Prison Gang Member Sentenced to 21 Years for Drug Trafficking
SACRAMENTO, CA-- A federal judge sentenced Juan Gallegos, also known as "Wino," to 21 years and 10 months in prison for conspiracy to traffic methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana along with our other...
View ArticleVentura Gang Member Convicted of Robbery/Assault at Grant Park
UPDATE: A jury on Tuesday found Maximiliano "Max" Ledezma guilty of robbery and assault with a deadly weapon in connection with the 2011 robbery and assault during an incident near the Cross at Grant...
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"Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it." - Dwight D. Eisenhower
View ArticleMan Who Made Extortion Demand Using Computer Is Facing Prison Sentence
COLUMBUS--Donald Christopher Dailey, 37, of Delaware, Ohio, pleaded guilty in federal court today to extortion for demanding money from the company where he was the information technology administrator...
View ArticleOhio Man Who Had Thousands Of Child Pornography Images Pleads Guilty
COLUMBUS--Zdenek Hrouda, 37, of Reynoldsburg, Ohio, had more than 10,000 still images and 300 video files of child pornography stored on three computers and two external hard drives inside his house,...
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"It is in the character of a very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered" --Aeschylus
View ArticleA Powerful Victim Impact Statement By A Young Woman
Waiting for a man to be sentenced on Thursday for attempted murder in Courtroom 12, I listened to a young woman make a victim impact statement against a man with his head slightly bowed and standing...
View ArticleFormer LA Employee Pleads Guilty to Stealing Identities To File Fraudulent...
LOS ANGELES - A former employee with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services pleaded guilty today to stealing the identities of 64 people while working as a receptionist for the...
View ArticleFormer Texas Choir Teacher Going to Prison for Showing Pornographic Video to...
DALLAS--A former choir teacher at Cross Timbers Middle School in Grapevine, Texas, pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of child pornography, and is facing a sentence of at least five years and...
View ArticleFormer Mayor of Cudahy Sentenced to a Year in Prison for Taking Bribes
LOS ANGELES - The former mayor of the City of Cudahy was sentenced this afternoon to one year in federal prison for taking cash bribes in exchange for supporting the opening of a "medical marijuana"...
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"Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself." -- Harvey Fierstein
View ArticleUnion Official Convicted for Embezzling Money from SEIU Locals
LOS ANGELES - Tyrone Ricky Freeman, the former president of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Locals 6434 and 434-B, was convicted today of embezzling tens of thousands of dollars from the...
View ArticleFor New York State Senator Pleads Guilty To Embezzling Money From a...
A former New York State Senator pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit mail fraud in connection with embezzling thousands of dollars from an non-profit organization that helped educate parents...
View ArticleTwo Men Convicted of Concocting a Tax Fraud Scheme To Get $250 Million in Tax...
SANTA ANA - Two Inland Empire men who ran the Fontana-based Old Quest Foundation have been convicted of running a tax fraud scheme that resulted in more than 400 fraudulent federal income tax...
View ArticleN.J. Man Admits Defrauding 17 Charities Out of Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars
NEWARK--The owner and president of GAC Consulting Group LLC today admitted to his role in a scheme to defraud at least 17 charities and non-profit organizations, costing them more than $750,000 in...
View ArticleMan Pleads Guilty For His Role in an $80 Million Fraud Scheme
SACRAMENTO -- A man pleaded guilty today for his role in a mammoth investment fraud scheme that brought in $80 million from more than 300 investors, according to federal authorities. Anthony Vassallo,...
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"In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
View ArticleInland Empire Drug Dealer Gets Prison Sentence for Importing Heroin and Cocaine
RIVERSIDE - The leader of a drug trafficking organization based in the Inland Empire was sentenced today to 14 years in prison for his role in importing heroin, cocaine from Mexico and...
View ArticleThe People vs. Lee Peyton
On the second day of jury selection on Tuesday, Lee Peyton who was representing himself at his trial fired his court-appointed, co-counsel , Attorney Victor Salas.Salas was Peyton's Seventh...
View ArticleBeware of Wolves With Law School Sheepskins
I bumped into a private investigator outside the Hall of Justice in Ventura this week. He told me that a couple of unscrupulous criminal lawyers who have offices in another county have been...
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