• Man pleads guilty in migrants-for-drugs investigation

    EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – A man who initially told authorities he was picking up a friend’s relatives at 2 a.m. at the base of a mountain straddling the Mexican border has pleaded guilty to migrant smuggling. Armando Fierro Jr. on Wednesday signed a plea agreement in U.S. District Court for the District of []

  • Boardman man pleads guilty to drug charges

    Attorneys are recommending a sentence of 6 to 8 and a half years in prison for a Boardman man who pleaded guilty Tuesday to drug charges in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court.

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    Man charged in Progreso drug case pleads guilty

    BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS (ValleyCentral) — On Tuesday morning, Gregorio Salinas said the word he’d been avoiding for more than two years: “Guilty.” Salinas worked with several people from Progreso — including former school board President Francisco “Frank” Alanis and former Mayor Gerardo “Jerry” Alanis — to ship cocaine from the Rio Grande Valley to Houston, according []

  • Enterprise woman pleads guilty to manslaughter in deadly crash

    COFFEE COUNTY, Ala (WDHN) -- An Enterprise woman has been sentenced after pleading guilty to causing a deadly crash three years ago. Andrea Stacy was charged with one count of manslaughter in the death of 32-year-old Brittanie Ferguson, who died in a car crash just before Christmas in 2021. Sources tell WDHN Stacy pleaded guilty []

  • Maine woman pleads guilty to embezzling federal housing money

    Kelly Ballinger, 57, was a property manager for a HUD-funded Portland apartment complex.

  • Drone pilot who smuggled drugs and mobile phones into 11 prisons jailed

    This video captures one of many illegal drops made by Sajad Hashimi as he smuggled drugs and mobile phones into prisons. With the help of his wife Zerka Maranay, he made more than 100 drone drops into 11 jails and young offenders’ institutions, between August 2022 and October 2023. Footage from one smuggling operation shows a drone hovering over a prison at night while lowering mobile phones on a fishing line. At least 72 of the drone drops took place at HMP Onley in Rugby, Warks., over 39...

  • Drone pilot who smuggled drugs and mobile phones into 11 prisons jailed

    This video captures one of many illegal drops made by Sajad Hashimi as he smuggled drugs and mobile phones into prisons. With the help of his wife Zerka Maranay, he made more than 100 drone drops into 11 jails and young offenders’ institutions, between August 2022 and October 2023. Footage from one smuggling operation shows a drone hovering over a prison at night while lowering mobile phones on a fishing line. At least 72 of the drone drops took place at HMP Onley in Rugby, Warks., over 39...

  • Drone pilot who smuggled drugs and mobile phones into 11 prisons jailed

    This video captures one of many illegal drops made by Sajad Hashimi as he smuggled drugs and mobile phones into prisons. With the help of his wife Zerka Maranay, he made more than 100 drone drops into 11 jails and young offenders’ institutions, between August 2022 and October 2023. Footage from one smuggling operation shows a drone hovering over a prison at night while lowering mobile phones on a fishing line. At least 72 of the drone drops took place at HMP Onley in Rugby, Warks., over 39...

  • Arizona woman pleads guilty to stealing parts of corpses and trying to sell them

    Candace Chapman Scott of Little Rock, 37, worked at a mortuary and arranged to transport remains to buyers across state linesA former mortuary worker in Arkansas has admitted to stealing parts of corpses and trying to sell them.On Thursday, the US attorney for the eastern district of Arkansas announced that 37-year-old Candace Chapman Scott of Little Rock, Arkansas, had pleaded guilty to transporting stolen body parts across state lines and conspiring to commit mail fraud. Continue reading

  • Little Rock woman pleads guilty in body-parts-for-sale case

    Candace Chapman Scott of Little Rock pleaded guilty to federal charges in the grisly case.

  • Queensland woman pleads guilty to manslaughter of baby daughter who drowned in bath

    Lavinia Alison Murray’s few minutes of inattention while bathing seven-month-old Trinity have resulted in ‘devastating consequences’, court hearsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA mother’s few minutes of inattention while giving her baby daughter a bath have resulted in “devastating consequences”, a court has heard.The grandmother of a baby who drowned in an accident has described to a sentencing...

  • Warren woman pleads guilty to amended charges in child’s death

    Aris J. Rice, 32, entered guilty pleas before Judge Andrew D. Logan to charges of involuntary manslaughter, a third-degree felony; and child endangering, a first-degree misdemeanor.