The San Luis Obispo County Jail violates the rights of prisoners by, among other things, failing to provide adequate medical care and subjecting some prisoners to excessive uses of force, according to a Justice Department report that calls upon the jail to make changes to address the constitutional violations found during an investigation. The Justice Department …
A federal judge sentenced a former music teacher, John Edward Zeretzke, 62, who contracted with several schools to teach music to children, to 183 months in federal prison for producing child pornography. Eretzke pleaded guilty in August 2020 to one count of production of child pornography. He already pleaded guilty in Orange …
A federal grand jury this afternoon indicted John Mathew Piecuch, 61 with sexual exploitation offenses alleging he convinced a preteen girl to send him sexually explicit photos of herself and a younger relative. Piecuch was named in a three-count indictment that charges him with attempted enticement of a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity, production of …
RIVERSIDE, California – A federal grand jury indicted John Mathew Piecuch, 61, of sexual exploitation offenses alleging he convinced a preteen girl to send him sexually explicit photos of herself and a younger relative. Piecuch was indicted with attempted enticement of a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity, production of child pornography, and receipt of child pornography. …
A federal jury this afternoon convicted Mark Steven Domingo, 28, for attempting to bomb a rally in Long Beach for the purpose of causing mass casualties. The jury found him guilty of providing material support to terrorism and attempting to use of a weapon of mass destruction.He faces life in prison. The investigation into Domingo …
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The feds charged Matthew Taylor Coleman, 40, with foreign murder of United States Nationals for taking his 2-year-old boy and 10-month-old girl to Mexico and killing them. on Monday. A federal criminal complaint filed today charges Coleman with foreign murder of United States nationals. On Saturday when Coleman’s wife contacted the Santa Barbara Police to …
A federal judge sentenced Patrick Joseph Soria, 35, to 152 months in federal prison for orchestrating a real estate fraud scheme that victimized more than 2,000 homeowners, involved fraudulent filings that affected the title to properties across the country and caused more than $7 million in losses. Soria pleaded guilty to one count of …
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The feds charged Helios Raphael Dayspring, a.k.a. “Bobby Dayspring,” 35, with one count of bribery and one count of subscribing to a false 2018 income tax return that deliberately failed to report millions of dollars in income to the IRS. The federal prosecutors charged Dayspring with bribery for paying a …
Federal jury found Ed Buck 66 of nine felonies, including giving fatal doses of methamphetamine to two men who died at his apartment. The jury found Buck guilty of two counts of distribution of methamphetamine resulting in death, four counts of distribution of methamphetamine, one count of maintaining a drug-involved premises, and two counts of …
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The feds arrested Douglas J. Chrismas, 77, a noted art dealer on federal charges accusing him of embezzling more than $260,000 from the bankruptcy estate of Ace Gallery, a Miracle Mile-based art gallery, while acting as the estate’s trustee and custodian. The feds claim that Chrismas was the president and CEO of Art and …
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