Prosecutor: Man in US illegally meant to kill deputies

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A man who came to the U.S. illegally had “nothing but hate” when he killed two California sheriff’s deputies, prosecutors said in closing arguments Thursday in a case that has helped fuel the national debate on immigration. Authorities say defendant Luis Bracamontes intentionally shot Sacramento County Deputy Danny Oliver in 2014... Read More

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Luis Bracamontes

February 9, 2018

18 states, coal group, US Chamber want ash order overturned

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Eighteen states, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, national coal industry interests and more than a dozen other groups are urging an appeals court to overturn a coal ash cleanup order at a federal utility’s Tennessee plant, contending the decision will have wide-reaching, expensive consequences. In a 6th U.S. Circuit Court of... Read More

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Coal, Environment

February 9, 2018

Defense exposes misdeed by witness in trial of ex-Cuomo aide

NEW YORK (AP) — The government’s star witness in the bribery trial of a former top aide to Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was bracing for a scolding from prosecutors as he left the witness stand Thursday after admitting that his proclivity to tell lies did not end when he promised not to commit... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Fraud, News, Politics

Joseph Percoco, Mario Cuomo

February 9, 2018

Judge hears testimony on pipeline’s environmental impact

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A federal judge heard testimony Thursday that construction of a crude oil pipeline in a Louisiana swamp is tearing down irreplaceable, centuries-old trees, destroying animal habitats and jeopardizing fishermen’s livelihoods. But the company building the Bayou Bridge pipeline though the heart of Cajun country insists that governmental regulators issued a... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Environment, News

Alaska Pipeline, Environment

February 9, 2018

Suspect in scholar kidnapping asks judge to recuse himself

CHICAGO (AP) — Lawyers for a former physics student accused of kidnapping and killing a 26-year-old University of Illinois scholar from China say they want the judge overseeing the death-penalty case to recuse himself, though they don’t spell out why in newly filed public records. In documents filed Wednesday in federal court in central Illinois,... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Brendt Christensen

February 9, 2018

Trump faces legal challenge on border wall with Mexico

SAN DIEGO (AP) — An Indiana-born federal judge, whose Mexican heritage Donald Trump used to paint him as biased against him in a 2016 court case because of his immigration stance, will hear arguments in a lawsuit that could block construction of a border wall with Mexico. Judge Gonzalo Curiel will hear arguments Friday on... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Immigration, News

Border Wall, Mexico, Trump

February 9, 2018

Man sentenced in connection with $20M found in box spring

BOSTON (AP) — A Brazilian man arrested in connection with the discovery of about $20 million cash hidden inside a box spring in a Massachusetts apartment has been sentenced to nearly three years in federal prison. Cleber Rene Rizerio Rocha was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty in October to money laundering charges. The money was... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Finance, Fraud, News

Cleber Rene Rizerio Rocha

February 9, 2018

Trial for Paris attack suspect Abdeslam hints at deadly plan

PARIS (AP) — The weapons stockpile in his hideout and the Islamic State fighter covering his getaway with a spray of gunfire were signs of a deadly plot to come, a Belgian prosecutor argued Thursday in the trial of the man who was once Europe’s most wanted fugitive. Salah Abdeslam refused to attend the final... Read More

Criminal Justice News, International Justice Watch, News

Paris attack, Salah Abdeslam, Terrorism

February 9, 2018

Jury deliberates in Baltimore police corruption case

BALTIMORE (AP) — Jurors started deliberating Thursday in a case involving one of the worst U.S. police corruption scandals in recent memory after hearing nearly three weeks of testimony from drug dealers, a crooked bail bondsman and disgraced Baltimore detectives who detailed astonishing levels of police misconduct. The two detectives on trial face robbery, extortion... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Fraud, Law Enforcement, News

Baltimore

February 8, 2018

Ex-US swim coach’s home searched amid Olympian’s abuse allegations

SEATTLE — Investigators have searched the Seattle home of a former U.S. Olympic Team swimming coach amid allegations that he sexually abused and took explicit photos of an Olympic swimmer when she was underage. Homeland Security taskforce investigators along with police in Washington state served a search warrant at 46-year-old Sean Hutchison’s Seattle apartment Tuesday,... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sexual Abuse, Sports

Ariana Kukors, Sean Hutchison

February 8, 2018

Mobster’s wife shocked after snitch in court reveals husband had mistress

He’s on trial for federal racketeering — but a reputed Mafioso’s wife is the one who got blindsided by a mob rat in Manhattan court Wednesday. Gangland snitch John “Junior’’ Rubeo testified that accused Philadelphia crime boss Joseph “Skinny Joey’’ Merlino had a goumada, prompting gasps from some of the reputed Mafioso’s two dozen beefy... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Fraud, News

Deborah Merlino, Joe Merlino, John Rubeo

February 8, 2018

Suarez loses in arbitration, Sanchez has hearing

PHOENIX (AP) — The Cincinnati Reds won their salary arbitration case against infielder Eugenio Suarez, and Chicago White Sox infielder Yolmer Sanchez became the latest player to go to a hearing. Suarez was given a raise from $595,000 to $3.75 million on Tuesday rather than his request for $4.2 million, leaving players with a 5-3... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sports

Eugenio Suarez, Yolmer Sanchez

Prosecutor: Man in US illegally meant to kill deputies

18 states, coal group, US Chamber want ash order overturned

Defense exposes misdeed by witness in trial of ex-Cuomo aide

Judge hears testimony on pipeline’s environmental impact

Suspect in scholar kidnapping asks judge to recuse himself

Trump faces legal challenge on border wall with Mexico

Man sentenced in connection with $20M found in box spring

Trial for Paris attack suspect Abdeslam hints at deadly plan

Jury deliberates in Baltimore police corruption case

Sabrina Limon Sentencing Live Stream

Sanel Saint Simon Trial Video Archive

Ex-US swim coach’s home searched amid Olympian’s abuse allegations

Mobster’s wife shocked after snitch in court reveals husband had mistress

Suarez loses in arbitration, Sanchez has hearing

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