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Illinois Nurse Sentenced to Six Years in Federal Prison for Using Patients’ Morphine

Kandis Mills, 47, who worked as a registered nurse at a health care facility, was sentenced on March 19, 2021, to serve six years in federal prison for tampering with morphine intended for hospice patients and using it herself. Mills was ordered to report to…

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Former Puerto Rico Senator and Mayor of Yauco, Sentenced To 18 Months For False Statements

Monday, Abel Nazario-Quiñones, former senator and former mayor of the municipality of Yauco, Puerto Rico, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Joseph N. Laplante to serve 18 months in prison, announced United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow. On March 22, 2020, after a…

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U.S. Existing-Home Sales Descend 6.6% in February

Existing-home sales declined in February, following two prior months of gains, according to the National Association of Realtors. Month-over-month, only one major region saw an increase in February, but all four U.S. regions recorded year-over-year gains. Total existing-home sales completed transactions that include single-family homes,…

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DOJ: Virginia Man Sentenced to Prison for Sextorting Numerous Children Around the Country

A Virginia man was sentenced Friday to 31 years in prison for a years-long sextortion scheme in which he coerced numerous preteen and teenage victims to create and send him images of themselves engaged in sexually explicit conduct. The defendant was further sentenced to a…

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The U.S. Census Bureau this week released new data that, as the Associated Press reported on Friday, revealed America “grew wealthier, better educated, less impoverished and less transient” during the second half of the last decade.

Illinois Man Charged With Threatening Violence Against Former President Trump and Other Federal Officials

A man has been indicted on federal charges for allegedly threatening to commit violence against former President Trump, a federal judge, and the former United States Attorney for the Central District of Illinois. Damien Grant, 33, of Peoria, Ill., is charged with three counts of…

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18-Year-Old Land O’ Lakes Man Arrested After Escaping Cops While Handcuffed at Clearwater Beach

CLEARWATER, Fla. – While patrolling the sand on Wednesday, Clearwater Police identified a large group of young adults and were addressing disorderly conduct issues and other ordinance violations.  As additional officers arrived, a fight broke out at  6:53 p.m. and was quickly addressed by the…

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19-Year-Old Man Arrested in Clearwater Shooting That Killed 18-Year-Old

CLEARWATER, Fla. – Clearwater Police homicide detectives have arrested a 19-year-old chronic offender in a March 8 drive-by shooting that left one person dead and three others injured. Derriontae Ward,19, faces one charge of first-degree murder and three counts of attempted first-degree murder in the…

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