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4 Poultry Plant Execs Indicted After 2019 Immigration Raid

JACKSON, Miss. — Four executives from two Mississippi poultry processing plants have been indicted on federal charges tied to one of the largest workplace immigration raids in the U.S. in the past decade. U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and the acting …

Illinois Grand Jury Accuses Tow Truck Driver of Stealing

A southwestern Illinois tow truck driver faces federal charges that accuse him of stealing from a car that investigators set up to look like a stolen and abandoned vehicle. An indictment accuses 46-year-old Eddie Johnson Jr. of Cahokia of theft …

3 Face Federal Charges for Oil Spill Fraud

Officials say three Florida Panhandle residents face federal charges for filing fraudulent claims related to the Gulf Coast oil spill. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Pensacola announced indictments Monday against 38-year-old Robert Thayer, 39-year-old Jennifer J. Lee and 26-year-old Gabrielle …

Federal Charges Filed in Massive Arizona Wildfire

Federal charges have been filed against two cousins accused of accidentally causing the largest forest fire in Arizona’s history by leaving a campfire unattended. The U.S. attorney’s office on Wednesday announced the charges against Caleb Joshua Malboeuf, 26, of Benson …