Five individuals were sentenced to prison last week after they were implicated in a $1 billion biofuel tax fraud scheme. Lev Aslan Dermen (56), a.k.a. Levon Termendzhyan, a Los Angeles businessman, received 40 years in prison; Jacob Kingston (46) was sentenced to 18 years; Isaiah Kingston (42) was sentenced to 12 years; Rachel Kingston (67) was…
Five Sentenced to Prison for Defrauding US Government in Billion-Dollar Biofuel Tax Fraud Scheme
Bogus Charity Stole $131,000 Meant for Toxic Rail Derailment, Ohio Lawsuit Alleges
An organization raked in $141,000 but “pocketed” nearly all of that amount instead of using it to help East Palestine, Ohio, residents struggling with toxic fumes and contaminated water after a train derailment and fire, the state’s top law official says. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost filed a lawsuit alleging that a Leetonia, Ohio, man named…
Tennessee Republicans in Congress Introduce Bills to Provide Security to All Schools
April 12, 2023
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Two Tennessee Republicans have introduced legislation in Congress to improve security in American schools. Both said they were motivated by the recent mass shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville. “We must protect our nation’s schools and children from evil individuals who seek to cause senseless harm to others,” U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) wrote…
Federal Government Declares Fentanyl Laced With Xylazine an ‘Emerging Threat’
The White House has named the veterinary tranquilizer xylazine as an “emerging threat” when it’s mixed with the powerful opioid fentanyl, noting that the combination is increasingly being used and triggering overdoses. The decision to name the drug as such, announced Wednesday, is the first time in U.S. history that the federal government declared a…
Indiana Recycling Plant Was Cited Before Huge Fire Erupted, Prompting 2,000 to Evacuate: Officials
An Indiana recycling plant that caught on fire Tuesday and prompted the evacuation of more than 2,000 people was cited in the past for being unsafe, said officials in Richmond, adding that some 1,000 are under evacuation orders. Richmond Mayor Dave Snow told reporters that the owners of the plant “ignored” an order to “clean up this…
3 Hurt in Floor Collapse in Savannah’s 1899 US Courthouse
April 12, 2023
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SAVANNAH, Ga.—Three construction workers were injured Tuesday when part of an upper floor collapsed inside Savannah’s 124-year-old federal courthouse, which has been undergoing extensive renovations for more than a year. All three workers were taken to a hospital, none of them with life-threatening injuries, after part of the courthouse’s third floor gave way and the…
Louisville Shooter Had Mental Health Issues, Family Says
The man who opened fire at a bank in Louisville this week was struggling with mental health issues, family members are saying. Relatives also said they didn’t notice any sign Connor Sturgeon, the man, was capable of carrying out a mass shooting. “While Connor, like many of his contemporaries, had mental health challenges which we,…
Elizabeth Holmes to Report to Prison at the End of April After Losing Bid to Remain Free
A U.S. judge on April 10 denied Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes’ request to remain free on bail while she appeals her conviction on charges of defrauding investors in the failed blood-testing startup that was once valued at $9 billion. A jury ruled Holmes guilty of three counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to…
Florida Set to Execute ‘Ninja Killer’ for 1989 Murders
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Louis Bernard Gaskin, known as the “ninja killer,” is set to be executed on Wednesday for the 1989 slayings of a couple visiting the state from New Jersey. Gaskin, 56, was scheduled to be executed at 6 p.m. by lethal injection for the deaths of Robert Sturmfels, 56, and Georgette Sturmfels, 55, on Dec….
Officers Plead Not Guilty in Ronald Greene’s Arrest
April 12, 2023
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FARMERVILLE, La.—Five Louisiana law enforcement officers pleaded not guilty Tuesday to state crimes in the 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene. The arraignment came nearly five months after a grand jury handed up a list of charges ranging from negligent homicide to obstruction and malfeasance, the first indictments related to Greene’s death on a roadside in…
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