Category: Crime

By Richard Marosi, Los Angeles Times – SAN DIEGO — Federal authorities have linked a high-ranking Mexican organized crime member to two of the largest drug tunnels ever discovered under the San Diego-Tijuana

PENSACOLA, FL—Bobby Joe Rogers, 41, of Pensacola, has been sentenced today to 120 months in federal prison for the New Year’s Day arson that destroyed the American Family Planning Clinic in Pensacola,

By Ray Long and Jennifer Delgado, Chicago Tribune – SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A Chicagoan who served several years as an Illinois Medical District commissioner is among four people indicted for what federal authorities

By Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — As Chicago struggles with its highest murder rate in years, the role of a single street gang stands out: more than a quarter of the

By Aubrey Whelan and Miriam Hill, The Philadelphia Inquirer – PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter apologized in person Friday to the woman who took a sucker punch in the face from a

Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Theodore Shulman, a pro-choice advocate, was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 41 months in prison

By Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — Under orders from President Barack Obama, the U.S. Justice Department moved forward Tuesday with the purchase of Illinois’ long dormant Thomson prison, cutting a $165

WASHINGTON — In the largest operation of its kind, 100 countries took part in an international week of action targeting the online sale of counterfeit and illegal medicines. U.S. Immigration and Customs

Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Michael B. Steinbach, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office; Christopher B. Dennis, Special

WASHINGTON—Demetrio Juan Gonzales, 40, a former corrections officer at the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Albuquerque, New Mexico, pleaded guilty today to one count of violating the civil rights of

PHOENIX—On October 2, 2012, Brice Little, 29, of Parker, Arizona, pleaded guilty to child abuse in federal district court in Phoenix. According to the plea agreement, Little, a member of the Colorado

KANSAS CITY, KS—An Olathe man has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison in a child pornography case, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said. Marc Dolgenow, 46, Olathe, Kansas, pleaded guilty to

WASHINGTON—A member of the North Carolina Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (Latin Kings) pleaded guilty to racketeering-related charges, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division

Stephen L. Morris, Special Agent in Charge of the Houston Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), announces the arrest of 19-year-old Patrick Joseph Hudson. Agents and officers of the FBI

NORFOLK, VA—Deborah Clark, 52, a former state magistrate in Portsmouth, Virginia, was sentenced today in Norfolk federal court to 12 months in prison for accepting bribes from a bondsman in exchange for

A Fairview Heights man, Andrew Gerald Millas, 43, pleaded guilty in federal court in East St. Louis on October 2, 2012, to three counts of production of child pornography and one count

United States Attorney Laura E. Duffy announced that Customs and Border Protection Officer Thomas P. Silva pled guilty today before Magistrate Judge William V. Gallo to concealing a person from arrest, in

MINNEAPOLIS—Today in federal court, a 28-year-old registered sex offender from Woodland Township in central Minnesota pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography. Jeremy Lee Klepperich pleaded guilty to one count of possession

Abbi Overfelt, The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C. – PEMBROKE — Nine dogs were seized from the home of a 53-year-old woman after they mauled her to death on Tuesday, according to Robeson County Sheriff

By Jeff Weiner, Orlando Sentinel – ORLANDO, Fla. — Attorneys for Zenaida Gonzalez agreed in principle on Thursday to not mention Casey Anthony’s murder trial during her upcoming defamation trial, if they

MINNEAPOLIS – Yesterday in federal court, a 30-year-old Rochester woman pleaded guilty to her role during an armed robbery at a McDonald’s in Byron, Minnesota. Quiana Shaneea Evans pleaded guilty to one

The FBI and the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office are conducting a joint investigation into the shooting of Border Patrol agents near Naco, Arizona, on Tuesday, October 2, 2012, in the early morning

BROOKLYN, NY—An indictment was unsealed today in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York charging 11 members of a Russian military procurement network operating in the United States and

By Jack Leonard and Robert Faturechi, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES—Bowing to mounting pressure to fix the nation’s largest jail system, Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca agreed Wednesday to sweeping reforms

BIRMINGHAM—A federal jury today convicted a Birmingham Police officer for using excessive force when he beat a handcuffed defendant in 2007, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and FBI Acting Special Agent

STATESVILLE, NC—An Iron Station man was sentenced on Monday, October 1, 2012, to serve 198 months in federal prison and a lifetime of supervised release for producing, transporting and possessing child pornography,

CHICAGO—A former floor trader at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange who later conducted spot foreign exchange trading in Florida was sentenced today to three years in federal prison for a fraud scheme in

WHEELING—A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment on October 2, 2012, charging Patrick Andrews and Kevin Bellinger with second-degree murder and murder by a federal prisoner serving a life sentence, announced

CONCORD—John Giannelli, Sr., 66, of Danvers, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty on September 27, 2012, in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to one count of money laundering, one

By Jeremy Roebuck, The Philadelphia Inquirer – PHILADELPHIA — Mike McQueary, the former Pennsylvania State University assistant football coach and witness in Jerry Sandusky’s child sex abuse trial, filed a whistleblower lawsuit Tuesday

By Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times – HOUSTON — Border Patrol officials have identified the agent shot and killed Tuesday during a patrol south of Tucson as Nicholas Ivie, an almost five-year veteran

COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA – On September 18, 2012, Jeffrey Daniel Bozarth, age 29, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, was sentenced in United States District Court in Council Bluffs for possession of child pornography,

Paul Walsh, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – A onetime world-record Twin Cities weightlifter has been sentenced in federal court after being caught in a sting selling nearly 10,000 units of anabolic steroids. Andrew J.

Alexandria, VA – Last week, U.S. Marshal Robert W. Mathieson announced the results from Operation “September to Remember,” a joint operation targeting criminal activity in the Petersburg, Hopewell, and Colonial Heights communities.

By Gina Damron, Detroit Free Press – DETROIT — Detroit Police Chief Ralph Godbee Jr. was suspended Tuesday, after a female Detroit police officer said she had an affair with him. The attorney

United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a St. Francis, South Dakota man charged with sexual abuse of a minor was sentenced on September 26, 2012, by United States District Judge

By Jeff Weiner and Rene Stutzman, Orlando Sentinel – ORLANDO, Fla. — An Oviedo, Fla., woman who says she shot her estranged husband in self-defense while he was raping her was denied immunity

By Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times – HOUSTON — A U.S. Border Patrol agent was fatally shot Tuesday while patrolling near the Mexico border in Arizona, according to Department of Homeland Security officials.

Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; Mary Galligan, the Acting Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of

WASHINGTON—Louis Barretta, 48, of Philadelphia, was sentenced today to 33 months in prison for his participation in a racketeering conspiracy involving loan sharking and illegal gambling, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A.