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Former Employee Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy Charge in $900,000 Embezzlement Scheme
WASHINGTON—Brenda L. Jones, 46, of Lothian, Maryland, pled guilty today to a federal conspiracy charge stemming from a scheme in which she and others embezzled more than $900,000 from her former employer, announced U.S.
Newark Man Pleads Guilty to Carjacking and Related Crimes
NEWARK, NJ—A Newark man responsible for a gunpoint carjacking in the city last winter pleaded guilty today, admitting his role in the crime, U.S. Attorney Paul J.
Taiwan Aftermarket Auto Lights Manufacturer and Its Chairman Indicted for Participation in Price-Fixing Conspiracy
WASHINGTON—A federal grand jury in San Francisco returned a superseding indictment yesterday against a Taiwan aftermarket auto lights manufacturer, its U.S.-based subsidiary distributor and its chairman for participating in an international conspiracy to fix the prices of aftermarket auto lights, the Department of Justice announced. Aftermarket auto lights are incorporated into an automobile after its original sale, often as repairs following a collision or as accessories and upgrades.
Lincoln Man Charged with Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine
United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that on November 22, 2011, an indictment was unsealed charging Vitaly Petrov Revenkov, 38, of Lincoln, Nebraska, with conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of a substance containing methamphetamine between May of 2010 and July of 2011.
Four Area Men Plead Guilty to Federal Narcotics Conspiracy Charges
WASHINGTON—Four area men have pled guilty to federal narcotics conspiracy charges for their roles in a ring that distributed cocaine in the Washington, D.C. area, following an extensive investigation by the FBI/Metropolitan Police Department Safe Streets Task Force.
Randy Quaid and Wife Say They Fled to Canada to Avoid Being Murdered
Randy Quaid and his wife Evi are making an effort to rehab their image from perpetual law-avoiders to avid conspiracy theorists, it seems. In a segment on today’s ‘ Good Morning America ,’ Evi — who, along with her Oscar-nominated husband, was recently released from custody in Canada — said, “Hollywood is murdering its movie stars.” The Quaids were arrested on a warrant in Canada on Oct.
‘Fast Eddie’ Appeal Shot Down by Supreme Court
A former Chicago alderman who’s guilty in a real estate kickback scheme is due to be sentenced next week, after the U.S. Supreme Court denied his appeal without explanation Monday.
Five guilty pleas in dog fighting conspiracy
Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that during the week of Sept. 13, 2010, five co-defendants entered pleas of guilty in U.S….
Editorial: Paranoia politics crosses the Atlantic as Tea Party champions come ashore
European elites sometimes look down their noses at the populist style of American politics and wilder manifestations of the “culture wars” that deform much of US public debate. For their part, Americans reply that three times in the 20th century their money and armies rescued Europe from militarism and worse.
Nanny says she kept lists of Anna Nicole’s drugs (AP)
LOS ANGELES – A second nanny testifying at the drug conspiracy trial of Anna Nicole Smith’s two doctors and lawyer-boyfriend said Tuesday that she kept a list of drugs given to the model and that it numbered 18 at one point. Nadine Alexie told the jury that she was vigilant about the medications Smith was taking because she was then studying to be a pharmacy technician.
