Among other things, the defendants are alleged to have paid and attempted to pay individuals in the U.S. and elsewhere to conduct surveillance and carry out targeted killings, according to the indictment.
A federal indictment charges James Brass and two associates with identity fraud in a scheme involving Skid Row homeless and stolen voter identities.
A federal indictment charges James Brass and two associates with identity fraud in a scheme involving Skid Row homeless and stolen voter identities. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Three people have been federally charged in an alleged scheme to pay homeless people on Los Angeles ’ Skid Row to forge the signatures of registered voters on ballot petitions, according to federal prosecutors. James Brass, 47, was charged alongside Courtney Price, 49, and Jateisha Herron, 33, after prosecutors alleged the group used stolen voter identities to qualify initiatives for California ballots. DETAIL: All three defendants face a conspiracy charge involving identity fraud in furtherance of a state felony, while Brass and Price face additional…Open
British authorities have charged five Mexican nationals with operating a methamphetamine laboratory allegedly concealed on farmland in a quiet corner of rural England, a case that underscores how far cartel-linked drug production has spread beyond the Western Hemisphere. Alejandro Ambriz Dimas, 45; Victora Ramirez, 47; Fausto Beltran, 33; Lioncio Moso Borja, 37; and Jose Nunez […] The post Five Mexican nationals charged with running hidden meth lab on rural English farmland appeared first on American Almanac .
British authorities have charged five Mexican nationals with operating a methamphetamine laboratory allegedly concealed on farmland in a quiet corner of rural England, a case that underscores how far cartel-linked drug production has spread beyond the Western Hemisphere. Alejandro Ambriz Dimas, 45; Victora Ramirez, 47; Fausto Beltran, 33; Lioncio Moso Borja, 37; and Jose Nunez Angolo, 44, all denied involvement in the alleged drug operation at a hearing at Warwick Crown Court on Thursday. Prosecutors say the five conspired "together and with others" to produce methamphetamine, classified as a Class A drug under British law, the most serious category, over a period stretching from February 6 to August 14. The alleged lab was hidden on…Open
A 20-year-old reputed gang member allegedly opened fire on a rival just minutes after leaving a Bronx courthouse, and prosecutors say his mother, a deputy police commissioner, and his ex-con father drove him away from the scene. Chase Lackard had been inside the Bronx Criminal Court on a 2024 gun possession charge. Roughly twenty minutes […] The post Mount Vernon deputy police commissioner allegedly drove getaway car after son's Bronx gang shooting appeared first on American Almanac .
A 20-year-old reputed gang member allegedly opened fire on a rival just minutes after leaving a Bronx courthouse, and prosecutors say his mother, a deputy police commissioner, and his ex-con father drove him away from the scene. Chase Lackard had been inside the Bronx Criminal Court on a 2024 gun possession charge. Roughly twenty minutes after that appearance, he allegedly carried out a drive-by shooting targeting a rival on June 29, the New York Post reported . His mother, 49-year-old Jennifer Lackard, then the Mount Vernon Deputy Police Commissioner, and his father, James Lackard, a convicted heroin dealer who served 10 years in federal prison, allegedly waited outside and served as getaway drivers. A Bronx grand jury indicted all…Open
The Justice Department is using federal conspiracy charges to sweep up ICE protesters. Some legal experts worry the agency is casting too wide a net to prosecute political activists who oppose the Trump administration's deportation agenda.
‘An odious act’
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) said Tuesday it discovered Ukrainian Anastasiia Berezovska shot dead after her alleged involvement in a recent Monaco bombing attack on wealthy Ukrainian oligarch Vadym Yermolaiev. SBU stated that an officer from Ukraine’s military intelligence agency admitted to the killing and confessed that a former law enforcement officer had assisted him, The Associated Press (AP) reported . The officer alleged he was acting on his own initiative and had not told his superiors of his plans, according to the statement. Berezovska, 39, was wanted by Monégasque authorities for her alleged role in a June 29 attack reportedly aimed at Yermolaiev, a tycoon with connections to Russia , and his family, AP reported.…Open
‘An odious act’
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) said Tuesday it discovered Ukrainian Anastasiia Berezovska shot dead after her alleged involvement in a recent Monaco bombing attack on wealthy Ukrainian oligarch Vadym Yermolaiev. SBU stated that an officer from Ukraine’s military intelligence agency admitted to the killing and confessed that a former law enforcement officer had assisted him, The Associated Press (AP) reported . The officer alleged he was acting on his own initiative and had not told his superiors of his plans, according to the statement. Berezovska, 39, was wanted by Monégasque authorities for her alleged role in a June 29 attack reportedly aimed at Yermolaiev, a tycoon with connections to Russia , and his family, AP reported.…Open
Federal prosecutors allege the two men worked with co-conspirators across the U.S., Mexico, China and Latin America.
'This indictment exposes a deliberate effort'