<p>A New Trump Plan Gives DHS and the White House Greater Influence in the Fight Against Organized Crime<br>—</p><p>Internal documents and interviews show that an overhaul led by Stephen Miller would scale back prosecutors’ control over investigations.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/stephen-miller-trump-dhs-fbi-doj-war-on-drugs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/stephen-miller-trump-dhs-fbi-doj-war-on-drugs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ste</span><span class="invisible">phen-miller-trump-dhs-fbi-doj-war-on-drugs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/whitehouse/" rel="tag">#WhiteHouse</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#DHS</a> <a href="/tags/fbi/" rel="tag">#FBI</a> <a href="/tags/doj/" rel="tag">#DOJ</a> <a href="/tags/stephenmiller/" rel="tag">#StephenMiller</a></p>
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<p>How Foreign Scammers Use U.S. Banks to Fleece Americans<br>—</p><p>Online scams conducted by Asian crime syndicates have reached industrial proportions, cheating victims around the world out of more than $44 billion a year. U.S. banks have been unable to stop them.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/pig-butchering-scam-cybercrime-us-banks-money-laundering?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/pig-butchering-scam-cybercrime-us-banks-money-laundering?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/pig</span><span class="invisible">-butchering-scam-cybercrime-us-banks-money-laundering?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/scam/" rel="tag">#Scam</a> <a href="/tags/fraud/" rel="tag">#Fraud</a> <a href="/tags/banks/" rel="tag">#Banks</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/cybercrime/" rel="tag">#Cybercrime</a> <a href="/tags/moneylaundering/" rel="tag">#MoneyLaundering</a></p>
<p>One former senior official called it “mind-boggling” that the Drug Enforcement Administration is “just getting orders saying, ‘This is what Stephen Miller wants and you’ve got to give it to us.’”</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/stephen-miller-trump-dhs-fbi-doj-war-on-drugs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/stephen-miller-trump-dhs-fbi-doj-war-on-drugs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ste</span><span class="invisible">phen-miller-trump-dhs-fbi-doj-war-on-drugs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/whitehouse/" rel="tag">#WhiteHouse</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/drugs/" rel="tag">#Drugs</a> <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#DHS</a> <a href="/tags/fbi/" rel="tag">#FBI</a> <a href="/tags/stephenmiller/" rel="tag">#StephenMiller</a></p>
<p>Alaska Supreme Court Places New Limits on Pretrial Delays<br>—</p><p>The move follows an investigation by ProPublica and the Anchorage Daily News that found some cases have taken as long as a decade to reach juries, potentially violating the rights of victims and defendants alike.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/alaska-supreme-court-limits-pretrial-delays?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/alaska-supreme-court-limits-pretrial-delays?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ala</span><span class="invisible">ska-supreme-court-limits-pretrial-delays?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/alaska/" rel="tag">#Alaska</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/court/" rel="tag">#Court</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a></p>
<p>“A Wholly Inaccurate Picture”: Reality Cop Show “The First 48” and the Wrongly Convicted Man<br>—</p><p>Edgar Barrientos-Quintana spent 16 years behind bars wrongly convicted for a shooting featured on “The First 48.” The Minnesota attorney general’s office effectively alleged that the show shaped the case instead of the case shaping the show.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/first-48-reality-tv-police-minneapolis-wrongful-conviction-barrientos-quintana?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/first-48-reality-tv-police-minneapolis-wrongful-conviction-barrientos-quintana?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/fir</span><span class="invisible">st-48-reality-tv-police-minneapolis-wrongful-conviction-barrientos-quintana?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/minnesota/" rel="tag">#Minnesota</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#TV</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a> <a href="/tags/television/" rel="tag">#Television</a></p>
<p>Our reporting revealed that Anchorage dropped more than 250 domestic violence assault cases and more than 270 drunken driving cases between May 1 and Oct. 2 last year.</p><p>Now, the city says it has hired a full staff of 12 “frontline” prosecutors who will take cases to trial.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/anchorage-alaska-prosecutors-criminal-case-dismissals?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/anchorage-alaska-prosecutors-criminal-case-dismissals?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/anc</span><span class="invisible">horage-alaska-prosecutors-criminal-case-dismissals?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/alaska/" rel="tag">#Alaska</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/domesticviolence/" rel="tag">#DomesticViolence</a> <a href="/tags/assault/" rel="tag">#Assault</a></p>
<p>Jimmie Duncan spent 27 years on death row, convicted in part based on evidence experts now consider to be junk science.</p><p>But even after the overturning of his murder conviction and his release on bail, Louisiana still wants to execute him.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/jimmie-duncan-louisiana-death-row-inmate-released?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/jimmie-duncan-louisiana-death-row-inmate-released?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/jim</span><span class="invisible">mie-duncan-louisiana-death-row-inmate-released?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/louisiana/" rel="tag">#Louisiana</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#CriminalJustice</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/forensics/" rel="tag">#Forensics</a></p>
<p>A Dallas man says reality show “The First 48” edited the episode to suggest he’d become a police informant, resulting in death threats.</p><p>In 2015, he was shot several times at a barber shop in an attack police say was connected to his appearance on the show.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/first-48-reality-tv-police-dallas-memphis-mobile?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/first-48-reality-tv-police-dallas-memphis-mobile?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/fir</span><span class="invisible">st-48-reality-tv-police-dallas-memphis-mobile?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#TV</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/television/" rel="tag">#Television</a></p>
<p>Utah Ex-Therapist Scott Owen Sentenced to Prison for Sexually Abusing Patients<br>—</p><p>Owen’s 15-year-to-life prison term follows a 2023 investigation by The Salt Lake Tribune and ProPublica that uncovered a range of sex abuse allegations against the ex-therapist, who claimed to be a specialist for struggling gay Latter-day Saints men.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/scott-owen-utah-therapist-sexual-abuse-prison-sentence?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/scott-owen-utah-therapist-sexual-abuse-prison-sentence?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/sco</span><span class="invisible">tt-owen-utah-therapist-sexual-abuse-prison-sentence?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/utah/" rel="tag">#Utah</a> <a href="/tags/therapy/" rel="tag">#Therapy</a> <a href="/tags/abuse/" rel="tag">#Abuse</a> <a href="/tags/lds/" rel="tag">#LDS</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/prison/" rel="tag">#Prison</a></p>
<p>When Clayton Strong drove his wife’s body to a hospital in Idaho, the coroner took his word that it was a natural death.</p><p>Five years later, Strong’s next wife turned up dead too: shot in the chest in Texas.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/idaho-coroners-clayton-strong-wives-murder?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/idaho-coroners-clayton-strong-wives-murder?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ida</span><span class="invisible">ho-coroners-clayton-strong-wives-murder?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/idaho/" rel="tag">#Idaho</a> <a href="/tags/domesticviolence/" rel="tag">#DomesticViolence</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> <a href="/tags/truecrime/" rel="tag">#TrueCrime</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/murder/" rel="tag">#Murder</a></p>
<p>What Reality TV Gets Wrong About Criminal Investigations. (Spoiler: So Much.) <br>—</p><p>When Edgar Barrientos-Quintana was cleared of murder charges last year, reporter Jessica Lussenhop noticed something she had never seen before in a wrongful conviction case: the involvement of popular true crime show “The First 48.”</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/the-first-48-wrongful-conviction-edgar-barrientos-quintana?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/the-first-48-wrongful-conviction-edgar-barrientos-quintana?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/the</span><span class="invisible">-first-48-wrongful-conviction-edgar-barrientos-quintana?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/realitytv/" rel="tag">#RealityTV</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#TV</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/truecrime/" rel="tag">#TrueCrime</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>Former NYPD Commissioner Accuses Mayor Adams of Running “Criminal Enterprise” and Cites ProPublica Investigation<br>—</p><p>A lawsuit filed by former Commissioner Thomas Donlon alleges that the NYPD’s Community Response Team was a “rogue” unit that answered “only to City Hall.” The complaint draws extensively from ProPublica’s reporting.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/lawsuit-nyc-mayor-eric-adams-community-response-team-thomas-donlon?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/lawsuit-nyc-mayor-eric-adams-community-response-team-thomas-donlon?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/law</span><span class="invisible">suit-nyc-mayor-eric-adams-community-response-team-thomas-donlon?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/nyc/" rel="tag">#NYC</a> <a href="/tags/newyorkcity/" rel="tag">#NewYorkCity</a> <a href="/tags/ericadams/" rel="tag">#EricAdams</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a> <a href="/tags/nypd/" rel="tag">#NYPD</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a></p>
<p>Immigrants in Alabama Can Face Harsher Sentences Than Citizens for the Same Crimes<br>---</p><p>A review of more than 100 court cases found some immigrants saw harsher punishments, even when they have fewer prior convictions. Defendants in these cases said they believe their citizenship status tipped the scales of justice against them.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/immigrants-alabama-harsher-sentences-citizens?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/immigrants-alabama-harsher-sentences-citizens?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/imm</span><span class="invisible">igrants-alabama-harsher-sentences-citizens?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/alabama/" rel="tag">#Alabama</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/justice/" rel="tag">#Justice</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a></p>
<p>What One Man’s 45-Year-Old Case Tells Us About the “Jim Crow Juries” Haunting Louisiana<br>---</p><p>Today, a split verdict would mean a mistrial. But in 1980s Louisiana, when nonunanimous juries were still legal, 19-year-old Lloyd Gray, a Black man, was sentenced to prison for life — even though the only two Black jurors had voted not guilty.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/lloyd-gray-louisiana-split-juries-history?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/lloyd-gray-louisiana-split-juries-history?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/llo</span><span class="invisible">yd-gray-louisiana-split-juries-history?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/louisiana/" rel="tag">#Louisiana</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/courts/" rel="tag">#Courts</a> <a href="/tags/prison/" rel="tag">#Prison</a></p>
<p>Alaska publishes a quarterly list with the names of Indigenous people reported missing — but it still doesn’t issue a list for those who’ve been killed.</p><p>When a local nonprofit requested that information, the state said no.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/alaska-denies-indigenous-murders-records?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/alaska-denies-indigenous-murders-records?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ala</span><span class="invisible">ska-denies-indigenous-murders-records?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/alaska/" rel="tag">#Alaska</a> <a href="/tags/indigenous/" rel="tag">#Indigenous</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a></p>
<p>After 17 Years, DNA Tied a Man to Her Rape. Under Massachusetts Law, It Was Too Late.<br>---</p><p>Massachusetts has one of the strictest deadlines in the country for prosecuting rape. After the 15-year mark, no DNA match, testimony or even confession can give a rape victim a chance of facing their attacker in court.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/massachusetts-statute-of-limitations-rape?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/massachusetts-statute-of-limitations-rape?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/mas</span><span class="invisible">sachusetts-statute-of-limitations-rape?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/massachusetts/" rel="tag">#Massachusetts</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/rape/" rel="tag">#Rape</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/dna/" rel="tag">#DNA</a></p>
<p>Bad Evidence Got Him Indicted for Murder. He Waited 7 Years to Walk Free.<br>---</p><p>Justine Paul was accused of killing his girlfriend, Eunice Whitman. In Alaska’s slow-motion criminal justice system, he was kept behind bars even as the evidence against him fell apart.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/alaska-murder-pretrial-delays-justine-paul?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/alaska-murder-pretrial-delays-justine-paul?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ala</span><span class="invisible">ska-murder-pretrial-delays-justine-paul?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/alaska/" rel="tag">#Alaska</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/murder/" rel="tag">#Murder</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#CriminalJustice</a> <a href="/tags/justice/" rel="tag">#Justice</a></p>
<p>Eunice Whitman's boyfriend was indicted for her murder on flawed evidence. A defense witness wrote that police should have treated no fewer than 12 people as suspects of “higher interest.”</p><p>A decade after the killing, no one has been convicted in Whitman’s death <br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/eunice-whitman-murder-alaska-justice-system?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/eunice-whitman-murder-alaska-justice-system?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/eun</span><span class="invisible">ice-whitman-murder-alaska-justice-system?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/alaska/" rel="tag">#Alaska</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/truecrime/" rel="tag">#TrueCrime</a> <a href="/tags/murder/" rel="tag">#Murder</a> <a href="/tags/justice/" rel="tag">#Justice</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#CriminalJustice</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>Walmart has long been a facilitator of fraud on a mass scale, a ProPublica investigation found.</p><p>More than $1 billion in fraud losses were routed through the company’s financial services between 2013 and 2022.</p><p>(Published Jan. 2024)<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/walmart-financial-services-became-fraud-magnet-gift-cards-money-laundering?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/walmart-financial-services-became-fraud-magnet-gift-cards-money-laundering?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/wal</span><span class="invisible">mart-financial-services-became-fraud-magnet-gift-cards-money-laundering?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/walmart/" rel="tag">#Walmart</a> <a href="/tags/fraud/" rel="tag">#Fraud</a> <a href="/tags/scam/" rel="tag">#Scam</a> <a href="/tags/moneylaundering/" rel="tag">#MoneyLaundering</a> <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#Business</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a></p>
<p>Chicago Cop Who Falsely Blamed an Ex-Girlfriend for Dozens of Traffic Tickets Pleads Guilty but Avoids Prison<br>---</p><p>Retired officer Jeffrey Kriv acknowledged repeatedly lying under oath to avoid paying dozens of speeding and other traffic tickets. Prosecutors have dropped at least 92 cases in which Kriv was a key witness because of credibility issues.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-cop-jeffrey-kriv-pleads-guilty-avoids-jail?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/chicago-cop-jeffrey-kriv-pleads-guilty-avoids-jail?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/chi</span><span class="invisible">cago-cop-jeffrey-kriv-pleads-guilty-avoids-jail?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/chicago/" rel="tag">#Chicago</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>19-year-old Jorge Ruiz, a Mexican immigrant in Alabama on an H-2B visa, was convicted of murder after a fatal car crash.</p><p>He was initially sentenced to the maximum possible punishment, longer than what prosecutors had requested: 99 years.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/jorge-ruiz-alabama-murder-sentence-immigration?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/jorge-ruiz-alabama-murder-sentence-immigration?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/jor</span><span class="invisible">ge-ruiz-alabama-murder-sentence-immigration?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/accident/" rel="tag">#Accident</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/alabama/" rel="tag">#Alabama</a></p>
<p>Man walking dog on Commonwealth Avenue Mall is run down and killed by motorist; DA says driver 'intentionally' rammed him<br><a href="https://www.universalhub.com/crime/2026/man-walking-dog-commonwealth-avenue-mall-run-down-and-killed" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.universalhub.com/crime/2026/man-walking-dog-commonwealth-avenue-mall-run-down-and-killed"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.universalhub.com/crime/202</span><span class="invisible">6/man-walking-dog-commonwealth-avenue-mall-run-down-and-killed</span></a><br><a href="/tags/boston/" rel="tag">#Boston</a> <a href="/tags/backbay/" rel="tag">#BackBay</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#crime</a></p>
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<p>Despite falling crime rates, leaders at a nonprofit argued Dallas was descending into anarchy to sell voters on increasing police.</p><p>Some residents now fear the push could be used as a playbook for other cities.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/police-dallas-hero-crime-proposition?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/police-dallas-hero-crime-proposition?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/pol</span><span class="invisible">ice-dallas-hero-crime-proposition?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/dallas/" rel="tag">#Dallas</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>