Federal prosecutors say a politically connected hotel deal generated six figures in alleged bribes while New York struggled to house thousands of migrants. Frank Carone, the man who helped build Eric Adams’ political career and served as his first chief of staff, was arrested by the FBI Wednesday morning on federal charges that he accepted…
Jury Now Holds the Fate of Man Accused in Los Angeles’ Deadly Palisades Fire
After ten days of testimony, jurors are weighing whether the evidence supports arson or reasonable doubt. A federal jury in Los Angeles began deliberations Wednesday in the arson trial of Jonathan Rinderknecht, the 30-year-old dual French and U.S. citizen accused of setting the brush fire that prosecutors say eventually destroyed 6,800 structures, burned 23,448 acres,…
Passenger Manifest Fraud Leads to Prison Sentence and Deportation Order
Customs officers expected a routine passenger inspection in Juneau. What they found led investigators to multiple victims, fraudulent documents, and a federal identity theft case. A Philippine national who posed as an American citizen to board an Alaska-bound cruise ship and then used stolen credit card information to pull cash from the vessel’s casino was…
Stockton PD Tried to Talk Him Down. Then He Raised the Ax. | Bodycam Breakdown
Stockton PD took a 7am day shift call. A man with an ax was smashing the front door of an occupied home. Substantial damage. The suspect — 25-year-old Moises Andrade — was gone before officers got there. Follow-up turned up that he might be headed to another residence to do it again. Two officers approached…
Police Drone Disarms Armed Suspect With a Magnet
A Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office drone team may have just made policing history. An armed suspect barricaded himself inside a garage with a knife while deputies and SWAT surrounded the home. Instead of forcing an entry, a drone pilot flew a drone equipped with a magnet directly to the suspect and pulled the knife away.…
Vermont Woman Pleads Not Guilty to Manslaughter After Her Pit Bull Kills Her Father
Prosecutors say Janna Campbell ignored repeated warnings about her dog’s violent history, and now she faces up to 15 years in prison for his death. A Vermont woman has plead not guilty to voluntary manslaughter and reckless endangerment charges after her pit bull killed her 76-year-old father in March, an attack prosecutors say was made…
LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho Resigns With FBI Investigation Still Active
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…