Keith Raniere, was
arrested by federal officials in Mexico, where he has lived for the past five months, and is scheduled to appear today at a hearing in Texas.
This whole medicinal pot issue is a little thorny, since marijuana is illegal under federal law — period, end of story, even in states that have passed legislation or ballot initiatives making the drug legal for use by people who are sick, those individuals are still subject to
arrest by federal officials for possession or cultivation.
Not exact matches
A campaign staffer for city Comptroller John Liu was
arrested Tuesday afternoon, making her the second person associated with Liu's mayoral campaign to be charged
by federal officials in connection with questionable donations, according to court documents.
The governor's speech comes shortly after Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was
arrested by federal law enforcement
officials and accused of taking millions in bribes and kickbacks as part of his work with two outside law firms.
The bill comes after
officials, including Republican County Executive Edward Mangano, who were
arrested in
federal corruption cases, tapped their campaign funds to pay for their defense, as is allowed
by law.
Word of that
arrest came days after Queens state Sen. Malcolm Smith was
arrested and charged
by federal prosecutors for allegedly bribing Republican party
officials to put him on the ballot for mayor.
The Democratic Speaker of the New York State Assembly was
arrested early Thursday morning
by federal officials on corruption charges.
Two police sergeants were on Monday killed
by a driver, Olumiyiwa Emmanuel, as he tried to escape
arrest by the
officials of the
Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), along Osogbo - Ilesha road.
Federal authorities
arrested Halloran along with state Sen. Malcolm Smith and Republican party
officials in April and charged them in a bribery scheme allegedly orchestrated
by Smith to buy his way onto the Republican mayoral ballot.