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Essence Atkins Brings the Drama to OWN’s ‘AMBITIONS’

It might be premature to state this but I think OWN’S “AMBITION” will be a very successful and long-running series for the network. One of the reasons I offer this opinion so boldly is because the series deals with love, money, ambition, and betrayal all being played out by characters that we all know or dare I offer this, characters that we might ourselves become if faced with the same circumstances. Money and power are always alluring and when combined are intoxicating and addictive.

L.B.-Based IRS Agent Pleads Not Guilty to Federal Bribery Charge

Felecia Edna Taylor, 50, a resident of the Florence neighborhood in South Los Angeles, was arrested in May at the IRS office in Long Beach after being named in a one-count federal criminal complaint that charges her with solicitation and receipt of a bribe by a public official, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Two Defendants Sentenced to 22 Years for Jewelry Robberies

Prosecutors told the jury that Laforest was one of two bandits who participated in one smash-and-grab robbery and then graduated to a “more senior role” in the others, which included scouting locations and giving supplies to crooks.

Federal Indictment Targets Inglewood-Based Street Gang

Ten members and associates of an Inglewood-based street gang were arrested overnight and today on federal drug-trafficking and weapons charges alleging they used a fake convenience store as a front for manufacturing crack and distributed the drugs in Inglewood and South Los Angeles.