Cell Phones Are Fair Game for Police to Search After an Arrest
Got incriminating texts or emails or data in your cell phone? If you are arrested in California, police can search the contents of a phone. If you have incriminating stuff, it can lead to an...
View ArticleCalifornia Man Caught Trying to Sell A Baseball Glove By Falsely Claiming It...
A California man was sentenced today to two years of probation for trying to sell a 19th century baseball glove that he falsely claimed was owned by Babe Ruth. Irving Scheib, who pleaded guilty to one...
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"It's silly talking about how many years we will have to spend in the jungles of Vietnam when we could pave the whole country and put parking stripes on it and still be home by Christmas." - Ronald Reagan
View ArticleThe Courthouse Christmas Spirit
The Christmas spirit was lively Thursday morning at the Hall of Justice.A group of inmates inside a detention cell in the courtroom were chatty as they wait for the public to be let into the courtroom...
View ArticleNorthridge CPA Used The Names of Dead People To File False Tax Returns
A Northridge CPA and tax return preparer pleaded guilty today to conspiracy in connection with using the names of dead people to file federal tax returns, according to federal Masood Chotani got...
View ArticleAgoura Hills Man Going to Prison for Stealing Millions During An Investment...
An Agoura Hills man who used his business to defraud dozens of victims in a multi-million dollar investment scheme was sentenced to seven years in federal prison this week, according to federal...
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"Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
View ArticleMan Who Beat Prison Guard Sentenced to 32 Years in Prison
A 22-year-old Des Moines, Washington man will spend 32 years in prison for attacking a guard last year at a federal penitentiary with a pipe during an alleged escape attempt, the U.S. Department of...
View ArticleWoman Indicted for Running a Charity Scam for a Newtown School Shooting Victim
A woman was indicted this week for using her Facebook account, phone and text messages to falsely claim to be an aunt of a shooting victim in order to solicit donations for the Newtown School shooting...
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"If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?" -- John Wooden
View ArticleTexas Politico Arrested by FBI Today For Rigging Construction Bids
An Eagle Pass, Texas politician was arrested today by the FBI after he was indicted for an alleged bribery, kickback and bid-rigging scheme, according to federal authorities. Cesar Flores, 46,...
View Article"Spa" Owner Going to Prison for Running Prostitution Service
A woman who owned and managed three "spas" that were a front for prostitution was sentenced today in Omaha to three years and one month in prison, according to the FBI Kimberly A. Bivens, age 46,...
View ArticleThree Who Carjacked a Vehicle With Three Children in the Backseat Sentenced...
Three Montgomery, Alabama residents pleaded guilty Wednesday to carjacking an Isuzu Rodeo with three children in the backset and one pleaded guilty to kidnapping the three children in 2011, federal...
View ArticleThe "Adam's Apple" Case
It was Friday evening nearly two years ago, a group of young people were inside a car parked at The Crosses at Grant Park in Ventura, some smoking marijuana and others had been drinking alcohol. An...
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"The good news is that Jesus is coming back. The bad news is that he's really pissed off." - Bob Hope
View ArticleFederal Judge Describes Former Customs Agent's Conduct As An "Abomination"
A former Customs and Border Protection Officer Thomas P. Silva, of Chula Vista, was sentenced last week to eight months behind bars for concealing a wanted fugitive by allowing him to enter the United...
View ArticleTexas Chiropractor In Scheme That Cost Auto Insurance Companies $1.2 In False...
HOUSTON--A Bryan chiropractor pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to defraud various automobile insurance companies of more than $3 million, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Chase Lindsey, 34,...
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"My life Needs Editing" -- Mort Sahl #inlineTextHighlight{background:none repeat scroll 0 50% transparent;text-decoration:underline;display:inline;visibility:none;color:blue...
View ArticleDonuts, Bagels, Videos, Photographs and Courtroom 13
Last Sunday's story about Courtroom 13 cost the courtroom Bailiff Tom Fuchs' $40. Smiling, Fuchs said this morning that he had to buy the donuts and bagels for the other Sheriff's deputies assigned to...
View ArticleMABA Luncheon Speakers Will Discuss Courts' Finances and Future Plans
The "State of the Court" luncheon will be held Feb. 1 and is sponsored by the Ventura County Mexican American Bar Association. Ventura County Superior Court Presiding Judge Brian Back will talk about...
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