Corruption trial opens for scandal-mired Hawaii power couple

HONOLULU (AP) — The former Honolulu deputy prosecutor accused of framing her uncle to keep him from exposing financial fraud that supported the lavish lifestyle of her and her husband — a now-retired city police chief — comes from a big family with complicated relationships, her defense attorney said Wednesday as a corruption trial against... Read More

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Katherine Kealoha, Louis Kealoha

May 23, 2019

SEAL’s trial delayed as defense seeks info on email snooping

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A judge delayed the murder case Wednesday of a decorated Navy SEAL to first make sure the government’s monitoring of defense team emails did not compromise his right to a fair trial. Lawyers defending Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher want the judge in the case removed because he was aware prosecutors... Read More

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Edward Gallagher

May 23, 2019

Judge rules Qualcomm violated antitrust law in chip market

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that Qualcomm unlawfully squeezed out cellphone chip rivals and charged excessive royalties to manufacturers such as Apple in a decision that undercuts a key part of its business. The decision vindicates the U.S. Federal Trade Commission two years after it filed its antitrust lawsuit against the... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Technology

Qualcomm

May 23, 2019

Faces of concussions: NHL’s head-on battle with an epidemic

HOMER GLEN, Ill. (AP) — Wearing a black shirt with “Fight for your happiness” on the front and “Sick not weak” on the back, Daniel Carcillo eats an apple as his wife makes a cappuccino nearby and their oldest daughter scampers around the kitchen. This is the family he always wanted, just not the life... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sports

Consussion, NHL

May 23, 2019

Woman accused of beating mom over game volume to stand trial

YOUNGWOOD, Pa. (AP) — A woman will stand trial on allegations she beat her mother and shaved her head because she thought the older woman was listening to the Pittsburgh Steelers’ game too loudly on the radio. A judge ruled Wednesday that Delores Amorino was competent to stand trial. But the judge said Amorino’s teenage... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Technology

Delores Amorino

May 22, 2019

Arizona prisons urged to end ban on book about black men

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona has banned prisoners from reading a book that discusses the impact of the criminal justice system on black men, drawing outcry from First Amendment advocates who say the move is censorship. The American Civil Liberties Union called on the Arizona Department of Corrections this week to rescind the ban on “Chokehold:... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

May 22, 2019

San Francisco police chief: Journalist ‘crossed the line’

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco police chief said Tuesday that he respects the news media, but a freelance journalist whose home and office were raided by officers had “crossed the line” by joining a conspiracy to steal a confidential report. Chief William Scott addressed reporters hours after police agreed in court to return... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Bryan Carmody

May 22, 2019

Witness: Self-help guru was both a coward and bully

NEW YORK (AP) — Self-help guru Keith Raniere was a coward during his arrest last year in Mexico on a U.S. sex-trafficking charge and a bully when dealing with a follower who failed to adhere to his twisted code of ethics, a witness testified Tuesday at Raniere’s New York City trial. The follower was confined... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sexual Abuse

Keith Raniere, NXIVM

May 22, 2019

Prosecutors want GPS monitor on truck driver in deadly crash

DENVER (AP) — Prosecutors say they only learned after a judge set $400,000 bond for a truck driver accused of causing a fiery pileup that killed four people on a Colorado highway that he had tried to flee the scene of the collision. In a filing Monday, they asked a judge to require the now-released... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Rogel Lazaro Aguilera-Mederos

May 22, 2019

Former judge files new motions in Jussie Smollett case

CHICAGO (AP) — A former judge who wants a special prosecutor appointed in the Jussie Smollett case is back in court with new motions to obtain her goal. Sheila O’Brien on Tuesday filed three motions in Cook County Circuit Court attempting to get the case before a different judge. At a hearing last week, Judge... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, Fraud, News

Jussie Smollett

May 22, 2019

Mississippi police officer charged in woman’s killing

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A north Mississippi police officer is charged with murder in the death of a woman that he was romantically involved with. Oxford Police Officer Matthew Kinne has been charged with murder by the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, according to a court order signed Tuesday by Lafayette County Circuit Judge Andrew Howorth.... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, Law Enforcement, News

Matthew Kinne

May 22, 2019

SEAL’s lawyer wants prosecutor, judge booted off murder case

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A lawyer for a Navy SEAL accused of murder wants military prosecutors and a judge removed from the case for their roles in snooping on emails sent to the defense team and a journalist in an effort to find the source of news leaks. Navy investigators and the prosecutor misled a... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Edward Gallagher

May 22, 2019

40-year sentence sought for man convicted of sex trafficking

CHICAGO (AP) — Federal prosecutors are seeking a 40-year prison sentence for man found guilty of sex-trafficking a Chicago teenager who was murdered. Joseph Hazley was found guilty in March of sex-trafficking 16-year-old Desiree Robinson and two other victims. Robinson was allegedly killed in December 2016 by a man who answered an online sex advertisement.... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sexual Abuse

Joseph Hazley

May 22, 2019

Lawsuit dismissed in death of student turned drug informant

WAHPETON, N.D. (AP) — A judge has dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the parents of a North Dakota college student turned police drug informant. The body of 20-year-old Andrew Sadek was recovered from the Red River in June 2014. Investigators say he was wearing a backpack filled with rocks and had a gunshot... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, News

Andrew Sadek

Corruption trial opens for scandal-mired Hawaii power couple

SEAL’s trial delayed as defense seeks info on email snooping

Judge rules Qualcomm violated antitrust law in chip market

Faces of concussions: NHL’s head-on battle with an epidemic

Woman accused of beating mom over game volume to stand trial

Arizona prisons urged to end ban on book about black men

San Francisco police chief: Journalist ‘crossed the line’

Witness: Self-help guru was both a coward and bully

Prosecutors want GPS monitor on truck driver in deadly crash

Former judge files new motions in Jussie Smollett case

Mississippi police officer charged in woman’s killing

SEAL’s lawyer wants prosecutor, judge booted off murder case

40-year sentence sought for man convicted of sex trafficking

Lawsuit dismissed in death of student turned drug informant

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