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1 week ago

Brooklyn youth detention staffer gets 1 year for smuggling in drugs, weapons

A youth development specialist at a Brooklyn juvenile detention center will spend a year and a day behind bars for smuggling in contraband including a crushed-up prescription painkiller that caused one of the young detainees to suffer a non-fatal overdose, according to the feds. Da'Vante Bolton, 32, of Queens, was sentenced Wednesday in Brooklyn Federal Court, after pleading guilty last year to taking bribes to smuggle pot, pills and scalpels into the Crossroads Juvenile Center in Brownsville,
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1 month ago

US offers $5 million reward for capture of Juan Jose Ponce Felix, cartel boss loyal to El Mayo Zambada

U.S. offers $5 million reward for Sinaloa Cartel leader Juan Jose 'El Ruso' Ponce Felix for drug trafficking, arms trafficking, bribery, kidnapping, torture, and murder.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

South Korea indicts former first lady for bribery, ex-PM over martial law

Former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo and ex-First Lady Kim Keon-hee were indicted on separate charges related to martial law, bribery, stock manipulation, and perjury.
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1 month ago
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Locals Push for McGuinness Redo Following Bribery Charges

DOT-approved McGuinness Boulevard safety redesign was allegedly shelved after bribes from Broadway Stages owners, prompting residents to demand the full road diet be implemented.
fromBrooklyn Paper
1 month ago
Brooklyn

'Now is the time': Locals demand full redesign of McGuinness Boulevard after bribery allegations * Brooklyn Paper

Greenpoint residents demand a full McGuinness Boulevard road diet after allegations that a former mayoral aide accepted bribes from Broadway Stages owners to alter the redesign.
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1 month ago
Brooklyn

'Now is the time': Locals demand full redesign of McGuinness Boulevard after bribery allegations * Brooklyn Paper

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1 month ago

DOJ Accuses Smartmatic Execs of Overbilling, Bribery Scheme

Three Smartmatic executives are accused of overbilling L.A. County on voting machines to create a slush fund used to bribe officials and secure contracts.
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