Authorities say they're holding mother-and-son smugglers who were kept a man captive because his family couldn't pay them. ...more

September 7, 2009

A former Marine lance corporal who pleaded guilty to stealing the identity of a fellow Marine to buy a plasma television online has been sentenced to five years probation, with a condition that he stay in a halfway house on house arrest for six months, his lawyer said. Prosecutors say Steven Lee Fickey stole the identities of about 18 people, using them to buy things through a Web site maintained by the Army and Air Force Exchange Service. ...more

November 7, 2008

On certain nights, Roberto and Lazara Abreu sit on the balcony of their two-story home to unwind for a few minutes. The conversation always drifts to their business. ...more

July 30, 2008