Prosecutors say feds ran phony school to bust immigration scam
FARMINGTON HILLS (AP) — Prosecutors say federal agents operated a phony school in suburban Detroit to catch people who were making money by helping foreigners stay in the U.S. as students.
Eight people from different states were charged last week in Detroit federal court. Steve Francis of Homeland Security Investigations says the suspects assisted hundreds of foreign nationals in a pay-to-stay scheme.
The University of Farmington had offices in Farmington Hills, but no classes or teachers. Authorities says the recruiters and foreigners knew it was a scam.
The indictments say the recruiters were paid to help foreigners maintain their status as “students” and get work permits.
Prison system must report segregation data after suicides
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — After a recent spate of suicides, a federal judge has ordered the Alabama Department of Corrections to provide data on the number of mentally ill inmates who have been placed in segregation units.
U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson issued the order after attorneys for inmates asked him to intervene because of a high number of suicides.
Attorneys filed an emergency motion seeking to stop the state from placing prisoners with serious mental illnesses in segregation units. They argued the state was continuing to put inmates with serious mental illnesses in the isolated settings.
The request came after three suicides within four weeks in state prisons.
Judge dismisses wrongful death claim against Walmart
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — A judge has dismissed a wrongful death claim against Walmart in a civil rights lawsuit over a white police officer’s fatal shooting of a black man in an Ohio Walmart who was carrying an air rifle he picked up.
A federal judge in Dayton ruled recently that other claims, including negligence, can proceed against Walmart in the 2014 death of 22-year-old John Crawford III.
Crawford’s family sued Walmart, the city of Beavercreek and police. The judge previously ruled most counts against the Beavercreek officer who shot Crawford after spotting him with the unpackaged rifle, could continue. The officer wasn’t charged.
Crawford family attorney Michael Wright said his clients are happy their other claims against Walmart can proceed.
Town marshal rescues horse stuck between tree trunks
WINFIELD, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana town marshal wielding a chain saw rescued a horse that became wedged between two branches of a tree trunk amid subzero cold.
Winfield Town Marshal Dan Ball says the horse somehow became stuck last week in the multi-trunked tree in the town about 15 miles south of Gary.
He told The (Northwest Indiana) Times that he feared the horse might die because it collapsed at one point and was growing weak with the temperature hovering near minus 20 degrees.
But when a neighbor brought a chain saw to the scene, Ball braved the frigid conditions for 45 minutes to cut away branches until the horse was able to pull free.
The horse then managed to walk back to its barn and eat breakfast.
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