NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Two former Philadelphia-area high school hockey players have been placed on probation and ordered to do community service after being convicted of assaulting members of a rival team during a playoff game last year.

Jurors in Montgomery County deliberated for nearly ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say a black-market arms dealer who tried to buy anti-aircraft missiles and sell them to clients in the Middle East has been convicted of conspiracy in Los Angeles.

Rami Asad-Ghanem was convicted Thursday and faces 25 years to life in prison.

Authorities ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on two Gambino crime family associates charged in a 2015 fire (all times local):

5:20 p.m.

Two reputed associates of the Gambino crime family have been released from jail where they’ve been held on charges related to a businessman’s burned Mercedes Benz in ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Springfield man who participated in a conspiracy to distribute more than $1 million of methamphetamine in Missouri has been sentenced to 38.4 years in prison without parole.

Federal prosecutors say 29-year-old Michael Ryan Nevatt was sentenced Wednesday after ...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada man’s federal criminal case in Iowa should be stopped because President Donald Trump’s appointment of an acting U.S. attorney general is illegal, a defense lawyer in Las Vegas said Wednesday.

Federal law covering cabinet vacancies doesn’t allow Matthew Whitaker to ...

DENVER (AP) — A Colorado man who fraudulently leased multiple properties and failed to pay the rent has been sentenced to five years in prison.

The Denver Post reports William Schwab, of Adams ...

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) — A 14-year-old girl has been charged with second-degree murder in the stabbing death of a former boyfriend of her mother.

Authorities say the teenager is also charged with burglary, arson, theft and conspiracy in the September death of Fred Boote Jr. in ...

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A federal jury in Reno has found a 53-year-old Nevada prison inmate guilty of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine from behind bars.

Edward L. Smith is already serving 20 years to life in state prison for a 2001 murder.

Interim U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A former Kentucky sheriff accused of helping a conspiracy to sell more than a ton of marijuana has been acquitted of all charges.

News outlets report former Bullitt County Sheriff Dave Greenwell was found not guilty on all five counts Thursday evening by a U.S. ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A Tucson man has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for his role in an automobile loan fraud scheme.

Prosecutors say 46-year-old Andrew May was sentenced Wednesday after previously pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and bank ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A California congresswoman whose husband was indicted on theft and conspiracy charges in Connecticut cited an “unexpected family matter” Thursday in withdrawing as a candidate for chair of the House Democratic Caucus.

U.S. Rep. Linda Sanchez, now the caucus vice ...

HOBOKEN, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey woman has admitted her role in a conspiracy to promote a voter bribery scheme in her town.

Federal prosecutors say Lizaida Camis now faces up to five years in prison when she’s sentenced Feb. 21.

The 55-year-old Hoboken woman pleaded guilty Thursday ...

PHOENIX (AP) — The former director of a Goodyear charter school is pleading guilty to exaggerating enrollment to secure millions of funding dollars.

The Arizona Attorney General’s Office says Daniel K. Hughes entered the plea Wednesday involving one felony count each of conspiracy and ...

PHOENIX (AP) — A Syrian man was sentenced to life in federal prison for his conspiracy convictions for making circuit boards that were used to remotely detonate roadside bombs in attacks against U.S. soldiers during the Iraq War.

Authorities say Ahmed Alahmedalabdaloklah ...

PHOENIX (AP) — The Latest on the sentencing of a Syrian man convicted on conspiracy charges for making circuit boards used to detonate roadside bombs (all times local):

4:25 p.m.

A Syrian man was sentenced to life in prison for his convictions for making circuit boards used to ...

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Five central South Dakota women have been convicted of conspiring to retaliate against a witness in a fraud case on the Crow Creek Indian Reservation.

The U.S. attorney’s office says the five women were recently convicted at trial and each faces up to 10 years in ...

SHEPHERDSVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A former Kentucky sheriff is on trial, accused of aiding and abetting a conspiracy to distribute more than a ton of marijuana from a Mexican drug cartel.

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SODUS, N.Y. (AP) — The ex-girlfriend of a man killed in a double homicide and her husband, a former police chief, were both charged in connection with the October slayings in upstate New York, authorities announced Monday.

Charlene Childers, 25, of Sunray, Texas, was charged with ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s intelligence minister claims that an alleged Iranian plot to kill an opposition activist in Denmark was an Israeli conspiracy that sought to harm Tehran’s relation with the European Union.

The minister, Mahmoud Alavi, told state TV on Monday that the “Zionist ...

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A central California gang member has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for conspiring to kill a rival.

The U.S. Justice Department says Wednesday that 41-year-old William Lee of Fresno had been convicted of conspiracy to commit murder.

Officials say Lee ...

MACHIAS, Maine (AP) — A Maine jail inmate charged with a string of crimes, including rape, is facing conspiracy to commit murder and other charges.

This week, authorities say they received new information that 33-year-old Robert Boggia wanted to kill a witness involved in his case. He was ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — An al-Qaida suspect linked to a plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in federal prison.

Ali Charaf Damache was sentenced in federal court in Philadelphia after pleading guilty in July to one count of conspiracy to provide material support ...

CHICAGO (AP) — A Cook County judge is allowing cameras in court for the trial of three current and former Chicago police officers on allegations they covered up police actions in the Laquan McDonald shooting.

Judge Domenica Stephenson on Monday rejected the objections of attorneys for the ...

BALTIMORE (AP) — Jury selection began Monday in the federal trial of a fired Philadelphia police officer charged in connection with a Baltimore corruption case that’s one of the worst U.S. police scandals in recent memory.

Eric Snell was a Baltimore officer from 2005 to 2008 before joining ...

DETROIT (AP) — Authorities say a Detroit police officer conspired with a drug trafficking organization for five years and provided members with sensitive law enforcement information.

The U.S. attorney’s office in Detroit announced Friday that a grand jury indicted 51-year-old Officer ...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Federal agents announced the arrests of nearly two dozen alleged gang members Thursday, claiming they used violence as part of a conspiracy to distribute significant quantities of heroin and other drugs in New Jersey’s capital city.

Those charged were facing drug ...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A federal jury has convicted a Kansas doctor accused of unlawfully prescribing pain medication blamed in one patient’s death.

The U.S. attorney’s office said in a news release that 57-year-old Steven R. Henson of Wichita was convicted Tuesday of unlawfully distributing ...

ALPINE, Texas (AP) — A former West Texas school board trustee has pleaded guilty to a charge related to a bribery scheme involving a former county commissioner.

Prosecutors say 66-year-old Carlos Eduardo Nieto pleaded guilty to conspiracy Tuesday in Alpine, Texas, as part of a public ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal prosecutors say eight people have pleaded guilty in a New Orleans-area conspiracy to obtain oxycodone using phony prescriptions.

The U.S. Justice Department said in a news release that six of the eight defendants have also pleaded guilty in a scheme to possess ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A federal jury has found a former St. Louis doctor guilty of conspiracy and four health care fraud counts.

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HOUSTON (AP) — Webb County Commissioner Jaime Canales (kah-NAH’-lehs) and former Laredo City Council member Johnny Amaya have pleaded guilty to bribery conspiracy charges in a public corruption case.

The pair entered their pleas in federal court in Houston on Thursday. They could be ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans-area man has admitted keeping an autistic relative captive in a tent, a shed and a cage installed for animals in the back yard of the trailer home he shared with his mother, stepfather and stepsister. Jody Lambert of Amite also admitted shoving the woman to the ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Four people have pleaded guilty to federal conspiracy charges over a military health insurance kickback scheme which generated over $10 million in fraudulent prescriptions.

U.S. Attorney Cody Hiland said Thursday that 48-year-old Michael Beeman of Maumelle, ...

GREENVILLE, Miss. (AP) — A former Mississippi hospice owner has pleaded guilty to making fraudulent hospice claims to federal insurers.

Charline Brandon of Cleveland pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court in Greenville to one count of conspiracy to commit health care ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted four California men on conspiracy and rioting charges in connection with a torch-lit march and a rally of white nationalists in Virginia last year.

U.S. Attorney Thomas Cullen’s office announced the indictment Wednesday. It came ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Prosecutors say in court documents that three Chicago police officers accused of lying in reports about the threat Laquan McDonald posed before he was killed by Officer Jason Van Dyke gave “virtually identical false information” about the 2014 shooting.

A Cook County judge ...

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — An Arizona man has been convicted of conspiring to traffic methamphetamine in South Dakota.

The U.S. attorney’s office says 27-year-old Christopher Bradshaw of Tucson faces up to 40 years in federal prison when he’s sentenced Dec. 10.

A jury late last month found ...

HOUSTON (AP) — Prosecutors say a third brother who moved to Texas to run a heroin ring could join two siblings serving life behind bars in the Houston-based drug-trafficking case.

A Mexican national, Victor Manuel Morales-Moreno,

DETROIT (AP) — A former suburban Detroit village trustee has been sentenced to 15 months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery last year.

U.S. ...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey attorney has admitted running a large-scale mortgage fraud scheme that caused millions of dollars in losses.

Christopher Goodson pleaded guilty Friday to conspiracy to commit bank fraud, The 45-year-old Newark man now faces up to 30 years in prison when ...