Aaron Jason Strong, 47, a former police lieutenant at the New Castle Police Department in Indiana, was found guilty on Oct. 4 by a federal jury on charges of excessive force and witness tampering, according to a DOJ press release.
The Justice Department announced that conditions in prisons located in Georgia violate the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution, according to a new DOJ press release.
Even If the now-closed women’s federal prison in Dublin, Calif., were an anomaly for its record of sexual abuse of female inmates, it would still be a terrible tragedy.
A former Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer was sentenced to nine years in federal prison on Sept. 19 on one count for sexually enticing a minor online.
A former American Airlines mechanic was sentenced to nine years in prison earlier this month for his role in a conspiracy to import and possess cocaine, according to a press release by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of New York.
A federal court sentenced Sonny Dale Applegate, a 27-year-old man from Indianapolis, to 44 years in federal prison on Aug. 26 after pleading guilty to two counts of sexual exploitation of a child and one count of committing a felony offense while required to register as a sex offender, according to a sentencing order obtained […]
For more than 11 years, a boy who loved to play hockey was abused by his coach. When he was “too old” for the predator’s attention, the coach chose another 6-year-old member of his team to abuse.
Four flight attendants decided to use their security line privileges to smuggle the proceeds of trafficked narcotics from the U.S. to the Dominican Republic, according to federal prosecutors. They’ve all pleaded guilty.
On Aug. 16, Christopher Viagrande of Latham, New York, pleaded guilty to charges of distributing controlled substances outside the course of professional practice and for no legitimate medical purpose.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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