Recent Posts in Felony Crimes Category
Posted on Dec 24, 2010 By Goldstein Law Offices
After two hours of wrenching, tear-filled pleas for both maximum justice and mercy, the man convicted of murder in the drunk-driving crash that killed Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart and two friends was ...
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Posted on Dec 15, 2010 By Goldstein Law Offices
A Georgia man pled guilty in Los Angeles to transporting child pornography using a secret Internet bulletin board that allowed approximately three dozen members to trade thousands of images and videos ...
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Posted on Dec 10, 2010 By Goldstein Law Offices
A man wanted in connection with the sexual assault of a woman in North Hollywood, California in March was charged with rape, while police sought other possible victims. Louis Robert Mercado, of North ...
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Posted on Dec 8, 2010 By Goldstein Law Offices
A West Covina, California man was sentenced to 135 months in federal prison for running an investment fraud scheme that took in almost $4 million from more than 100 victims who were lured to the ...
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Posted on Dec 6, 2010 By Goldstein Law Offices
In Sacramento, California, a United States Attorney announced that Ronald T. Lim, of Redding, has paid $175,000 to settle the government’s claims for civil statutory violations occurring at his ...
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Posted on Nov 29, 2010 By Goldstein Law Offices
In Granada Hills, California, a teacher at Hillcrest Christian School has been arrested for having sex several times with a high school student and police said he might have abused other students of ...
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Posted on Nov 22, 2010 By Goldstein Law Offices
A celebrity disc jockey and the heads of an entertainment company were among 14 people indicted in a cocaine ring where private jets were used to shuttle large amounts of the drug from Southern ...
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Posted on Nov 5, 2010 By Goldstein Law Offices
A Riverside, California man was sentenced to 12 years in state prison for his part in a conspiracy to defraud two insurance companies out of $1.4 million by illegally selling liens on workers' ...
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Posted on Nov 3, 2010 By Goldstein Law Offices
In Santa Ana, California, a Long Beach man sat motionless in court as he was convicted of killing a high school friend in 1988 and setting the body on fire in an unsuccessful effort to destroy ...
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Posted on Oct 28, 2010 By Goldstein Law Offices
The Arizona Attorney General announced the indictment and arrest of Mayor Octavio Garcia Von Borstel of Nogales, Arizona, on multiple charges including bribery, theft, fraud, and money laundering. ...
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Posted on Oct 26, 2010 By Goldstein Law Offices
United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today that Charles Johnson, 47, of Garden Valley in El Dorado County, pleaded guilty before United States District Judge Edward Garcia to receipt of ...
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Posted on Oct 20, 2010 By Goldstein Law Offices
A Burbank woman has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for running a Ponzi scheme that collected more than $10 million dollars from investors with bogus promises of 25 percent returns ...
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Posted on Oct 15, 2010 By Goldstein Law Offices
Ten individuals have been indicted in Los Angeles for their role in a scheme to defraud the United States Medicare System, announced U.S. Attorney, Andre Birotte Jr.; FBI Assistant Director in Charge, ...
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Posted on Oct 4, 2010 By Goldstein Law Offices
The owner of a Sherman Oaks company that promised investors healthy returns with claims of a successful business based on the rehabilitation of “scratch and dent” real estate was indicted ...
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Posted on Sep 30, 2010 By Goldstein Law Offices
San Diego FBI Special Agent in Charge announced the arrest of Maurice Cohn of Carlsbad, California, on federal charges of attempting to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity. Cohn was arrested ...
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Posted on Sep 18, 2010 By Goldstein Law Offices
A commercial truck driver wanted for a brutal sexual assault of a woman in Castaic in 2009 was in custody in Santa Clarita, California after being extradited from New York. Eugene Lee Upshaw was ...
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Posted on Sep 8, 2010 By Goldstein Law Offices
A United States Attorney of the Northern District of New York, announced that Dr. Frank Boehm of Utica, New York, pled guilty in United States District Court in Syracuse to a felony information that ...
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Posted on Aug 17, 2010 By Goldstein Law Offices
A Los Angeles County sheriff's lieutenant recently sent an internal memo to deputies in Norwalk encouraging them to consider an individual's past and career potential before making a felony ...
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