‘Day of mourning in St. Lucia’ after soccer star killed

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A St. Lucia soccer star’s jubilant victory celebration was cut short by a deadly .45-caliber bullet, fired execution-style into his car Monday on a dark Brooklyn street.

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Visit Our Newly Redesigned Los Angeles Field Office Website

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Our Los Angeles Division’s website has a new look.

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Los Alamos Employee Sentenced in New Mexico for Stealing Irradiated Gold

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Alex Maestas, a former employee of the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), was sentenced in Albuquerque, New Mexico to one year in prison for stealing a two-ounce piece of gold, valued at approximately $2,000, from a LANL processing facility. The gold was contaminated with a small amount of americium and plutonimum, which rendered the gold radioactive.

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Chinese National Charged with Economic Espionage Against Agricultural Company

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Chinese national Kexue Huang was arrested on charges of misappropriating and transporting trade secrets and property to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) while working as a research scientist at Dow AgroSciences LLC (Dow) in Indiana. While employed at Dow, he then directed university researchers in the PRC to further develop the Dow trade secrets. He also allegedly applied for and obtained grant funding that was used to develop the stolen trade secrets.

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Connecticut Health Care Company Exec Ordered to Pay Fine, Restitution

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Frederick J. Dalicandro, Jr., of Glastonbury, Connecticut, formerly employed as director of cash management at Haven Healthcare, was ordered to pay a fine in the amount of $2,500 and restitution in an amount to be determined for his participation in a scheme to defraud an investment firm.

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California Escrow Officer Admits Role in Mortgage Fraud Scheme

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Donna Demello, of San Jose, California, pled guilty to conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud in connection with her role in a mortgage fraud scheme. At the time of the offense, Demello worked as an escrow officer at Stewart Title in Milpitas, California.

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Suicidal man suspected of killing ex-wife, setting fire to L.I. home: cops

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A suicidal man is suspected of killing his ex-wife and driving her body to the beach after torching their Long Island home, cops said Sunday.

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California Mortgage Broker Sentenced for Role in Massive Real Estate Fraud

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Former mortgage broker Mark Alan Abrams, of Los Angeles, California, was sentenced to 78 months in federal prison for his role in orchestrating a massive mortgage fraud scheme that caused well over $40 million in losses.

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Armed bank robber nabbed in wild chase

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An armed bank robber was nabbed in a Brooklyn alley by cops Monday following a failed heist, a carjacking and a wild chase involving a Jewish neighborhood patrol, police and witnesses said.

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Kansas Man Sentenced for Stealing More Than $500,000 from Trust Fund

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Kent Joseph Gockel, of St. Marys, Kansas, was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and ordered to pay restitution for stealing more than $500,000 from his mother’s trust fund.

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