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Nursing Home and its CEO Plead Guilty to Fraud and Tax Conspiracy

Kevin Breslin, 58, from Hoboken, N.J., Chief Executive Officer and Managing Member of KBWB Operations LLC, as well as one of six owners of a nursing home company, pleaded guilty on Dec. 17 to health care fraud and tax conspiracy, according to a DOJ press release. KBWB Operations LLC also pleaded guilty on Jan. 21. […]

Report Jessika Saunders | Feb 20, 2025

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Ohio Corrections Officer Indicted for Sexually Abusing Inmate

Damon K. Perry, a 52-year-old man from Youngstown, Ohio, has been charged by a federal grand jury for the alleged sexual abuse of a person in police custody. Perry sexually abused a female inmate at the Mahoning County Jail on two separate occasions in November 2023, according to a Justice Department press release.

Report Strahinja Nikolić | Feb 19, 2025

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Arizona Man Gets More Than 36 Years In Prison for Burning Down Two Churches

Eric Duane Ridenour, 58, from Douglas, Ariz., was sentenced on Jan. 7 to 438 months in prison, according to a DOJ press release. The sentence comes after Ridenour was convicted on July 11, 2024, of hate crimes and six counts of arson in the burning of two churches that took place on May 22, 2023.

Report Jessika Saunders | Feb 11, 2025

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Resource John Lynn | Feb 10, 2025

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Two Former Syrian Intelligence Officers Wanted for War Crimes Against Americans and Syrian Civilians

Two high-ranking former Syrian Air Force Intelligence officers who worked for former President Bashar al-Assad are facing war crime charges, according to a DOJ press release.

Report Nik Mebane | Feb 7, 2025

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City of Antioch and Antioch PD to Implement Reforms After Racist Text Messages

The City of Antioch, Calif., the Antioch Police Department (APD) and the Justice Department have agreed to resolve an investigation concerning discriminatory conduct and racial discrimination of citizens by APD officers, according to a DOJ press release.

Report Jessika Saunders | Feb 6, 2025

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Missouri Man Burns Morman Church

Christopher Scott Pritchard, a 48-year-old man from Missouri, committed a hate crime and arson after he set the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Cape Girardeau, Mo., on fire on April 28, 2021, according to a charging document obtained by The Daily Muck.

Report Strahinja Nikolić | Jan 30, 2025

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DOC Employees Let Man Who Was Having A Neurological Crises Die Over Two Long Days Without Providing Him Treatment

The purpose of prison is to serve the punishment, but unless the penalty is a life sentence, a prisoner will one day reintegrate into society, at least in theory.

Report Strahinja Nikolić | Jan 30, 2025

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Feds: Louisiana Keeps People Incarcerated Past Their Prison Sentences

A federal lawsuit has been filed by the Justice Department against the State of Louisiana and the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (LDOC) for allegedly keeping prisoners incarcerated for weeks and months after they have fully served their sentences and were legally entitled to be released, according to a Justice Department press release.

Report Strahinja Nikolić | Jan 30, 2025

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Chinese Man Pleads Guilty to Running Illegal Police Station in NYC

Chen Jinping, 60, from New York, pleaded guilty on Dec. 18, 2024, to crimes related to operating an illegal police station in Lower Manhattan, NYC, under the direction of China’s Ministry of Public Security (MPS), according to a DOJ press release. Jinping acted as an unlicensed agent of the Chinese government on behalf of one […]

Report Jessika Saunders | Jan 27, 2025

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Faces of the Missing: Many Native Americans Remain ‘Lost’; Murders Are Unsolved Mysteries

In the first few months of 2024, the disappearance of two young adults rocked the Spirit Lake Tribe in Fort Totten, N.D.

Feature Raymond L. Daye | Jan 21, 2025

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BOP Settles ‘Rape Club’ Lawsuit, Says Dublin Prison Will Not Reopen

After years of scandal, the Dublin federal women’s prison is a sordid footnote in the Bureau of Prisons’ history. The government settled a lawsuit by former inmates of the prison known as “the Rape Club” for $115 million, the law firm for the inmates reported in a Dec. 18 press release.

Feature Raymond L. Daye | Jan 13, 2025

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Nursing Home and its CEO Plead Guilty to Fraud and Tax Conspiracy

Ohio Corrections Officer Indicted for Sexually Abusing Inmate

Arizona Man Gets More Than 36 Years In Prison for Burning Down Two Churches

Wetlands and Wetland Restoration in California

Two Former Syrian Intelligence Officers Wanted for War Crimes Against Americans and Syrian Civilians

City of Antioch and Antioch PD to Implement Reforms After Racist Text Messages

Missouri Man Burns Morman Church

DOC Employees Let Man Who Was Having A Neurological Crises Die Over Two Long Days Without Providing Him Treatment

Feds: Louisiana Keeps People Incarcerated Past Their Prison Sentences

Chinese Man Pleads Guilty to Running Illegal Police Station in NYC

Faces of the Missing: Many Native Americans Remain ‘Lost’; Murders Are Unsolved Mysteries

BOP Settles ‘Rape Club’ Lawsuit, Says Dublin Prison Will Not Reopen

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