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NYC politics
fromwww.foxnews.com
1 day ago

Gubernatorial candidate vows to pardon cop convicted of manslaughter in death of fleeing suspect

Bruce Blakeman plans to pardon Sgt. Erik Duran, convicted of manslaughter for the death of a fleeing suspect, calling the sentence unjust.
#wire-fraud
Boston
fromBoston.com
3 days ago

Retired Mass. State Police sergeant pleads guilty in PPP fraud scheme

A retired Massachusetts State Police sergeant pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining a federal pandemic relief loan for a non-existent business.
Boston
fromBoston.com
3 days ago

Retired Mass. State Police sergeant pleads guilty in PPP fraud scheme

A retired Massachusetts State Police sergeant pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining a federal pandemic relief loan for a non-existent business.
Law
fromGothamist
4 days ago

Former NYPD sergeant sentenced to up to 9 years for killing man by throwing cooler at him

A former NYPD sergeant was sentenced to three to nine years for manslaughter after killing a man during a drug bust.
#arson
fromwww.amny.com
5 days ago
Brooklyn

Brooklyn activist pleads guilty to arson after setting fire to parked NYPD cars | amNewYork

Jakhi McCray pleaded guilty to setting fire to 10 NYPD vehicles, causing $800,000 in damage.
fromsfist.com
1 month ago
San Francisco

SF Towing Company Owner Sentenced to Federal Prison for Arson of Rivals' Trucks, Insurance Fraud

Jose Vicente Badillo, 29, sentenced to five years in prison for orchestrating arson against rival tow trucks; also convicted of insurance fraud; welfare charges pending.
Brooklyn
fromwww.amny.com
5 days ago

Brooklyn activist pleads guilty to arson after setting fire to parked NYPD cars | amNewYork

Jakhi McCray pleaded guilty to setting fire to 10 NYPD vehicles, causing $800,000 in damage.
fromsfist.com
1 month ago
San Francisco

SF Towing Company Owner Sentenced to Federal Prison for Arson of Rivals' Trucks, Insurance Fraud

fromnews.bitcoin.com
1 week ago

US Attorney Connecticut Forfeits $600,000 in Tether Linked to Ledger Phishing Letter

The victim, identified in court documents only as T.M., received an unsolicited letter at their home address in September 2025. The letter appeared to come from Ledger Security and Compliance and instructed the recipient to complete a mandatory security review of their Ledger hardware wallet.
Cryptocurrency
#crime
Law
fromBoston.com
1 week ago

Melrose man charged with stealing hundreds of thousands from clients, prosecutors say

A Melrose lawyer faces multiple charges for embezzling client funds and practicing law while suspended.
fromSFGATE
2 weeks ago

Nearly 28,000 L.A. County Property Owners Face Spring Fire Clearance Deadline-Here's What It Costs if You Don't Comply

Property owners who want to handle clearance themselves—and avoid racking up costs—should have responded to the county by March 10 to receive a property-specific deadline.
LA real estate
Real estate
fromIrish Independent
3 weeks ago

Thousands who have yet to pay property tax warned money will be taken from wages

170,000 homes have not filed local property tax returns, prompting Revenue to initiate a non-compliance campaign.
Law
fromABA Journal
3 weeks ago

Drug convictions bar lawyer from bench but not from practicing law

Felony drug convictions prevent lawyer from becoming a judge but allow him to continue practicing law in Montana.
Law
fromsfist.com
2 weeks ago

Humpday Headlines: Judge Fines SF Public Defender For Turning Down Cases

SF Public Defender Mano Raju is hiring 36 new attorneys while facing contempt for turning down cases due to unmanageable caseloads.
US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

ICE agents reveal daily arrest quotas and surveillance app in rare court testimony

ICE agents in Oregon used a custom app called Elite to target neighborhoods and maintained daily arrest quotas, contradicting DHS claims of no quotas, as revealed in federal court testimony.
Information security
fromSecuritymagazine
1 month ago

Discussing Use of Force in Security: A Challenging Discussion?

Use of force in security cannot be entirely avoided but should be deployed only as a last resort when lesser options fail, requiring comprehensive training in tactics, de-escalation, and legal authority.
Law
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago

Judge Issues Arrest Warrant for Former Republican Governor

A Kentucky judge issued an arrest warrant for former Governor Matt Bevin for contempt in a child support case involving his son.
Parenting
fromSlate Magazine
1 month ago

The Neighbor Kids Keep Trespassing on Our Property. It's Going to End in Disaster.

Property owners face legal liability for child injuries on their land from attractive nuisances like frozen ponds, requiring immediate protective action beyond verbal warnings.
fromNewsday
1 month ago

Cop hurt, 2 charged after pursuit in catalytic converter thefts, prosecutors say

He has a complete disregard for lawful authority and the safety of others. Cruz refused to stop, speeding at more than 90 mph, prosecutors said at the two men's arraignment Sunday at Suffolk County Criminal Court in Central Islip.
US news
Boston food
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

After jail, house arrest and an ankle monitor, a reprieve for a Cop City' protester: The process was the punishment'

A Georgia carpenter resolved a three-year felony arson case related to Cop City protests through an Alford plea, receiving a reduced charge and probation instead of potential 20-year imprisonment.
NYC parents
fromPadailypost
1 month ago

Police, school district write checks to settle teen's suit alleging excessive force by police

Atherton town government and Sequoia Union High School District settled a lawsuit for $560,000 with a student after police forcibly detained him at school over a toy water gun incident.
Law
from48 hills
3 weeks ago

Lurie wants to be tough on crime-but won't pay for the impacts on defendants - 48 hills

Increased arrests and prosecutions in San Francisco are costly, leading to understaffed public defense and potential legal ethics violations.
#cryptocurrency-theft
fromBitcoin Magazine
1 month ago
Cryptocurrency

U.S. Contractor Arrested In $46M Theft Of Government Crypto

U.S. government contractor John Daghita was arrested in Saint Martin for allegedly stealing over $46 million in cryptocurrency from the U.S. Marshals Service through insider access to government-linked digital asset wallets.
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago
US news

Former LAPD officer found guilty of crypto-related home invasion robbery

Former LAPD officer Eric Halem was convicted of kidnapping and robbery for stealing $350,000 in cryptocurrency from a 17-year-old during a fake police search warrant home invasion in 2024.
US news
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago

Former LAPD officer found guilty of crypto-related home invasion robbery

Former LAPD officer Eric Halem was convicted of kidnapping and robbery for stealing $350,000 in cryptocurrency from a 17-year-old during a fake police search warrant home invasion in 2024.
Cryptocurrency
fromBitcoin Magazine
1 month ago

Former LAPD Officer Convicted In $350,000 Bitcoin Kidnapping And Home Invasion

Former LAPD officer Eric Halem was convicted of kidnapping and bitcoin robbery after posing as a police officer to steal $350,000 in cryptocurrency from a teenager.
LA real estate
fromLos Angeles Times
10 years ago

Q&A: Homestead exemption won't protect owner from nonjudicial foreclosure

A homestead exemption protects home equity from creditors in California for principal residences, including condominiums, and applies only to judicial foreclosures, not nonjudicial foreclosures by associations.
Los Angeles
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago

L.A. liable for destroying homeless people's property, federal judge rules

A federal judge found Los Angeles violated homeless individuals' constitutional rights by seizing and destroying personal property and altering cleanup records.
fromIndependent
2 months ago

Extortionist who demanded 20k and threatened to slit children's throats appeals five-year sentence

An extortionist who demanded €20,000 from two innocent victims - threatening one that their children's throats would be slit and warning another he would be killed - has argued that his five-year sentence was twice as severe as that handed to his co-accused.
Miscellaneous
Law
fromAbove the Law
1 month ago

This Is Why Criminal Justice Needs Number Nerds - Above the Law

Data-driven evidence, not ideology, should guide criminal justice reform through incentive-based systems and rigorous testing of policies.
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months ago

Three Oakland office towers are seized by lender in speedy foreclosure

Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, through an affiliate, took ownership of the three office towers in a streamlined foreclosure process, according to documents filed on Jan. 20 with the Alameda County Recorder's Office. The unpaid debt for the three office buildings totals $442.1 million, the financial titan's affiliate stated in the filing, which was a deed in lieu of foreclosure, the county records show. The original loan that Deutsche Bank provided to Starwood totaled $364.5 million, Alameda County real estate records show.
East Bay real estate
fromThe Mercury News
1 month ago

Redwood City man pleads no contest to fraud for maximum sentence of 6 months

Adolfo Orellana, 58, the owner of Trans One Moving Company, has until April to pay restitution to State Fund, the insurance company through which he obtained his workers compensation policy, in exchange for a maximum sentence of six months in county jail and the reduction of his charges to misdemeanors.
US news
US politics
fromElectronic Frontier Foundation
2 months ago

Protecting Our Right to Sue Federal Agents Who Violate the Constitution

Federal agents increasingly evade constitutional accountability; new statutes like California S.B. 747 are needed to enable damages lawsuits against federal officials.
fromIndependent
1 month ago

James Mago Gately's legal row continues over how much damage he did to home seized by CAB

In November last year the house at Glin Drive in Coolock went for €308,000 at auction.
Real estate
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

Sex offenders should tell police about pregnancies, review finds

Baby Victoria's body was found in a shopping bag in Brighton in 2023, after her parents concealed her birth and went on the run in an attempt to avoid contact with social services. Marten and Gordon, a convicted rapist, were both sentenced to 14 years for gross negligence manslaughter last year. The review, chaired by Sir David Holmes, sought to identify missed safeguarding opportunities, and to learn lessons from what the review called the "extreme case" of baby Victoria's death.
UK news
#cryptocurrency-fraud
fromThe Mercury News
2 months ago

Three Oakland office towers are seized by lender in speedy foreclosure

Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, through an affiliate, took ownership of the three office towers in a streamlined foreclosure process, according to documents filed on Jan. 20 with the Alameda County Recorder's Office. The unpaid debt for the three office buildings totals $442.1 million, the financial titan's affiliate stated in the filing, which was a deed in lieu of foreclosure, the county records show. The original loan that Deutsche Bank provided to Starwood totaled $364.5 million, Alameda County real estate records show.
East Bay real estate
US politics
fromThe Nation
2 months ago

ICE Officers Should Be Held Accountable. These Law School Students Know How.

Establish a federal equivalent of Section 1983 to allow lawsuits against federal officers and eliminate qualified immunity to hold them accountable.
US news
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

Crashes raise concerns about pursuit rules for immigration agents

A fatal crash involving immigration enforcement in Georgia killed a teacher, raising concerns about pursuit policies and public safety risks during immigration enforcement operations.
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
2 months ago

FinCEN defends anti-money laundering rule in FNF lawsuit

FNF challenges FinCEN's residential real estate cash-transaction reporting rule as arbitrary and harmful, while defendants assert statutory authority and reasoned rulemaking.
US news
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

Supreme Court appears split in tax foreclosure case

The Supreme Court examines whether counties must pay homeowners fair market value when seizing homes for unpaid property taxes, or only auction proceeds minus taxes owed.
US politics
fromPortland Mercury
2 months ago

Councilors Want City to Move Faster on Enforcement of New Detention Center Fee

Portland councilors demand swift enforcement of a new code banning chemical emissions from detention facilities and investigations into tear gas deployments at the ICE site.
#bank-robbery
Law
fromIndependent
1 month ago

Former auctioneer who was jailed for stealing is hit with judgment of 45,000 for outstanding debts

A former auctioneer jailed for client theft faces a third judgment of €45,000 from the property services watchdog for unpaid debts from improper conduct findings.
fromQueerty
2 months ago

ICE agents thought Tr*mp had their backs. Karma had other plans. - Queerty

The disastrous second year of Tr*mp's disastrous second term began with an unholy tide of ICE agents terrorizing the streets of Minneapolis, thanks to aggressive recruitment campaigns that promised loan forgiveness, huge bonuses, and steady paychecks. But surprise! According to more than a few disgruntled New Reich employees, that ain't happening. What a shock! Last week, NowThis Impact reported that a wave of ICE agents are realizing their mistake in record time.
US politics
US politics
fromAbove the Law
2 months ago

The Perp Walk Is The Point - Above the Law

The Justice Department sought to publicize an image of Don Lemon in handcuffs while prosecuting protesters and attempted to suppress public docket records.
US news
fromReadWrite
2 months ago

Lakeland tax preparer sentenced for gambling fraud

Jeffrey Dixon was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison, ordered to forfeit $1,093,552.50, and must pay $12,964,382 restitution for filing hundreds of fraudulent tax returns.
Law
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago

California man previously on FBI's most wanted list pleads guilty to assaulting federal officer during protest

Elpidio Reyna pleaded guilty to assaulting a federal officer by throwing rocks during a June protest and faces up to 20 years in prison.
Law
fromSlate Magazine
2 months ago

There's One Clear and Uncluttered Pathway to Successfully Suing ICE

ICE's destruction of personal property violates the Fifth Amendment takings clause and property-damage suits provide a clear legal route to compensate victims.
US news
fromThe Mercury News
2 months ago

Vallejo man caught selling stolen gun while on jail furlough for murder, feds say

A 22-year-old on juvenile furlough faces federal charges for possessing and attempting to sell a stolen Glock tied to an earlier juvenile murder conviction.
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