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Police, guns and schools protected from lawsuits over Texas shooting

By Tom Hals and Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – While public outrage grows over a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas that left 21 dead last week, the victims’ relatives may never get their…

June 2, 2022

Former Tonawanda Dispatch Supervisor Gets 10 Years in Prison for Sexually Assaulting Employees

TONAWANDA, NY – Former Tonawanda Police Department Dispatch Supervisor Brett A. Rider, 48, of Kenmore was sentenced to a sentence of 10 years in prison followed by 10 years of post-release supervision.…

May 31, 2022

Three Indicted for Large-Scale Meth Conspiracy

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Three defendants were indicted by a federal grand jury today for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute large amounts of methamphetamine in southwest Missouri after law enforcement…

May 31, 2022

Republican States Fight Back Against Biden’s Stealth Attacks On Oil, Gas Industry

Republican States Fight Back Against Biden’s Stealth Attacks On Oil, Gas Industry Thomas Catenacci on May 27, 2022 A group of 21 Republican attorneys general argued Friday that the Biden administration’s move…

May 28, 2022

Buffalo Cop, Domestic Violence Offender Who Forced Woman into Bathroom at Gunpoint Pleads Guilty

BUFFALO, NY – A police officer, 36-year-old Keenan J. Redmon of Buffalo had a track record of violence against a woman in the city that was documented by the Erie County District…

May 26, 2022

Federal Bureau of Prisons Corrections Officer Pleads Guilty to Sexual Assault of Woman in Custody in Los Angeles Jail

LOS ANGELES – A corrections officer with the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) pleaded guilty today in federal court to one felony count of deprivation of rights under color of law…

May 24, 2022

Explainer: Do claims against Musk raise a legal issue for his companies and Twitter deal?

By Daniel Wiessner and Tom Hals (Reuters) – A report saying Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk’s company SpaceX paid $250,000 to settle sexual harassment claims by a flight attendant on a private…

May 23, 2022

Former Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine charged with health care fraud and money laundering scheme

ATLANTA – John W. Oxendine has been arraigned on federal charges of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Oxendine was indicted by a federal grand jury…

May 20, 2022

Current And Former DEA Agents Indicted For Bribery Scheme

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”),…

May 20, 2022

State of Oregon Man Sentenced to 60 Months for Interfering with Railroad Conductor

MADISON, WIS. – Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Timothy Thomas, 32, Portland, Oregon, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley…

May 19, 2022

Ridley Township Tax Collector Sentenced to One Year for Tax Evasion

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Rosezanna Czwalina, 70, of, of Morton, PA, was sentenced to one year in prison, one year supervised release, and was ordered to…

May 18, 2022

Keansburg Cop Pleads Guilty to Sexually Assaulting Passed Out Woman

KEANSBURG, NJ – A Keansburg cop could soon be out of a job after he admitted to sexually assaulting a woman who was passed out last January. According to Acting Monmouth County…

May 18, 2022

Michigan judge blocks enforcement of state’s pre-Roe v. Wade abortion ban

By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) -A Michigan judge on Tuesday granted a temporary injunction to block the enforcement of a state abortion ban, which might have taken effect if the U.S. Supreme Court…

May 17, 2022

Hancock County Domestic Abuser Sentenced to Two Years in Federal Prison for Firearm Possession

INDIANAPOLIS – Jason Lee Munden, 32, of Maxwell, Indiana, was sentenced to two years in federal prison after pleading guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm by a person previously convicted of…

May 13, 2022

Former Marion County Detention Deputy Sent to Federal Prison for Assaulting a Restrained Inmate

INDIANAPOLIS – Jorge Alberto Mateos, 26, of Noblesville, Indiana, a former detention deputy with the Marion County Sheriff’s Office in Indianapolis, was sentenced today to 18 months in federal prison for assaulting…

May 13, 2022

Former DEA Supervisory Agent Sentenced to 135 Months in Prison for Accepting Bribes from Drug Kingpin

LITTLE ROCK—A former Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent was sentenced today for accepting bribes from a drug trafficker. Nathan Koen, 45, now of Auburn, Illinois, was sentenced to 135…

May 11, 2022

Managers of Arizona Telemedicine Company Admit Roles in $64 Million Nationwide Kickback, Health Care Fraud Schemes

NEWARK, N.J. – Two owners of a nationwide telemedicine company today admitted their roles in conspiracies to bribe doctors and to commit health care fraud, Attorney for the United States Vikas Khanna…

May 10, 2022

Former Police Officer Found Guilty of Stealing 125 Firearms From the Puerto Rico Police Shooting Range at Isla De Cabra

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – On May 6, 2022, following a ten-day bench trial, the Honorable Silvia Carreño-Coll found defendant José Padilla-Galarza guilty as charged in Counts 1, 2, 3, 5, and…

May 9, 2022

Former Buffalo Fireman Facing 25 Years in Prison for Broadway Shooting

BUFFALO, NY – A former Buffalo Firefighter pleaded guilty to one count of manslaughter and is now facing up to 25 years in prison for a murder he committed last July. 25-year-old…

May 6, 2022

Florida Tax Preparer Convicted of Fraud and Identity Theft for Filing False Tax Returns

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Guy Menard Charles, 51, of Naples, FL, was convicted after trial of 23 counts of fraud and identity theft for filing false…

May 6, 2022

CFP Board Imposes Public Sanctions On 25 Individuals

WASHINGTON, May 3, 2022 — Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. (CFP Board) announced today public sanctions against 25 current or former CFP® professionals or candidates for CFP® certification, effective immediately…

May 3, 2022

Buffett reveals big investments, rails against Wall St excess at Berkshire meeting

By Jonathan Stempel and Carolina Mandl OMAHA, Neb. -Warren Buffett on Saturday used the annual meeting of Berkshire Hathaway Inc to reveal major new investments including a bigger stake in Activision Blizzard…

April 30, 2022

Former Campus Police Dispatcher Pleads Guilty to Straw Purchase of Glock Firearms

BOSTON – A former Campus Police Dispatcher for Cape Cod Community College Police pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with making false statements in order to purchase two…

April 29, 2022

Special Report-Trump allies breach U.S. voting systems in search of 2020 fraud ‘evidence’

By Alexandra Ulmer and Nathan Layne KIOWA, Colorado – Eighteen months after Donald Trump lost the White House, loyal supporters continue to falsely assert that compromised balloting machines across America robbed him…

April 28, 2022

Richland Physician Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Conspiring to Distribute Medically Unnecessary Fentanyl Patches, Opioid Pills and Other Controlled Substances

Spokane, Washington – Senior U.S. District Judge Edward F. Shea has sentenced Dr. Janet Sue Arnold, age 63, of Benton City, Washington, to 48 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute…

April 27, 2022

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