NBC’s Frank Thorp and The Associated Press | December 23, 2012 U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo of Idaho was arrested early Sunday morning in a suburb of Washington, D.C. for driving under the influence, according to a statement released by Alexandria, Va. police. Crapo, a Republican, was stopped after a patrol officer saw his vehicle go [...]
Streetgangs.com Staff Writer December 15, 2012 | 2:25 p.m. PST LOS ANGELES – A San Fernando Valley man who was president of the City of Los Angeles’ Board of Neighborhood Commissioners was sentenced on Monday to 84 months in federal prison for distributing child pornography. Albert Noah Abrams, 64, of Tarzana, was sentenced by United [...]
By Alex Alonso Streetgangs.com Staff Writer October 17, 2012 | 6:45 p.m. Streetgangs.com is apolitical when it comes to presidential elections, but we are fascinated by the geography of elections and the spatial voting patterns that emerge. For example the Deep South will go for the Republican candidate while urban states such as California and [...]
Streetgangs.com Staff Writer October 17, 2012 | 11:03 a.m. PST Last year, investigators for the Los Angeles County district attorney began probing secret, improper tax breaks granted to more than 100 wealthy Westside property owners since Los Angeles County Assessor John Noguez’s election. They also started looking into complaints from assessor’s office employees who claimed they were [...]
Streetgangs.com Staff Writer October 12, 2012 | 11:40 a.m. PST Reps. Brad Sherman, 57, and Howard Berman, 71 at a debate Thursday at Pierce College got heated after discussing federal immigration bill between the to men. Sherman got up close to Berman’s face, threw his arm roughly around his shoulders and challenged “You want to [...]
By Stefani Camille Streetgangs.com Staff Writer September 27, 2012 | 1:01 p.m Last Friday, two ex-Lynwood officials, Louis Byrd, 80, and Fernando Pedroza, 47, were in front of Compton Superior Court Judge Eleanor Hunter to be sentenced to prison for corruption. Byrd and Pedroza were charged in 2007 after a four-year investigation, along with three [...]
Streetgangs.com Staff June 4, 2012 | 11:55 a.m. PST Los Angeles County Assessor John Noguez, announced on Friday that he is stepping down and taking a voluntary leave of absence from his position. This decision came as a result of an ongoing investigation for alleged corruption and influence peddling within his office. The investigation began [...]
Streetgangs.com Staff June 01, 2012 | 12:40 p.m. PST John Edwards was once a candidate for Vice-President in 2008 for the Democratic party, and before that he served as a United States Senator for North Carolina. Edwards was now facing charges that he illegally accepted and misused money that was donated from wealthy donors in [...]
David Bernstein and Noah Isackson (Chicago Magazine) | January 2012 Among the perquisites of political power, state lawmakers can use their legislative offices to make inquiries with the Illinois Department of Corrections on behalf of inmates who want to be moved to other prisons. While many inquiries in support of transfers are legitimate—perhaps a well-behaved [...]
By Stefani Camille Streetgangs.com Staff Writer December 7, 2011|2:00 p.m. On Wednesday, former Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich was sentenced to 14-years in Federal prison for crimes he committed in 2008 when he was arrested on corruption charges. Federal prosecutors said that Blagojevich once was seriously considering appointing himself but Prosecutors allege that decided to [...]
StreetGangs.Com Staff February 14 2011 | 2:41 p.m. A candidate for United States House of Representatives, was sentenced this morning to one year and one day in federal prison for his conviction last year on a federal obstruction of justice charge stemming from lies he told to California investigators about his involvement in a misleading [...]
Streetgangs.com Staff February 9, 2011 Rep. Chris Lee (R-N.Y.) resigned from the House Wednesday evening hours after the Web, Gawker.com reported that the married Republican congressman had sent a shirtless image of himself to a woman he met on Craigslist. “I regret the harm that my actions have caused my family, my staff and my [...]
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