Notorious Colombian drug trafficker Otoniel sentenced to 45 years in US Dairo Antonio Usuga David, a leader in the Gulf Clan, has admitted to overseeing a vast network of criminal operations. Al Jazeera · Aug 8, 2023
FBI arrests U.S. soldier who applied for a job as an assassin Josiah Ernesto Garcia was arrested in Tennessee after allegedly offering his marksman skills to a spoof hitman website. Fortune · Apr 18, 2023
LA auctioneer admits guilt in Basquiat forged-art scam On the heels of a new Jean-Michel Basquiat exhibit opening in Los Angeles — one that purports to get to the truth of who the late artist really was — news regarding Basquiat forgeries, shown in a different exhibition in 2022 and unrelated to the Basquiat estate, has come to… Los Angeles Times · Apr 12, 2023
Killing, smuggling of rare sheep could land Northern California hunter in prison for 26 years A Northern California man who attempted to enter San Francisco airport customs with eight full or partial animal corpses in his personal baggage was indicted last week for conspiring to violate the Endangered Species Act. Los Angeles Times · Mar 30, 2023
She said she killed suffering Key deer to put it out of its misery. She got probation. A woman who was facing a year in federal prison for what local environmentalists said was the mercy killing of a suffering endangered Key deer in November instead was sentenced to a year of probation and fined $4,000 this week. Miami Herald · Mar 29, 2023
Haitian mayor, accused of persecution, is arrested for visa fraud Ex-mayor Jean Morose Viliena has also been fined $15.5m in a civil suit for alleged armed violence in Les Irois, Haiti. Al Jazeera · Mar 23, 2023