War crimes court-martial ends with Navy SEAL walking free

SAN DIEGO (AP) — One of the U.S. military’s most significant war crimes cases ended with a decorated Navy SEAL walking out of court a free man after acknowledging moral and ethical mistakes, including posing in photographs with the body of an Islamic State captive he was cleared of killing. Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher... Read More

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Edward Gallagher

July 4, 2019

Appeals court: Trump can’t use Pentagon cash for border wall

SAN DIEGO (AP) — An appeals court on Wednesday upheld a freeze on Pentagon money to build a border wall with Mexico, casting doubt on President Donald Trump’s ability to make good on a signature campaign promise before the 2020 election. A divided three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San... Read More

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Border Wall

July 3, 2019

Border activist to be retried in case on aiding migrants

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A border activist will be retried after a jury was unable to reach a verdict on charges related to aiding migrants near Arizona’s border with Mexico, U.S. prosecutors said Tuesday. The government dropped a conspiracy charge and will retry Scott Warren on Nov. 12 on two counts of harboring migrants, said... Read More

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Immigration

July 3, 2019

Montana man pleads guilty in $43 million fraud

NEW YORK (AP) — A Montana man has pleaded guilty to defrauding a Canadian financial institution of $43 million by posing as a legitimate business owner. Todd Capser entered the wire fraud plea in Manhattan federal court Tuesday. Prosecutors say the 47-year-old Billings, Montana, man defrauded a Toronto entity and tried to cheat nine other... Read More

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Todd Capser

July 3, 2019

Lawsuit blames scenic rail company for Colorado wildfire

DENVER (AP) — A company that operates a historic railroad that carries tourists through southwestern Colorado’s mountains and forests was accused Tuesday in a lawsuit of causing one of the largest wildfires in state history. Federal investigators found that a coal-burning engine operated by the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad and American Heritage Railways... Read More

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Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad

July 3, 2019

Sundance co-founder gets at least 6 years in sex abuse case

AMERICAN FORK, Utah (AP) — A filmmaker who co-founded the Sundance Film Festival and produced a movie whose lead actress won an Oscar in the mid-1980s was sentenced Tuesday to at least six years in prison after pleading guilty to sexual abuse of a child. The judge who delivered the sentence of six years to... Read More

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Sterling Van Wagenen

July 3, 2019

Advocates sue to block US policy on children seeking asylum

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Advocates for immigrant children are suing to block the Trump administration from enforcing a new policy that they say would erode legal protections for thousands of unaccompanied children seeking asylum in the U.S. A federal class action filed Monday in Maryland claims a May 31 memorandum issued by the U.S.... Read More

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Asylum

July 3, 2019

California mom charged in son’s death left parole in 2014

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A woman accused of drowning her 12-year-old son in a California irrigation ditch was released from probation in 2014 after her parole officer in Montana said she didn’t pose any risk to the boy she had tried to drown as a baby in a Montana river. Sherri Telnas’ Montana parole officer... Read More

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Sherri Renee Telnas

July 3, 2019

Judge blocks Trump policy keeping asylum-seekers locked up

SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge in Seattle on Tuesday blocked a Trump administration policy that would keep thousands of asylum-seekers locked up while they pursue their cases, saying the Constitution demands that such migrants have a chance to be released from custody. U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman ruled Tuesday that people who are detained... Read More

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Asylum

July 3, 2019

Acquitted Navy SEAL thanks Fox News, Trump for their support

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The decorated Navy SEAL who was acquitted of murder in the killing of a wounded Islamic State captive in Iraq thanked Fox News, President Donald Trump and two congressmen for their support during his trial. Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher also told Fox & Friends on Wednesday he feels “blessed to... Read More

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Edward Gallagher

July 3, 2019

Family of Las Vegas mass shooting victim sues gun makers

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The family of a woman killed by a gunman raining down gunfire from a Las Vegas high-rise hotel suite filed a wrongful death lawsuit Tuesday against eight gun makers and three dealers arguing their weapons are designed in a way that could be easily modified to fire like automatic weapons. The... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, News

Stephen Craig Paddock

July 3, 2019

Man who targeted immigrants in extortion scheme sentenced

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A New York City man originally from the Dominican Republic has been sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for his role in a kidnapping and extortion scheme that targeted new immigrants. Federal prosecutors in Connecticut say 51-year-old Pascual Rodriguez, who was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Bridgeport,... Read More

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Pascual Rodriguez

July 3, 2019

Hawaii man paints face black at hearing for life sentence

HONOLULU (AP) — A Hawaii man who painted his face black with a marker for his sentencing hearing has been ordered to serve life in prison. A judge sentenced Mark Char Monday to a mandatory life prison term with possible parole for attempted murder, news organizations reported. Honolulu Circuit Court Judge Todd Eddins also sentenced... Read More

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Mark Char

July 3, 2019

Jury to decide SEAL’s punishment for posing with corpse

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The same military jurors who acquitted a decorated Navy SEAL of murder in the killing of a wounded Islamic State captive under his care in Iraq in 2017 will return to court Wednesday to decide whether he should serve any jail time for the single charge he was convicted of: posing... Read More

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Edward Gallagher

War crimes court-martial ends with Navy SEAL walking free

Appeals court: Trump can’t use Pentagon cash for border wall

Border activist to be retried in case on aiding migrants

Montana man pleads guilty in $43 million fraud

Lawsuit blames scenic rail company for Colorado wildfire

Sundance co-founder gets at least 6 years in sex abuse case

Advocates sue to block US policy on children seeking asylum

California mom charged in son’s death left parole in 2014

Judge blocks Trump policy keeping asylum-seekers locked up

Acquitted Navy SEAL thanks Fox News, Trump for their support

Family of Las Vegas mass shooting victim sues gun makers

Man who targeted immigrants in extortion scheme sentenced

Hawaii man paints face black at hearing for life sentence

Jury to decide SEAL’s punishment for posing with corpse

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