‘Totally avoidable’: 3 firms fined in Seattle crane collapse

TUKWILA, Wash. (AP) — Washington state on Thursday fined three companies for their roles in a crane collapse that killed four people in Seattle last April, with officials calling it “totally avoidable,” and Seattle Police confirmed that they have opened a criminal investigation. The Department of Labor and Industries released the results of its investigation... Read More

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October 18, 2019

Oversight board fires police officer for fatally shooting 2

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s police oversight board on Thursday fired an officer who fatally shot two people — a teenager he said threatened him with a bat and a woman standing nearby. The Chicago Police Board fired officer Robert Rialmo nearly four years after the deaths of 19-year-old Quintonio LeGrier and bystander, 55-year-old Bettie Jones,... Read More

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Robert Rialmo

October 18, 2019

Defense lawyers want trial in 4 killings pushed to 2021

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Lawyers for a Salvadoran immigrant charged with four northern Nevada homicides want to postpone his trial to determine whether he has an intellectual disability that makes him ineligible for the death penalty if convicted. Public defenders for Wilber Ernesto Martinez-Guzman, 20, have filed a motion for a continuance in the trial... Read More

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Wilber Ernesto Martinez-Guzman

October 18, 2019

Real estate developer faces judgment in college bribery case

BOSTON (AP) — A California real estate developer is returning to court to face sentencing for his role in a college admissions bribery scheme. Robert Flaxman is scheduled to appear in Boston’s federal court Friday. The 63-year-old Los Angeles resident pleaded guilty in May to a single count of fraud and conspiracy. Authorities say Flaxman... Read More

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Admissions Scheme, Robert Flaxman

October 18, 2019

Former ICE agent pleads guilty in foiled Kansas escape plot

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A former agent with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has pleaded guilty to helping an inmate try to escape from a Kansas jail by impersonating an immigration officer. Forty-two-year-old Andrew Pleviak pleaded guilty Wednesday in Kingman County District Court to making false information and attempted aiding of escape. He’s also charged... Read More

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Andrew Pleviak

October 18, 2019

Nanny gets 20 years for sex abusing child, having his baby

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A former live-in nanny has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for repeatedly sexually abusing a Florida child. She later gave birth to the boy’s son. News outlets report 28-year-old Marissa Mowry was sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty to sexual battery and agreeing to be designated a sexual predator. Authorities... Read More

Bad Parenting, Criminal Justice News, News, Sexual Abuse

October 17, 2019

Dragon Con co-founder fights charge based on artist’s photo

ATLANTA (AP) — With the filing of yet another criminal charge against a co-founder of Dragon Con, his attorney has renewed his call for a prosecutor to be barred from any matter involving his client. Gwinnett County District Attorney Danny Porter last week secured an indictment against Ed Kramer on a charge of sexual exploitation... Read More

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Ed Kramer

October 17, 2019

Georgia set to execute man convicted of killing store clerk

ATLANTA (AP) — A man convicted of shooting two Georgia convenience store clerks — killing one and seriously injuring the other — in separate robberies is scheduled to be executed later this month. Ray Jefferson Cromartie, 52, is scheduled to be put to death Oct. 30 at the state prison in Jackson, state Attorney General... Read More

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Ray Jefferson Cromartie

October 17, 2019

Closings in US drug trial of Honduran president’s brother

NEW YORK (AP) — The brother of Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez created “state-sponsored” drug trafficking by corrupting the country’s politics to protect drug dealers, a prosecutor told a jury during closing arguments Wednesday at a drug trial. Assistant U.S. Attorney Emil Bove in New York made the allegation as he asked a jury to... Read More

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Juan Antonio (Tony) Hernandez

October 17, 2019

Sutter Health, California settle massive antitrust case

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — One of California’s largest hospital systems has reached an agreement to settle a massive class-action lawsuit over allegations that it abused its market power and has been overcharging patients for medical bills. Wednesday’s announcement of an agreement offered no details but came just in time to avoid a trial, with attorneys... Read More

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Sutter Health

October 17, 2019

Jury to decide on death sentence for ‘Boy Next Door Killer’

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles jury has started deliberating whether a man prosecutors have dubbed “The Boy Next Door Killer” will get a sentence of death or life in prison for the killings of two women and the attempted murder of a third. Closing arguments ended Wednesday in the penalty phase of the... Read More

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Michael Gargiulo

October 17, 2019

Attorney: Lawsuit planned over VA hospital death in WVa

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — An attorney representing the family of a patient who died at a Veterans Affairs hospital in West Virginia says he plans to sue over what he believes is the man’s suspicious death from a wrongful insulin injection. Charleston attorney Tony O’Dell said a notice of a pending lawsuit was filed this... Read More

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October 17, 2019

Man accused of documenting woman’s killing pleads not guilty

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A man accused of documenting the killing of a woman on a camera memory card has pleaded not guilty. Brian Steven Smith didn’t speak during an arraignment that lasted about a minute Wednesday. A public defender entered his pleas for him. Smith faces charges of murder, sexual assault and evidence tampering... Read More

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Brian Steven Smith

October 17, 2019

Fort Worth faith leaders want judge to enforce police reform

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Community and faith leaders on Wednesday called on the Trump administration to open a civil rights investigation into the Fort Worth Police Department in the wake of a white officer’s fatal shooting of a black woman in her home, saying the goal should be a police reform plan enforced by... Read More

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‘Totally avoidable’: 3 firms fined in Seattle crane collapse

Oversight board fires police officer for fatally shooting 2

Defense lawyers want trial in 4 killings pushed to 2021

Real estate developer faces judgment in college bribery case

Former ICE agent pleads guilty in foiled Kansas escape plot

Nanny gets 20 years for sex abusing child, having his baby

Dragon Con co-founder fights charge based on artist’s photo

Georgia set to execute man convicted of killing store clerk

Closings in US drug trial of Honduran president’s brother

Sutter Health, California settle massive antitrust case

Jury to decide on death sentence for ‘Boy Next Door Killer’

Attorney: Lawsuit planned over VA hospital death in WVa

Man accused of documenting woman’s killing pleads not guilty

Fort Worth faith leaders want judge to enforce police reform

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