Former mail carrier sentenced for fraud and theft charges tied to $34M scheme
In April 2024, officers found thousands of stolen checks valued at $20 million during a search of Ruffin and her property.
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Five charged with smuggling Suboxone into Marion County jail
A search of clothing dropped off at the detention center revealed about 180 strips of Suboxone wrapped in plastic wrap sewn between layers of fabric in a pair of pants.
Trial date set for Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro in US drug trafficking case
Former Venezuelan President Maduro, 63, and his wife, Cilia Flores, 69, have been held at a Brooklyn jail since U.S. forces seized them from their Caracas home in early January.
Shooting of Tippecanoe County judge was gang-related hit, authorities say
The man accused of shooting the judge and his wife was closely tied to a high-ranking gang member who was scheduled to stand trial before the judge just two days after the shooting, according to a probable cause affidavit.
Florida congresswoman accused of stealing COVID funds maintains innocence
U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick reiterated her innocence Monday outside a Miami federal courthouse, where she faces charges of conspiring to steal $5 million in federal COVID-19 disaster funds.
Indiana couple accused of insider trading on $3.7B acquisition
Fan “Jocelyn” Yang, 39, and her husband, Jing Tian, 37, have each been charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit securities fraud. The indictment was unsealed Tuesday, and the case is being handled in U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia.
Florida man found guilty in cargo theft ring that stole over $5M in goods in Indiana and nearby
Authorities say the group carried out at least 14 separate cargo thefts that included over $2 million in Oculus virtual reality headsets from a Meta facility, $940,000 in Microsoft products, $1 million in Bath & Body Works and much more.
Woman sentenced in straw purchase of gun used to kill Illinois officer and wound another
A woman has been sentenced to 8 1/2 years in prison after taking part in the straw purchase of a handgun that was used to kill one central Illinois police officer and wound another during a shootout.
Woman sentenced to 25 years after pleading guilty in case of boy found dead in suitcase in Indiana
A Louisiana woman was sentenced Tuesday to 25 years in prison for her involvement in the death of a 5-year-old Atlanta boy whose body was found last year in a suitcase in rural southern Indiana.
2 men charged in October shooting that killed 12-year-old boy, wounded second youth in South Bend
Two men have been charged in an October shooting that killed a 12-year-old boy and wounded a second youth in South Bend, authorities said Monday.
Sen. Menendez enters not guilty plea to a new conspiracy charge
U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez returned to Manhattan federal court Monday to challenge a new criminal charge alleging that he conspired to act as an agent of the Egyptian government when he chaired the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Lawyer Kenneth Chesebro pleads guilty over efforts to overturn Trump’s 2020 loss in Georgia
Lawyer Kenneth Chesebro pleaded guilty to a felony on Friday just as jury selection was getting underway in his trial on charges accusing him of participating in efforts to overturn Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election in Georgia.
Elder online dating fraud convictions upheld at 7th Circuit
There was sufficient evidence to convict a man for his role in a scheme to defraud people over 50 out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in an online dating scheme, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed Wednesday.
Woman to plead guilty to leading conspiracy that defrauded Lilly of more than $600K
A Texas woman has agreed to plead guilty to leading a conspiracy to defraud Indianapolis-based drugmaker Eli Lilly and Co. out of more than $600,000 in false prescription savings cards.
Proud Boys’ Enrique Tarrio gets record 22 years in prison for Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy
Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was sentenced Tuesday to 22 years in prison for orchestrating a failed plot to keep Donald Trump in power after the Republican lost the 2020 election.
Trump chief of staff Meadows says actions laid out in Georgia indictment were part of his job
Mark Meadows testified in court Monday that actions detailed in a sweeping indictment that accuses him of participating in an illegal conspiracy to overturn then-President Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss were all part of his job as White House chief of staff.
Woman who killed ex by poisoning, strangulation loses appeal of murder conviction, 115-year sentence
A woman found guilty of killing her ex-boyfriend by poisoning his oatmeal and strangling him failed to convince the Court of Appeals of Indiana that her murder conviction should be tossed or that her 100-plus-year sentence is inappropriate.
4 guilty of conspiracy in latest Oath Keepers Jan. 6 trial, 1 Hoosier acquitted
Four people associated with the Oath Keepers were convicted Monday of conspiracy and obstruction charges stemming from the attack on the U.S. Capitol. An Indiana man, however, was acquitted on a conspiracy charge.
Judge orders another long prison term in Gov. Whitmer plot
A Delaware trucker described as an architect of the conspiracy to kidnap Michigan’s governor was sentenced Wednesday to more than 19 years in prison — the longest term yet given to anyone convicted in the plot.
7th Circuit affirms convictions in wide-ranging drug conspiracy, splits over resentencing
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed convictions and sentences in a wide-ranging challenge to a drug conspiracy case, affirming against the 10 defendants in all instances except one sentencing challenge. That one reversal prompted a dissent.