For Immediate Release
December 14, 2007
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Washington D.C.
FBI National Press Office
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FBI's
Top Ten News Stories
For the Week Ending December 14, 2007
1.
New Addition to the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives
Jason
Derek Brown, a fugitive from Phoenix wanted for the murder
and robbery of an armored car guard, has been added to the
FBI's List of Ten Most Wanted Fugitives. Full
Story
2.
Washington Field Office: Former Congressional Chief of Staff
Pleads Guilty
Russell
James Caso, Jr., a former chief of staff to a member of
the U. S. House of Representatives, pled guilty to conspiracy
to commit honest services wire fraud. Full
Story
3.
San Francisco: Talk Radio Personality Indicted on Child
Pornography Charges
AM
radio station talk show personality Bernard V. Ward was
indicted on charges of distributing and receiving child
pornography through the use of a computer. Full
Story
4.
New York: Guilty Plea in Phantom Gold Mine Investment Scheme
James
and Rita Russo and their adult children, Elizabeth Russo,
Rudolpho Russo, and Thomas Russo, pled guilty to conspiracy
to defraud through a phony gold mine investment scheme and
various Internet wholesaler schemes over a 15-year period.
Full
Story
5.
New Orleans: Chief of Police Indicted on Firearms Charges
Claude
Williams, the chief of police of Boyce, Louisiana, was indicted
on federal charges of possession of illegal firearms and
on state charges of malfeasance in office. Full
Story
6.
Newark: School Board President Pleads Guilty
James
a Pressley, president of the Pleasantville Board of Education,
pled guilty to attempted extortion and to accepting bribes
in return for his official assistance. Full
Story
7.
Miami: Four Foreign Nationals Arrested and Charged with
Being Illegal Agents of Foreign Government
Three
Venezuelans and one Uruguayan were arrested and charged
with acting illegally as agents of the Bolivian Republic
of Venezuela. Full
Story
8.
Charlotte: Former Sheriff and Deputies Charged with Conspiracy
to Commit Extortion
Robert
Lee Medford, former sheriff of Buncombe County; and sheriff's
deputies John Harrison, Ronnie Eugene Davis, and Guy Kenneth
Penland have been charged with conspiring to unlawfully
enrich themselves by extorting money from persons involved
in the illegal video poker machine business. Full
Story
9.
San Diego: Hoax Bomber Arrested by Joint Terrorism Task
Force
The
Joint Terrorism Task Force arrested Timothy Bryon Kalka
in connection with the University of California San Diego
hoax bomb incident. Full
Story
10.
Boston: Blue Cross Agrees to Pay $20 Million
Blue
Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island agreed to pay $20
million to settle matters in the government's ongoing public
corruption investigation and also agreed to a series of
ethical reforms. Full
Story
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