The state has agreed to cap its sentence recommendation at nine years. Ten other counts were dismissed but read in.
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A former account pleads guilty to allegedly stealing $1.5 million from his employer. On Tuesday, U.S. Attorney Gerard M. Karam announced that 39-year-old Lawrence Malachefski from Wilkes-Barre pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Malachy E. Mannion to wire fraud. According to U.S. Attorney Karam, from March 2023 and June 2023, []
Despite receiving warnings from an auditor with the Office of Inspector General, the chief executive officer of International Educational Services Inc., or IES, advised his financial director “not to adjust the salaries to the cap limit” as they were told, according to a plea agreement between federal prosecutors and IES’ finance director.
A former Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC) inmate has pleaded guilty to assaulting three corrections officers at State Farm Correctional Center.
On Wednesday, police arrested 57 people, including one journalist, on charges of criminal trespassing on the University of Texas at Austin’s campus during a protest against Israel’s ongoing attacks on Gaza and the university’s investments in weapons manufacturing. In a statement to the Observer, a UT-Austin spokesperson said that about half of those arrested were […]
Former Crawford County sheriff's deputy Levi White was taken into custody after pleading guilty to committing to a federal civil-rights violation.
Palestine Legal says the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has opened a formal investigation into UMass Amherst for violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
DOÑA ANA COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – A former Doña Ana County Sheriff's Office deputy pled guilty to sexually assaulting a female arrestee in his patrol car and then trying to destroy video evidence. According to the plea agreement, in April 2023, Deputy Michael Martinez arrested a woman for drunk driving. After she received medical clearance, he []
(The Center Square) – Illinois Senate Republicans are urging for a subject matter hearing on Illinois’ ambitious plan for higher education funding, a plan that was revealed in March. The complex formula is supposed to mirror the K-12 evidence-based funding that currently exists in Illinois. State Sen. Terri Bryant, R-Murphysboro, said it’s not the same as K-12 and the formula actually punishes public universities for receiving endowments. "When you have university...
The State Department said Monday that it determined five units of Israel’s security forces were responsible for “gross human rights violations” against Palestinians in the West Bank, but the finding won’t impact US military aid to Israel. “After a careful process, we found five Israeli units responsible for individual incidents of gross violations of human … Continue reading "US Says Five Israeli Units Guilty of ‘Gross Human Rights Violations,’ But Won’t Cut Off Military Aid"
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York man has pleaded guilty to sending death threats to the state attorney general and the Manhattan judge who presided over former President Donald Trump’s civil fraud case, prosecutors said Thursday. Tyler Vogel, 26, of Lancaster, admitted to one felony count of making a terroristic threat and one misdemeanor […]
Christian Glass was shot dead in June 2022 by then-Clear Creek Deputy Andrew Buen after calling 911 when his car was stuck: That much was never in dispute. On Friday, a jury found Buen guilty of reckless endangerment – but couldn’t agree if he was guilty of murder.