Carvalho cited protecting the district from distraction, but federal investigators looking into alleged kickbacks from his time in Miami have made no indication they are finished. Alberto Carvalho resigned Sunday night as superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District, ending a nearly four-year tenure at the nation’s second-largest public school system while a federal…
Three Michigan Men Charged With Kidnapping After Violent Confrontation Over Fake Sports Bets at MGM Grand
Prosecutors say the victim fabricated over $100,000 in winning wagers, and the men he owed came to Las Vegas to collect by force. Three Michigan men were arrested last week on kidnapping and extortion charges after Las Vegas police say they lured a New York man to a Strip hotel room, beat him with pool…
Florida Walmart Cashier Arrested After Pocketing Elderly Customer’s $2,700 Lottery Validation Receipt
Without that single piece of paper, the winning ticket in the customer’s hand was nearly worthless under Florida Lottery rules. A Walmart cashier in DeLand, Florida, was arrested after Volusia County sheriff’s deputies said she pocketed the validation receipt from an elderly customer’s $2,700 winning lottery ticket, then left him without the paperwork he needed…
Supreme Court Reinstates Pedro Hernandez’s Murder Conviction in the 1979 Disappearance of Etan Patz
The 6-3 ruling reverses a federal appeals court decision that had threatened to send the nearly five-decade-old case to a third trial. The Supreme Court on Monday reinstated the murder conviction of Pedro Hernandez in the 1979 killing of 6-year-old Etan Patz, ending a years-long legal battle that had threatened to send the case to…