Software Engineer Sentenced to 10 Years for Building So-Called ‘Ghost Guns’
Dexter Taylor, a Brooklyn resident and software engineer, was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison for charges related to firearms made from a “ghost gun kit.” according to to NBC New York. In April, Taylor was found guilty on 13 charges, all related to firearms he made or fabricated as a hobbyist gunsmith. Brooklyn […]
‘Excessive Greed’: Former DEI Manager At Facebook Sentenced For $5 Million Fraud
A former diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) manager at Facebook and Nike will serve 63 months in prison and three years of supervised release as part of his sentencing for more than $5 million in wire fraud, federal prosecutors announced Monday. Barbara Farlow Smiles, 38, of Marietta, Georgia, reportedly ran an “elaborate scheme involving fraudulent […]
California Man Sentenced For Possessing, Intending To Distribute Over 400 Grams Of Fentanyl
Federal prosecutors announced Monday that a California man was sentenced to 121 months in prison for possessing and attempting to distribute more than 400 grams of fentanyl. Philip A. Talbert, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California, said Alden Nunez-Rosales, 27, of Fresno, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to drug charges in February, […]
Florida Man Sentenced For Helping Firebomb Planned Parenthood
A Florida man will serve 42 months in federal prison after being sentenced Monday for helping make Molotov cocktails with two men who incendiary bombed an Orange County family planning clinic, federal prosecutors said Monday. Announced. Xavier Batten, 21, of Brooksville, will also pay $1,000 in restitution and will spend the first three years of […]
Kazakhstani ex-government official sentenced for wife’s torture and murder in Central Asia
Kazakhstan’s Supreme Court has convicted former government official Quandyk Bysinbayev of torturing and killing his wife. Mr. Visinbayev was sentenced to 24 years in prison on Monday. The incident sparked widespread public outcry and led to calls for tougher penalties for domestic violence. Kazakhstan’s Supreme Court on Monday convicted a former government official of torturing […]
Ex-pharmacy exec sentenced for role in deadly 2012 meningitis outbreak
A former Massachusetts pharmacy owner was sentenced Friday to at least 10 years in prison. Barry Cadden, former director of New England Pharmacy Center, was sentenced in Howell, Michigan. Cadden’s sentence was related to his role in the deaths of 11 Michigan residents from tainted drugs. A former Massachusetts pharmacy owner who used a drug […]
Arizona Wife Who Plead Guilty To Attempting To Poison Husband With Bleach In Coffee Sentenced
An Arizona woman accused of trying to add bleach to her husband’s coffee was sentenced Friday, CNN reported. Melody Felicano Johnson, 40, who was originally charged with attempted first-degree murder, pleaded guilty in April 2024 to two misdemeanor counts of adding poison or harmful substance to food or drink. Ta. Judge Javier Chong Lopez could […]
Border Patrol Agent Sentenced for Offering to Smuggle Migrant Female in El Paso
A U.S. Border Patrol agent will serve a year and a half in prison for trying to smuggle a female migrant from El Salvador to Texas. This week, 42-year-old Fernando Castillo appeared before a federal district judge in El Paso and was sentenced to 18 months in prison. Castillo pleaded guilty in February to one […]
Florida woman sentenced to 5 years in prison for abusing Husky with rubber mallet
A Florida woman was sentenced to more than five years in prison Friday after she was caught on camera abusing her Husky dog. Elizabeth James admitted hitting the dog with a rubber mallet.she was A hidden camera recorded him punching Kimberly Johns’ husky, Maya. Prosecutors said James moved into the Tampa home in August 2022 […]
Kentucky Dentist Sentenced For Giving Drug Addicts Opioids, Feds Say
A Kentucky dentist was sentenced in federal court on Friday to 20 years in prison for illegally prescribing opioids to patients he knew were addicted, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). Dr. Jay M. Sadolinia, 61, of Villa Hills, prescribed “potent opioids” to patients whose medical records included a history of substance abuse disorder, […]