House arrest modified for teen mom accused of killing infant

LEBANON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio judge has modified a house arrest order for a former high school cheerleader accused of killing and burying her newborn near her family’s home. Attorneys for 19-year-old Brooke Skylar Richardson previously filed a court motion in Warren County to lift the house arrest restriction. The judge ruled Monday that... Read More

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Brooke Skylar Richardson

April 24, 2018

Husband of Senate’s ex-leader due in court on sex charges

BOSTON (AP) — The estranged husband of former Massachusetts Senate President Stan Rosenberg is making his first court appearance since being indicted on sexual assault and other charges. Bryon Hefner is scheduled to be arraigned on Tuesday in Suffolk Superior Court on charges of sexual assault, distributing nude photos without consent and criminal lewdness. He... Read More

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Bryon Hefner

April 24, 2018

Former Christie allies to argue for bridge case reversals

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The traffic scandal that dragged down former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s presidential aspirations will write another chapter on Tuesday as two former associates facing prison for their roles seek to convince a federal appeals court their convictions should be overturned. Attorneys for Bill Baroni and Bridget Kelly are expected to argue... Read More

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Bill Baroni, Bridget Kelly, Chris Christie

April 24, 2018

Stuck in jail: Poor Mississippi inmates wait long for trial

BRANDON, Miss. (AP) — Jerry Sanders has been sitting in a jail cell on a relatively minor charge of methamphetamine possession for more than a year — longer than the sentence he could get if he’s convicted. And with no money to post bail or hire his own lawyer, he may be sitting there for... Read More

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Jerry Sanders

April 24, 2018

Mother told to pump milk in men’s restroom at Chicago court

CHICAGO (AP) — A nursing mother is suing for discrimination after being told she should use the men’s restroom to express breast milk when she reported for jury duty at a Chicago court. Attorney Judith Miller says a clerk told her Oct. 2 that there was no a lactation room in Chicago’s Daley Center. Miller... Read More

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Judith Miller

April 24, 2018

Prosecutors drop top charges in school shooting plot case

Prosecutors have dismissed the four most serious charges against a teenager accused of plotting to shoot up his former Vermont high school and cause mass casualties in a case that has led to new restrictions in the state’s gun laws. A ruling by the state Supreme Court has made the prosecution against 18-year-old Jack Sawyer... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, News

Jack Sawyer

April 24, 2018

Texas man sentenced to 50 years for $1.2M theft of fajitas

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for stealing $1.2 million worth of fajitas over nine years. Fifty-three-year-old Gilberto Escamilla was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty to theft by a public servant. The Brownsville Herald reports he told the court the fajita scheme spun out of control.... Read More

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Gilberto Escamilla

April 24, 2018

Cosby jury to decide: Serial rapist or con artist’s mark

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The jury that will start deliberating Bill Cosby’s fate on Tuesday has heard the comedian described over the past two weeks both as a “serial rapist” and a con artist’s victim. They have seen a parade of accusers testify that the man once revered as “America’s Dad” had a secret life... Read More

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Bill Cosby

April 24, 2018

Atlanta attorney found guilty of murder in wife’s shooting

ATLANTA (AP) — After telling the judge Monday morning that they were stuck and couldn’t reach a verdict, jurors deliberated a few more hours before deciding that a well-connected Atlanta attorney intentionally shot his wife, causing her death. Jurors found 75-year-old Claud “Tex” McIver guilty of felony murder and three other charges in the September... Read More

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Tex McIver

April 24, 2018

Mistrial declared for border agent charged with killing teen

PHOENIX (AP) — A mistrial was declared Monday in the case of a U.S. Border Patrol agent after an Arizona jury acquitted him of a second-degree murder charge in the killing of a teen from Mexico but deadlocked on lesser counts of manslaughter. The decision by U.S. District Judge Raner Collins means prosecutors could seek... Read More

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Lonnie Swartz

April 23, 2018

‘Tyrannical’ judge told ‘not to return’ after she berates defendant who died three days later

A Florida judge was relieved of her duties Friday after berating a woman in a wheelchair who was having trouble breathing due to two medical conditions and who died at home three days after the encounter. Broward County Circuit Judge Merrilee Ehrlich gave defendant Sandra Faye Twiggs, 59, who was in court facing misdemeanor charges... Read More

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Merrilee Ehrlich, Sandra Faye Twiggs

April 23, 2018

Trump considering pardon for late boxer Jack Johnson

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump says he’s considering a posthumous pardon for boxing’s first black heavyweight champion more than 100 years after the late Jack Johnson was convicted by all-white jury of accompanying a white woman across state lines. Trump announced Saturday on Twitter that the actor Sylvester Stallone, a friend... Read More

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Jack Johnson

April 23, 2018

Trump lawyer must say why he wants porn star’s case delayed

LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer must declare in writing that his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination may be jeopardized if legal proceedings aren’t delayed in a lawsuit filed by porn actress Stormy Daniels, a judge said Friday. U.S. Judge S. James Otero in Los Angeles said there were “gaping holes” in... Read More

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Donald Trump, Stormy Daniels

April 23, 2018

Jury ends week with no decision on Border Patrol shooting

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A judge in the murder trial of a U.S. Border Patrol agent charged in the fatal shooting of a rock-throwing Mexican teenager told jurors to keep trying to reach a verdict after they reported they were unable to reach a unanimous decision. U.S. District Judge Raner Collins on Friday sent the... Read More

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Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez, Lonnie Swartz

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House arrest modified for teen mom accused of killing infant

Husband of Senate’s ex-leader due in court on sex charges

Former Christie allies to argue for bridge case reversals

Stuck in jail: Poor Mississippi inmates wait long for trial

Mother told to pump milk in men’s restroom at Chicago court

Prosecutors drop top charges in school shooting plot case

Texas man sentenced to 50 years for $1.2M theft of fajitas

Cosby jury to decide: Serial rapist or con artist’s mark

Atlanta attorney found guilty of murder in wife’s shooting

Mistrial declared for border agent charged with killing teen

‘Tyrannical’ judge told ‘not to return’ after she berates defendant who died three days later

Trump considering pardon for late boxer Jack Johnson

Trump lawyer must say why he wants porn star’s case delayed

Jury ends week with no decision on Border Patrol shooting

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