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CASE #1732
He Worked Inside San Quentin. A Jury Found Corrections Officer Was Hiding Horrific Crimes at Home.
A former California corrections officer who worked at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center has been convicted of child sex crimes involving three young family members. Prosecutors said Richard Phillip Bardouski abused the victims for years while holding a position of authority and trust, and he now faces a potential life sentence after a Napa County jury found him guilty.
CASE #1817
“I’m Not a Criminal Anymore”: Former Mob Enforcer-Turned-New Jersey Councilman Arrested in Extortion Case
Former mob enforcer-turned-New Jersey councilman John Alite is facing new extortion and misconduct charges after prosecutors accused him of running an illegal loan scheme and threatening debtors. Alite, who once claimed to have committed multiple murders during his years tied to organized crime, had publicly said he was no longer a criminal and wanted to serve his community.
CASE #1375
They Claimed They Were “Good Samaritans.” Police Say the Truth Was Much Darker
Two young women went out for a night in Los Angeles and never made it home. After Christy Giles and Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola were left at separate hospitals by the same masked men, investigators uncovered a chilling trail of surveillance footage, phone data, toxicology reports, and survivor testimony that helped convict David Pearce of murder and sexual assault.
CASE #1239
Harvest of Madness: The Police Chief Who Vanished Into His Own Novel
In the summer of 1984, Hinckley's police chief left his locked car, his badge, and a neatly folded life at the edge of Lake Erie — then vanished. The only confession he left behind was typed into a typewriter ribbon. Forty years later, the reporter who grew up next door is still chasing the cop who wrote his own disappearance.
