Florida doctor facing long Medicare fraud sentence

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge is likely to sentence a prominent Florida eye doctor once accused of bribing Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey to about two decades in prison Thursday for stealing $73 million from Medicare by convincing elderly patients to undergo excruciating tests and treatments they didn’t need for... Read More

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Salomon Melgen

February 22, 2018

Florida to execute man in 1993 slaying of college student

STARKE, Fla. (AP) — Florida is preparing to execute a man convicted of raping and killing a college student in 1993 so he could steal her car. Barring a last-minute stay, 47-year-old Eric Scott Branch will be put to death by lethal injection at 6 p.m. Thursday at Florida State Prison. Branch was convicted of... Read More

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Eric Scott Branch

February 22, 2018

Attorney admits he lied to Mueller’s federal agents

WASHINGTON (AP) — A 33-year-old attorney fired last year by a prominent international law firm became the fourth person to plead guilty in special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, admitting Tuesday that he lied to federal investigators about his contacts with a Trump campaign official. Alex van der Zwaan, who worked at the law firm... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Politics

Alex van der Zwaan, Robert Mueller

February 22, 2018

Much-touted MS-13 sweep keeps even most basic details secret

NEW YORK (AP) — It was a tally so impressive that President Donald Trump touted it at his State of the Union address: Since May, agents cracking down on the violent gangs terrorizing the working-class suburbs of Long Island had swept up 428 gang suspects, including 220 members of the notorious MS-13. But the sweep,... Read More

Criminal Justice News, National Security, News

Gangs, MS-13

February 21, 2018

Doctors charged in West Virginia, Virginia pill mill case

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Ten doctors have been charged with overprescribing pain pills from clinics in West Virginia and Virginia, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday. Two of those patients died. Most of the 69-count indictment charges the owners, managers and physicians associated with Hope Clinic with conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and other controlled substances that weren’t... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Doctors, Drugs, News

Opioids

February 21, 2018

Teen gets 6 months for smuggling Bengal tiger cub into US

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A California teen has been sentenced to six months in prison for smuggling in a Bengal tiger cub from Mexico. The defense attorney for 18-year-old Luis Valencia told the court Tuesday in San Diego before his sentencing that his client had had a lapse in judgment and wanted the endangered tiger... Read More

Animals, Criminal Justice News, News

Animal Smuggling, Bengal Tiger

February 21, 2018

Henrico dad arrested for impregnating daughter granted bond; she remains jailed

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — A father who impregnated and married his biological, adult daughter was granted bond Tuesday in Henrico County. It was 42-year-old Steven Pladl’s first court appearance in Virginia following his January arrest on an incest charge in North Carolina. Pladl’s $28,000 bond came with conditions that he stay in Virginia while his... Read More

Bad Parenting, Criminal Justice News, News

Katie Pladl, Steven Pladl

February 21, 2018

Judge declares mistrial in Philadelphia mob boss fraud case

NEW YORK (AP) — A mistrial was declared on Tuesday in the New York City racketeering trial of a notorious Philadelphia mob boss who had insisted he quit his life of crime after a lengthy prison term. Jurors at the trial of Joseph “Skinny Joey” Merlino told U.S. District Judge Richard Sullivan in a series... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Joseph Merlino, Mobster

February 21, 2018

Texas parole board recommends killer be spared from death

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas parole board on Tuesday made a rare recommendation to commute a death sentence, unanimously endorsing a “lesser penalty” for a man set to be executed this week for masterminding the killings of his mother and brother. Thomas “Bart” Whitaker is scheduled for lethal injection Thursday for the shootings of... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Execution, News

Thomas Whitaker

February 21, 2018

Ex-Milwaukee officer sentenced to 3 years for sex crimes

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A former Milwaukee police officer who was acquitted last year in a fatal shooting that sparked two nights of riots will serve three years in prison for unrelated sex crimes. Dominique Heaggan-Brown, 26, was sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty last month to three counts of soliciting prostitution and two counts of obtaining... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Law Enforcement, News, Sexual Abuse

Dominique Heaggan-Brown

February 21, 2018

Neurologist charged with raping New York City woman

NEW YORK (AP) — A neurologist who had pleaded guilty to groping women at a Philadelphia clinic was arrested on Tuesday on charges he repeatedly raped a patient in New York City. Dr. Ricardo Cruciani was taken into custody and will be arraigned in New York on multiple counts of rape and other sex crimes,... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sexual Abuse

Ricardo Cruciani

February 21, 2018

California law that blocked posting actors’ ages struck down

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California law that sought to prevent age discrimination in the entertainment industry by blocking a popular Hollywood website from posting the ages of actors was struck down Tuesday as unconstitutional. U.S. District Court Judge Vince Chhabria in San Francisco said the law passed in 2016 violated the First Amendment rights... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, News

IMDB

February 21, 2018

Parents of fraternity pledge file civil suit over his death

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The parents of a Florida State University fraternity pledge who died of alcohol poisoning after a party have filed a civil suit against those who have a connection in their son’s death. Thomas and Sandra Coffey are suing Pi Kappa Phi’s national chapter and several others, including the nine fraternity members... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Andrew Coffey, FSU

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Florida doctor facing long Medicare fraud sentence

Florida to execute man in 1993 slaying of college student

Attorney admits he lied to Mueller’s federal agents

Much-touted MS-13 sweep keeps even most basic details secret

Sabrina Limon Sentencing

Doctors charged in West Virginia, Virginia pill mill case

Teen gets 6 months for smuggling Bengal tiger cub into US

Henrico dad arrested for impregnating daughter granted bond; she remains jailed

Judge declares mistrial in Philadelphia mob boss fraud case

Texas parole board recommends killer be spared from death

Ex-Milwaukee officer sentenced to 3 years for sex crimes

Neurologist charged with raping New York City woman

California law that blocked posting actors’ ages struck down

Parents of fraternity pledge file civil suit over his death

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