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Local Defense Attorney and Others Arrested in Connection with Scheme to Obstruct Justice
HOUSTON—Abraham Moses Fisch, 52, a criminal defense attorney in Houston, has been arrested on charges of conspiracy, obstruction of justice, money laundering, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and failure to file tax returns, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today along with Stephen L. Morris, special agent in charge of the FBI, and Lucy Cruz, special agent in-charge of Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigations (IRS-CI).
South Florida Corrections Officers Convicted of Federal Civil Rights and Obstruction Charges
WASHINGTON—A federal jury in Miami convicted South Florida Reception Center (SFRC) Corrections Officers Alexander McQueen, 30, and Steven Dawkins, 30, of offenses related to the violation of civil rights of inmates at SFRC. McQueen was convicted of both conspiring to violate the civil rights of inmates and obstruction of justice, while Dawkins was convicted of obstruction of justice.
Former APD Officer Sentenced to 12 Months for Federal Obstruction of Justice Conviction
ALBUQUERQUE—United States Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales announced that this afternoon in Albuquerque federal court, former Albuquerque Police Officer Brad Ahrensfield, 46, was sentenced to confinement for 12 months and a day for his conviction on an obstruction of justice charge.
80 years for man who admitted killing 11-year-old in 1980
A former Oak Forest man who first claimed to have accidentally struck and killed an 11-year-old boy in 1980 — then later bragged he had actually strangled the boy — has been sentenced to 80 years in prison after pleading guilty to murder. Ronald Rice, 56, was charged in 2008 while in prison for assaulting another 11-year-old boy.
Convicted ex-media baron Conrad Black freed on bond
CHICAGO (CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM) – A U.S. judge on Wednesday ordered imprisoned former media baron Conrad Black released on $2 million bond, while she decides whether to throw out his 2007 conviction for defrauding shareholders.
US court frees Conrad Black on bail
Conrad Black with wife Barbara Amiel at a fancy dress party in London. Black is to be freed from the US jail where he is currently a prisoner.
Former Chicago Police Commander Convicted of Perjury, Obstruction of Justice Related to Torture of Suspects
WASHINGTON, June 28 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ — The Justice Department announced that a federal jury in Chicago today convicted former Chicago Police Department (CPD) Commander Jon Burge, 60, of Apollo Beach, Fla., on perjury and obstruction charges related to his denials that he participated in the torture of suspects in police custody decades ago. The jury found that Burge lied and impeded court proceedings in November 2003 when he provided false statements in a civil lawsuit that alleged that he and others tortured and abused people in their custody.
Jury selection begins in Ill. police torture trial
CHICAGO – For decades, black men across Chicago described torture at the hands of former police Lt. Jon Burge and his officers, and for decades no one listened.
Former U.S. Immigration Officer Pleads Guilty to Destroying Government Files, Producing False Immigration Document
A former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deportation officer pleaded guilty today to federal charges of obstruction of justice and producing a fraudulent immigration document. The defendant, Thomas P….
