Woman, homeless man in GoFundMe scheme plead guilty

CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — A homeless man and a woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges in a GoFundMe scheme that prosecutors say netted $400,000 with a phony story about him coming to her aid. Johnny Bobbitt, 36, of Philadelphia, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering, and Katelyn McClure, 28, of Bordentown, New... Read More

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Johnny Bobbitt

March 7, 2019

Man convicted of sex trafficking a slain teen

CHICAGO (AP) — A man accused of sex-trafficking a teenager who was allegedly killed by a man who answered an online sex advertisement was convicted Wednesday of the charges by a federal jury. Joseph Hazley was accused of sex-trafficking Desiree Robinson and two other victims. The 16-year-old Robinson was allegedly killed in December 2016. The... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

March 7, 2019

Kansas governor meets unexpected resistance to schools plan

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ new Democratic governor is meeting unexpected resistance to her plan for boosting public education funding from local school districts that believe her proposal wouldn’t supply enough new money. Gov. Laura Kelly touts her proposed increase of roughly $90 million a year as a simple way to comply with a Kansas... Read More

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Laura Kelly

March 7, 2019

Jury deliberations resume in Florida officer’s trial

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Jury deliberations are headed into their second day in the trial of a fired Florida police officer charged with killing a stranded black motorist. The jurors will return to Palm Beach County courthouse Thursday to resume deliberating the fate of Nouman Raja. The 41-year-old former Palm Beach Gardens officer... Read More

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Nouman Raja

March 7, 2019

Police: Man who killed parents feared psychiatric commitment

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Kim Nicholson’s troubled son disappeared last year, but he sent his parents disturbing text messages and they learned he had placed a 911 call. Fearing he might have died, they hired a private investigator in early February to track him down. Just days later, on Feb. 13, police found Nicholson,... Read More

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Camden Nicholson

March 7, 2019

Ahead of court ruling, Census Bureau seeks citizenship data

As the U.S. Supreme Court weighs whether the Trump administration can ask people if they are citizens on the 2020 Census, the Census Bureau is quietly seeking comprehensive information about the legal status of millions of immigrants. Under a proposed plan, the Department of Homeland Security would provide the Census Bureau with a broad swath... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Immigration, News

March 7, 2019

UK jury convicts man in acid attack on 3-year-old son

LONDON (AP) — A jury in central England on Wednesday convicted a father of enlisting men to attack his 3-year-old son with a corrosive acid amid a custody battle with the child’s mother. The jury found the 40-year-old man and five others guilty of conspiracy with intent to “burn, maim or disfigure.” The boy suffered... Read More

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March 7, 2019

Prosecutors to drop all charges against ex-Rep. Aaron Schock

CHICAGO (AP) — Federal prosecutors agreed Wednesday to drop all felony corruption charges against former Rep. Aaron Schock if he pays tens of thousands to the IRS and campaign committees, a dramatic reversal the Illinois Republican said proved he was targeted by a prosecutor looking for “stardom.” Schock, a one-time rising GOP star, resigned from... Read More

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Aaron Schock

March 7, 2019

Ghosn’s journey: Star auto executive to masked suspect

Carlos Ghosn, the star auto executive credited with rescuing both Renault and Nissan, left a drab Tokyo detention center Wednesday after more than three months in custody, his identity obscured by a surgical mask, hat and construction worker’s outfit. The jet-setting turnaround wizard was pursued by TV news helicopters as he traveled in a tiny... Read More

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Carlos Ghosn, Nissan

March 7, 2019

R. Kelly in jail over child support; TV interview to resume

CHICAGO (AP) — R. Kelly’s day began with a nationally televised broadcast in which he whispered, cried and ranted while pleading with viewers to believe him: He’d never had sex with anyone under 17 and never held anyone against her will. The day ended with a trip to jail after the embattled R&B singer told... Read More

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R. Kelly

March 7, 2019

Manafort scheduled to learn sentence for tax and bank fraud

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — When former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort is sentenced for tax and bank fraud , U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III will likely issue the same lecture he gives to drug dealers and bank robbers. “You write the pages to your own life story,” Ellis routinely tells defendants before pronouncing sentence.... Read More

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Paul Manafort

March 7, 2019

China’s Huawei sues to challenge US security law

SHENZHEN, China (AP) — Chinese tech giant Huawei is challenging a U.S. law that labels the company a security risk and would limit its access to the American market for telecom equipment. Huawei Technologies Ltd.’s lawsuit, announced Thursday, asks a federal court to reject as unconstitutional a portion of this year’s U.S. military appropriations act... Read More

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Huawei

March 6, 2019

Suspect in ballot fraud case freed after arraignment

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The top suspect in ballot-fraud allegations in the still-vacant North Carolina congressional election is free again after a surprise court appearance on felony charges. Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman said Leslie McCrae Dowless was arraigned Tuesday, almost three weeks before it was scheduled. Freeman says Dowless was scheduled to be... Read More

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Leslie McCrae Dowless Jr.

March 6, 2019

3 get prison in college basketball recruiting scandal

NEW YORK (AP) — A former Adidas executive and two others who paid families to persuade top college basketball recruits to play for schools sponsored by the shoe brand were sentenced to prison Tuesday by a judge who said he wanted to send a “great big warning light to the basketball world.” U.S. District Judge... Read More

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Woman, homeless man in GoFundMe scheme plead guilty

Man convicted of sex trafficking a slain teen

Kansas governor meets unexpected resistance to schools plan

Jury deliberations resume in Florida officer’s trial

Police: Man who killed parents feared psychiatric commitment

Ahead of court ruling, Census Bureau seeks citizenship data

UK jury convicts man in acid attack on 3-year-old son

Prosecutors to drop all charges against ex-Rep. Aaron Schock

Ghosn’s journey: Star auto executive to masked suspect

R. Kelly in jail over child support; TV interview to resume

Manafort scheduled to learn sentence for tax and bank fraud

China’s Huawei sues to challenge US security law

Suspect in ballot fraud case freed after arraignment

3 get prison in college basketball recruiting scandal

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