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Sex Abuse
For eight months between May 2018 and January 2019, the only thing missing in Dr. David Carlos Rodriguez Jr.’s relationship with a female patient was rock & roll. He provided prescriptions for Oxycodone, and she provided the sex, prosecutors say.
Corrections Officer
In the latest case of what a deputy attorney general describes as “appalling criminal acts” at a women’s prison nicknamed “the Rape Club,” a former guard at the now-closed California institution was indicted on 15 counts of sexual abuse of female inmates, the Department of Justice reported in a July 26 press release.
Sex Abuse
Almost nine years ago, a supposedly publicly-spirited tennis coach for underprivileged youth took a sexual interest in one of his 13-year-old students.
Corrections Officer
When Quandelle Joseph was a guard at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center, he used his position as a cash cow to provide drugs, cell phones and other contraband to inmates in exchange for bribes totaling over $20,000. The 34-year-old Brooklyn resident pled guilty in January to a charge of accepting bribes.
Police
Smalltown police chief Bradley Eugene Wendt will go to prison after a federal court handed down a five-year sentence, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Iowa District.
Sex Abuse
A 37-year-old Fort Riley, Kansas, soldier was sentenced in New Mexico federal court on Aug. 7 to 23 years in prison for sexually exploiting a 13-year-old girl, the U.S. Attorney’s Office reported in a press release.
Bribery
A U.S. Navy Reserve commander was convicted for his role in a scheme creating false documents to get unvetted Afghan nationals Special Immigrant Visas (SIVs) in exchange for money.
Corrections Officer
High ranking sheriff’s deputies ought to know inmates shouldn’t have access to creature comforts like cell phones and Mary Jane. But at least one Lieutenant didn’t get that memo.
Identity Theft
U.S. Navy Captain Theodore Essenfeld was convicted by a federal jury for cyberstalking and identity theft after posing as an ex-girlfriend online and posting explicit images.
Corrections Officer
Seven Corrections Officers, including a Sergeant who watched, are in trouble after the assault of a handcuffed, non-violent inmate in a prison shower room.
Teachers
San Diego teacher Sean Stevenson pleaded guilty on June 13 to charges that he sexually enticed a 16-year-old, according to a press release by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of California.
Police
A former Pearl, Mississippi Police Officer pleaded guilty to one count of acting under the color of law to deprive a person of their civil rights.
Bribery
A public official working for the Navy pled guilty in federal court last month for his role in a bribery scheme while at the Naval Information Warfare Center in San Diego.
Sex Trafficking
Koby Don Williams, a former law enforcement officer, was found guilty after attempting to entice a minor online, thanks to Project Safe Childhood.
Influence Peddling
A federal court sentenced a married couple in Knoxville, Tennessee for their role in a scam that provided legitimate Tennessee Driver’s Licenses to individuals for cash, according to a press release by the United States Attorney’s Office.
Negligence
Allegations of child abuse recently surfaced at daycares run by the Department of Defense (DOD), shocking servicemembers and families alike. A memorandum released by the DOD Office of Inspector General details an evaluation beginning in May 2024 to investigate multiple claims of abuse.
Sex Abuse
On April 2, the Department of Defense issued its final version of a report detailing problems with how the Marine Corps and Navy deal with sexual harassment complaints.
Negligence
A DoD internal investigation has found that the U.S. Navy improperly spent millions of dollars on the Ukraine Assistance Program on at least three occasions.
Financial Gains
A coalition of state Attorneys General and the U.S. Justice Department are suing Apple for what they call “anticompetitive and exclusionary” business practices, according to a new lawsuit.
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