Ex-prosecutor charged with sending to herself copy of Smith report on Trump classified files probe
Read full article: Ex-prosecutor charged with sending to herself copy of Smith report on Trump classified files probeA former federal prosecutor is facing federal charges over allegations that she sent a report detailing Jack Smith’s investigation into President Donald Trump’s hoarding of classified documents to her personal email account, despite a judge’s order to keep it secret.
Ex-Navy SEAL convicted of planning to fire explosives at police during San Diego ‘No Kings’ rally
Read full article: Ex-Navy SEAL convicted of planning to fire explosives at police during San Diego ‘No Kings’ rallyA jury has convicted a former Navy SEAL with neo-Nazi beliefs of transporting fireworks across state lines with plans to shoot explosives at police during last year’s “No Kings” protest in San Diego.
5 people charged after migrant boat capsized, killing 3, including 14-year-old boy from India
Read full article: 5 people charged after migrant boat capsized, killing 3, including 14-year-old boy from IndiaFederal officials have filed charges against five people in connection to a boat that capsized a day earlier off San Diego’s Pacific coast that killed three people.
Who is Danielle Sassoon, the US attorney who resigned rather than drop charges against Eric Adams?
Read full article: Who is Danielle Sassoon, the US attorney who resigned rather than drop charges against Eric Adams?Danielle Sassoon had served just three weeks as interim U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York when she penned a letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi saying she could not follow a directive to drop the office’s corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
2 more people charged with conspiring to bribe Minnesota juror with a bag of cash plead not guilty
Read full article: 2 more people charged with conspiring to bribe Minnesota juror with a bag of cash plead not guiltyTwo more people charged with conspiring to bribe a Minnesota juror with a bag of $120,000 in cash in exchange for the acquittal of defendants in one of the country’s largest COVID-19-related fraud cases have pleaded not guilty.
Feds charge 5, including man acquitted at trial, with conspiring to bribe Minnesota juror with $120K
Read full article: Feds charge 5, including man acquitted at trial, with conspiring to bribe Minnesota juror with $120KThe U.S. Attorney’s Office and the FBI have announced that five people, including a man acquitted at trial, have been charged with conspiring to bribe a juror in one of the country’s largest COVID-19-related fraud cases with a bag of $120,000 in cash.
Audit finds Minnesota agency's lax oversight fostered theft of $250M from federal food aid program
Read full article: Audit finds Minnesota agency's lax oversight fostered theft of $250M from federal food aid programA watchdog report says a Minnesota state agency’s inadequate oversight of a federal program that was meant to provide food to kids created the opportunities that led to the theft of $250 million in one of the country’s largest pandemic aid fraud cases.
'Greed and corruption': Federal jury convicts veteran DEA agents in bribery conspiracy
Read full article: 'Greed and corruption': Federal jury convicts veteran DEA agents in bribery conspiracyA federal jury convicted two longtime U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration supervisors Wednesday of leaking confidential information to defense attorneys as part of a bribery conspiracy that prosecutors said imperiled high-profile cases and the lives of overseas drug informants.
2 men sentenced for distributing fentanyl in Austin area, causing overdoses, feds say
Read full article: 2 men sentenced for distributing fentanyl in Austin area, causing overdoses, feds sayTwo men have been sentenced in connection with a fentanyl distribution organization that caused overdoses in the Austin area, federal authorities said.
21-year-old admits to producing child pornography, posting it on social media
Read full article: 21-year-old admits to producing child pornography, posting it on social mediaA 21-year-old Laredo man is facing a minimum of 15 years in prison after admitting to recording sexual material of a minor and posting it to social media.
Texas pastor pleads guilty to enhanced child pornography charge after 100K+ images found on his computer
Read full article: Texas pastor pleads guilty to enhanced child pornography charge after 100K+ images found on his computerA Round Rock pastor pleaded guilty Tuesday to an enhanced charge of possession of child pornography.
3 Texas business owners charged in kidnapping, fatal shooting of man and woman in Nashville, feds say
Read full article: 3 Texas business owners charged in kidnapping, fatal shooting of man and woman in Nashville, feds sayA car dealership executive and two security firm owners, all from Austin, were recently charged in a plot to kidnap and kill a woman and her boyfriend in Nashville last year, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
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2 Italian managers indicted in Fiat Chrysler emissions probe
Read full article: 2 Italian managers indicted in Fiat Chrysler emissions probeTwo Italian managers in Fiat Chrysler’s diesel engine program have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Detroit in a widening case involving allegations of emissions test cheating.
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Feds threaten funds to NYC, Seattle and Portland over unrest
Read full article: Feds threaten funds to NYC, Seattle and Portland over unrestIn Portland, they pointed to 100 consecutive nights of protests “marred by vandalism, chaos, and even killing” and in New York City, the Justice Department pointed to a skyrocketing number of shootings throughout the five boroughs. It is not the first time the Justice Department has attempted to take action against city officials for the violent demonstrations. The department also explored whether it could pursue either criminal or civil rights charges against city officials in Portland after clashes erupted there night after night between law enforcement and demonstrators. In a joint statement, de Blasio, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler and Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan decried the designation as “thoroughly political and unconstitutional.”"The President is playing cheap political games with Congressionally directed funds. ___Associated Press writers Karen Matthews in New York and Eugene Johnson in Seattle contributed to this report.
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Former animal control officer pleads guilty to role in alleged fraudulent insurance claim scheme
Read full article: Former animal control officer pleads guilty to role in alleged fraudulent insurance claim schemeSAN ANTONIO – A former animal control officer admitted his role in a fraudulent insurance claim scheme involving a former police chief and another person, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Texas. Prosecutors said former Castroville Animal Control Officer Ambrose Rymers pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy. By pleading guilty, Rymers admitted to assisting former Castroville police chief Chris Filline and another person in a fraudulent scheme to collect insurance proceeds, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Filline electronically submitted an insurance claim to Farmers Insurance Group three days later. The indictment charges Filline and the third individual with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, prosecutors said.
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Kerrville man who pleaded guilty to cyberstalking, possession of child pornography sentenced
Read full article: Kerrville man who pleaded guilty to cyberstalking, possession of child pornography sentencedSAN ANTONIO – A Kerrville man who pleaded guilty to cyberstalking and possession of child pornography was sentenced to prison Thursday, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Texas. Christopher Zamarripa, 46, was sentenced to 460 months, or more than 38 years, in federal prison, officials with the attorney’s office said. On Aug. 15, Zamarripa pleaded guilty to ten counts of cyberstalking and one count of possession of child pornography. Zamarripa uploaded to the same online pornographic websites unaltered images of two child victims, officials said. Officials said a subsequent forensics analysis of the laptop revealed the presence of child pornography.
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