Former Memphis Police Department Officer Pleads Guilty to Using Excessive Force And Causing Bodily Injury

Isaac White, formerly an officer with the Memphis Police Department, has pleaded guilty in federal court in Memphis, Tenn., to using excessive force and causing bodily injury. White faces up to 10 years in prison for the civil rights violation. White,...

Former GSA Chief of Staff Sentenced for Obstruction of Justice And Making False Statements

Former General Services Administration (GSA) Chief of Staff David H. Safavian has been sentenced to one year in prison on charges of obstruction of justice and making false statements in connection with the investigation into the activities of former...

Indiana Man Pleads Guilty to Cross Burning

Bruce Mikulyuk, 50, of Mishawaka, Ind., has pleaded guilty to interfering with the housing rights of a white woman and an African American man by burning a cross in their yard and later returning with a knife and threatening the man if he did not leave,...

Former NY State Supreme Court Justice Convicted of Attempted Extortion And Bribery

Former New York State Supreme Court Justice Thomas J. Spargo has been convicted by a federal jury in Albany, N.Y., of attempted extortion and soliciting a bribe. Spargo, 66, was convicted following a three-day jury trial. Evidenced introduced at trial...

32 Doctors And Health Care Executives Indicted on Charges Related to $16 Million in Alleged False Billing in Houston

32 people have been indicted for schemes to submit more than $16 million in false Medicare claims in the continuing operation of the Medicare Fraud Strike Force in Houston. The Strike Force in Houston is the fourth phase of a targeted criminal, civil...

5 Charged And More Than 150 Dogs Seized in Raids on U.S. Dog Fighting Rings

Officers from multiple federal and state law enforcement agencies have arrested five Missouri men and seized more than 150 pit bull terriers in an early morning raid on several locations allegedly involved in dog fighting ventures. The U.S. Attorney also...

Former Memphis Police Officer Sentenced to Life Plus 255 Years for Civil Rights, Narcotics, Robbery And Firearms Crimes

Arthur Sease IV, a former Memphis Police Department officer, has been sentenced to a prison term of life plus 255 years by Chief Judge Jon P. McCalla in Memphis, Tenn. A jury convicted Sease in February 2009 of 44 counts of civil rights, narcotics, robbery,...

L.A. Physician Assistant Guilty of Stealing Doctor’s Identity And Defrauding Medicare in $7.7 Million Scheme

A federal jury in Los Angeles has convicted a physician assistant for his role in a $7.7 million Medicare fraud scheme. After a seven-day trial in federal court in Los Angeles, a jury found Ronald Luis Bradshaw, 59, guilty on all charged counts, including...

Man Found Guilty of Conspiracy to Support Terrorists

After a bench trial held last week in the Northern District of Georgia, U.S. District Judge William S. Duffey, Jr., has announced that Syed Haris Ahmed, 24, has been found guilty of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists. “This case...