Report: Drugmakers, distributors under federal opioid probe

At least a half-dozen companies that make or distribute prescription opioid painkillers are facing a federal criminal investigation of their roles in a nationwide addiction and overdose crisis. The Wall Street Journal first reported the investigation Tuesday, citing unnamed sources familiar with the probe. Many activists have called for drug companies to not only be... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, News

November 26, 2019

Lottery group settles with winner who sought bigger prize

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A national lottery group rocked by an insider’s jackpot-rigging conspiracy said Monday it has settled a lawsuit brought by an Iowa grandfather who alleged that a $9 million prize he won in 2011 should have been nearly three times as big. The Multi-State Lottery Association and Larry Dawson informed a... Read More

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Larry Dawson

November 26, 2019

Family of slain Utah woman says school didn’t protect her

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The parents of a University of Utah student and track athlete who was fatally shot on campus are fighting a claim by the college that their lawsuit should be dismissed because their daughter’s killer wasn’t a student. Campus police could have contacted the killer’s parole officer or kept him off... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, News

Lauren McCluskey

November 26, 2019

Man charged in synagogue bomb plot pleads not guilty

DENVER (AP) — An alleged white supremacist accused of planning to bomb a Colorado synagogue pleaded not guilty to a hate crime and other charges on Monday as members of the congregation he is suspected of targeting watched from the back of the courtroom. Federal public defender Mary Butterton entered not guilty pleas to each... Read More

Criminal Justice News, National Security, News, Race

Richard Holzer

November 26, 2019

Lobbyist sentenced to 7 years in Arkansas corruption scheme

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A lobbyist who pleaded guilty to bribing three former Arkansas state lawmakers, including the governor’s nephew, has been sentenced to seven years in prison without parole. Rusty Cranford was sentenced in federal court Monday for bribing Republican state Sen. Jon Woods, Democratic state Rep. Hank Wilkins and Republican state Sen. Jeremy... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Fraud, News

Rusty Cranford

November 26, 2019

McDonald’s agrees to $26M settlement with California workers

LOS ANGELES (AP) — McDonald’s has agreed to a $26 million settlement of a long-running class-action lawsuit over wages and work conditions at corporate-run locations in California, the parties said Monday. The agreement, which estimates the settlement covers about 38,000 individuals, requires the approval of a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge. The lawsuit filed... Read More

Business, Criminal Justice News, News

McDonalds

November 26, 2019

Ex-director of Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America charged

NEW YORK (AP) — The former head administrator of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America was arrested Monday on charges he embezzled over half a million dollars from the organization even as the church ran out of money trying to build a shrine to replace a church crushed in the Sept. 11 attacks. Jerry Dimitriou,... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Fraud, News, Religion

Jerry Dimitriou

November 26, 2019

Suspect in sheriff’s death appears in court

HAYNEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A teenager accused of killing an Alabama sheriff is himself the son of a law enforcement officer and made his first court appearance Monday and was ordered held without bond. Shackled and wearing a black-and-white striped jail uniform, 18-year-old William Chase Johnson was brought under heavy security to the Lowndes County... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, Law Enforcement, News

William Johnson

November 26, 2019

Former sheriff sentenced to 18 months for food fraud

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — A judge on Monday sentenced a former Alabama sheriff to 18 months in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to scamming a food bank and his own small-town church to obtain inexpensive jail food and boost his personal income. U.S. District Judge Liles Burke sentenced former Pickens County Sherriff David Abston... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Fraud, Law Enforcement, News

David Abston

November 26, 2019

Chinese woman sentenced to 8 months for Mar-a-Lago trespass

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge on Monday sentenced a Chinese businesswoman to eight months in prison for trespassing at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club and lying to Secret Service agents. U.S. District Judge Roy Altman also ordered that 33-year-old Yujing Zhang be turned over to immigration officials for deportation upon her release.... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Yujing Zhang

November 26, 2019

3 Maryland men exonerated after 36 years in prison

BALTIMORE (AP) — Three men incarcerated for 36 years in Maryland were exonerated Monday in the slaying of a Baltimore teenager after a review of their case. Alfred Chestnut, Ransom Watkins and Andrew Stewart were released from custody hours after a judge cleared their convictions and prosecutors dropped the charges. They were teenagers when they... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Alfred Chestnut, Andrew Stewart, Ransom Watkins

November 26, 2019

California man tells court he served as agent for China

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A former San Francisco Bay Area tour operator agreed Monday to plead guilty to serving as an unregistered agent for China in exchange for a possible reduced prison sentence. Xuehua Edward Peng agreed in court to a four-year prison term and a fine of $30,000 in a plea deal negotiated with... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Xuehua Edward Peng

November 26, 2019

Agency agrees to designate habitat for threatened ice seals

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A federal agency will decide by September how much ocean and coast in northern Alaska will be designated as critical habitat for two ice seal species. The Center for Biological Diversity announced Monday it had reached an agreement with the Commerce Department for the Trump administration to issue a critical habitat... Read More

Animals, Criminal Justice News, Environment, News

November 26, 2019

West Virginia man gets 5 life sentences for enticing teens

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia man has been sentenced to five consecutive life sentences for posing as a girl and persuading underage boys to send him sexually explicit pictures and videos. U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced the sentencing of Quionte Jordan Crawford on Monday. He says the 27-year-old man pretended to be a... Read More

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Quionte Jordan Crawford

Report: Drugmakers, distributors under federal opioid probe

Lottery group settles with winner who sought bigger prize

Family of slain Utah woman says school didn’t protect her

Man charged in synagogue bomb plot pleads not guilty

Lobbyist sentenced to 7 years in Arkansas corruption scheme

McDonald’s agrees to $26M settlement with California workers

Ex-director of Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America charged

Suspect in sheriff’s death appears in court

Former sheriff sentenced to 18 months for food fraud

Chinese woman sentenced to 8 months for Mar-a-Lago trespass

3 Maryland men exonerated after 36 years in prison

California man tells court he served as agent for China

Agency agrees to designate habitat for threatened ice seals

West Virginia man gets 5 life sentences for enticing teens

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