Vince Vaughn DUI bust caught on officers’ body cameras

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Actor Vince Vaughn was arrested Sunday on suspicion of drunken driving after being stopped at a sobriety checkpoint in a Southern California beach town, police said. Vaughn, 48, was busted early in the morning in Manhattan Beach after failing a field sobriety test that was captured with officers’ body cameras, Sgt.... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, News

June 11, 2018

Alleged top Mexican drug cartel leader to be sentenced

ATLANTA (AP) — A former Texas high school football player who authorities say rose to the top ranks of a Mexican drug cartel is set to be sentenced on drug and money laundering charges. Edgar Valdez Villarreal is known as “La Barbie” because of his light eyes and complexion. He’s set for sentencing Monday in... Read More

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Edgar Valdez Villarreal

June 11, 2018

Michigan driver to be sentenced in 2016 deaths of 5 cyclists

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan man is scheduled to be sentenced in the deaths of five bicyclists whom he struck with his pickup truck after ingesting painkillers and other drugs. Charles Pickett Jr., of Battle Creek, faces up to life in prison at his sentencing hearing Monday in Kalamazoo County Circuit Court. He was... Read More

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Charles Pickett Jr.

June 11, 2018

Lawsuit: Government negligent in Texas church massacre

DALLAS (AP) — A family that lost several relatives during a mass shooting at a Texas church says the federal government was negligent by failing to report the gunman’s criminal information to a national database, according to a lawsuit filed this week. The suit, filed in federal court in San Antonio, said that even though... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, News

Devin Patrick Kelley, Texas Church Massacre

June 11, 2018

Suspect accused of burning deputy’s body after killing him

CHARLOTTE, Tenn. (AP) — A man charged with killing a deputy in Tennessee and burning his body now faces federal and state charges that could be punishable by death, authorities announced Friday. A state judge on Friday arraigned Steven Joshua Wiggins on 12 charges, including premeditated murder, in the shooting of 32-year-old Dickson County sheriff’s... Read More

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Steven Wiggins

June 11, 2018

Manafort faces new charges in Russia probe

WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Robert Mueller has brought new obstruction charges against President Donald Trump’s campaign chairman and a longtime associate who prosecutors have said has ties to Russian intelligence. The indictment was unsealed Friday against Paul Manafort and Konstantin Kilimnik just days after prosecutors accused the two men of attempting to tamper with... Read More

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Konstantin Kilimnik, Paul Manafort

June 11, 2018

Federal judge temporarily blocks deportation of pizza worker

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Saturday temporarily blocked the deportation of a New York pizza shop worker to his native Ecuador after he was arrested while making a delivery to a Brooklyn Army base. Attorneys for The Legal Aid Society obtained the temporary stay for Pablo Villavicencio after a hearing in Manhattan... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Immigration, News

Immigration, Pablo Villavicencio

June 8, 2018

Vietnam expels human rights lawyer, 2nd dissident to Germany

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnamese authorities released from prison and expelled a prominent human rights lawyer and another dissident, both of whom were sent to Germany, a pro-democracy group said. The Brotherhood for Democracy said on its Facebook page that lawyer Nguyen Van Dai and Le Thu Ha arrived in Frankfurt early Friday. It said... Read More

Criminal Justice News, International Justice Watch, News

Nguyen Van Dai

June 8, 2018

Ex-leader of rogue police unit gets 25 years in prison

BALTIMORE (AP) — A former leader of a corrupt Baltimore police unit has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release. U.S. District Judge Catherine Blake handed down the punishment Thursday to 37-year-old former Gun Trace Task Force leader Sgt. Wayne Earl Jenkins of Middle River, Maryland. Jenkins... Read More

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Wayne Jenkins

June 8, 2018

The Rifleman says he witnessed killing of nightclub owner

BOSTON (AP) — An 83-year-old former gangster who’s testifying against a one-time New England Mafia boss said Thursday that he happened to walked in on the killing of a nightclub owner more than two decades ago. Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi told jurors he walked into the home of then-Mafia boss Francis “Cadillac Frank” Salemme on... Read More

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Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi

June 8, 2018

Arkansas court hears case over medical marijuana permits

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An attorney for a company that unsuccessfully applied for a license to grow medical marijuana in Arkansas called the process for permitting such businesses “flawed and corrupt” on Thursday as state Supreme Court justices questioned whether a judge had the power to prevent those licenses from being issued. The state... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, News

Marijuana, Pot

June 8, 2018

Lawsuit: Washington jail must provide addiction treatment

SEATTLE (AP) — In a novel case that could have national implications, the Washington state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union sued a county sheriff’s office to force it to provide opiate-withdrawal medication to prisoners, rather than requiring them to go cold turkey. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Seattle, says... Read More

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Whatcom County Jail

June 8, 2018

Ex-head of prestigious Dalton School accused of abuse in 80s

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The former head of New York’s prestigious Dalton School was accused in a lawsuit Thursday of sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl who lived with him and his wife while attending the school in the 1980s. The suit filed in federal court in Newark, New Jersey, accused Gardner Dunnan of molesting the... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sexual Abuse

Gardner Dunnan

June 8, 2018

Hawaii lava evacuee recounts neighborhood shooting near flow

HONOLULU (AP) — A woman who evacuated her Hawaii home because of the erupting Kilauea volcano said Thursday she filmed an angry neighbor shooting at a man near a lava flow. Patty Jones told The Associated Press she started recording cellphone video after the man stormed out of his pickup truck and accosted another neighbor... Read More

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John Hubbard

Vince Vaughn DUI bust caught on officers’ body cameras

Alleged top Mexican drug cartel leader to be sentenced

Michigan driver to be sentenced in 2016 deaths of 5 cyclists

Lawsuit: Government negligent in Texas church massacre

Suspect accused of burning deputy’s body after killing him

Manafort faces new charges in Russia probe

Federal judge temporarily blocks deportation of pizza worker

Vietnam expels human rights lawyer, 2nd dissident to Germany

Ex-leader of rogue police unit gets 25 years in prison

The Rifleman says he witnessed killing of nightclub owner

Arkansas court hears case over medical marijuana permits

Lawsuit: Washington jail must provide addiction treatment

Ex-head of prestigious Dalton School accused of abuse in 80s

Hawaii lava evacuee recounts neighborhood shooting near flow

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