Defendant in football player’s death says he fired into air

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jurors in a murder trial involving the 2015 death of a Tennessee high school football player who shielded friends from gunfire heard an interview Monday in which one defendant tells police he fired shots in the air without aiming at anyone that night. Members of the jury saw Knoxville police violent... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sports

Zaevion Dobson

December 12, 2017

18-year-old gets plea deal in 2015 rape, killing of girl

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An 18-year-old is pleading guilty to rape and murder in the 2015 death of a 12-year-old Utah girl he’s accused of luring from her home with a story about a lost cat. Jayden Matthew Sterzer pleaded guilty to rape in juvenile court Monday. He was 15 when police say he... Read More

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Jayden Matthew Sterzer, Sexual Abuse

December 12, 2017

Family sues over death of man who fatally stabbed police dog

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The family of a Pennsylvania man who fatally stabbed a police dog and then was killed by transit police officers is suing over his death. Relatives of Bruce Kelley Jr. allege in a lawsuit filed Monday that Allegheny County Port Authority police officers used excessive force instead of de-escalating the situation in... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Law Enforcement, News

Bruce Kelly Jr., Law Enforcement

December 12, 2017

Woman charged in pregnant neighbor’s death pleads guilty

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota woman pleaded guilty Monday in the killing of a pregnant neighbor so she and her boyfriend could keep the baby, though officials are still saying little about how the victim died. Brooke Crews, 38, could face life in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit kidnapping and... Read More

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Brooke Crews

December 11, 2017

Sandusky’s son sentenced to prison for sexual abuse of girls

BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — A son of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, serving decades for child molestation, was himself sentenced to prison Friday on child sexual abuse charges. Jeffrey Sandusky was sentenced to 3½ to 7 years in prison after pleading guilty to pressuring a teenage girl to send him naked photos... Read More

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Sandusky, Sexual Abuse

December 11, 2017

Jury sides with San Diego in Comic Con trademark battle

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A jury on Friday sided with San Diego Comic-Con in a court battle with a rival pop-culture convention in Utah over rights to use the phrase “comic con.” The panel decided that Salt Lake Comic Con used the trademarked phrase without permission, though they didn’t do so willfully. The panel awarded... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, News

Comic-Con

December 11, 2017

Racial dispute at beloved bakery roils liberal college town

OBERLIN, Ohio (AP) — Students at Oberlin College have long enjoyed pastries, bagels and chocolates from Gibson’s Bakery, a century-old, family-owned business near campus. That sweet relationship has turned bitter amid hotly disputed accusations of racism, roiling a school and town long known for their liberal politics. The dispute, which began in November 2016 with... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Racial

December 11, 2017

Sexual misconduct often part of the job in hospitality work

CHICAGO (AP) — One woman recalls how a general manager at a Chicago-area restaurant where she worked told her that if security cameras recorded him reaching between her legs and grabbing her genitals, he could simply “edit that out.” Another woman worked at an Atlanta restaurant and says her boss did nothing when two dishwashers... Read More

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Sexual Abuse

December 11, 2017

Idaho man upset with court tries to crash into courthouse

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Authorities say an Idaho man tried to crash a car into a courthouse in downtown Boise because he was upset with the court system. The Ada County Sheriff’s office says 37-year-old Jonathan Joseph Locksmith drove toward the courthouse in the state’s capital city Sunday morning. According to authorities, Locksmith apparently made... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Lighter Side, News

December 11, 2017

Mom who drank on night of baby’s death to be sentenced

BELFAST, Maine (AP) — A Maine woman who told jurors that she drank multiple shots of liquor and smoked marijuana the night of her infant son’s death is due to be sentenced this week. Thirty-two-year-old Miranda Hopkins will appear in court on Wednesday in Belfast. The Troy resident says she doesn’t know how 7-week-old Jaxson... Read More

Bad Parenting, Criminal Justice News, News

Bad Parenting, Miranda Hopkins

December 11, 2017

Trial set for ex-cop accused of supporting Islamic State

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — The first law enforcement officer in the U.S. ever to be charged with a terrorism offense is again scheduled for trial. Jury selection begins Monday afternoon in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, in the case against Nicholas Young, who was a police officer in the region’s Metro system when he was... Read More

Criminal Justice News, National Security, News

National Security, Nicholas Young

December 11, 2017

Court: ‘Making a Murderer’ defendant’s confession stands

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal appeals court in Chicago narrowly overturned a ruling Friday that could have freed a Wisconsin inmate featured in the “Making a Murderer” series from prison, though one dissenting judge called the case “a profound miscarriage of justice.” The full 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reviewed Brendan Dassey’s claims that... Read More

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Dassey, Making A Murderer

December 11, 2017

Court papers show Manafort drafting op-ed under house arrest

WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert Mueller to Paul Manafort: I’m watching you. Revealing that they know every word Manafort changed in a recently published op-ed, prosecutors for the special counsel argued Friday that the former Trump campaign chairman’s attempt to mount a public relations campaign to defend himself while under house arrest “raises serious concerns about... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Politics

Mueller

December 11, 2017

Accusations of misconduct followed top gossip editor

NEW YORK (AP) — Dylan Howard, the top editor at National Enquirer publisher American Media Inc., who previously faced allegations of sexual misconduct at the gossip news giant, was also accused of harassing behavior at another employer, according to interviews and documents obtained by The Associated Press. Howard took over as the chief editor of... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, News, Sexual Abuse

Sexual Abiuse

Defendant in football player’s death says he fired into air

18-year-old gets plea deal in 2015 rape, killing of girl

Family sues over death of man who fatally stabbed police dog

Woman charged in pregnant neighbor’s death pleads guilty

Sandusky’s son sentenced to prison for sexual abuse of girls

Jury sides with San Diego in Comic Con trademark battle

Racial dispute at beloved bakery roils liberal college town

Sexual misconduct often part of the job in hospitality work

Idaho man upset with court tries to crash into courthouse

Mom who drank on night of baby’s death to be sentenced

Trial set for ex-cop accused of supporting Islamic State

Court: ‘Making a Murderer’ defendant’s confession stands

Court papers show Manafort drafting op-ed under house arrest

Accusations of misconduct followed top gossip editor

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