Ex-Arkansas judge faces prison term in sexual favors case

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A former Arkansas judge who’s set to be sentenced Wednesday for giving lighter sentences to male defendants in return for sexual favors had been investigated for similar crimes while a part-time prosecutor more than two decades ago, but federal prosecutors decided not to charge him because he agreed to step... Read More

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Joseph Boeckmann

February 21, 2018

Ex-Navy sailor sentenced for sex crimes against child

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — A former U.S. Navy sailor has been sentenced to more than 32 years in prison for sex crimes against a child. News outlets report 27-year-old Matthew McMeans pleaded guilty last October to rape and use of a computer to commit sex offenses with a minor under the age of 13,... Read More

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Matthew McMeans

February 20, 2018

Ex-NFLer breaks silence from jail: I’m sorry for murder I orchestrated

For the first time in nearly two decades, Rae Carruth is speaking publicly. And he wants to say sorry to the mother of the woman whose death he orchestrated. Carruth, a former Carolina Panthers wide receiver, sent a handwritten, 16-page letter to a news station and granted an interview because it’s the only way he... Read More

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NFL, Rae Carruth

February 20, 2018

US Swimming did little as hundreds of coaches abused kids

Leadership of America’s governing body over US swimming has, for decades, condoned a culture of sexual abuse — even as scores of coaches were arrested for their fiendish acts against kids, according to a bombshell report. The Orange County Register, citing police reports, court document and internal USA Swimming communications, showed how the governing body... Read More

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Chuck Wielgus, US Swimming

February 20, 2018

Missing Uber driver reportedly placed mysterious 911 call

A missing Uber driver in California called 911 after he vanished while working, police said. Joshua Thiede, who also drives for Lyft, was last seen the morning of Feb. 11 driving a black 2014 Nissan Altima in Los Angeles, CBS News reported. Thiede, 29, placed a call to 911 the following day, but he was... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Technology

Joshua Thiede, Uber

February 20, 2018

The Latest: Suspect legally purchased at least 7 long guns

PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on the deadly Florida high school shooting (all times local): 11 p.m. A law enforcement official says the man charged with killing 17 people at a Florida high school legally purchased at least seven long guns, including an AK-47-style rifle he bought less than a month ago. The official... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, National Security, News

Nikolas Cruz

February 20, 2018

Weinstein Co. fires president after suit alleges inaction

BALTIMORE (AP) — The movie studio co-founded by Harvey Weinstein has fired its president, whose continued presence at the company was a source of controversy. The Weinstein Co. board said Friday it voted unanimously to dismiss David Glasser. A statement announcing the firing was released to the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times.... Read More

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David Glasser

February 20, 2018

Court told Geoffrey Rush inappropriately touched actress

SYDNEY (AP) — A lawyer accused Oscar-winning Australian actor Geoffrey Rush in court Monday of touching an actress inappropriately on an Sydney stage three years ago while he was starring in a production of “King Lear.” Rush is suing Sydney’s The Daily Telegraph newspaper in Federal Court for defamation over articles last year which alleged... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, International Justice Watch, News

Geoffrey Rush

February 20, 2018

California Senate misconduct probe concludes

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California senator accused of sexual misconduct will learn next week whether he’ll face formal disciplinary proceedings, the Senate Rules Committee said Friday after receiving the results of an investigation into his behavior. The findings of the investigation on Sen. Tony Mendoza have not been made public but were presented to... Read More

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Tony Mendoza

February 20, 2018

Hero, harasser or both? Shaun White’s newly complex legacy

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — It was expected to be a coronation: snowboarder Shaun White, shredding the halfpipe in an epic performance that won him Olympic gold at Pyeongchang four years after a devastating loss in Sochi and just four months after a nasty fall during practice sent him to a hospital. But as he... Read More

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Shaun White

February 20, 2018

Confederate statue toppling cases start with dismissals

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Problems identifying protesters on video hindered North Carolina prosecutors on Monday as they sought to hold demonstrators responsible for toppling a Confederate statue last summer. A judge dismissed the criminal cases against the first two defendants to appear in a series of individual trials, and he found a third not guilty.... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Confederate Statue Toppling

February 20, 2018

Republican state senator charged with extorting page for sex

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A grand jury indictment unsealed Monday accuses a Republican state senator of extorting sex from a page in the Senate’s page program. The indictment was unsealed as Senate Minority Whip Nicholas Kettle was arraigned on two counts of extortion in Providence Superior Court. Kettle, of Coventry, is accused of extorting a... Read More

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Nicholas Kettle

February 20, 2018

Minnesota’s $5 billion case over 3M chemicals heads to trial

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota officials will soon try to convince a jury that manufacturer 3M Co. should pay the state $5 billion to help clean up environmental damage that the state alleges was caused by pollutants the company dumped for decades. The long-awaited trial begins Tuesday in Minneapolis. Experts say it could have wide-reaching implications... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Environment, News

3M, Environment

February 20, 2018

11-year-old Pennsylvania Boy Scout called for jury duty

WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — One Pennsylvania resident has been called to perform his civic duty a few years earlier than expected. Jeanette Fox says her son came running to her with a summons from the Chester County court to appear for jury duty in March. Her son, Luke, is only 11 years old. Fox... Read More

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Luke Fox

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Ex-Arkansas judge faces prison term in sexual favors case

Ex-Navy sailor sentenced for sex crimes against child

Ex-NFLer breaks silence from jail: I’m sorry for murder I orchestrated

US Swimming did little as hundreds of coaches abused kids

Missing Uber driver reportedly placed mysterious 911 call

The Latest: Suspect legally purchased at least 7 long guns

Weinstein Co. fires president after suit alleges inaction

Court told Geoffrey Rush inappropriately touched actress

California Senate misconduct probe concludes

Hero, harasser or both? Shaun White’s newly complex legacy

Confederate statue toppling cases start with dismissals

Republican state senator charged with extorting page for sex

Minnesota’s $5 billion case over 3M chemicals heads to trial

11-year-old Pennsylvania Boy Scout called for jury duty

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