Opioid case has new complication: Babies born in withdrawal

The long-running federal court case seeking to hold drugmakers responsible for the nation’s opioid crisis has a new complication: How does it deal with claims covering the thousands of babies born to addicts? Attorneys representing the children and their guardians want their claims separated from the federal case in Cleveland that involves hundreds of local... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, News

Opiods

November 28, 2018

Bucs QB Winston nearing settlement in 2016 accusation

PHOENIX (AP) — Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston is in the process of settling a lawsuit filed by a female Uber driver in Arizona who accused him of sexual assault. Documents filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Phoenix state that a settlement agreement should be finalized in 10 days. Details weren’t disclosed. The... Read More

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Jameis Winston

November 28, 2018

Man charged after 2 people targeted by driver at synagogue

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A motorist accused of trying to run down two men leaving a Los Angeles synagogue pleaded not guilty Tuesday to felony charges with a hate crime allegation. Mohamed Abdi Mohamed, 32, is charged with two counts of assault with a deadly weapon. Deputy Police Chief Horace Frank has said Mohamed yelled... Read More

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Mohamed Abdi Mohamed

November 28, 2018

US charges 8 in online advertising fraud scheme

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department charged eight people Tuesday in connection with the takedown of two international cybercriminal rings that cost advertisers tens of millions of dollars. “As alleged in court filings, the defendants in this case used sophisticated computer programming and infrastructure around the world to exploit the digital advertising industry... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Fraud, News

November 28, 2018

Trial begins for Chicago cops accused in Van Dyke cover-up

CHICAGO (AP) — The trial of three Chicago police officers charged with lying to protect a fellow officer from criminal prosecution after he fatally shot black teenager Laquan McDonald began with prosecutors pointing to reports they contend were falsified and defense attorneys putting much of the blame on the teen himself. Ex-Officer Joseph Walsh, former... Read More

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David March, Jason Van Dyke, Joseph Walsh, Laquan McDonald, Thomas Gaffney

November 28, 2018

Judge to utility: Explain any role in deadly California fire

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A U.S. judge overseeing a criminal case against Pacific Gas & Electric Co. asked the utility Tuesday to explain any role it may have played in a massive wildfire that destroyed a Northern California town and killed nearly 90 people. Judge William Alsup in San Francisco directed PG&E in a court... Read More

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PG&E

November 28, 2018

Man who had heart attack after Hawaii missile alert sues

HONOLULU (AP) — A man who suffered a heart attack shortly after Hawaii mistakenly issued an alert about a ballistic missile filed a lawsuit against the state on Tuesday. The false missile alert and the state’s failure to cancel it in a timely manner was a substantial factor in causing James Sean Shields’ heart attack... Read More

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James Sean Shields

November 28, 2018

Chicago alderman set to change plea in federal bribery case

CHICAGO (AP) — A prominent Chicago alderman who pleaded not guilty earlier to corruption charges is scheduled to change his plea. A change-of-plea hearing for Willie B. Cochran is scheduled for Wednesday in Chicago federal court. Filings don’t offer details, including what charges the Democrat might plead guilty to or whether it is part of... Read More

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Willie Cochran

November 28, 2018

Prep school grad in sex assault case asks for new trial

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — An elite prep school graduate convicted of using a computer to lure an underage student for sex is asking the New Hampshire Supreme Court for a new trial by arguing he had ineffective counsel. Owen Labrie, of Tunbridge, Vermont, was acquitted in 2015 of raping a 15-year-old classmate as part of... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sexual Abuse

Owen Labrie

November 28, 2018

MS-13 member gets life for role in slayings of 2 teen boys

BOSTON (AP) — A member of the MS-13 gang has been sentenced to life in prison for his role in two killings in Boston in which the teenage victims were lured to their deaths via social media. Federal prosecutors say 23-year-old Edwin Gonzalez was sentenced Tuesday following his conviction on racketeering charges. The jury found... Read More

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Edwin Gonzalez

November 28, 2018

Day care worker pleads guilty to smothering infant girl

BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore day care worker has pleaded guilty to smothering an 8-month-old girl who would not nap. News outlets report 24-year-old Leah Walden was sentenced to 70 years prison in the May 2017 death of Reese Bowman. Surveillance cameras captured Walden slapping Reese and pinning her down with one arm in the... Read More

Bad Parenting, Criminal Justice News, News

Leah Walden

November 28, 2018

Man sentenced for fatal shooting in Buffalo 27 years ago

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A 46-year-old man has been sentenced for fatally shooting a Buffalo teenager in 1991 in a case that sent the wrong man to prison for nearly 30 years. Lamarr Scott was sentenced Tuesday in Erie County Court to 8 1/3 to 25 years in prison for killing 17-year-old Torriano Jackson and... Read More

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Lamarr Scott

November 28, 2018

Parkland teachers protest reassignment of administrators

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — More than 50 teachers chanted “bring them back” outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Tuesday morning, demanding the return of four administrators who were reassigned after a state commission’s investigation of the shooting that killed 17 people on Valentine’s Day. The suspect, former student Nikolas Cruz, 20, appeared later Tuesday... Read More

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Nikolas Cruz

November 28, 2018

US to appeal judge’s order barring asylum restrictions

HOUSTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday said it would appeal a judge’s order barring it from enforcing a ban on asylum for any immigrants who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border, after the president’s attack on the judge prompted an extraordinary rebuke from the nation’s chief justice. The Justice Department filed a notice... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Immigration, News

Asylum

Opioid case has new complication: Babies born in withdrawal

Bucs QB Winston nearing settlement in 2016 accusation

Man charged after 2 people targeted by driver at synagogue

US charges 8 in online advertising fraud scheme

Trial begins for Chicago cops accused in Van Dyke cover-up

Judge to utility: Explain any role in deadly California fire

Man who had heart attack after Hawaii missile alert sues

Chicago alderman set to change plea in federal bribery case

Prep school grad in sex assault case asks for new trial

MS-13 member gets life for role in slayings of 2 teen boys

Day care worker pleads guilty to smothering infant girl

Man sentenced for fatal shooting in Buffalo 27 years ago

Parkland teachers protest reassignment of administrators

US to appeal judge’s order barring asylum restrictions

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