New Jersey Cops Wore Army Uniforms on Patrol After Civil War
PATERSON, N.J. – The Paterson Police Department is highlighting the legacy of Frederick G. Graul, one of the city’s first police officers and a Civil War veteran, in a recent historical post…
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S OFFICE COLLECTS $246,498.00 IN CIVIL AND CRIMINAL ACTIONS IN FISCAL YEAR 2022
U.S. Virgin Islands – United States Attorney Delia L. Smith announced today that the District of the Virgin Islands collected $246,498.00 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2022. Of that…
Former Federal Special Agent Found Guilty of Civil Rights Crimes for Committing Sexual Assaults Against Two Women
RIVERSIDE, California – A former special agent with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) was found guilty by a jury today of federal civil rights violations for sexually assaulting two women and abusing…
U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont Collects $1,597,621.03 in Civil and Criminal Actions in Fiscal Year 2022
Burlington, Vermont – U.S. Attorney Nikolas P. Kerest announced today that the District of Vermont collected $1,597,621.03 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2022. Of this amount, $1,076,812.47 was collected…
U.S. Attorney’s Office Collects Nearly $33 Million in Civil and Criminal Actions in Fiscal Year 2022
PORTLAND, Ore.—The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon announced today that it has collected nearly $33 million in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2022. Of this amount, $10.2…
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Georgia Collects $6.8 Million in Civil and Criminal Actions in Fiscal Year 2022
ALBANY, Ga. – U.S. Attorney Peter D. Leary announced today that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Georgia collected $6,814,729.05 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2022.…
Justice Department Secures Settlement with Colton Joint Unified School District to Protect the Civil Rights of English Learner Students
LOS ANGELES – The Justice Department announced today that it has reached a settlement agreement with the Colton Joint Unified School District to resolve an investigation into the district’s program for…
United States Resolves Civil Claims Against Woonsocket Defense Contractor for Foreign Goods
PROVIDENCE – The United States Attorney’s Office has resolved a civil False Claims Act investigation into Hyman Brickle & Son, Inc., a Woonsocket-based Rhode Island textile manufacturing company that supplies products to…
U.S. Attorney’s Office Collects Nearly $4.7 Million in Civil and Criminal Actions in Fiscal Year 22
FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Ill. – U.S. Attorney Rachelle Aud Crowe announced Tuesday the Southern District of Illinois has collected $4,699,850.01 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2022. Of this amount, $2,525,112.94…
Former San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Deputy Faces Federal Civil Rights Charge Stemming from Alleged Assault of Female Inmate
LOS ANGELES – A former San Luis Obispo County sheriff’s deputy has been indicted on federal criminal charges alleging he abused a county jail inmate by dragging the victim by her…
Federal civil rights forum planned for Wheeling
WHEELNG, WEST VIRGINIA – Civil rights experts will share their knowledge at a special event to be held next week in Wheeling. United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld and his staff will host…
Former D.C. Corrections Officer Charged with a Federal Civil Rights Violation for Assaulting a Handcuffed Inmate
WASHINGTON – A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia returned an indictment that was unsealed today charging a former District of Columbia Department of…
Medical Doctor To Pay $86,506.30 To Resolve Civil Liability For Alleged Violations Of The False Claims Act
HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Dr. Musaddiq Nazeeri, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, has agreed to pay the United States $86,506.30 to resolve civil…
Bayside State Prison Corrections Officer Admits Violating Inmates’ Civil Rights
NEWARK, N.J. – A corrections officer at Bayside State Prison in Leesburg, New Jersey, today admitted agreeing with others to physically assault inmates for actual, perceived, and fabricated violations of the prison’s…
S.African civil servants plan protests to pressure govt over wages
PRETORIA (Reuters) – South African civil servants will march to the National Treasury in the administrative capital Pretoria and in the country’s other eight provinces next Tuesday to pressure the government over…
Justice Department Launches Civil Investigation of Worcester Police Department
BOSTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts and the Justice Department announced today that it has opened a pattern or practice investigation into the Worcester Police Department…
Former Memphis Police Officer Sentenced to 12 Years for Criminal Civil Rights Violations
Memphis, TN – A federal judge has sentenced a former Memphis Police Officer to 12 years in federal prison for criminal civil rights violations. U.S. Attorney Kevin G. Ritz announced the sentence today. On…
U.S. EPA opens civil rights probe into Mississippi capital’s water crisis
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday opened an investigation into Mississippi state agencies to determine if they violated civil rights in the majority Black city of…
Former California Correctional Officer Sentenced to More Than 12 Years in Prison for Civil Rights Violations Regarding Assaults on Inmates and Cover Up Inside CSP Sacramento
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Arturo Pacheco, 40, of Elk Grove, was sentenced today to 12 years and seven months in prison for criminal civil rights violations for the on‑duty assault of two inmates…
Maryland United States Attorney Erek L. Barron Announces New Civil Rights Section on the First Anniversary of His Appointment as U.S. Attorney
Baltimore, Maryland – On the first anniversary of his appointment as United States Attorney for the District of Maryland, Erek L. Barron, announced that after a year-long assessment of the needs of…
Former DSP Trooper Pleads Guilty to Civil Rights Violation
WILMINGTON, Del. – David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that Jamal Merrell, 32, of Newark, pled guilty in federal court today after an FBI investigation revealed that…
Assistant Attorney General For Civil Rights Clarke And U.S. Attorney Ross Launch United Against Hate Program In Buffalo
CONTACT: Barbara Burns PHONE: (716) 843-5817 FAX #: (716) 551-3051 BUFFALO, NY – Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division joined U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross for the Western…
U.S. Attorney Nick Brown names both Civil and Criminal Division attorneys to focus on Environmental Justice
Seattle – U.S. Attorney Nick Brown has named two veteran Assistant United States Attorneys to lead the Western District of Washington Environmental Justice Initiative. Criminal AUSA Seth Wilkinson and Civil AUSA Kayla…
U.S. Attorney Nick Brown names both Civil and Criminal Division attorneys to focus on Environmental Justice
Seattle – U.S. Attorney Nick Brown has named two veteran Assistant United States Attorneys to lead the Western District of Washington Environmental Justice Initiative. Criminal AUSA Seth Wilkinson and Civil AUSA Kayla…
Former Chicago Police Officer Charged With Federal Civil Rights Violation
CHICAGO — A former Chicago Police Officer has been indicted on a federal civil rights charge for the alleged kidnapping and aggravated sexual abuse an individual while on duty. JAMES SAJDAK, 64,…
Former Chicago Police Officer Charged With Federal Civil Rights Violation
CHICAGO — A former Chicago Police Officer has been indicted on a federal civil rights charge for the alleged kidnapping and aggravated sexual abuse an individual while on duty. JAMES SAJDAK, 64,…
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