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.
Michigan man lies about inability to stand, walk to steal $250K in VA benefits
Read full article: Michigan man lies about inability to stand, walk to steal $250K in VA benefitsA Michigan man was sentenced to five years in federal prison for lying to Veterans Affairs (VA) to obtain $250,000 in benefits.
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3 men plead guilty in 2019 carjacking of Lyft driver in Detroit
Read full article: 3 men plead guilty in 2019 carjacking of Lyft driver in DetroitThree men have pleaded guilty for their involvement in the 2019 carjacking of a Lyft driver in Detroit, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Michigan.
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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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Harper Woods man accused of stealing money from casinos pleads guilty to wire fraud, identify fraud
Read full article: Harper Woods man accused of stealing money from casinos pleads guilty to wire fraud, identify fraudA Harper Woods man accused of using disguises to steal money from casinos pleads guilty to wire fraud and identify fraud.
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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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Loughlin, Giannulli to serve prison time for college scam
Read full article: Loughlin, Giannulli to serve prison time for college scamLoughlin, 55, and Giannulli, 56, are scheduled to plead guilty Friday via video conference before a federal judge in Boston, who must approve the deal. They agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud in a plea agreement filed in Bostons federal court. Giannulli will also plead guilty to a charge of honest services wire and mail fraud, prosecutors said. Simon said the couple's lawyers may think that Loughlin and Giannulli have a chance of avoiding prison altogether and serving their punishments at home because of the coronavirus pandemic. Loughlin and Giannulli were among 50 people arrested last year in the case dubbed Operation Varsity Blues that rocked the word of higher education.

Feds decline to charge officers in death of Stephon Clark
Read full article: Feds decline to charge officers in death of Stephon Clark(CNN) - Federal authorities said Thursday they will not file civil rights charges against two Sacramento, California, police officers who fatally shot Stephon Clark in his grandmother's backyard last year. The Sacramento Police Department also cleared the officers of any wrongdoing and is returning them to active duty. The U.S. Attorney's Office, the FBI and prosecutors in the Civil Rights Division reviewed the killing of Clark on March 18, 2018, the statement said. The officers were not charged with crimes, a decision that prompted protests when local prosecutors announced it in March. Officers return to 'full, active duty'After the federal announcement Thursday, Sacramento Police Chief Daniel Hahn said the department also cleared the officers of any wrongdoing.
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