Court OKs conviction of pharma executive Shkreli’s ex-lawyer

NEW YORK (AP) — An appeals court in New York says the former lawyer of a notorious pharmaceutical executive was properly convicted in a financial fraud case. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday rejected Evan Greebel’s challenge to his December 2017 conviction at a Brooklyn trial. Prosecutors say Greebel helped Shkreli (SHKREL’-ee)... Read More

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Martin Shkreli, Opioids

October 31, 2019

Purdue Pharma paid CEO $9M in year before bankruptcy

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma paid its CEO $9 million and its board chairman nearly $4 million in the 12 months before the company’s bankruptcy filing last month, according to recently filed financial documents. Five other board members overseeing the private company were paid a combined $3.7 million over that span. Purdue, a privately held company... Read More

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Opioids, Purdue Pharma

October 31, 2019

Infected toe stops R. Kelly from attending court hearing

CHICAGO (AP) — R. Kelly’s lawyer has told a federal judge that an infected toe prevented the R&B star from attending a hearing in his child pornography case in Chicago. Kelly is detained at a jail two blocks from the courthouse and had been expected to appear at Wednesday’s status hearing. But defense lawyer Steve... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, News, Sexual Abuse

R. Kelly

October 31, 2019

Auburn tree poisoner fails to appear in court for hearing

OPELIKA, Ala. (AP) — The University of Alabama fan convicted of poisoning Auburn University’s oak trees failed to attend a hearing Wednesday on why he hasn’t paid court-ordered restitution. The Opelika-Auburn news reports Harvey Updyke, a retired Texas state trooper who lives in Louisiana, didn’t show up for a hearing before Lee County Circuit Judge... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Environment, News

Harvey Updyke

October 31, 2019

Former surfing executive gets 2 months in prison

BOSTON (AP) — A former California business executive has been sentenced to two months in prison for paying $250,000 to get his son into the University of Southern California as a fake volleyball recruit. Jeffrey Bizzack, of Solana Beach, California, was sentenced in Boston’s federal court Wednesday. The 59-year-old pleaded guilty in July to a... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Fraud, News

Admissions Scheme

October 31, 2019

Gooding due in court to face new sex misconduct allegations

NEW YORK (AP) — Cuba Gooding Jr. faces a new accuser and new charges in his New York City sexual misconduct case, his lawyer said Wednesday. The actor is due in court Thursday for an arraignment on an updated misdemeanor indictment, lawyer Mark Heller said. The charges relate to a third accuser in a case... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, News, Sexual Abuse

Cuba Gooding Jr.

October 31, 2019

Oklahoma judge rejects challenge to ‘permitless carry’ law

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma judge on Wednesday rejected an attempt by a Democratic state lawmaker and gun safety advocates to block a new law that will allow most people in the state to carry a firearm in public without a background check or training. After hearing arguments from both sides, Oklahoma County District... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, News

Guns

October 31, 2019

US sued over health insurance rule for immigrant families

A lawsuit Wednesday accused the Trump administration of preventing Americans from bringing their foreign spouses and parents to live with them in the United States by requiring those immigrants to prove they can afford health care before they get visas. Seven U.S. citizens and a nonprofit organization filed the federal lawsuit in Portland, Oregon, over... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

October 31, 2019

Texas attorney convicted of scamming drug traffickers

SHERMAN, Texas (AP) — A Texas lawyer has been convicted of corruption for scamming roughly $1.5 million from international drug traffickers whom authorities say turned him to the FBI. Jamie Balagia, 62, was found guilty Tuesday of conspiracy to commit money laundering, obstruction of justice and wire fraud. The jury deliberated for about a day... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, News

Jamie Balagia

October 31, 2019

Hackers plead guilty in data breach that Uber covered up

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Two computer hackers have pleaded guilty to concocting an extortion scheme that entangled Uber in a yearlong cover-up of a data breach that stole sensitive information about 57 million of the ride-hailing service’s passengers and drivers. The pleas entered Wednesday in a San Jose, California, federal court by Brandon Charles... Read More

Business, Criminal Justice News, News, Technology

Brandon Charles Glover, Uber, Vasile Mereacre

October 31, 2019

Doctor at Missouri abortion clinic defends patient care

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The top doctor at Missouri’s sole abortion clinic on Wednesday defended its handling of four patients who faced complications — women whose care has been cited by the state as it seeks to revoke the clinic’s license. The testimony from Dr. Colleen McNicholas at a hearing that could determine the St.... Read More

Abortion, Criminal Justice News, Doctors, News

Dr. Colleen McNicholas

October 31, 2019

Alabama Democratic Party dispute heads to court

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A dispute over control of the Alabama Democratic Party is headed to court. Alabama Democratic Party Chair Nancy Worley and others filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to stop a faction of the party’s governing committee from meeting this weekend to elect new leaders. The lawsuit contends the scheduled Saturday meeting, where... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Politics

October 30, 2019

90-year sentence for drunk driver in 2 bicyclists’ deaths

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The drunk driver who killed two bicycle riders and injured seven following a New Orleans Mardi Gras parade in March was sentenced Tuesday to 90 years in prison. State Judge Laurie White gave Tashonty Toney, 32, the maximum sentence, District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro said. That included two consecutive 30-year sentences for... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Tashonty Toney

October 30, 2019

Navy upholds sentencing of Navy SEAL for posing with corpse

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The U.S. chief of naval operations on Tuesday denied a request for clemency and upheld a military jury’s sentence that will reduce the rank of a decorated Navy SEAL convicted of posing with a dead Islamic State captive in Iraq in 2017. Adm. Mike Gilday made the decision after carefully reviewing... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Edward Gallagher

Court OKs conviction of pharma executive Shkreli’s ex-lawyer

Purdue Pharma paid CEO $9M in year before bankruptcy

Infected toe stops R. Kelly from attending court hearing

Auburn tree poisoner fails to appear in court for hearing

Former surfing executive gets 2 months in prison

Gooding due in court to face new sex misconduct allegations

Oklahoma judge rejects challenge to ‘permitless carry’ law

US sued over health insurance rule for immigrant families

Texas attorney convicted of scamming drug traffickers

Hackers plead guilty in data breach that Uber covered up

Doctor at Missouri abortion clinic defends patient care

Alabama Democratic Party dispute heads to court

90-year sentence for drunk driver in 2 bicyclists’ deaths

Navy upholds sentencing of Navy SEAL for posing with corpse

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