LEGAL NEWSLINE

ATLANTA, GA – Attorney General Chris Carr announced today that Julian Cubillos, Jayden Brown, Dakious Echols, and Desmontrez Mathis have been indicted by an Athens-Clarke County Grand Jury on charges of Malice Murder, Felony Murder, Aggravated Assault, and Violation of the Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act. The charges are related to the March 8, 2024 shooting at Hallmark Mobile Home Park, which resulted in the death of three-year-old Kyron Santino Zarco Smith and the injury of a nine-year-old male. The defendants are alleged members of a local gang known as “Everybody...

The Department of Justice is in the process of drafting an Environmental Justice Strategic Plan, aimed at outlining the department's vision, goals, priority actions, and metrics to advance environmental justice. This initiative follows Executive Order 14096, titled "Revitalizing Our Nation's Commitment to Environmental Justice for All."

Attorney General Josh Stein announced the launch of DOJ Delivers, an online tool designed to enable North Carolinians to view the work of the North Carolina Department of Justice (NCDOJ) in their communities. This initiative aims to demonstrate how taxpayer investments are being utilized by the department.

Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco delivered remarks at the ATF’s Third Annual Chiefs of Police Executive Forum on Crime Guns, emphasizing the Department of Justice's commitment to reducing violent crime.

Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco discussed the Justice Department’s efforts to combat violent crime, including the use of advanced crime gun intelligence technology, during remarks at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)’s third annual Chiefs of Police Executive Forum on Crime Guns. The event convened police chiefs from across the country.

PHOENIX – Attorney General Kris Mayes issued a statement today in response to a motion filed by Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell seeking a death warrant in the Gunches case.

Jason Allen Miller was sentenced to life without parole for running over and seriously injuring Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Lewis Johnson in February 2023. In April, Miller was found guilty on all counts, including attempted deliberate homicide, criminal endangerment, criminal mischief, criminal possession of dangerous drugs, aggravated kidnapping, and a sentencing enhancement for the use of a weapon.

HARRISBURG — Attorney General Michelle Henry announced that the parents of a newborn baby who died in Sullivan County in 2022 have pleaded guilty. The baby boy died two days after birth, and the parents, along with a third person, were charged based on failures to take reasonable action to summon medical assistance.

New York – New York Attorney General Letitia James announced the arrests and indictments of 17 individuals involved in loansharking and illegal gambling operations on Staten Island, controlled by members of the Gambino organized crime family. The individuals face an 84-count indictment for their roles in a sports gambling operation that handled over $22.7 million in illegal bets and a loansharking operation involving weekly payments on approximately $500,000 in usurious loans. Additionally, four individuals were charged with an illegal mortgage fraud scheme to purchase a...

The Justice Department has initiated a civil forfeiture action to recover approximately $5,315,746.29 in funds alleged to be proceeds from a business email compromise (BEC) scheme and property involved in laundering these proceeds.

The Iowa Supreme Court has approved $870,244 in grants to nonprofit programs that provide legal assistance to low-income Iowans with civil legal problems. The court awarded grants to 13 different organizations throughout Iowa. The grants are funded by the Interest on Lawyers' Trust Accounts (IOLTA) program. With this year's grants, the supreme court has awarded more than $26 million in IOLTA grants since the program began on July 1, 1985.

The Attorney General’s Office announced that Jason Muxlow, 45, of Westminster, Vermont, was sentenced today in Vermont Superior Court, Windham Criminal Division, after pleading guilty to three felony counts of possession of child sexual abuse material. The court, with Judge John Treadwell presiding, sentenced Mr. Muxlow by plea agreement to 22 months in jail, with credit for time served, and a 15-year term of probation with conditions that he complete sex offender programming, have no contact with minors, and restrict his access to the internet. If Mr. Muxlow violates the...

A federal grand jury charged a New York man today in a three-count indictment alleging he illegally shipped eastern box turtles and three-toed box turtles, both protected wildlife species, from the United States to China for the global pet trade black market.

America First Legal, Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty Ask SCOTUS to Permit Parents to Defend Their Children Against Radical School Administrators

The office of Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is accepting applications for Yost’s Teen Ambassador Board (TAB) for the 2024-25 academic year.

A Texas man has been charged with a federal hate crime and for making interstate threats against employees of a Sikh nonprofit organization.

LITTLE ROCK – Attorney General Tim Griffin announced today that Mary Rhodes, 71, of Little Rock and Najee Rhodes, 28, of Maumelle have entered guilty pleas to misdemeanor charges of Medicaid fraud. The announcement follows the negotiated guilty pleas secured by the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit on May 28.

Attorney General Todd Rokita has filed a lawsuit challenging a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) rule that mandates medical providers to perform surgeries and administer hormones for gender transition in both children and adults.

Bluestone Physician Services of Florida LLC, Bluestone Physician Services, P.A., and Bluestone National LLC, operating in Florida, Minnesota, and Wisconsin respectively, have agreed to pay $14.9 million to resolve allegations that they knowingly submitted claims for certain Evaluation and Management (E&M) codes for services related to the management of chronic care patients in assisted living and other care facilities that were not provided in conformity with applicable Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE requirements.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Attorney General Ashley Moody’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit has secured nearly $600,000 for Florida Medicaid from a chronic disease management health care provider. In a multistate action involving Florida, Minnesota, and the federal government, Bluestone Physician Services of Florida, LLC, Bluestone Physician Services, P.A., and Bluestone National, LLC have agreed to pay millions of dollars for False Claims Act violations.