Sacramento men charged with manufacturing, selling assault weapons to undercover ATF agents
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (The Update) — Two Sacramento men have been hit with federal charges for their alleged illegal manufacturing and sale of various firearms, including assault weapons, to undercover ATF agents and informants.
Read full storyChild porn case moved to Sacramento
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (The Update) — A federal child pornography case was moved on Tuesday to the Robert T. Matsui courthouse in Sacramento after a judge in Tennessee determined that the defendant, Andrew Calhoun, should be tried where he lives.
Read full storyOffice of AIDS employee charged with money laundering, wire fraud for allegedly diverting public health funds
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (The Update) — An employee at the California Department of Public Health’s Office of AIDS in Sacramento has been charged with wire fraud and money laundering charges for allegedly working with several others to divert $2 million in department funds.
Read full storyNewsom appeals federal court-order mandating vaccines for CA prison guards, one of his largest recall donors
Through California Attorney General Rob Bonta earlier this week, Governor Gavin Newsom appealed a federal judge’s order mandating COVID-19 vaccines for California prison employees, with the state’s prison guard union being one of his top backers in the recall election.
Read full storyDurham grand jury indicts Clinton lawyer in probe of Trump-Russia investigation
John Durham(Photo: Public Domain / US Attorney’s Office, Graphic: Ethanb822) John Durham, the special prosecutor assigned with probing the US Government’s 2016 investigation into Russian election interference, has charged a Democrat-tied cybersecurity lawyer with lying to the FBI.
Read full storyFederal law enforcement union opposes Biden vaccine mandate despite COVID being No. 1 cop killer
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Read full story‘Incel’ army trainee planned to target thousands of women in mass shooting, feds say
A federal grand jury in Ohio has charged a self-identified “incel”, shorthand for involuntary celibate, with plotting a mass shooting targeting thousands of women last year.
Read full storyNorth Highlands man sentenced to federal prison for selling Fentanyl that killed teen
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A North Highlands man was sentenced to a 5-year federal prison term Monday for distribution of fentanyl, records show. Prosecutors say 28-year-old Sergey Tkachuk bought a stash of 40 counterfeit Norco pills pressed with fentanyl, which he sold a portion of to 18-year-old George Berry in March of 2016 for $6 a pill. Each pill contained 6-7 milligrams of fentanyl, instead of Hydrocodone Bitartrate – which is what genuine Norco contains.
Read full storyMarilyn Manson turns himself in on concert spitting warrant
Marilyn Manson performs at the Molson Amphitheatre in Toronto, Aug. 4, 2015. PHOTO BY DAVE ABEL. Shock rocker Marilyn Manson was booked and released earlier this month after he surrendered to authorities in Los Angeles in relation to a 2019 arrest warrant for assault out of New Hampshire, records show.
Read full storyFeds weighing use of lethal injection drug in execution review
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a memo to senior Justice Department officials last week that the Deputy Attorney General would assess the “pain and suffering” associated with the use of pentobarbital during lethal injections. The move comes as part of the DOJ’s three-pronged procedural review during its execution moratorium.
Read full storyMexican citizen pleads guilty to growing pot farm in Sierra National Forest
CLOVIS, Calif. — The first of two Mexican citizens charged with growing marijuana in a US National Forest pleaded guilty Tuesday, federal court records show. Acting US Attorney Phillip A. Talbert formally announced the guilty plea in a press release.
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