Florida set to execute serial killer who preyed on gay men

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A serial killer who preyed on older, gay men during an eight-month spree that left six dead on or near the U.S. East Coast a quarter century ago is scheduled to be executed Thursday evening. Gary Ray Bowles, 57, is set to receive a lethal injection at Florida State Prison in... Read More

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Gary Ray Bowles

August 22, 2019

Worker convicted of sexually assaulting nursing home patient

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A jury in Texas has convicted a health care worker of sexually assaulting a nursing home patient who had dementia. The jury in Fort Worth deliberated less than two hours Wednesday before convicting 53-year-old Anthony Mamboleo Nyakeo of aggravated sexual assault of an elderly or disabled person. Prosecutors say Nyakeo... Read More

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Anthony Mamboleo Nyakeo

August 21, 2019

Suit alleges security guards had sex with Illinois students

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday alleges two security guards who worked at a public high school in suburban Chicago had sex with female students, and the school failed to adequately protect girls from purported predators. The 22-page suit says school officials knew or should have known the staffers posed a risk at... Read More

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Michael B. Haywood

August 21, 2019

Former VA pathologist charged in deaths of 3 patients

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A pathologist fired from an Arkansas veterans hospital after officials said he had been impaired while on duty was charged Tuesday with involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of three patients who authorities say he misdiagnosed and whose records he later altered to conceal his mistakes. A grand jury indictment unsealed... Read More

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Robert Morris Levy

August 21, 2019

Ex-Michigan State star Cleaves acquitted in sex assault case

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A jury acquitted former Michigan State basketball star Mateen Cleaves on Tuesday of allegations he sexually assaulted a woman in a motel room four years ago. The verdict announced in a Genesee County courtroom in Cleaves’ hometown of Flint came after a nearly-two week trial that included the testimony of the... Read More

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Mateen Cleaves

August 21, 2019

Public weighs in on gun bills after Virginia mass shooting

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Members of the public and special interest groups made their case Tuesday to a Virginia commission studying a broad range of gun safety proposals after a deadly mass shooting in Virginia Beach earlier this year. The bipartisan Virginia State Crime Commission heard hours of testimony from speakers across the ideological spectrum... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, News

August 21, 2019

Chinese woman accused of Mar-a-Lago trespass angers judge

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Chinese woman accused of trespassing at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club and lying to Secret Service agents is frustrating the federal judge hearing her case as she ignores his questions and leaves him bewildered with her answers. The woman, 33-year-old Yujing Zhang, is acting as her own attorney and... Read More

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Yujing Zhang

August 21, 2019

Harvey Weinstein wants to move trial out of NYC

NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer for Harvey Weinstein has asked that the disgraced movie mogul’s upcoming criminal trial be moved out of New York City, saying he can’t get a fair trial. In a longshot motion filed with the New York State appellate court on Friday, attorney Arthur Aidala suggested the trial be moved... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, News, Sexual Orientation

Harvey Weinstein

August 21, 2019

Philly police head resigns as bias suit roils department

Philadelphia’s police commissioner resigned Tuesday amid allegations that members of his department engaged in sexual harassment and racial and gender discrimination against two women serving in the ranks. Mayor Jim Kenney said in a news release he was disappointed to lose Commissioner Richard Ross Jr., but in light of the new allegations, he said Ross’... Read More

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Richard Ross Jr.

August 21, 2019

Suspect in huge Capital One breach seeks release from jail

SEATTLE (AP) — Lawyers for a transgender woman charged in a massive data breach at Capital One asked a judge Tuesday to release her from federal custody, saying that for her to remain jailed with men is a serious threat to her mental health. Paige Thompson, a talented computer programmer from Seattle who goes by... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Fraud, News

Paige Thompson

August 21, 2019

Jury to weigh ex-school head’s lawsuit against writer Sparks

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A jury will decide whether the former head of a private Christian school that novelist Nicholas Sparks founded in his North Carolina hometown was unjustly fired, then defamed when the author said the educator suffered from mental illness. Attorneys are expected to summarize their evidence Wednesday before jurors begin deliberating whether... Read More

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Nicholas Sparks

August 21, 2019

Hearing set for case to force WV governor to live in capital

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Can the governor of West Virginia be forced to live in the state capital? A persistent lawsuit seeking to do just that is back in court Wednesday. Republican Gov. Jim Justice has been frequently criticized by members of both major parties for not spending time at the Charleston statehouse. But perhaps... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Politics

Jim Justice

August 21, 2019

Florida man guilty of killing his mother sentenced to life

NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man who was found guilty of killing his mother has been sentenced to life in prison. News outlets report 33-year-old Yuzo Nishi was sentenced Tuesday in the 2016 death of 51-year-old Maria Bertalmio. Nishi was found guilty in June of second-degree murder. A Collier County Sheriff’s Office report says... Read More

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Yuzo Nishi

August 21, 2019

Trial to start in case of fatal shooting over parking spot

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — Jurors are set to hear opening arguments in the trial of a white man who is accused of fatally shooting an unarmed black man during a dispute over a parking space in Florida. Opening arguments were set Wednesday for a Clearwater courtroom. Five men and a woman were seated as jurors... Read More

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Michael Drejka

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Florida set to execute serial killer who preyed on gay men

Worker convicted of sexually assaulting nursing home patient

Suit alleges security guards had sex with Illinois students

Former VA pathologist charged in deaths of 3 patients

Ex-Michigan State star Cleaves acquitted in sex assault case

Public weighs in on gun bills after Virginia mass shooting

Chinese woman accused of Mar-a-Lago trespass angers judge

Harvey Weinstein wants to move trial out of NYC

Philly police head resigns as bias suit roils department

Suspect in huge Capital One breach seeks release from jail

Jury to weigh ex-school head’s lawsuit against writer Sparks

Hearing set for case to force WV governor to live in capital

Florida man guilty of killing his mother sentenced to life

Trial to start in case of fatal shooting over parking spot

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