Charles Oliver

5 days ago | reason.com | Charles Oliver

Crime | (Pictac | Dreamstime.com) Former U.S. State Department budget analyst Levita Almuete Ferrer has pleaded guilty to embezzling $657,347.50 by abusing her authority over a department checking account. Ferrer wrote 60 checks to herself and three to someone she knew personally, depositing them into her own accounts. She tried to cover her tracks by altering records in QuickBooks to make it look like payments went to legitimate State Department vendors. Ferrer admitted to theft of...

5 days ago | yahoo.com | Charles Oliver

Former U.S. State Department budget analyst Levita Almuete Ferrer has pleaded guilty to embezzling $657,347.50 by abusing her authority over a department checking account. Ferrer wrote 60 checks to herself and three to someone she knew personally, depositing them into her own accounts. She tried to cover her tracks by altering records in QuickBooks to make it look like payments went to legitimate State Department vendors.

6 days ago | reason.com | Charles Oliver

Prisons | (Simon Campbell | Dreamstime.com) The Bexar County Sheriff's Office in Texas charged former deputy Clemente Lopez Jr. with murder after he admitted to allowing inmates to violently assault and kill inmate Francisco Bazan in his cell at the Bexar County Jail. According to an arrest affidavit, Lopez opened Bazan's cell door, allowing three inmates to enter and attack him by kicking his face and smashing his head against the concrete. Lopez reportedly told the inmates, "Don't make it...

6 days ago | yahoo.com | Charles Oliver

Charles OliverThu, May 8, 2025 at 8:00 AM UTC1 min readSimon Campbell | Dreamstime.comThe Bexar County Sheriff's Office in Texas charged former deputy Clemente Lopez Jr. with murder after he admitted to allowing inmates to violently assault and kill inmate Francisco Bazan in his cell at the Bexar County Jail. According to an arrest affidavit, Lopez opened Bazan's cell door, allowing three inmates to enter and attack him by kicking his face and smashing his head against the concrete.

1 week ago | reason.com | Charles Oliver

College | (Alpar Benedek | Dreamstime.com) Washington State University has terminated a staff member and relieved a graduate student of teaching responsibilities after they were charged with misdemeanor assault. Jay Sani, an engineering student who is also president of the university's chapter of the College Republicans, was wearing a "Trump 2024: Take America Back" hat when grad student Patrick Mahoney grabbed it off his head and tossed it into the street. When Sani fought back, Gerald Hoff,...