Russian Maria Butina gets 18 months for being Kremlin agent

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a quivering voice, Maria Butina begged for leniency Friday as she awaited sentencing on charges of being a secret agent for Russia. She cast herself as an innocent caught up in a massive geopolitical power game. But a federal judge sentenced her to 18 months in prison followed by deportation. U.S.... Read More

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Maria Butina

April 29, 2019

Attorneys in Weinstein case buy some extra time before trial

NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assault trial, postponed until September, is now poised to end two years after a wave of women’s allegations against him sparked the #MeToo movement. A Manhattan judge announced the delay Friday after a closed-door hearing in which prosecutors sought to broaden their case to include some of those... Read More

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Harvey Weinstein

April 29, 2019

Lawyers for Patriots owner seek to have sex video thrown out

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Most Florida second-degree misdemeanors don’t have dayslong pretrial hearings with top-line attorneys and 30 subpoenaed witnesses, including an expert on police procedures — but the State of Florida vs. Robert Kraft is no typical case. The New England Patriots owner’s high-profile attorneys went toe-to-toe Friday with some of Palm... Read More

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Robert Kraft

April 29, 2019

Police: Army vet drove into people thinking they were Muslim

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An Iraq War veteran deliberately drove into a group of pedestrians because he thought some of the people were Muslim, California authorities said Friday. Isaiah Joel Peoples, 34, faces eight counts of attempted murder for injuring eight people, including four who remain hospitalized. The most seriously injured is a 13-year-old Sunnyvale... Read More

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Isaiah Joel Peoples

April 29, 2019

Immigrant-heavy GOP states OK with census citizen question

PHOENIX (AP) — It’s not just Democratic-leaning states at risk of losing federal money and clout in Congress if the Supreme Court says the upcoming census can include a citizenship question. Fast-growing Arizona, Florida and Texas all have large groups of immigrants, especially Hispanics, who might choose to sit out the census, but are led... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Immigration, News

April 29, 2019

Barr’s testimony to House on Mueller in doubt amid dispute

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has informed the House Judiciary Committee that Attorney General William Barr may skip a Thursday hearing on special counsel Robert Mueller’s report if committee lawyers seek to question him. The Democratic-run committee plans to allow counsels from both sides to ask Barr about the Russia probe after the traditional... Read More

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Robert Mueller, William Barr

April 29, 2019

Online hate forges a dark path for suspect in attack plot

GREECE, N.Y. (AP) — A few months after he turned 17 — and more than two years before he was arrested — Vincent Vetromile recast himself as an online revolutionary. Offline, in this suburb of Rochester, New York, Vetromile was finishing requirements for promotion to Eagle Scout in a troop that met at a local... Read More

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Vincent Vetromile

April 29, 2019

Corruption claims, mailbox send Hawaii power couple to trial

HONOLULU (AP) — He was Honolulu’s Rolex-wearing police chief, an avid surfer who chatted with beat cops in Pidgin, Hawaii’s creole language. She was his deputy city prosecutor wife, who drove a Maserati and led an elite unit targeting career criminals while showering lunches on colleagues, friends and even the workers renovating her home. For... Read More

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Katherine Kealoha, Louis Kealoha

April 29, 2019

Jury at ex-Minneapolis cop’s trial told to avoid hindsight

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The jury that will decide the fate of Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot an unarmed woman when she approached his squad car was instructed Monday to weigh its verdict decision without the benefit of hindsight. Mohamed Noor is on trial for murder and manslaughter in the 2017 death of Justine Ruszczyk... Read More

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Mohamed Noor

April 26, 2019

Fake German heiress convicted of bilking banks, businesses

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York jury on Thursday convicted an extravagant socialite who bankrolled an implausibly lavish lifestyle with tens of thousands of dollars she swindled from banks, hotels and friends who believed she was a wealthy German heiress. The Manhattan jury found Anna Sorokin guilty of four counts of theft of services,... Read More

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Anna Sorokin

April 26, 2019

Waffle House shooting suspect’s father pleads not guilty

PEKIN, Ill. (AP) — The father of the man accused of killing four people at a Waffle House in Tennessee last year pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges related to the gun used in the shooting. Jeffrey Reinking is accused of giving an AR-15-style rifle to his 30-year-old son, Travis Reinking, who authorities said used... Read More

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Travis Reinking

April 26, 2019

DA: Man ran prostitution ring out of parents’ basement

NEW YORK (AP) — A Long Island man ran a prostitution ring out of his elderly parents’ sprawling suburban home, enticing women with drugs and locking them in a basement where he forced them to use a bucket instead of a bathroom, prosecutors said Thursday. Raymond Rodio III, 47, used social media to recruit and... Read More

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Raymond Rodio lll

April 26, 2019

Report: Chicago officer distraught after killing black teen

CHICAGO (AP) — A white former Chicago police officer convicted of killing a black teenager was emotionally distraught in the days that followed the 2014 shooting, according to a newly released psychologist’s report. The report was among nearly 90 unsealed court filings related to Jason Van Dyke’s prosecution released Wednesday in response to a lawsuit... Read More

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Jason Van Dyke

April 26, 2019

Family of slain motorist celebrates after officer sentenced

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Corey Jones’s family sang the gospel song “Victory is Mine” as they walked out of a Florida courthouse, celebrating after a judge handed a 25-year sentence to a former police officer for killing the stranded black motorist in 2015. Fired Palm Beach Gardens officer Nouman Raja on Thursday became... Read More

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Nouman Raja

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Russian Maria Butina gets 18 months for being Kremlin agent

Attorneys in Weinstein case buy some extra time before trial

Lawyers for Patriots owner seek to have sex video thrown out

Police: Army vet drove into people thinking they were Muslim

Immigrant-heavy GOP states OK with census citizen question

Barr’s testimony to House on Mueller in doubt amid dispute

Online hate forges a dark path for suspect in attack plot

Corruption claims, mailbox send Hawaii power couple to trial

Jury at ex-Minneapolis cop’s trial told to avoid hindsight

Fake German heiress convicted of bilking banks, businesses

Waffle House shooting suspect’s father pleads not guilty

DA: Man ran prostitution ring out of parents’ basement

Report: Chicago officer distraught after killing black teen

Family of slain motorist celebrates after officer sentenced

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