Prosecutors want IDs of Ciavarella witnesses

Request to ex-judge’s lawyer made for names of those who may provide alibis at trial.
SCRANTON – Federal prosecutors have asked the attorney for former Luzerne County judge Mark Ciavarella to identify any person Ciavarella may call as an alibi witness in his upcoming corruption trial.
In a letter to attorney Al Flora, U.S. Attorney Peter J. [...]

MS-13 Gang Member Sentenced to Death After Conviction on Racketeering Charges Related to Double Murders

WASHINGTON, July 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Chief U.S. District Court Judge Robert J. Conrad Jr. today formally imposed the federal death penalty sentence on Alejandro Enrique Ramirez Umana, aka “Wizard,” announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Anne M. Tompkins of the Western District of North Carolina. A [...]

White supremacist gang suspects indicted

A federal grand jury in San Antonio on Thursday indicted three men suspected of belonging to a white supremacist gang on racketeering charges related to the killing of one of their own.
The indictment charges purported Aryan Brotherhood of Texas gang captain Frank Lavelle “Thumper” Urbish Jr., 38, of Beaumont, and members Jim “Q-Ball” Flint McIntyre, [...]

Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick indicted by feds on 19 mail fraud, tax counts

Perks worth $640,000 included cars, cash, trips, college tuition and more
Kwame Kilpatrick illegally used the nonprofit Kilpatrick Civic Fund like a piggy bank to pay for crisis consultants, a Cadillac, trips — even summer camp for his kids — a federal grand jury said Wednesday, charging the former mayor with 19 counts of fraud and [...]

Third officer suspended in corruption probe

The Tulsa Police Department suspended a third police officer who has been named in a grand jury investigation into alleged stolen drugs and money, falsified search warrants and false testimony by police officers, a World investigation shows.
Eric Hill, 32, was placed on paid leave Tuesday after the World made the department aware that Hill [...]

Tampa man, arrested with Gotti, pleads guilty to racketeering

A Tampa man arrested two years ago, along with John “Junior” Gotti, pleaded guilty this morning in New York to federal racketeering and racketeering conspiracy, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Federal prosecutors say James V. Cadicamo, who managed Club Mirage in Tampa, is an associate of the Gambino organized crime family.
Under the terms of a [...]

Norfolk ex-detective accused of taking money from suspects

A retired Norfolk detective who solved some of the city’s more notorious homicides but also was dogged by controversy has been indicted by a federal grand jury on extortion charges.
Robert Glenn Ford, 56, who retired from the Norfolk Police Department three years ago, is accused of accepting money from criminal suspects in exchange for getting [...]

The Manzo Brothers Charged In NJ Sting Plead Not Guilty

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) ? Two defendants in New Jersey’s largest corruption sting pleaded not guilty Wednesday to additional charges.

Former Assemblyman Louis Manzo, of Jersey City, and his brother Ronald, who served as his political adviser, are charged with a new count of mail fraud. The counts were in a superseding indictment returned by a [...]

Guns, Gems, $725K in mob boss’s basement

The FBI raided Frank Calabrese Sr.’s home in west suburban Oak Brook Wednesday and found guns, jewelry and hundreds of thousands in cash.
Calabrese is already serving life in prison.
Federal agents went into Calabrese’s home looking for anything of value that might help satisfy the $27 million he owes the government as part of his [...]