Family behind drug company sued over toll of opioids

The family that owns a drug company is now being sued over the toll of opioid painkillers in one New York county — and it’s likely to be sued by hundreds more. Well over 1,000 lawsuits filed by state and local governments blame drug companies for a crisis of addiction and overdoses across the country.... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, News

Opiods

October 24, 2018

Turkish president: Saudis must name masterminds of killing

ISTANBUL (AP) — Saudi Arabia must identify those who ordered the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and turn over the suspects for trial, the Turkish president said Tuesday in remarks that carefully ratcheted up pressure on a country that is a source of investment for Turkey, but also a rival for influence in the Middle... Read More

Criminal Justice News, International Justice Watch, News

Jamal Khashoggi

October 24, 2018

Records: Suspect in Utah university killing was sex offender

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A University of Utah student and track athlete who was shot and killed on campus by a former boyfriend had filed a police complaint against him after she learned he was a sex offender and broke off the relationship, authorities said Tuesday. Investigators had been working to build a case... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sexual Abuse

Lauren McCluskey, Melvin Rowland

October 23, 2018

Report: Suspect in fatal shooting found dead

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man suspected of shooting and killing a University of Utah student was found dead early Tuesday, according to a broadcast report. Police tracked down the man, identified as Melvin Rowland, who authorities say shot a female student outside a dormitory on campus just before 10 p.m. Monday. The student... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, News

Melvin Rowland

October 23, 2018

Former MLB star Dykstra pleads not guilty to threat charge

ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) — Ex-Major League Baseball player Lenny Dykstra pleaded not guilty Monday to drug and terroristic threat charges stemming from an altercation with an Uber driver. The three-time All-Star, who played 12 seasons in the majors and was a member of the New York Mets’ 1986 championship team, told reporters as he left... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, News, Sports

Lenny Dykstra

October 23, 2018

Jury deliberates fate of 3 men in college basketball scandal

NEW YORK (AP) — A jury quietly deliberated for five hours Monday on its first day considering the merits of claims by the government that three men conspired to cheat major college basketball programs by paying young athletes to sign with schools sponsored by Adidas. Attorneys for the defendants contend their clients broke NCAA rules... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sports

NCAA, NCAA College Basketball

October 23, 2018

5 of the 6 killed in Utah highway crash were from Honduras

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Five of the six men killed last week when a dump truck collided with a pickup truck on a Utah highway were from Honduras, authorities said Monday. Utah authorities are coordinating with Honduran consular officials to inform the victim’s families before making their identities public, said Utah Highway Patrol Sgt.... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Jamie Don McKenzie

October 23, 2018

Ex-mayor convicted of selling office faces sentencing

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The former mayor of Allentown, Pennsylvania, faces sentencing on federal corruption charges. Ed Pawlowski is due in court Tuesday. The 53-year-old Democrat was convicted in March on dozens of charges that he traded city contracts for campaign cash. Prosecutors say Pawlowski strong-armed city vendors to contribute to his failed campaigns for... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Fraud, News

Ed Pawlowski

October 23, 2018

Border Patrol agent’s new trial in teen’s killing to start

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Federal prosecutors will once again try a U.S. Border Patrol agent who killed a 16-year-old boy in a cross-border shooting but who was earlier this year acquitted of murder. The second trial against Lonnie Swartz begins Tuesday morning, six months after he was acquitted on a second-degree murder charge and five... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Law Enforcement, National Security, News

Lonnie Swartz

October 23, 2018

Billionaire Boys Club’s Joe Hunt seeks cut in life sentence

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The young Joe Hunt once used his intelligence, a high-energy salesman’s patter and powers of persuasion to get wealthy friends to invest in his Billionaire Boys Club to fuel an opulent lifestyle that abruptly ended with a first-degree murder conviction and a prison sentence of life without the possibility of parole.... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Billionaire Boys Club, Joe Hunt

October 23, 2018

Judge: Michael Avenatti must pay $4.85M in ex-lawyer’s suit

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Porn actress Stormy Daniels’ lawyer Michael Avenatti must pay $4.85 million to an attorney who worked at his former law firm, a California judge ruled Monday in an order that holds the potential presidential candidate personally liable in a lawsuit over back pay. The Los Angeles judge ordered the payout the... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Michael Avenatti

October 23, 2018

Judge upholds Monsanto verdict, cuts award to $78 million

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Northern California judge on Monday upheld a jury’s verdict that found Monsanto’s weed killer caused a groundskeeper’s cancer, but she slashed the amount of money to be paid from $289 million to $78 million. In denying Monsanto’s request for a new trial, San Francisco Superior Court Judge Suzanne Bolanos cut... Read More

Business, Criminal Justice News, News

Monsanto, Roundup

October 23, 2018

Police search for man they say killed U of Utah student

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police are searching for a man they say shot and killed a University of Utah student outside of a dormitory on campus Monday, the Salt Lake Tribune reported. The female student’s body was found about 9 p.m. in a car near the medical towers, University of Utah Police Lt. Brian... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, News

October 22, 2018

Philadelphia songwriter wins $44M in suit over Usher song

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia songwriter who claims he was cut out of profits and credit from song that was recorded by R&B star Usher has been awarded more than $44 million in damages in a suit that targeted the track’s other co-writers. A jury last week awarded the sum to Daniel Marino. His former... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, News

Daniel Marino, Usher

Family behind drug company sued over toll of opioids

Turkish president: Saudis must name masterminds of killing

Records: Suspect in Utah university killing was sex offender

Report: Suspect in fatal shooting found dead

Former MLB star Dykstra pleads not guilty to threat charge

Jury deliberates fate of 3 men in college basketball scandal

5 of the 6 killed in Utah highway crash were from Honduras

Ex-mayor convicted of selling office faces sentencing

Border Patrol agent’s new trial in teen’s killing to start

Billionaire Boys Club’s Joe Hunt seeks cut in life sentence

Judge: Michael Avenatti must pay $4.85M in ex-lawyer’s suit

Judge upholds Monsanto verdict, cuts award to $78 million

Police search for man they say killed U of Utah student

Philadelphia songwriter wins $44M in suit over Usher song

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