a nearly 30 percent increase over the same…
Company Will Pay $1.25 Million to Federal Government’s Superfund for Asbestos Cleanup
The Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement on Wednesday under which Fred D. Godley Jr. and two of his companies – 436 Cone Avenue LLC and F.D….