3 get prison in college basketball recruiting scandal

NEW YORK (AP) — A former Adidas executive and two others who paid families to persuade top college basketball recruits to play for schools sponsored by the shoe brand were sentenced to prison Tuesday by a judge who said he wanted to send a “great big warning light to the basketball world.” U.S. District Judge... Read More

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March 6, 2019

Lawyer: Mississippi girls killed mother in self-defense

MAGNOLIA, Miss. (AP) — A defense lawyer suggested Tuesday that two Mississippi girls killed their mother in self-defense and that sheriff’s deputies may have questioned them improperly. “I can tell you that I anticipate my client and her sister are both going to be defended on a theory of self-defense,” lawyer Greg Malta told reporters... Read More

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March 6, 2019

Hinckley says he’s happy ‘as a clam’ but lacks close friends

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The man who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan told mental health professionals last year that he’s “happy as a clam” living with his mother and older brother in Virginia. John Hinckley Jr. anonymously sells books online as well as items at an antique mall. He plays guitar and cares for... Read More

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John Hinckley Jr.

March 6, 2019

Former Broncos QB pleads not guilty in trespassing case

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — Former Denver Broncos backup quarterback Chad Kelly has pleaded not guilty to first-degree criminal trespassing after being accused of entering a couple’s suburban home uninvited. KDVR-TV reports that Kelly entered the plea on Monday in Arapahoe County District Court. His next court appearance was set for April 23. The Broncos waived... Read More

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Chad Kelly, Denver Broncos, NFL

March 6, 2019

Sentencing set for ex-W.Va. Supreme Court justice

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A former West Virginia Supreme Court justice is due in court for sentencing for using a state vehicle and gas fuel card for a golf trip to Virginia. Ex-Justice Menis Ketchum’s sentencing is scheduled for Wednesday in federal court in Charleston. The sentencing comes at the end of a yearlong impeachment... Read More

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Menis Ketchum

March 6, 2019

Closing arguments set in ex-Florida police officer’s trial

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The fate of a fired Florida police officer charged with fatally shooting a stranded black motorist will soon be before a jury. Closing arguments are scheduled Wednesday in the manslaughter and attempted murder trial of Nouman Raja for the fatal October 2015 shooting of 32-year-old Corey Jones. Raja was... Read More

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Nouman Raja

March 6, 2019

Court upholds sentence imposed on man who slashed his baby

LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — A state appellate court has upheld the lengthy prison term imposed on a Pennsylvania man convicted of kidnapping his newborn daughter, slashing her neck and cramming her into a trash bag inside a backpack. David Sleets was found guilty last year of attempted murder and sentenced to 26 to 52 years... Read More

Bad Parenting, Criminal Justice News, News

March 6, 2019

Feds: Forgery operation produced over 10,000 fake documents

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Located in an apartment in a primarily Hispanic town in Oregon, a clandestine lab churned out thousands of fake Social Security cards, drivers’ licenses and immigration documents that were sold around the United States for years. The operation, revealed for the first time Tuesday in a federal court document, showed that... Read More

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March 6, 2019

Colorado, baker end legal spat over transgender woman’s cake

DENVER (AP) — A Colorado baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple on religious grounds — a stance partially upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court — and state officials said Tuesday that they would end a separate legal fight over his refusal to bake a cake celebrating a gender transition.... Read More

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Jack Phillips

March 6, 2019

Frenchman completes sentence for Myanmar drone flight

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) — A French man sentenced to one month in prison with hard labor for flying a drone in Myanmar completed his term Wednesday, but remained in detention because his deportation order was delayed. Arthur Desclaux, 27, was arrested on Feb. 7 for flying the drone near the parliament building in the capital,... Read More

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Arthur Desclaux

March 6, 2019

Trump to battle investigations with condemnation and lawyers

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has beefed up its legal team. Its political team is ready to distract and disparage. And President Donald Trump is venting against Democratic prying. Trump’s plan for responding to the multiplying congressional probes into his campaign, White House and personal affairs is coming into focus as newly empowered Democrats... Read More

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Donald Trump

March 6, 2019

Former Nissan chairman Ghosn released after posting bail

TOKYO (AP) — Wearing a mask, cap and what looked like a construction worker’s outfit, the former chairman of Nissan Motor Co., Carlos Ghosn, left a Tokyo detention center Wednesday after posting 1 billion yen ($8.9 million) bail. Although his face was obscured as he left the facility, Ghosn’s identity was apparent as he smiled... Read More

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Carlos Ghosn

March 6, 2019

‘I’ve been assassinated.’ R. Kelly denies sex abuse claims

CHICAGO (AP) — An emotional R. Kelly says he’s being “assassinated” and denies sexually abusing women and controlling their lives. The R&B singer gave his first interview to Gayle King of “CBS This Morning” since being charged last month with sexually abusing four females dating back to 1998, including three underage girls. Kelly has pleaded... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, News, Sexual Abuse

R. Kelly

March 5, 2019

Sentencing postponed in deadly white nationalist rally

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A sentencing hearing has been delayed for a man convicted of driving his car into a crowd of counterprotesters at a 2017 white nationalist rally in Virginia. James Alex Fields Jr., of Maumee, Ohio, was convicted in December of first-degree murder in the killing of anti-racism activist Heather Heyer and multiple... Read More

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James Alex Fields Jr.

3 get prison in college basketball recruiting scandal

Lawyer: Mississippi girls killed mother in self-defense

Hinckley says he’s happy ‘as a clam’ but lacks close friends

Former Broncos QB pleads not guilty in trespassing case

Sentencing set for ex-W.Va. Supreme Court justice

Closing arguments set in ex-Florida police officer’s trial

Court upholds sentence imposed on man who slashed his baby

Feds: Forgery operation produced over 10,000 fake documents

Colorado, baker end legal spat over transgender woman’s cake

Frenchman completes sentence for Myanmar drone flight

Trump to battle investigations with condemnation and lawyers

Former Nissan chairman Ghosn released after posting bail

‘I’ve been assassinated.’ R. Kelly denies sex abuse claims

Sentencing postponed in deadly white nationalist rally

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