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Acting United States Attorney Karin Hoppmann announced the return of an indictment charging Henry Lee White, III, 26, Orlando, with sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion, transportation of an individual in interstate commerce for the purpose of prostitution, coercion, and enticement, and being a…
Read More Florida Man Indicted On Federal Human Trafficking Charges
Acting United States Attorney John Childress announced yesterday that Robert L. Fowler, of Evansville, Indiana, was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Richard L. Young for Bank Fraud and Money Laundering. “Fraud by company insiders robs their victims of money…
Read More Indiana Ford Dealership Controller Sentenced to 30 Months
A North Carolina man was sentenced yesterday to 78 months imprisonment for distribution of a quantity of heroin and fentanyl; possession with intent to distribute a quantity of heroin; and, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. According to court documents…
Read More North Carolina Drug Dealer Who Brought Kids With Him to Deal, Gets 78 Months
PITTSBURGH, Fla. – A Pittsburgh man was sentenced Wednesday to 126 months in prison for conducting sexually explicit online communications and traveling to Virginia in an attempt to engage in a sexual relationship with a fictitious 10-year-old girl. According to court documents, in November 2019,…
Read More Former Pittsburgh Firefighter Sentenced, Attempted Sexual Relations With 10-Year-Old
A Marionville, Missouri, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for threatening two members of the U.S. House of Representatives. Kenneth R. Hubert, 63, was charged in a three-count indictment returned under seal by a federal grand jury in Springfield, Mo., on Feb.…
Read More Missouri Man Indicted for Threatening Two Congressmen
By Justin Franz When Rep. Lola Sheldon-Galloway introduced a bill in the Montana House two years ago that would have prohibited abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, the Republican legislator knew it was unlikely to survive the veto pen of the Democratic governor. Sure enough, then-Gov.…
Read More States Aim to Chip Away at Abortion Rights With Supreme Court in Mind
iBridge, Business Brio, and the Data Science Foundation (DSF) introduced a “New Work World” survey during the DSF’s 8th International Summit. The survey is designed to gather both observations and expectations as the world begins to consider returning to a “new normal” of the office. The survey, administered…
Read More International Survey Suggests Dramatic Shift in Post-COVID Work Behavior
A United States Forest Service employee was arrested this morning on a federal grand jury indictment charging him with illegally directing nearly $900,000 in no-bid Forest Service vehicle repair and maintenance work to a San Bernardino County auto body repair shop that illicitly paid him…
Read More California Forest Service Employee Arrested For Bribes and Kickbacks
BANGOR, Maine: A Bucksport man pleaded guilty today in federal court to possessing child pornography, Acting U.S. Attorney Donald E. Clark announced. According to court records, William Meier, 56, possessed electronic devices containing child exploitation material. The electronics, including a cell phone and a computer and…
Read More Maine Man Pleads Guilty to Possessing Child Porn
The suspect wanted by Hillsborough County Sheriff’s office, in three separate murder cases, has been arrested and is back in Hillsborough County. Jerome James Knight, 19, is facing charges of First Degree Murder with a Firearm, Robbery with a Firearm, Shooting into a Vehicle, and…
Read More 19-Year-Old Florida Triple Murder Suspect Arrested in Michigan, Now in HCSO Custody