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Ohio Man Sentenced in Church Arson Case
An Ohio man was sentenced to 51 months in prison for setting fire to the First Azusa Apostolic Faith Church of God in Conneaut, Ohio , the Department of Justice has announced. Ronald J. Pudder, 23, of Conneaut, pleaded guilty last year to one count...
Former Memphis Police Officer Sentenced to 18 Months for Civil Rights Violations
Former Memphis Police Officer Isaac White was sentenced yesterday to 18 months in prison, two years supervised release and a $4,000 fine. On Nov. 25, 2009, White pleaded guilty to violating the civil rights of Pierre Jefferson. White admitted that in...
Federal Grand Jury Charges Ohio Man in Church Arson Case
A federal grand jury sitting in the Northern District of Ohio has charged Ronald J. Pudder with intentionally damaging, destroying and attempting to destroy religious property because of the race, color and ethnic characteristics of individuals associated...
Tennessee Man Receives 183 Months in Prison for Burning Islamic Center
Senior Judge Robert L. Echols of the Middle District of Tennessee has sentenced Eric Ian Baker to 183 months in prison for vandalizing and burning down the Islamic Center of Columbia, Tenn.. Baker pleaded guilty on Sept. 18, 2009, to destruction of religious...
Former Missouri Sheriff’s Deputy Pleads Guilty to Sexually Abusing a Detained Teenage Girl
Steven W. Burgess, a former Jackson County, Mo., sheriff’s deputy, has pleaded guilty in federal court to violating the civil rights of a teenage girl whom he sexually assaulted in his patrol car, the Justice Department announced. Burgess, 35, of Independence,...
Former Florida State Corrections Officer Given 3 Years in Prison for Assaulting an Inmate
Paul Tillis, a former Florida Department of Corrections officer, has been sentenced in federal court in Jacksonville, Fla., on a federal civil rights charge related to assaulting an inmate. Tillis was sentenced to three years in prison followed by two...
5 Defendants Convicted of International Sex Trafficking Involving Central American Girls
Five defendants, all members or associates of an extended family, face potential life sentences after being found guilty of sex trafficking for participating in a scheme that lured young Central American women and girls into the Los Angeles area and forced...
Former Memphis Police Officer Found Guilty on 44 Counts Including Narcotics, Robbery And Firearms Charges
A federal jury in Memphis, Tenn., has found Arthur Sease IV, a former Memphis Police Department officer, guilty on forty-four counts of civil rights, narcotics, robbery and firearms offenses.
