I would not stop preparing for trial if I were you," Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said during a court hearing on Thursday morning in Oakland. The four defendants, sitting in separate rows in the courtroom, did not react much to the judge's comments.
The federal charges were made public Wednesday, naming five executives who are accused of bribing one employee - Patrick Briones, a lead wine buyer for the company that also owns Vons - to control which wines appeared on grocery store shelves in California as part of an eight-year scheme from 2016 to 2024.
The arrest of former CNN anchor Don Lemon by federal authorities in Los Angeles today for his alleged participation in an anti-ICE protest in a St. Paul, Minnesota, church on January 18 is startling on multiple grounds. First of all, it's not like Lemon was a fugitive from justice. Two judges in Minnesota had earlier denied a requested indictment of Lemon, so he felt free to go to L.A. to cover the Grammy Awards.
A Massachusetts man and woman were arrested and charged Wednesday in connection with a scheme to defraud banks in the state by fraudulently withdrawing more than $1 million, according to the office of Leah Foley, U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts. William Shaw, 67, of Boston, was indicted on four counts of bank fraud and four counts of aggravated identity theft, according to a statement from Foley's office.
Now, 63-year-old Valentino Giovanni Luchin has become known for something else being arrested for allegedly robbing banks without any of the finesse he's known for in the kitchen. On Thursday, a new federal indictment was unsealed, charging Luchin with a single-day robbery spree that netted barely more than $2,800. He faces two counts of bank robbery and one count of attempted bank robbery, alleged crimes that all occurred in San Francisco on Sept. 10, 2025, court records show.
Both defendants are facing health issues, their lawyers said. Maduro and his wife were arraigned on a four-count federal indictment. Maduro faces a narco-terrorism conspiracy count, and both face counts of cocaine importation conspiracy, possession of machine guns and destructive devices, and conspiracy to possess machine guns and destructive devices. The 25-page indictment filed against Maduro, his wife, son, and three others alleges that for over 25 years, Venezuelan leaders
Cherfilus-McCormick was scheduled to be arraigned, but her attorney requested the proceeding be rescheduled to Jan. 20 so that she could finalize her legal team. Prosecutors didn't object, and Judge Lisette Reid agreed to the new date. The hearing lasted less than five minutes. "I just want to make it very clear that I am innocent," Cherfilus-McCormick said immediately after leaving court. "In no way did I steal any kind of funds. I'm committed to the people of Florida and my district."
Reshma Kamath, 40, of Bethel Island, was flying from Delhi, India, to SFO on June 28 and 29 when she allegedly assaulted and intimidated the crew members, including by verbally abusing, threatening and striking them, the U.S. Attorney's Office said. Upon landing at SFO, Kamath allegedly assaulted security personnel, including a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer, prosecutors said. Kamath is charged with two counts of interference with flight crew members;
Prosecutors said she created false backdated contracts after being subpoenaed for records related to a federal Covid-19 stimulus program and later made false statements to FBI agents. This is a crucial step in an ongoing political corruption investigation that began more than three years ago, said Eric Grant, interim US attorney for the Eastern District of California. Williamson pleaded not guilty during a court hearing Wednesday. Matthew Rowan, a lawyer for Williamson, declined to comment further to reporters after the hearing.
NEW YORK -- Former NBA player and assistant coach Damon Jones pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges he profited from rigged poker games and provided sports bettors with non-public information about injuries to stars LeBron James and Anthony Davis. Jones, a onetime teammate of James, said little during back-to-back arraignments in federal court in Brooklyn, letting his court-appointed lawyer enter not guilty pleas in a pair of cases stemming from last month's federal takedown of sprawling gambling operations.
If you're going to steal, why not steal from the most profitable company on the planet, Santa Clara-based chipmaker Nvidia? That's what six Southern California-based burglars allegedly thought, as they're accused of a $7 million heist of Nvidia chips last December from a Burlingame warehouse that were headed for Supermicro facility in San Jose the next day. Same goes for their alleged June 3 theft of nearly $200,000 worth of Nvidia chips in Fremont.
Lawyers for Luigi Mangione are seeking to dismiss some of the criminal charges brought against him in a federal indictment following the December 2024 killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, including the only count eligible for the death penalty. In documents filed at a Manhattan federal court on Saturday, defense attorneys for Mangione sought to dismiss a count of murder through the use of a firearm.
According to the indictment filed on July 31, Risan, 70, allegedly offered and sold stock and stock conversion in his software company, Media Rights Technologies, Inc., and his music streaming service, BlueBeat, Inc., to investors based on false representations, including false claims of BlueBeat's copyright ownership of approximately 2.5 million songs by various well-known artists.
Joao Victor Da Silva Soares, a 21-year-old Brazilian national, was indicted for allegedly dealing firearms without a license and conspiracy to engage in that business.
Orellana and at least two others drove around downtown L.A. in a pickup truck distributing Uvex Bionic face shields and other items to a crowd engaged in a protest near the federal building on Los Angeles Street on June 9.
