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A suburban businessman pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges alleging he paid at least $15,000 in bribes to then-state Sen. Martin Sandoval.

Crestwood Mayor Louis Presta resigned shortly before pleading guilty to bribery charges alleging he took an envelope of cash from a representative of a red-light camera company.

A suburban businessman was charged in U.S. District Court on Friday in an alleged scheme to pay at least $15,000 in bribes to then-state Sen. Martin Sandoval.

Greenville Christian Academy, a small private school built to circumvent desegregation laws, is dominating Mississippi high school football. Now boasting a student body that is 70% Black - the team is all Black - the Delta area school is ranked number one, despite being badly outmanned by larger programs. Jan Crawford has the details.

More than 600,000 tons of lost and abandoned fishing gear is believed to end up in the world's oceans every year. CBS News correspondent Nancy Chen reports on the effort to clean up "ghost gear" from Portland, Maine.

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says his state would not allow unvaccinated players to participate in the Australian Open, potentially ruling out reigning men's champion Novak Djokovic from competing in Melbourne's Grand Slam. "We are locking people who are unvaccinated out of pubs, cafes, restaurants and the G (Melbourne Cricket Ground) and all sorts of other events," he said. "We're not going to be applying for an exemption. Therefore, the issue is basically resolved."

A pair of sneakers worn by NBA superstar Michael Jordan early in his career sell for nearly $1.5 million after fees, setting a record price at auction for game-worn footwear, according to Sotheby's. The white leather shoes with the red Nike swoosh and soles were worn by the iconic player in the fifth game of his rookie season with the Chicago Bulls, when Nike's Jordan-affiliated brand was only just taking off as a sensation both on and off the court.

The bison had all but been driven out of Europe by hunting and the destruction of its habitats

Lawyers for Crestwood Mayor Louis Presta said Thursday he now plans to plead guilty in a red-light camera bribery case.

Guatemalan officials say they're trying to arrest a former anti-corruption prosecutor whose ouster led the U.S. to reduce cooperation with the Central American nation’s legal system.

Anti-corruption prosecutor Juan Francisco Sandoval has fled Guatemala, arriving in neighboring El Salvador just hours after he was removed from his post.

Joseph M. Sandoval, a former Calallen ISD teacher, plead 'not guilty' to continuous sexual abuse of a child under 14, a first degree felony.

A longtime Democratic operative already indicted in a federal bribery investigation was hit with new charges alleging he helped funnel payments from a red-light camera company agent in exchange for help in Springfield.

Longtime political operative Rudy Acosta, 70, pleaded guilty Tuesday to misleading the FBI in a series of interviews in 2017 and 2018 about its investigation into elected officials.

“I have with me today, who accompanied me on my journey here to Springfield, to the State Capitol, my good friend, Rudy Acosta,” Sandoval said then, according to a transcript.. “He is a — the Hispanic liaison to the 14th Ward Alderman, the City of Chicago. And he also is the precinct captain to the Alderman of the 14th Ward, my Alderman, Ed Burke. I’d like to give a warm welcome to my guy, Rudy Acosta.”

Published: May 22, 2020, 8:17 am Updated: May 22, 2020, 8:24 amHOUSTON – Texas has its share of homicide cases that have gone cold. KPRC 2 is taking a look back at both the solved and unsolved cases featured by the Texas Department of Public Safety to acknowledge the ability to solve cold cases and perhaps seek justice in cases that remain cold. Reopening the caseNine years later, the Texas Department of Public Safety’s Cold Case Unit reopened the case. Naming him a killerThe original suspect, Sandoval, was arrested. It was always in the back of people’s minds.”Do you remember a murder case that you’d like us to investigate?

Republicans criticized him in August when a photo from a fundraiser appeared on social media showing what appeared to be a mock assassination of President Donald Trump . Sandoval later said neither he nor his staff was aware that an entertainment vendor had a beverage dispenser shaped like a rifle and pointed it at someone wearing a Trump mask. He expressed "my deepest regret that this unfortunate incident took place at (an) event in my name."