A Bakersfield truck driving school owner's "guarantee" that all of his students could get licensed is sending him to federal prison. U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd sentenced Paramjit Singh Mangat, 56, of Bakersfield, to 14 months in prison and a $10,000 fine Friday in a bribery scheme uncovered by...
Officials: Slain Mexican Mafia Chief Ran Gang From Prison
SACRAMENTO — A purported leader of the Mexican Mafia whom the federal government once accused of running street gang operations from inside California's most secure prison has been killed by two other inmates, officials said Thursday. Danny Roman, 64, was killed Wednesday at the Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State...
California Prison Employees Suspended Over Racist Remarks
SACRAMENTO — California prison officials said Friday that they suspended multiple employees who made racist jokes about the death of an African American man in police custody in Minneapolis, a disclosure that came amid protests across the state and nation. The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation “was made aware of...
Virus Delays Prison Time for Hot Pockets Heir, Ex-CEO
An heir to the Hot Pockets fortune and a former investment executive who participated in the college admissions cheating scheme won't get to serve their punishments at home, but they can delay going to prison until this summer because of the coronavirus pandemic, a judge has ruled. Michelle Janavs, whose...
Over 70% of Tested Inmates in Federal Prisons Have COVID-19
WASHINGTON — Michael Fleming never got to say goodbye to his father. He didn’t know his dad was fading away on a ventilator, diagnosed with coronavirus at the federal prison where he was serving time for a drug charge. His father, also named Michael, was held at FCI Terminal Island...
California Reports 1st Prison Inmate Death Caused by Virus
LOS ANGELES — California reported the first prison inmate death from COVID-19 on Sunday as the state steps up efforts to prevent outbreaks among vulnerable populations, including people living in nursing homes, on the streets or in homeless shelters. The inmate died at a hospital after contracting the coronavirus at...
Convicted Child Molester Killed by Fellow Inmate at Corcoran Prison
CORCORAN — One inmate fatally struck a fellow prisoner and critically wounded another at Corcoran's state prison officials said Friday. The slain inmate was David Bobb, 48, who was serving a life sentence from San Diego County for aggravated sexual assault of a child under 14 years old. They said...
Lawsuit: Famed Jesuit Abused Boy 1,000 Times Around World
CHICAGO — A globe-trotting Jesuit priest with ties to Mother Teresa sexually abused an American boy “more than 1,000 times, in multiple states and countries,” a lawsuit filed Monday in California state court in San Francisco alleges. In the lawsuit and in interviews with The Associated Press, Robert J. Goldberg,...
Who Steals From Homeless Youth? This Former Fresno IRS Worker.
What kind of thief steals from homeless people and at-risk youth? A federal jury in Fresno decided Thursday that 46-year-old former IRS employee Marcela Heredia is exactly that kind of thief. Now, the former Fresno resident faces up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine after her convictions...
Authorities Say Delano Inmate Knocked Guard Unconscious
DELANO — An inmate at a Valley prison knocked out a guard and another officer suffered a broken hand before the prisoner was subdued, corrections officials said Wednesday. Traymar Robinson, 23, was handcuffed and placed in segregated custody as official investigate the alleged attack at North Kern State Prison in...