Texas State

Columbus, OH

Las Vegas, NV

Law & Crime

Pahrump Justice Court Judge Michele Fiore was suspended from her duties after being indicted for allegedly defrauding a charity for slain cops.
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'Lady Trump' judge suspended with pay following indictment for allegedly defrauding slain officer charity

Fort Bragg, NC

A federal judge has sentenced a former Army warrant officer to three years in prison and ordered him to pay $500,000 in restitution and forfeiture for selling $2 million worth of stolen military equipment. Chief Warrant Officer 3 Christopher Hammond, 38, previously pleaded guilty to six charges, including theft of...

Army warrant officer sentenced for selling $2 million in stolen gear

Earlier this year, attorneys started to try to get a class action certified against the carrier. Now, the United States has initiated a civil lawsuit under the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act (FIRREA) against Allstate company National General Holdings Corp. and its subsidiaries, including National General Insurance Company, National General Lender Services Inc., and Newport Management Corporation.

Allstate subsidiary hit by Feds over alleged insurance fraud

Alabama State

Birmingham, AL

The Associated Press

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The longest-serving member of the Alabama House of Representatives was sentenced to 13 months in federal prison Tuesday on charges of federal conspiracy and obstruction of justice, despite an earlier nonbinding plea agreement that gave the 83-year-old a more lenient sentence to be served at home.

83-year-old Alabama former legislator sentenced to 13 months in federal prison for kickback scheme

Alexandria, VA

UPI News

A man who threatened to kill federal judges, U.S. Marshals and federal prosecutors via letters he sent from prison, has been sentenced to an additional 20 years behind bars, the Justice Department announced Thursday.

Incarcerated man sentenced to more prison time for threats mailed to federal judges, others

Julie Chrisley’s Prison Sentence Thrown Out By Appeals Court. Julie Chrisley, star of USA’s Chrisley Knows Best has had her prison sentence thrown out by an appeals court, TVGrapevine has learned. “After careful consideration, and with the benefit of oral argument, we affirm the district court on all...

Julie Chrisley’s Prison Sentence Thrown Out By Appeals Court

Atlanta, GA

One month after a judge granted her appeal and vacated her seven-year sentence in the tax evasion and fraud case, Julie Chrisley is granted a resentencing date. According to PEOPLE, the Chrisley Knows Best alum is set to return to Atlanta on September 25 to receive a new sentence. The seven-year tax evasion and fraud sentencing was thrown out due to the lack of evidence.

Julie Chrisley Receives Resentencing Date, Leaving Future Uncertain

San Antonio, TX

Bexar County, TX

A wealthy Texas lawyer was shot dead by his wife at their home before she killed herself, police say. Jerry Hernandez, 61, and his wife Sonia, 52, were found dead at their stunning $1.6million mansion in Shavano Park in Bexar County, Texas on Wednesday morning. Police say they were called to the address just before 8am after receiving reports of gunshots, according to Fox San Antonio.

Texas lawyer shot dead by his wife before she kills herself at $1.6m mansion in leafy suburb

California State

Fox News

California attorney Lisa Bloom, her husband, and their firm agreed to a settlement following allegations of misuse of COVID-19 relief funds.

California attorney Lisa Bloom, husband, settle over misuse of COVID relief fund allegations

Arizona State

The Arizona grand jury that indicted 18 Republican supporters of Donald Trump who falsely claimed he won the state in the 2020 election wanted to consider also charging the former president, but prosecutors urged them not to, according to court documents filed this week. The court records filed by Democratic...

Arizona prosecutors asked grand jurors not to indict Trump in state’s fake electors case

Corsicana, TX

Shine My Crown

In a troubling incident in Corsicana, Texas, an assistant principal was airlifted to a hospital after being severely injured by a student during a classroom altercation. The attack on Candra Rogers, an African American administrator at Collins Intermediate School, occurred last Thursday, prompting increased scrutiny of the escalating violence faced by educators across the country.

Texas School Principal Airlifted After Attack by Student

A deal that would have spared the life of Marcellus Williams is off the table. St. Louis County Circuit Court Judge Bruce Hilton on Thursday set aside the agreement reached between attorneys for Williams and the office of St. Louis County Prosecutor Wesley Bell. He will instead hold a hearing on Aug. 28 to take evidence in the motion to vacate Williams’ conviction in a 1998 murder.

St. Louis County judge pulls deal that would have spared Marcellus Williams

Hawaii State

A U.S. soldier has been placed in custody for the disappearance of his wife, according to the Army. Pfc. Dewayne Arthur Johnson II is in military pretrial confinement in Hawaii, more than two weeks after his wife, Mischa Mabeline Kaalohilani Johnson, went missing. “Our efforts remain focused on locating Mischa,...

US soldier detained over pregnant wife’s disappearance in Hawaii

Kentucky State

To avoid paying child support, a 39-year-old Kentucky man resorted to hacking Hawaii's death registry system to try and fake his own death. The stunt leaves Jesse Kipf facing over six years in prison. US District Judge Robert Wier sentenced him to 81 months for computer fraud and aggravated identity theft, and he has to serve at least 85% of that sentence.

Man Hacked State Database to Fake Death and Avoid Paying Child Support

Houston, TX

Vanity Williams, a 34-year-old Black transgender woman who had recently started nursing school, was shot to death August 3 in the lobby of her apartment building in Houston. Williams’s friends are remembering her fondly, and they say they don’t know why anyone would want to kill her. But Tristian Sanders, 26, a man who police say was known to Williams, was arrested a week later and charged with murder. She was found in the lobby suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.

Black transgender Air Force veteran Vanity Williams shot to death in Houston

Coffee County, GA

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Last week, two individuals from Coffee County were charged with trafficking methamphetamine following a search at a residence on Willacoochee Highway. On August 13, detectives with the Coffee County Drug Unit conducted an operation involving Charles Black, which led to a search of his residence on Willacoochee Highway. According to the report, Black left his residence before the warrant was served and was subsequently detained.

Two Charged with Trafficking Methamphetamine After Search in Coffee County

A Texas mother is facing a murder charge nearly a year after she allegedly left behind her 11-week-old baby boy in her car for three hours with temperatures outside in the mid-90s, authorities say.
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Mom remembers 3-year-old son but leaves behind infant found dead in hot car with 108-degree body temperature: Cops

Beeville, TX

ABC News

A 9-month-old child has died after being left in a car by the child’s grandmother for nearly eight hours in what authorities are investigating as a heat-related death.

9-month-old dead after being found strapped into safety seat in hot car for 8 hours

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Texas Law Firm Employee Sentenced to 50 Months for Embezzling $1.5 Million

An employee of a law firm in Texas has been dealt a prison sentence of over four years for embezzling nearly $1.5 million, U.S. Attorney for...

Texas Law Firm Employee Sentenced to 50 Months for Embezzling $1.5 Million

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