Lawyer raises new questions about slain Baltimore detective

BALTIMORE (AP) — A lawyer for two men whose federal convictions were recently overturned is raising fresh questions about an April 2010 incident that led to their convictions on bogus drug charges and involved a Baltimore detective fatally gunned down last month just as he was set to testify before a grand jury investigating indicted... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Law Enforcement, News

Baltimore, Sean Suiter, Wayne Jenkins

December 20, 2017

Grand jury: Enough evidence for charges in FSU pledge death

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A grand jury said Tuesday that it saw enough evidence for criminal charges to be filed in the death of a Florida State University fraternity pledge but that the investigation is incomplete. The Leon County grand jury issued a 17-page presentment order that left the decision about charges up to the... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Andrew Coffey, FSU, University

December 20, 2017

‘Safe Ride’ driver charged with rape pleads not guilty

HAMILTON, Ohio (AP) — A man accused of sexually assaulting two female college students in Ohio in the vehicle he drove for his “Sherman’s Safe Ride” taxi service has pleaded not guilty to rape and sexual battery charges. The Hamilton-Middletown Journal-News reports 38-year-old Sherman Jackson II pleaded not guilty Tuesday in a Butler County court in Hamilton.... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sexual Abuse

Rape, Sherman Jackson II

December 20, 2017

Prosecutors seek to reinstate charges in 2015 Amtrak wreck

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Prosecutors are set to argue that criminal charges should be reinstated against the engineer in a deadly 2015 Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia. Pennsylvania’s attorney general on Wednesday is appealing a judge’s decision to dismiss the case against Brandon Bostian. Eight people died when the Washington-to-New York train rounded a curve at more... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Amtrak, Brandon Bostian

December 20, 2017

Wisconsin man who stole guns, wrote manifesto faces prison

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man who stole a cache of firearms from a gun shop and sent a rambling anti-government manifesto to the White House before going on the run faces sentencing. Joseph Jakubowski was convicted in September of two charges stemming from the April 4 theft. He faces up to 20 years... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, News

Joseph Jakubowski

December 20, 2017

Detroit judge mulling release of detained Iraqi nationals

DETROIT (AP) — Lindsey Hamama has one gift on her Christmas list: to have her father home. A federal judge in Detroit is mulling whether to release her father, Usama “Sam” Hamama, who was apprehended by immigration officials as part of a roundup in June, and hundreds of others whose deportations to Iraq were suspended... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Immigration, News, Politics

Immigration, Trump

December 20, 2017

US short of options to punish NKorea for serious cyberattack

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration vowed Tuesday that North Korea would be held accountable for a May cyberattack that affected 150 countries, but it didn’t say how, highlighting the difficulty of punishing a pariah nation already sanctioned to the hilt for its nuclear weapons program. The WannaCry ransomware attack infected hundreds of thousands of... Read More

Criminal Justice News, National Security, News, Technology

Cyberattack, North Korea

December 20, 2017

Prosecutors seek 15 years for 2nd man in beheading plot

BOSTON (AP) — Prosecutors and defense attorneys are seeking a 15-year prison sentence for a Rhode Island man who admitted to participating in a plot to behead a conservative blogger on behalf of the Islamic State group. Nicholas Rovinski, of Warwick, is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday in federal court in Boston. Rovinski pleaded guilty... Read More

Criminal Justice News, National Security, News

Nicholas Rovinski, Terrorism

December 20, 2017

Michael Jackson sex abuse lawsuit dismissed

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge on Tuesday dismissed the lawsuit brought by a choreographer who alleged Michael Jackson molested him as a child, resolving one of the last major claims against the late singer’s holdings. Judge Mitchell L. Beckloff’s summary judgment ruling against the now-35-year-old Wade Robson found that the two Jackson-owned corporations, which... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, News, Sexual Abuse

Michael Jackson, Wade Robson

December 19, 2017

Lawyer, 72, sues after court officers slammed him to floo

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia lawyer is suing a group of court officers for allegedly fracturing his shoulder and slamming him on the floor during what he says was a wrongful arrest. Clifford Haines filed suit Monday and his attorneys posted a video of the August arrest that shows five sheriff’s deputies swarm the 72-year-old after what... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Law Enforcement, News

Clifford Haines

December 19, 2017

Wrongful death lawsuit filed in Fitbit homicide case

VERNON, Conn. (AP) — The sister of a woman fatally shot in her Connecticut home in 2015 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the victim’s husband. The Journal Inquirer reports the lawsuit was filed on Nov. 22 by Marliese Shaw against Richard Dabate Jr., and seeks unspecified monetary damages. Dabate was charged in April with his... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Richard Dabate Jr.

December 19, 2017

White House adviser says NKorea behind big ransomware attack

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday publicly blamed North Korea for a “careless and reckless” ransomware attack that infected hundreds of thousands of computers worldwide in May and crippled parts of Britain’s National Health Service. Homeland security adviser Tom Bossert told reporters at a White House briefing that North Korea was directly... Read More

Criminal Justice News, National Security, News, Technology

North Korea

December 19, 2017

Report: Pistorius appeals sentence for killing girlfriend

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African media are reporting that Olympian Oscar Pistorius is appealing his recently lengthened prison sentence for the murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Broadcaster EWN reports that Pistorius filed an application to the Constitutional Court on Tuesday. The Supreme Court of Appeal last month more than doubled Pistorius’ sentence to 13 years,... Read More

Criminal Justice News, International Justice Watch, News, Sports

Oscar Pistorius

December 19, 2017

California shop owner admits selling rare-animal coats

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The owner of a vintage clothing store in San Francisco pleaded no contest Monday to misdemeanor charges she sold coats and other items made of cheetahs, leopards and other protected species. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that a judge fined Cicely Ann Hansen $3,600 and sentenced her to probation and 500 hours of... Read More

Animals, Criminal Justice News, News

Cicely Ann Hansen, Coats

Lawyer raises new questions about slain Baltimore detective

Grand jury: Enough evidence for charges in FSU pledge death

‘Safe Ride’ driver charged with rape pleads not guilty

Prosecutors seek to reinstate charges in 2015 Amtrak wreck

Wisconsin man who stole guns, wrote manifesto faces prison

Detroit judge mulling release of detained Iraqi nationals

US short of options to punish NKorea for serious cyberattack

Prosecutors seek 15 years for 2nd man in beheading plot

Michael Jackson sex abuse lawsuit dismissed

Lawyer, 72, sues after court officers slammed him to floo

Wrongful death lawsuit filed in Fitbit homicide case

White House adviser says NKorea behind big ransomware attack

Report: Pistorius appeals sentence for killing girlfriend

California shop owner admits selling rare-animal coats

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