A federal jury in Bowling Green, Kentucky, has found Mirsad Hariz Adem Ramic guilty of multiple charges related to his support for the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization. The conviction includes providing material support to ISIS, conspiring to provide material support, and receiving military-type training from the extremist…
A Georgia attorney and former City of Atlanta police officer, Shelitha Robertson, 62, was handed a sentence of seven years and three months in prison for her role in a scheme to defraud the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) of approximately $15 million. Robertson, along with co-conspirator Chandra Norton, orchestrated a plot to submit fraudulent PPP…
In a landmark case, a man has been convicted of killing a transgender woman in what is believed to be the first federal trial over a hate crime based on gender identity in the United States. Jurors in South Carolina unanimously determined that Daqua Lameek Ritter fatally shot Dime Doe in August 2019 due to…
A federal court trial involving four former Memphis police officers charged with civil rights violations in the beating death of Tyre Nichols has been postponed for four months, announced U.S. District Judge Mark Norris on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. The trial, initially scheduled for May 6, has been rescheduled to commence on Sept. 9 following…
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