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Granite Bay man pleads guilty to defrauding federal government

Submitted by Elk Grove News.Net on Friday, November 9th, 11:37 am

November 9, 2018 |    
A Granite Bay, California man, Jim A. Meron, pleaded guilty on Monday, November 5 in U.S. District Court in Sacramento to defrauding the government-procurement fraud scheme... Read More

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Sacramento man indicted for international money laundering, marijuana grow operations in Elk Grove

Submitted by Elk Grove News.Net on Thursday, October 11th, 1:40 pm

October 9, 2018 |  
A Sacramento man was indicted at U.S. District Court in Sacramento as part of a massive international money laundering scheme that included illegal marijuana grow houses in Elk Grove.

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Ex-rap mogul 'Suge' Knight set to get 28 years in prison

Submitted by AppealDemocrat on Thursday, October 4th, 8:45 am

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former rap mogul Marion "Suge" Knight is expected to be sentenced Thursday to nearly three decades in prison at a Los Angeles court hearing that comes nearly four years after he killed one man and injured…... Read More

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Reactions to Bill Cosby getting 3 to 10 years in prison

Submitted by AppealDemocrat on Wednesday, September 26th, 1:30 pm

Reactions to a judge on Tuesday sentencing Bill Cosby to three to 10 years in prison for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman:... Read More

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Share ride driver arrested by Sacramento County Sheriff for kidnapping, making threats

Submitted by Elk Grove News.Net on Wednesday, August 22nd, 1:20 pm

August 21, 2018 |  A Rancho Cordova man is in custody after his arrest on kidnapping charges.Mark Filanov, 36, was taken arrested by Sacramento County Sheriff deputies after he refused to release female passenger he was driving as Uber ride-share driver. The suspect is also being charged with making threats of violence.The arrested stem from an incident in June where Filanov picked up three female passengers in south Sacrmamento and refused to let them out of his vehicle. Following their investigation, detectives sought a warrant for his arrest. Filanov was booked into the county jail on Friday, August 17 and is being held on a bail of $375,000. There on no future court dates currently scheduled.  
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Judge cites casting couch's history, OKs Weinstein suit

Submitted by AppealDemocrat on Tuesday, August 14th, 1:48 pm

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge cites the long history of the casting couch in Hollywood and says a lawsuit against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein can proceed to trial... Read More

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Sacramento man who scammed Apple stores sentenced, ordered to pay restitution

Submitted by Elk Grove News.Net on Wednesday, July 18th, 1:00 pm

July 17, 2018 |  
A Sacramento man who pled guilty of a scam on Apple stores was sentenced in federal court today.
Marcus Israel Butler, 33, was sentenced in Sacramento to 41 months in prison and ordered to pay $353,000 in restitution after he entered his plea last December for defrauding Apple by running a debit card scam at stores nationwide. 
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