Category: criminal

Feds Sue Sacramento Councilman for Allegedly Threatening to Deport Employees Helping Investigators

By Theresa Clift From The Sacramento Bee SACRAMENTO, Calif.—The federal government has sued Sacramento City Councilman Sean Loloee, alleging he threatened to deport employees who cooperated with a federal investigation into his grocery stores. The lawsuit, filed April 1 in federal court in Sacramento by the U.S. Department of Labor, also claims Loloee underpaid employees,…


Paris Taxi Driver Files Lawsuit Against Tesla After Fatal Crash

PARIS—A Paris taxi driver whose Tesla Model 3 crashed in December, killing one person, has filed a legal complaint against the U.S. carmaker, his lawyer said on Sunday. The French government said in the days after the accident that Tesla had told it that there was no immediate indication of a technical fault. Sarah Saldmann…


Twitter Files Lawsuit Against German Online Reporting Rule

BERLIN—Twitter has taken legal action against a rule, coming into force in Germany from Tuesday, that obliges social media firms to block or delete criminal content quickly and report particularly serious criminal offenses to the police, a German court confirmed on Monday. The lawsuit filed at the administrative court in Cologne challenges a provision under…


Official: Young Dolph Slaying Suspects Have Criminal History

MEMPHIS, Tenn.—Two of the men arrested in connection with the killing of rapper Young Dolph had a history of violent crime, a prosecutor said Wednesday. Authorities also said that they have not yet identified a motive for the shooting. Young Dolph, whose real name was Adolph Thornton Jr., was gunned down in a daylight ambush…


Holmes Jury Says It’s Deadlocked on 3 of 11 Criminal Charges

SAN JOSE, Calif.—The jury weighing fraud charges against former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes on Monday said it is deadlocked on three of the 11 felony counts against her. Holmes is accused of duping investors and patients about a blood-testing technology that she hailed as a medical breakthrough. After receiving a note from the jury, U.S….


Judge Stays Prosecution of Man Accused of Trying to Spy for China

OTTAWA—A judge has stayed criminal proceedings against a man accused of breaching Canada’s secrets law because of an unreasonable delay in bringing the matter to trial. Ontario Superior Court Justice Michael Dambrot delivered the ruling in a brief hearing today, ending Qing Quentin Huang’s long-running case unless the Crown decides to appeal. It has been…


California Man Convicted for Burying Man Alive Granted Parole

A 58-year-old Central Valley man, who was convicted for torturing and burying a man alive in the town of Clovis, California, in 1980, was granted parole after serving almost 41 years in state prison.    In November 1980, David Weidert, who was 17-year-old, tortured, stabbed, and beat 20-year-old Mike Morganti for nearly an hour before forcing him to dig his own grave he would…


Australian Police, FBI Take Down 220 Underworld Figures in Global Sting Using Encrypted App

Law enforcement has struck a “heavy blow” against “industrial-scale” organised crime in a globe-spanning sting operation involving 9,000 officers from Australia, Europe, and the United States. Key to the operation was the deliberate rollout of an encrypted messaging app to the criminal underworld that gave police access to secret communications between syndicates. “Today, the Australian…


Murder Suspect Arrested in Orange County After Being Mistakenly Released From Jail

A murder suspect mistakenly released from jail earlier this month was arrested March 29 in Orange County. Steven Manzo, 24, of Hawaiian Gardens was arrested in Cypress during a traffic stop, according to NBC4. Manzo was released from jail on March 9, with a Long Beach police spokeswoman subsequently saying that it was determined that…


Dangerous Offender on the Run Could Be Heading to Saskatchewan, Edmonton Police Say

Edmonton police say a man identified as a dangerous offender is on the loose after removing his monitoring ankle bracelet. Clint Carifelle, 30, was last seen around 119 Avenue and 101 Street on Wednesday night, the Edmonton Police Service said in a media release on Thursday. Police say he could heading toward Saskatchewan. Carifelle is roughly…