George Nyavor
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A Puerto Rico legislator and her husband faced sentencing on May 17 for their involvement in a complex scheme involving theft, bribery, and kickbacks spanning several years. María Milagros Charbonier-Laureano, known as Tata, a member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives, received an eight-year prison sentence, while her husband, Orlando Montes-Rivera, was sentenced to…
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A 45-year-old Staten Island resident, Vladislav Kotlyar, has been sentenced to two years and nine months in prison on May 17, 2024 for his role in a fraudulent scheme to obtain specialty baby formula. Additionally, he has been ordered to pay approximately $738,000 in restitution and forfeit around $1 million. Court documents reveal that Kotlyar…
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It’s been five weeks of the first criminal trial of a former president of the United States, where Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. Michael Cohen, Trump’s former fixer and lawyer who is at the center of the hush money payment deal, was on the stand all…
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Professional golfer Scottie Scheffler found himself in an unexpected situation on Friday morning as he was arrested and booked by the Louisville Metro Police Department before his tee time at the PGA Championship in Louisville, Kentucky. Despite the chaotic turn of events, Scheffler managed to maintain his composure and deliver a stellar performance on the…
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In La Mesa, California, justice has been served as the city has agreed to settle a federal lawsuit filed by Amaurie Johnson for $125,000. The lawsuit stemmed from an incident in May 2020 where Johnson, a 23-year-old Black man, was unjustly arrested and subjected to excessive force by former police officer Matthew Dages. The settlement…
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Seattle authorities are grappling with a tragic incident that unfolded in the Magnolia Neighborhood, resulting in the death of a 9-month-old baby boy on Wednesday, May 8. Dion Lamont Montgomery, a 50-year-old resident, stands accused of fatally shooting his sleeping son on Wednesday night. He is currently held in King County Jail on a staggering…
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A Tennessee man, Cleotha Abston, has been sentenced to 80 years in prison for raping a woman in 2021, a year before being charged with the kidnapping and murder of a school teacher. Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Lee Coffee handed down the sentence on Friday, allocating 40 years for aggravated rape, 20 years for…
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Barbara Furlow-Smiles, a former Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) manager at Facebook and Nike, has been sentenced to federal prison for masterminding multi-million dollar fraud schemes at both companies. The 38-year-old admitted to embezzling $5 million through fraudulent activities while employed by the two tech and sportswear giants, according to Fox Business. “Furlow-Smiles shamelessly violated…
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A South Carolina state judge has ruled that the state can continue to enforce a ban on most abortions around six weeks after conception, despite ongoing debates over the legal definition of a heartbeat. Planned Parenthood had requested the law be suspended while courts examine its wording, which includes multiple definitions of when cardiac activity…
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A Missouri gubernatorial candidate with alleged ties to the Ku Klux Klan will remain on the Republican primary ballot, according to a ruling by Cole County Circuit Court Judge Cotton Walker on Friday. The Missouri GOP had sought to remove Darrell McClanahan from the August primary, but Judge Walker denied the request, allowing McClanahan to…
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