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Amite Residents Charged with Civil Rights Crimes for Abusing Family Member with Disabilities
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- Written by YNN YNN
- Published: 29 July 2018 29 July 2018
New Orleans, Louisiana - A federal grand jury in New Orleans, Louisiana, returned a six-count human trafficking and hate crime indictment relating to the abuse of D.P., a 22-year-old woman with disabilities, in Amite, Louisiana.
3M Company Agrees to Pay $9.1 Million to Resolve Allegations That it Supplied the United States With Defective Dual-Ended Combat Arms Earplugs
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- Written by Justice Department Justice Department
- Published: 29 July 2018 29 July 2018
St. Paul, Minnesota - The Department of Justice announced Thursday that 3M Company (3M), headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota, has agreed to pay $9.1 million to resolve allegations that it knowingly sold the dual-ended Combat Arms Earplugs, Version 2 (CAEv2) to the United States military without disclosing defects that hampered the effectiveness of the hearing protection device.
Missouri Man Sentenced to Two Years for Hate Crimes
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- Written by Justice Department Justice Department
- Published: 29 July 2018 29 July 2018
Atlanta, Georgia - Preston Q. Howard, 50, of Wright City, Missouri, was sentenced Tuesday by Chief United States District Court Judge J. Randal Hall to 24 months in prison for obstructing persons in the free exercise of religious beliefs, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 247(a)(2). The judge enhanced the sentence because Mr. Howard chose his victims based on their religion, thereby committing a hate crime. When imposing the sentence, Chief Judge Hall noted Howard’s “disturbing pattern of intolerance of many groups of people,” and the Court’s intent to afford a deterrent to similar criminal conduct by Howard and others who may believe and act as he did.
Michigan Man Charged With Providing Material Support To ISIS
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- Written by Department of Justice Department of Justice
- Published: 29 July 2018 29 July 2018
Detroit, Michigan - In a criminal indictment unsealed in the Eastern District of Michigan Tuesday, Ibraheem Izzy Musaibli, 28, of Dearborn, Michigan, was charged with providing and attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
Algerian Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring with Pennsylvania Woman and Others to Provide Material Support to Terrorists
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- Written by DOJ DOJ
- Published: 29 July 2018 29 July 2018
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Ali Charaf Damache, 53, a national of Algeria and citizen of Ireland, aka Theblackflag, pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy to provide material support and resources to terrorists. Damache was indicted in 2011 in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on one count of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists and one count of attempted identity theft to facilitate an act of international terrorism. U.S. authorities extradited Damache from Spain in July 2017. Sentencing is scheduled for October 30 before U.S. District Judge Petrese B. Tucker.
Armed Robbery Circle K Store, 695 South 4th Avenue
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- Written by Sergeant Nate Williams Sergeant Nate Williams
- Published: 29 July 2018 29 July 2018
Yuma, Arizona - This morning, at approximately 5:08 a.m., Yuma Police Officers responded to the Circle K Store, 695 South 4th Avenue, for a reported armed robbery.
The Trump Administration is working on a Federal Data Privacy Policy
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- Written by Patrick Nohe - HashedOut Patrick Nohe - HashedOut
- Published: 28 July 2018 28 July 2018
Washington, DC - The Trump Administration is crafting a Federal Data Privacy policy that it hopes will dim global criticism that lax US data laws have enabled a slew of incidents, most notably the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica fiasco.