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One Sentenced, One Pleads Guilty In Stamford Illegal Gambling Ring Case
The Hartford CourantOne man was sentenced and another pleaded guilty Wednesday in U.S. District court for their involvement in an illegal gambling ring based in Stamford. John Liquori, 43, was sentenced to 1 1/2 years in prison followed by three years supervised release for...Tags: Prisons, FBI, Punishment, Lawyers, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Glendale police: Man allegedly used stolen credit cards to buy fuel for the black market
A 56-year-old Sunland man has been arrested on charges that he allegedly used stolen credit cards to pay for gasoline and diesel fuel that he then dumped into tanker trucks and sold on the black market, police said. U.S. Marshals took Hamlet Ayvazyan...Tags: Diesel Fuel, Theft, Google Inc., Credit and Debt
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U.S. moves to freeze assets of 6 Mara Salvatrucha leaders
Federal authorities on Wednesday designated six reputed members of the notorious Mara Salvatrucha street gang, which was founded in Los Angeles, as leaders of a transnational criminal organization. The designation by the U.S. Department of the...
Tags: MS-13, Crime, Law and Justice, Criminals, Blackmail and Extortion, U.S. Department of the Treasury
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Two women tried to extort $3,000 from reality TV employee, police say
Two women are facing extortion charges after holding a cellphone for $3,000 ransom and threatening to sell information contained in it to the celebrity-gossip website TMZ, police reports show. Sonia Brown, 35, and Chloe McQueen, 23, both of Miami,...
Tags: Entertainment, New York City, Movies, Miami Beach, Blackmail and Extortion
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There's a core of substance in Kirk's `empty, simplistic' crime-fighting proposal
It's an arresting idea, so to speak. Round up 18,000 members of the Gangster Disciples street gang and put them behind bars awaiting trial. On what charges? "Drug dealing," said U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., when he first publicly advanced the notion...
Tags: Mark Kirk, Thomson Correctional Center, Gang Activity, Police Arrests, Hadiya Pendleton
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Woman tried smuggling clean urine to probation meeting; still tested positive
A 30-year-old woman allegedly tried smuggling what she thought to be clean urine to a meeting with her probation officer last month but, according to court records, the officer found the urine — which came back positive for drugs. Sarah Jane Werley...Tags: Allentown
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'Victory Season' author: 'Baseball and WWII are two great tastes that go great together'
We had some questions for Robert Weintraub, whose new book is “The Victory Season: The End of World War II and the Birth of Baseball’s Golden Age.” Weintraub will appear on the panel “Sports Stories” at the Printers Row...
Tags: Entertainment, Movies, Book, Unrest, Conflicts and War, College Baseball
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Monroe County inmate charged with smuggling drugs into prison
A prison inmate was recently charged with smuggling drugs into Monroe County Prison by stashing them in his anus, according to court records. Jose Alberto Hernandez-Tirado, 33, of Saylorsburg, was sentenced on April 30, and a few days later, correctional...Tags: Prisons, Drug Trafficking, Prosecution, Heroin
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Bulger Trial Coincides With New Book On 'America's Most Wanted Gangster'
The Hartford CourantReporters apply weekly for press credentials. Prosecutors want prospective jurors screened for criminal histories. The defense wants the names of the government's army of informants. The cafeteria is girding for unprecedented crowds. The countdown to...Tags: Laws, Prosecution, Justice System, Judges, Trials
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Women smuggled cocaine inside their bodies, feds say
Federal authorities say two women smuggled cocaine to Orlando by swallowing pellets of the drug and hiding the narcotic inside their bodies. According to a criminal complaint, customs agents stopped Kyra Alston and Elouda Williams on May 29 when they...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Robin Williams, Orlando International Airport
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Local group heads international effort to educate about scamsters, money launderers
Crime may not pay, but ferreting out financial crime does. And who else would know that but the South Florida-based Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists? South Florida, which has been a haven for fraud, money laundering, identity...Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Finance, FBI, Financial and Business Services, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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FDLE re-seizes computer linked to Allied Veterans scandal
SANFORD —Three months after arresting and tagging Kelly Mathis as the mastermind behind a veterans charity that prosecutors say was actually a $300 million gambling operation, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement has re-seized the computer...
Tags: Business Enterprises, Laws, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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