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Roger Clemens Indicted on Obstruction, False Statement, and Perjury Charges
Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:28:55 -0500

An indictment was returned in Washington, D.C. charging former Major League Baseball player Roger Clemens with one count of obstruction of Congress, three counts of making false statements, and two counts of perjury in connection with his February 2008 testimony before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, which was investigating steroid use in Major League Baseball.

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IRS Agent Pleads Guilty in Minnesota to Soliciting a Bribe
Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:28:33 -0500

Roger Anthony Coombs, of Circle Pines, Minnesota, a tax revenue agent with the Internal Revenue Service, pled guilty to soliciting and receiving a $9,700 bribe in exchange for reporting a lower federal tax obligation than was actually owed by a small Minnesota business.

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Former Police Detective Sentenced in Maryland on Corruption Charges
Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:27:23 -0500

Former Baltimore City police detective Mark J. Lunsford, of Sykesville, Maryland, was sentenced to 20 months in prison for stealing Baltimore City Police Department funds, submitting a false claim to DEA for an informant award, and stealing a diamond watch that came into his custody as a DEA Task Force officer.

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Superseding Indictment Charges Five in Ongoing Corruption Probe in Rhode Island
Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:27:01 -0500

Five individuals, including three former North Providence, Rhode Island town councilmen, were charged in a 12-count superseding indictment with conspiracy, extortion, and bribery. The indictment, which details four alleged extortion and bribery schemes and demands for more than $100,000 in bribes, comes as the result of an ongoing investigation into public corruption in North Providence.

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