SACRAMENTO–Governor Gavin Newsom released a revised state budget proposal that prioritizes saving for a rainy day – putting a record amount into the state’s reserves and making billions in fiscal pay downs of pension debt. It also prioritizes one-time investments aimed at tackling the main issues driving California’s affordability crisis. “The California Dream must be […]
Texas Man Pleads Guilty To Conspiring To Provide Material Support To A Foreign Terrorist Organization
Fort Worth, TX–A Fort Worth man pleaded guilty to a federal terrorism charge, federal prosecutors said. Michael Kyle Sewell, 18, who was arrested in February, formally pleaded guilty to conspiracy to provide material support to Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistani-based foreign terrorist organization also known as LeT. According to court documents, Sewell admitted to encouraging an […]
Peruvian Man Pleads Guilty To Operating Spanish-Speaking Call Center That Threatened, Extorted U.S. Consumers
A resident of Lima, Peru, pleaded guilty Wednesday to extortion for operating call centers that threatened Spanish-speaking victims in the United States, the Justice Department and U.S. Postal Inspection Service said. Omar Portocarrero Caceres, 39, was extradited from Peru in April and pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. […]
Two Greek Shipping Companies Sentenced After Illegally Discharging Oil Into Texas Port Waters
Two Greek shipping companies, Avin International LTD and Nicos I.V. Special Maritime Enterprises, were sentenced in the Eastern District of Texas on charges stemming from several discharges of oil into the waters of Texas ports by the oil tanker M/T Nicos I.V. Avin International was the operator and Nicos I.V. Special Maritime Enterprises was the owner […]
Julián Castro Secures Spot At First Round Of DNC Debates
San Antonio, TX–On Friday, 2020 presidential candidate Julián Castro, announced that he had secured 65,000 unique individual contributions, guaranteeing him for the first round of Democratic National Committee debates by both the polling and grassroots fundraising metrics.Announced in a tweet posted to the candidate’s Twitter account, Castro confirmed his campaign had reached the double threshold […]
Texas Man Convicted For Sexual Assault On A Child Sentenced To Federal Prison
Corpus Christi, TX–A Southeast Texas man, who was convicted for sexually assaulting a child in 1984, was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in federal prison for distributing child pornography. This case was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and Corpus Christi Police Department’s (CCPD) Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) […]
Former CIA Officer Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Commit Espionage
A former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) case officer pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiring to communicate, deliver and transmit national defense information to the People’s Republic of China. According to court documents, Jerry Chun Shing Lee, 54, left the CIA in 2007 and began residing in Hong Kong. In April 2010, two Chinese intelligence officers (IOs) approached […]
CA Governor Newsom Announces $15 Million In Funding To Help Religious, Nonprofits Strengthen Security
SACRAMENTO–In the wake of the shooting at the Chabad of Poway Synagogue and the troubling trend of hate-fueled attacks across the country, Governor Gavin Newsom Monday announced that he plans to fund $15 million for the State Nonprofit Security Grant Program in the May Revise. Administered by the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, the grant […]
California Man Arrested In Plot To Detonate Explosive Device At Nazi Rally
A 26-year-old Reseda, California man was arrested Friday night after he received what he thought was a live bomb, but in fact was an inert explosive device that was delivered by an undercover law enforcement officer as part of an investigation by the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force. Mark Steven Domingo, a former U.S. Army […]
CPUC Issues Proposals On Utility Wildfire Mitigation Plans
SAN FRANCISCO–The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), in its ongoing efforts to assist the state in mitigating catastrophic wildfires that have devastated California in recent years, Monday issued a series of Proposed Decisions on the 2019 Wildfire Mitigation Plans of three large California investor-owned electric utilities, three small and multijurisdictional utilities, and two independent transmission […]