Earlier today, an indictment was unsealed charging Gennaro “Jerry” Bruno of the Gambino organized crime family of La Cosa Nostra (the “Gambino crime family”) with racketeering and racketeering conspiracy, including predicate acts of murder, narcotics trafficking, extortion and obstruction of…

PROVIDENCE, RI—Warren Hebert, 67, of Barrington, R.I., owner of Checkmaster Payroll Services, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Providence to defrauding seven businesses and the Seekonk, Mass., Water District of more than $1.2 million dollars in federal payroll taxes…

By Senior Airman Damon Kasberg, 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs An Army Stryker assigned to the 2nd Cavalry Regiment, off loads from a C-17 Globemaster III in support of Steadfast Javelin II on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Sept. 4, 2014.…

At 5:00 a.m. DPS received numerous 911 calls reporting standing water at depths that covered some vehicles up to the roof line, along both directions of travel on I-10 between 35th and 51st Avenues. On arrival DPS notified ADOT and…

PHOENIX – Westbound Interstate 10 in Phoenix, closed since early this morning because of flooding after record rainfall, has partially reopened, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation. Eastbound lanes of I-10 remain closed at this time but are expected…

WASHINGTON—A federal jury returned guilty verdicts today against former Virginia Governor Robert F. McDonnell and former First Lady of Virginia Maureen G. McDonnell for participating in a scheme to violate federal public corruption laws. Robert McDonnell and Maureen McDonnell, both…

LAS VEGAS, NV—Federal charges have been filed against a man for robbing a Las Vegas bank on July 22 and a Las Vegas casino cashier’s cage on July 25, 2014. John Doe, also identified as Scott Carmitchel, is charged in…

SAN FRANCISCO—A federal grand jury for the Northern District of California returned a superseding indictment charging Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) with obstruction of the investigation of the National Transportation Safety Board (“NTSB”), as well as additional violations of…

SANTA ANA, CA—A federal grand jury has indicted three Southern California residents in a scheme to defraud health insurance programs by submitting bills for more than $50 million in medically unnecessary medical procedures performed on insurance beneficiaries who received free…

CHICAGO—Author and television pitchman Kevin Trudeau was sentenced today to 10 years in federal prison for criminal contempt for violating a 2004 federal court order that prohibited him from making deceptive television infomercials that misrepresented the contents of his weight…

TRENTON, NJ—An Ocean County, New Jersey man was sentenced today to 264 months in prison for running a real estate investment fraud scheme that caused $200 million in losses and laundering the proceeds of the scheme. Eliyahu Weinstein, a/k/a “Eli…

TRENTON, NJ—The former director of finance of the Middlesex County-based integrated logistic services company Toll Global Forwarding has admitted stealing more than $1.3 million from her former employer through an elaborate false invoicing scheme. Karen Sipes, 40, of Brick, New…