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After 8-Year Legal Battle, Palmdale Man Sentenced to 3 Months for Smuggling 2000-Year-Old Mosaic From Syria

In March 2016, federal agents seized a 2000-year-old, one-ton ceramic mosaic piece of floor that had been illegally brought into the United States several months earlier.

Report Raymond L. Daye | Sep 13, 2024

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Smuggling Drug Money To The Dominican Republic: Four Flight Attendants, Four Guilty Pleas

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.

Report Jessika Saunders | Sep 12, 2024

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Police Officer Charged With Bankruptcy Fraud in Federal Court

Bankruptcy is helpful when debt seems insurmountable, but committing bankruptcy fraud to get out of paying a settlement can get you in hot water.

Report Jessika Saunders | Sep 5, 2024

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Brooklyn Prison Guard Sentenced to 30 Months for Providing Drugs, Phones to Inmates for Cash

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.

Report Raymond L. Daye | Aug 22, 2024

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Police Chief Abused Position to Illegally Acquire Machine Guns, Sell Them at His Gun Store

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.

Report Matthew Koelher | Aug 14, 2024

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Former Army Green Beret Who Organized Failed Coup in Venezuela Charged by Feds

The U.S. has arrested a former Special Forces soldier and owner of a private security company on charges related to organizing a failed Venezuelan coup in 2020.

Feature Teresa Tennyson | Aug 5, 2024

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Sheriff’s Office Lieutenant Pleads Guilty to Smuggling Marijuana and Cell Phone to Inmate

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.

Report Jessika Saunders | Aug 1, 2024

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After 8-Year Legal Battle, Palmdale Man Sentenced to 3 Months for Smuggling 2000-Year-Old Mosaic From Syria

Smuggling Drug Money To The Dominican Republic: Four Flight Attendants, Four Guilty Pleas

Police Officer Charged With Bankruptcy Fraud in Federal Court

Brooklyn Prison Guard Sentenced to 30 Months for Providing Drugs, Phones to Inmates for Cash

Police Chief Abused Position to Illegally Acquire Machine Guns, Sell Them at His Gun Store

Former Army Green Beret Who Organized Failed Coup in Venezuela Charged by Feds

Sheriff’s Office Lieutenant Pleads Guilty to Smuggling Marijuana and Cell Phone to Inmate

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