US prosecutors move to cash in on $8.5M in seized bitcoin

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. attorneys in Utah prosecuting a multimillion-dollar opioid drug-ring are moving quickly to sell seized bitcoin that’s exploded in value to about $8.5 million since the alleged ringleader’s arrest a year ago. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for Utah cites the digital currency’s volatility in court documents pressing for the sale.... Read More

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Aaron Shamo, Bitcoin, Opiods

December 15, 2017

Ex-Russian minister jailed for 8 years over $2 million bribe

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s former economics minister was handed an eight-year prison sentence Friday after being convicted of accepting a $2 million bribe from President Vladimir Putin’s top associate. The case against Alexei Ulyukayev has been widely seen as part of infighting between Kremlin clans. Ulyukayev was a prominent member of a group of liberal-minded... Read More

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Alexei Ulyukayev

December 15, 2017

Jury finds Wisconsin man guilty in beating death of wife

LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — A jury in La Crosse County found a man guilty of fatally beating his wife and trying to conceal her death by staging a car accident. The jury deliberated more than nine hours before finding Todd Kenhammer guilty of first degree intentional homicide, according to the Lacrosse Tribune . La... Read More

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Todd Kendhammer

December 14, 2017

Ex-fugitive lawyer facing more charges

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Charges are piling up against a Kentucky lawyer whose capture in Central America ended his six months on the run to avoid prison for his role in a massive Social Security fraud case. A federal prosecutor filed court papers Wednesday signaling the government will try Eric Conn on more than a... Read More

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Eric Conn, Fraud

December 14, 2017

Ohio high court shields full autopsy reports in slaying of 8

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A divided Ohio Supreme Court on Thursday rejected requests for unredacted autopsy reports from the unsolved slayings of eight family members. The court ruled 4-3 that the Pike County coroner in southern Ohio does not have to release the reports with complete information. Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor, writing for the majority,... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Rhoden Family

December 14, 2017

Murder trial in case of slain Tennessee teen reaches jury

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jurors are set to begin deliberations in a murder trial involving the 2015 death of a Tennessee teenager who shielded friends from gunfire and was posthumously hailed as a hero by then-President Barack Obama. Prosecutors and defense lawyers gave their closing arguments Wednesday afternoon in the trial of Christopher Drone Bassett,... Read More

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Zaevion Dobson

December 14, 2017

Prosecutor says 3 soccer officials made fortune off bribes

NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors in closing arguments at the first U.S. trial stemming from the FIFA corruption scandal accused three former South American soccer officials on Wednesday of making themselves rich off a vast bribery scheme while their defense lawyers called the evidence too weak to convict. The high-ranking officials “took money for themselves... Read More

Criminal Justice News, International Justice Watch, News, Sports

FIFA

December 14, 2017

Addiction, mental illness complicate help for the homeless

EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — This is the lesson that the working-class city of Everett has learned: It takes a community to rescue the hardcore homeless. It takes teams of outreach workers — building relationships with men and women struggling with addiction or untreated mental illness, prodding them to get help. It takes police and other... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, News

Drugs, Homeless, Mental Illness

December 14, 2017

Justice Department confirms criminal probe in Uber case

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A recent letter from the U.S. Attorney’s office confirms that the Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation connected to allegations that a former Uber executive stole self-driving car technology from a Google spin-off to help the ride-hailing service build robotic vehicles. The letter unsealed Wednesday by a federal judge marks... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Technology

Uber

December 14, 2017

Mistrial in case of girl raped while mom smoked meth nearby

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A mistrial has been declared in the case of three men accused of sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl at a Utah home while her mother was in the garage smoking methamphetamine. Court officials said Thursday that only about one-third of potential jurors showed up, making the pool of jurors too... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sexual Abuse

Rape, Sexual Abuse

December 14, 2017

Fox News host Jeanine Pirro sued for defamation

NEW YORK (AP) — A civil rights activist is suing Fox News host Jeanine Pirro, claiming she defamed him while discussing a lawsuit against the Black Lives Matter movement that was later dismissed. The lawsuit states that DeRay McKesson was falsely arrested in 2016 while attending a protest in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in which a... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, News

Fox News, Jeanine Pirro

December 14, 2017

Fire captain: Ghost Ship defendant said no one lived there

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A fire department captain says one of the men charged in a warehouse fire in California that killed 36 people told him no one lived in the building. KPIX-TV reports that Oakland Fire Capt. George Freelen testified he believed Derick Almena during a September 2014 visit. Freelen spoke at a court hearing on... Read More

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Fire, Ghost Ship

December 14, 2017

Florida mom guilty of killing son known as ‘Baby Lollipops’

MIAMI (AP) — A Florida mother on Wednesday was convicted for a third time of brutally abusing her toddler before fatally beating the boy who became known as “Baby Lollipops” in a case that riveted Miami decades ago. Jurors found 56-year-old Ana Maria Cardona guilty of murder and aggravated child abuse in the killing of... Read More

Bad Parenting, Criminal Justice News, News

Ana Maria Cardona

December 14, 2017

Man charged in Charlottesville car attack due in court

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A young man accused of ramming a car into a crowd of people protesting a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, faces a court hearing Thursday on charges including second-degree murder. James Alex Fields Jr., a 20-year-old from Maumee, Ohio, described as having a keen interest in Nazi Germany and Adolf... Read More

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Bad Driving, James Alex Fields Jr.

US prosecutors move to cash in on $8.5M in seized bitcoin

Ex-Russian minister jailed for 8 years over $2 million bribe

Jury finds Wisconsin man guilty in beating death of wife

Ex-fugitive lawyer facing more charges

Ohio high court shields full autopsy reports in slaying of 8

Murder trial in case of slain Tennessee teen reaches jury

Prosecutor says 3 soccer officials made fortune off bribes

Addiction, mental illness complicate help for the homeless

Justice Department confirms criminal probe in Uber case

Mistrial in case of girl raped while mom smoked meth nearby

Fox News host Jeanine Pirro sued for defamation

Fire captain: Ghost Ship defendant said no one lived there

Florida mom guilty of killing son known as ‘Baby Lollipops’

Man charged in Charlottesville car attack due in court

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