Charges Dismissed Against Actor Kevin Spacey After Accuser Refuses to Testify
Massachusetts prosecutors have dismissed charges against actor Kevin Spacey after his accuser refused to testify about his missing cellular phone that purportedly held evidence of a sexual assault. Spacey continues to deny groping his accuser in a bar in Nantucket in 2016. When these allegations surfaced, Spacey was fired from the hit Netflix series House […]
Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein Charged with Sex Trafficking Minors
On Friday, Florida billionaire, Jeffrey Epstein was arrested for allegedly sex trafficking multiple minors in New York and Florida over a decade ago. Federal authorities immediately took Epstein into custody after he was returning from Europe. The Federal Bureau of Investigation – Crimes Against Children Task Force investigated the case after Epstein was previously convicted […]
Supreme Court Rules Warrantless Blood Draw of Unconscious Person is Constitutional
The United States Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, ruled this morning that law enforcement are not required to obtain a search warrant to perform a blood draw from an unconscious person suspect of DUI. The Court stated that the “exigent circumstances doctrine generally permits blood test without a warrant.” The case involved a man […]
Attorney Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Trafficking Charges
According to the U.S. Attorney, Jackie Ferrari, a Downey-based attorney, pleaded guilty yesterday to one count of federal distribution of more than 1,000 oxycodone pills. According to court documents, Ferrari was arrested after a sting operation where she sold 50 oxycodone pills to an undercover agent for $1,200. The investigation sparked after a woman died […]
Ex-LA Sheriff Sentenced to Prison for Lying to the FBI
Byron Dredd, a former Los Angeles Sheriff’s Deputy, was sentenced to one year in federal prison for lying to FBI agents about a beating of a handcuffed man inside the Los Angeles Men’s Central Jail. Appearing at sentencing before U.S. District Judge Dale Fischer, the court stated, “Not only did Mr. Dredd lie to the […]
U.S. Supreme Court Overturns Murder Conviction for Curtis Flower
A Mississippi prosecutor was accused of racial bias in jury selection in his sixth effort to convict Curtis Flowers of a 1996 quadruple murder. Because the U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Flower’s conviction, Curtis will stand trial a seventh time. On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a 2010 murder conviction for Curtis Flowers, an […]
Orange County Psychiatrist Sentencing to More Than 4 Years in Federal Prison for Writing Illegal Prescriptions
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Dr. Robert Perez, a psychiatrist who practices in Santa Ana was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Andrew J. Guilford to 57 months in federal prison for issuing prescriptions for dangerous and addictive narcotics without a legitimate medical purpose. Perez issued prescriptions to known drug dealers in exchange for cash […]
U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Separate Sovereigns Doctrine to the Double Jeopardy Clause
Under the double jeopardy provision of the United States Constitution, no personal shall be “twice put in jeopardy for the same offense.” This U.S. Supreme Court today upheld the exception under the “separate sovereigns” doctrine. In a 7-2 split, the justices rejected a challenge to the doctrine by an Alabama man who was prosecuted in […]
