Wisconsin receiver seeks dismissal of sexual assault count

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin receiver Quintez Cephus made his first court appearance Thursday on charges alleging that he sexually assaulted two drunken women this spring, a day after his attorneys asked the judge to dismiss one of the counts because they say the women weren’t as impaired as investigators allege. Prosecutors charged Cephus on... Read More

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Quintez Cephus

August 24, 2018

Former Iowa wrestler sentenced for computer fraud charge

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A former University of Iowa wrestler has been sentenced to four months in federal prison for manipulating the school’s network so he could access its computers and change his and other students’ grades for classes. Federal prosecutors for Iowa said Thursday that 23-year-old Trevor Graves was also ordered to serve two... Read More

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Tevor Graves

August 24, 2018

Wannabe Facebook owner who fled arrest is caught in Ecuador

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York man who was arrested for falsely claiming he was owed half-ownership of Facebook but then fled the country has been captured in Ecuador, authorities said Thursday. Prosecutors notified a judge presiding over his case in Manhattan federal court that Paul Ceglia was arrested in the morning. They said... Read More

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Paul Ceglia

August 24, 2018

Fired Texas cop testifies he had no choice but to shoot car

DALLAS (AP) — A former Texas police officer testified Thursday at his murder trial that he had no choice but to use deadly force the night he opened fire on a car filled with unarmed black teenagers leaving a house party, killing a 15-year-old passenger. Roy Oliver, who is white, was fired from the Balch... Read More

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Roy Oliver

August 24, 2018

Golden State Killer suspect faces consolidated charges

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A former police officer suspected of being California’s elusive Golden State Killer faced 26 murder and rape-related charges Thursday after prosecutors decided this week to consolidate charges in counties across the state into one case. One family member described the 15-minute recitation of offenses as “very, very intense.” The Sacramento County... Read More

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Golden State Killer, Joseph James DeAngelo

August 24, 2018

Montana killer freed because law says it’s not violent crime

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A U.S. judge ordered a convicted killer from Montana’s Crow Indian Reservation released from prison on Thursday after part of his conviction was overturned for not meeting the definition of a violent crime. Assistant U.S. Attorney Lori Harper Suek wept as she told the court, including the victim’s three daughters, that... Read More

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Emerson Pickett

August 24, 2018

Leaker of classified report on Russian hacking gets 5 years

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — A former government contractor sentenced to more than five years in prison for mailing a classified U.S. report to a news organization has received what prosecutors are calling the longest sentence ever imposed for a federal crime involving leaks to the media. Reality Winner, 26, pleaded guilty in June to a... Read More

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Reality Winner

August 24, 2018

Woman held captive by South Carolina killer awarded $6.3M

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — A woman who was chained in a shipping container by a man who killed seven people in South Carolina has won more than $6 million from his estate. News outlets report that a judge on Thursday awarded Kala Brown $6.3 million in actual and punitive damages in her lawsuit against Todd... Read More

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Kala Brown, Todd Kohlhepp

August 24, 2018

Protracted Minnesota Sex Offender Program suit comes to end

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A long-running class-action lawsuit over the constitutionality of Minnesota’s civil commitment program for sex offenders effectively ended Thursday when a federal judge dismissed the remaining claims but stood by his earlier statements that some revelations during the six-week trial shock his conscience. U.S. District Judge Donovan Frank cited a 2017 decision by... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sexual Abuse

August 24, 2018

Florida judge retires after calling attorney a racial slur

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A Florida judge abruptly retired after calling a black defense attorney “a gorilla” during a court hearing. Public Defender Carey Haughwout tells the Palm Beach Post that Judge Peter Evans uttered the word so quickly and innocuously that Assistant Public Defender Sheldon Graves didn’t even hear it. An unidentified... Read More

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Judge Peter Evans

August 24, 2018

Manafort juror says 1 holdout prevented 18-count conviction

WASHINGTON (AP) — A juror in Paul Manafort’s financial fraud trial says a lone holdout prevented the jury from convicting the onetime Trump campaign chairman on all 18 counts. Jurors repeatedly tried to persuade the holdout to “look at the paper trail” but she insisted there was reasonable doubt, juror Paula Duncan told Fox News.... Read More

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Paul Manafort

August 24, 2018

Autopsy finds Iowa student died from ‘sharp force injuries’

BROOKLYN, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa college student who was allegedly abducted by a stranger while running last month in a small town was stabbed to death, investigators announced Thursday. Preliminary autopsy results from the state medical examiner’s office determined that 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts was the victim of a homicide who died from “multiple sharp... Read More

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Cristhian Bahena Rivera

August 24, 2018

Congressman, wife plead not guilty to illegal spending

SAN DIEGO (AP) — U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter was swarmed by demonstrators yelling “shame on you!” as he left a federal courthouse Thursday in San Diego after pleading not guilty to charges of illegally using his campaign account for personal expenses. The California Republican and his wife, Margaret, entered their pleas in federal court, where... Read More

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Duncan Hunter, Margaret Hunter

August 24, 2018

Ex-Michigan State coach latest charged amid Nassar fallout

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State University’s former head gymnastics coach is the latest person to be charged in the wake of the sexual abuse scandal surrounding ex-sports doctor Larry Nassar. Kathie Klages is accused of lying to an investigator in June, when she denied that witnesses told her years ago about being sexually assaulted... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sexual Abuse, Sports

Larry Nassar, MSU, Sexual Abuse

Wisconsin receiver seeks dismissal of sexual assault count

Former Iowa wrestler sentenced for computer fraud charge

Wannabe Facebook owner who fled arrest is caught in Ecuador

Fired Texas cop testifies he had no choice but to shoot car

Golden State Killer suspect faces consolidated charges

Montana killer freed because law says it’s not violent crime

Leaker of classified report on Russian hacking gets 5 years

Woman held captive by South Carolina killer awarded $6.3M

Protracted Minnesota Sex Offender Program suit comes to end

Florida judge retires after calling attorney a racial slur

Manafort juror says 1 holdout prevented 18-count conviction

Autopsy finds Iowa student died from ‘sharp force injuries’

Congressman, wife plead not guilty to illegal spending

Ex-Michigan State coach latest charged amid Nassar fallout

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