Three of the nation’s leading insurance companies that insure Protestant churches in America report that they receive roughly 250 reports each year of minors under the age of 18 being sexually molested by people associated with the churches, including clergy.…
Author: Staff Writer
2015
Category: Drug Crime | Drug Manufacturing
Roughly 17 percent of the more than 1.5 million drug arrests in 2014 involved drug manufacturing charges. Criminal charges for manufacturing illegal drugs can be charged at both the federal and state level, often depending upon the seriousness of the…
2015
Category: Immigration Crimes
According to the Center for Immigration Studies, there are 340 sanctuary cities in the United States. The tragic shooting death of Karen Steinle in San Francisco this past summer by an illegal immigrant unleashed a heated debate about both the…
2015
Category: Drug Crime | Drug Trafficking
Multi-jurisdictional drug task force sets up anonymous snitch site
Designed to create a partnership between the public and law enforcement, StopDrug.Houston.org is a multijurisdictional website aimed at five counties and six cities, including Houston, encouraging the public to submit…
2015
Category: Healthcare Fraud
The federal government continues to beat the drum of health care fraud with public announcements of robust and record breaking law enforcement roundups and arrests of doctors and other health care professionals.
Press releases from the Attorney General’s Office,…
2015
Category: Illegal Pornography | Sex Crimes
Last year U.S. Attorney Loretta E. Lynch announced the federal government’s intention to investigate and prosecute cases of child pornography, regardless of the scale of individual involvement. This includes simple possession of child pornography by individuals.
Homeland Security Cracks…
2015
The State of Texas recognizes four classes of homicide: capital murder, murder, manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide.
Texas does not recognize degrees of murder, such as first and second degree murder as most people are familiar with from television…
2015
The federal appeals process can sometimes be complex and difficult to navigate. Perfecting a credible appeal requires an experienced attorney familiar with the Federal Appellate Rules of Procedure and the Local Rules of the appellate court to which the appeal…
2015
Category: Corporate Fraud | Fraud
Earlier this year five major banks pled guilty to criminal charges and agreed to shell out more than $5.5 billion to settles charges that their “traders” manipulated the international “foreign-exchange market” for their own profit. The fines are the largest…
2015
Category: Drug Crime | Drug Trafficking
Penalties for drug trafficking under both Texas and federal law are severe with a litany of collateral consequences.
The Texas Controlled Substances Act defines drug trafficking as the manufacture, “delivery” or possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance.…