Blog Posts in December, 2011
Posted on Dec 31, 2011 By Kestenbaum, Eisner & Gorin
Federal law enforcement agents arrested a man at a Texas airport yesterday after explosives were discovered in his luggage. The man, whose name has not yet been released, was detained at a security ...
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Posted on Dec 28, 2011 By Kestenbaum, Eisner & Gorin
A former Newport Beach attorney who was convicted of fraud last year was sentenced to 70 months in prison yesterday. Gerald M. Shaw was arrested in 2007 and indicted on federal fraud and money ...
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Posted on Dec 27, 2011 By Kestenbaum, Eisner & Gorin
A local man was arrested last week by local and federal law enforcement agents on suspicion of forcing a young girl into prostitution and repeatedly sexually assaulting her. Michael Vincent Pree, who ...
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Posted on Dec 26, 2011 By Kestenbaum, Eisner & Gorin
As any experienced Los Angeles Federal Criminal Defense Attorney can tell you, there are many criminal offenses that count as federal crimes. Even violent crimes such as assault, weapons possession or ...
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Posted on Dec 11, 2011 By Kestenbaum, Eisner & Gorin
Former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich was sentenced to 14 years in a federal prison last Wednesday after being convicted of several charges of corruption last June. Blagojevich famously was caught ...
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Posted on Dec 7, 2011 By Kestenbaum, Eisner & Gorin
An agent for the United States Border Patrol was convicted of harboring an illegal immigrant that turned out to be his own father. In 2010, Marcos Manzano, Jr. had been working for the U.S. Border ...
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Posted on Dec 4, 2011 By Kestenbaum, Eisner & Gorin
An 85-year-old woman was sentenced to two and a half years in a federal prison last Thursday for her role in an immigrant smuggling operation. Felicitas Gurrola, a resident of the San Diego area near ...
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