Trial to start in case of fatal shooting over parking spot

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — Jurors are set to hear opening arguments in the trial of a white man who is accused of fatally shooting an unarmed black man during a dispute over a parking space in Florida. Opening arguments were set Wednesday for a Clearwater courtroom. Five men and a woman were seated as jurors... Read More

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Michael Drejka

August 20, 2019

2 Proud Boys convicted in 2018 clash with protesters

NEW YORK (AP) — Two members of the far-right Proud Boys were found guilty of charges including attempted gang assault for their part in a melee that followed a speech at New York’s Metropolitan Republican Club. A jury convicted Maxwell Hare and John Kinsman on Monday in connection with the October 2018 brawl between members... Read More

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John Kinsman, Maxwell Hare, Proud Boys

August 20, 2019

‘Codfather’ settlement means magnate will never fish again

A fishing magnate known as the Codfather will never be allowed to return to U.S. fisheries, the federal government said Monday in announcing it has settled its civil case against a man whose arrest for shirking quotas and smuggling profits overseas shocked the East Coast industry. The settlement with Carlos Rafael and his fishing captains... Read More

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Carlos Rafael, Codfather

August 20, 2019

2 Chicago women plead not guilty in death of taken baby

CHICAGO (AP) — Two Chicago women charged with killing a 19-year-old have pleaded not guilty to murder charges in the death of the victim’s child. Yovanny Jadiel Lopez died weeks after prosecutors say 49-year-old Clarisa Figueroa and her daughter, 24-year-old Desiree, cut the child from her mother’s womb. They entered not-guilty pleas Monday in Cook... Read More

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Clarisa Figueroa

August 20, 2019

Man, 20, pleads not guilty in Jewish center video threat

STRUTHERS, Ohio (AP) — A 20-year-old man pleaded not guilty Monday to threatening a Jewish community center in a video that authorities say showed him shooting a semi-automatic rifle. A judge near Youngstown set bond at $250,000 for James Reardon, ordered a mental health evaluation and told him to stay away from Jewish houses of... Read More

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James Reardon

August 20, 2019

Mysterious death in custody has family seeking answers

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Carmen Riley bent over her unconscious son, looked into his eyes and knew. It didn’t take a mother’s intuition or a doctor’s prognosis to figure out that Ty’rique was gone. Several days earlier, 21-year-old Ty’rique Riley had been jailed after an altercation with his father. Now he lay in a hospital... Read More

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Ty’rique Riley

August 20, 2019

Jury to restart deliberations in Oakland warehouse fire case

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Three jurors were dismissed Monday for undisclosed reasons on the 10th day of deliberations in the trial of two men charged in the deaths of 36 partygoers from a fire inside a cluttered San Francisco Bay Area warehouse. Alameda County Superior Court Judge Trina Thompson excused three female jurors and replaced... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Ghost Ship

August 20, 2019

California smuggler of erectile dysfunction drug gets prison

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California man who smuggled $11 million worth of erectile dysfunction drugs into the U.S. from China has been sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison for conspiracy and smuggling contraband. Prosecutors say the drugs sold by 41-year-old John Lee of Walnut were dangerous black-market creations falsely advertised... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, News

John Lee

August 20, 2019

Status hearing set for civil lawsuit against Jussie Smollett

CHICAGO (AP) — A hearing is set in the city of Chicago’s effort to recover costs from actor Jussie Smollett after police said his claims of a racist and anti-gay attack were phony and staged. The status hearing Tuesday is the first since the lawsuit was moved to federal court from state court in July.... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, News

Jussie Smollett

August 20, 2019

NYPD fires officer 5 years after Garner’s chokehold death

NEW YORK (AP) — After five years of investigations and protests, the New York City Police Department on Monday fired an officer involved in the 2014 chokehold death of Eric Garner, the black man whose dying gasps of “I can’t breathe” gave voice to a national debate over race and police use of force. Police... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Law Enforcement, News

Daniel Pantaleo, Eric Garner

August 20, 2019

Cardinal Pell’s appeal verdict due but may not be final word

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The most senior Catholic cleric found guilty of sexually abusing children will learn the outcome of his appeal on Wednesday though the verdict still may not be the final word on his convictions for molesting two choirboys in an Australian cathedral more than two decades ago. The Victoria state Court of... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Religion, Sexual Abuse

George Pell

August 20, 2019

Democrats spending millions to try to take back statehouses

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Democrats still shaken by the 2010 tea party wave that netted Republicans six governors’ offices, flipped 21 statehouse chambers and drove nearly 700 Democratic state legislators from office are mounting a comeback, pouring millions of dollars into state level races. In a longtime Republican district covering a wealthy enclave of Dallas,... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Politics

August 20, 2019

Records: Epstein signed will 2 days before jailhouse suicide

NEW YORK (AP) — Jeffrey Epstein signed a will just two days before he killed himself in jail, new court records show, opening a new legal front in what could be a long battle over the financier’s fortune. Court papers filed last week in the U.S. Virgin Islands list no details of beneficiaries but valued... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sexual Abuse

Jeffrey Epstein

August 19, 2019

California man convicted of torture of pot dispensary owner

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A California man who previously escaped from jail and was on the run for a week was convicted Friday of kidnapping and torturing a marijuana dispensary owner who he mistakenly believed had buried large sums of money in the desert. A jury in Newport Beach found Hossein Nayeri, 40, guilty... Read More

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Hossein Nayeri

Trial to start in case of fatal shooting over parking spot

2 Proud Boys convicted in 2018 clash with protesters

‘Codfather’ settlement means magnate will never fish again

2 Chicago women plead not guilty in death of taken baby

Man, 20, pleads not guilty in Jewish center video threat

Mysterious death in custody has family seeking answers

Jury to restart deliberations in Oakland warehouse fire case

California smuggler of erectile dysfunction drug gets prison

Status hearing set for civil lawsuit against Jussie Smollett

NYPD fires officer 5 years after Garner’s chokehold death

Cardinal Pell’s appeal verdict due but may not be final word

Democrats spending millions to try to take back statehouses

Records: Epstein signed will 2 days before jailhouse suicide

California man convicted of torture of pot dispensary owner

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