Suburban Detroit doctor gets 11-plus years in opioid scheme

DETROIT (AP) — A suburban Detroit doctor who admitted running an $18 million prescription drug scheme has been sentenced to more than 11 years in prison. A federal judge on Wednesday also ordered Dr. Zongli Chang to pay a $1 million fine and forfeit $3 million. The Livonia man had pleaded guilty to orchestrating the... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, News

Opioid

April 18, 2019

More charges for man accused of claiming to be missing child

CINCINNATI (AP) — A federal grand jury indictment that was filed Thursday accuses an Ohio man who claimed to be a missing child from Illinois of lying to federal agents and of identity theft. Brian Michael Rini, 23, of Medina, now faces two counts of lying to federal agents and one count of aggravated identity... Read More

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Brian Rini

April 18, 2019

Canadian sentenced to life in prison for US airport attack

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A Canadian man convicted of terrorism for nearly killing an airport police officer in Michigan was sentenced Thursday to life in prison. U.S. prosecutors said Amor Ftouhi drove 1,000 miles (1,609 kilometers) from Montreal to the airport in Flint, Michigan, where he yelled “God is great” in Arabic and repeatedly stabbed... Read More

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Amor Ftouhi

April 18, 2019

Appeals court weighs Trump permit for Keystone XL pipeline

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. Justice Department attorneys want an appeals court to let construction proceed on the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada. But opponents say President Donald Trump is trying to skirt the law by issuing a new permit for the project. The Trump administration has asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Environment, News

Keystone XL Pipeline

April 18, 2019

Court sets hearing on Trump administration’s asylum policy

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday scheduled a hearing over whether to stop the Trump administration from forcing asylum seekers to wait in Mexico for their immigration court hearings. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals set a hearing for April 24 in San Francisco over whether a lower court ruling... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Immigration, News

Asylum

April 18, 2019

Cruz attorneys want to question his mental counselors alone

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Attorneys for the suspect in last year’s Florida school massacre will ask a judge to let them question his former mental health counselors without prosecutors present. Attorneys for Nikolas Cruz are scheduled Thursday to ask Judge Elizabeth Scherer for permission to question the counselors without notifying prosecutors or allowing their... Read More

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Nikolas Cruz

April 18, 2019

Mueller report release spirals into political gamesmanship

WASHINGTON (AP) — After nearly two years of waiting, America will get some answers straight from Robert Mueller— but not before President Donald Trump’s attorney general has his say. The Justice Department on Thursday is expected to release a redacted version of the special counsel’s report on Russian election interference and Trump’s campaign, opening up... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Politics

Robert Mueller

April 17, 2019

Man asks judge to toss statements in killings of 4 on farm

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A man who rejected a plea deal in the killings of four men found buried on a suburban Philadelphia farm wants prosecutors barred from using statements he made to investigators. Twenty-two-year-old Sean Kratz is accused of helping his cousin Cosmo DiNardo lure the victims to the farm in 2017, ambush and... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Sean Kratz

April 17, 2019

Officials announce new measures to fight NY measles outbreak

NEW YORK (AP) — Officials trying to contain a measles outbreak in a county north of New York City on Tuesday ordered all unvaccinated people exposed to the disease barred from public gathering places, including houses of worship, for up to three weeks. The order, issued by Rockland County, comes one day after New York... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Doctors, News

April 17, 2019

Suspect in attack on boy at Mall of America held on $2M bail

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man accused of throwing a 5-year-old boy from a third-floor balcony at the Mall of America said little Tuesday during his first court appearance but appeared lucid and followed the court’s directions. Emmanuel Aranda, 24, of Minneapolis, is charged with attempted premeditated first-degree murder in Friday’s attack. The child plunged almost... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Emmanuel Aranda

April 17, 2019

Ex-pro football player accused of murder in death of girl, 5

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas judge expressed shock Tuesday at the severity of injuries found on a 5-year-old girl whose death led to murder and felony child abuse charges against her 25-year-old mother and the mother’s former professional football player boyfriend. “Once you’ve seen them, you can’t ever unsee them,” Justice of the... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sports

Cierre Wood

April 17, 2019

LA Dodgers sued by fan who says security roughed him up

VALENCIA, Calif. (AP) — A Los Angeles Dodgers fan sued the team on Tuesday, alleging he was roughed up by security guards and broke an ankle during a game last year while trying to use the bathroom. Daniel Antunez, 31, is seeking $2 million in a lawsuit that contends six to 10 security guards jumped... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sports

LA Dodgers

April 17, 2019

Apple, Qualcomm settle bitter dispute over iPhone technology

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple and mobile chip maker Qualcomm have settled a bitter financial dispute centered on some of the technology that enables iPhones to connect to the internet. The surprise truce announced Tuesday came just as the former allies turned antagonists were facing off in a federal court trial that was supposed to... Read More

Business, Criminal Justice News, News, Technology

Apple, Qualcomm

April 17, 2019

8th judge hands off murder trial of Alabama police officer

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Another judge has recused himself from the trial of a white Alabama police officer charged with murder in the death of an unarmed black man. News outlets report Judge Sam Welch was appointed Friday and recused himself this week, becoming the 8th judge to drop the case. Montgomery police officer Aaron... Read More

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Aaron Cody Smith

Suburban Detroit doctor gets 11-plus years in opioid scheme

More charges for man accused of claiming to be missing child

Canadian sentenced to life in prison for US airport attack

Appeals court weighs Trump permit for Keystone XL pipeline

Court sets hearing on Trump administration’s asylum policy

Cruz attorneys want to question his mental counselors alone

Mueller report release spirals into political gamesmanship

Man asks judge to toss statements in killings of 4 on farm

Officials announce new measures to fight NY measles outbreak

Suspect in attack on boy at Mall of America held on $2M bail

Ex-pro football player accused of murder in death of girl, 5

LA Dodgers sued by fan who says security roughed him up

Apple, Qualcomm settle bitter dispute over iPhone technology

8th judge hands off murder trial of Alabama police officer

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