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Wednesday 02/08/2012 @12pm Eastern Standard Time "Civil Rights Corruption" w/Ricardo Jones Sr. Former Senior Federal Investigator for the EEOC-NYDO The false sense of the rule of law, due process and discrimination. Call in with your questions, suggestions and comments (646)716-6587 Remember to press 1 if you would like to speak with us during this live broadcast. Brought to you by: Chick Chat Read Full Story

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., today announced the sentencing of three men to significant prison terms for robbing and murdering a 24-year-old man in Harlem in 2008. MICHAEL SMITH, 33, was sentenced today to 20-years-to-life in prison following his conviction at trial in December 2011 of multiple charges, including Murder in the Second Degree. ANTHONY SMITH, 30, pled guilty to Murder in the First Degree in August 2010 and was sentenced to 20-years-to-life in prison. In May... Read Full Story

Waitress and Three Family Members Fired for Reporting Misconduct, Federal Agency Charged ATLANTA – A federal jury has awarded $51,700 in back pay, compensatory and punitive damages to four family members who were fired for resisting sexual harassment at a Tucker, Ga., restaurant, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today. According to the EEOC’s suit, Lauren Goldston, a waitress for Sangria’s Mexican Café, engaged in protected activity when she opposed and... Read Full Story

Complaint Charges Use Of MERS By Bank Of America, J.P. Morgan Chase, And Wells Fargo Resulted In Fraudulent Foreclosure Filings NEW YORK – Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today filed a lawsuit against several of the nation’s largest banks charging that the creation and use of a private national mortgage electronic registry system known as MERS has resulted in a wide range of deceptive and fraudulent foreclosure filings in New York state and federal courts, harming homeowners and... Read Full Story

Defendant Also Convicted of Using, Carrying, and Possessing a Firearm in Connection with the Drug Conspiracy Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ALFREDO RIVERA, a retired New York City Police Department (“NYPD”) officer, was found guilty yesterday on both counts of an indictment that charged him with participating in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine and using, carrying, and possessing a firearm in connection with that conspiracy... Read Full Story

Defendant Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Violent Attack on Ex-Girlfriend Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., today announced the sentencing of RAMON LALONDRIZ-CASTILLO, 26, to 15 years in prison and five years post-release supervision, for shooting his ex-girlfriend two years ago as she left work on the Upper East Side. On January 5, 2012, the defendant pleaded guilty to the top charge in the indictment, Attempted Murder in the Second Degree. “Dating violence among teens and... Read Full Story

Defendants’ Alleged Conduct Contributed to More Than $2.6 Billion Dollar Write-Down in Bank’s Reported Net Income; Two Defendants Have Pled Guilty and Are Cooperating with the Government’s Investigation Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Janice K. Fedarcyk, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced today the filing of charges against KAREEM SERAGELDIN, DAVID HIGGS, and... Read Full Story

DETROIT — Twelve individuals were charged in an indictment for their role in a significant drug distribution operation that allegedly trafficked in excess of 30 kilograms of heroin, 12 kilograms of cocaine, 1,000 pounds of marijuana and laundered in excess of $21 million. The joint investigation was conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation... Read Full Story

Firefighter Tormented by Sexual and Religious Harassment & Disciplined in Retaliation for Participating in Another Firefighter’s Discrimination Proceeding LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles City Fire Department will pay $494,150 and implement widespread anti-harassment training to settle federal charges of discrimination filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. Anthony Almeida, a firefighter/engineer employed since 1986, filed an EEOC... Read Full Story

Clarence Jenkins Charged with Accepting Forged Documents to Issue Driver Licenses Unlawfully Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., and New York State Inspector General Ellen N. Biben announced the indictment of CLARENCE JENKINS, 56, a clerk at the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (“DMV”), for unlawfully processing applications for New York State driver licenses to three individuals, including at least one deported felon who illegally returned to the country, after... Read Full Story