Suspect in scholar kidnapping asks judge to recuse himself

CHICAGO (AP) — Lawyers for a former physics student accused of kidnapping and killing a 26-year-old University of Illinois scholar from China say they want the judge overseeing the death-penalty case to recuse himself, though they don’t spell out why in newly filed public records. In documents filed Wednesday in federal court in central Illinois,... Read More

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Brendt Christensen

February 9, 2018

Trump faces legal challenge on border wall with Mexico

SAN DIEGO (AP) — An Indiana-born federal judge, whose Mexican heritage Donald Trump used to paint him as biased against him in a 2016 court case because of his immigration stance, will hear arguments in a lawsuit that could block construction of a border wall with Mexico. Judge Gonzalo Curiel will hear arguments Friday on... Read More

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Border Wall, Mexico, Trump

February 9, 2018

Man sentenced in connection with $20M found in box spring

BOSTON (AP) — A Brazilian man arrested in connection with the discovery of about $20 million cash hidden inside a box spring in a Massachusetts apartment has been sentenced to nearly three years in federal prison. Cleber Rene Rizerio Rocha was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty in October to money laundering charges. The money was... Read More

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Cleber Rene Rizerio Rocha

February 9, 2018

Trial for Paris attack suspect Abdeslam hints at deadly plan

PARIS (AP) — The weapons stockpile in his hideout and the Islamic State fighter covering his getaway with a spray of gunfire were signs of a deadly plot to come, a Belgian prosecutor argued Thursday in the trial of the man who was once Europe’s most wanted fugitive. Salah Abdeslam refused to attend the final... Read More

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Paris attack, Salah Abdeslam, Terrorism

February 9, 2018

Jury deliberates in Baltimore police corruption case

BALTIMORE (AP) — Jurors started deliberating Thursday in a case involving one of the worst U.S. police corruption scandals in recent memory after hearing nearly three weeks of testimony from drug dealers, a crooked bail bondsman and disgraced Baltimore detectives who detailed astonishing levels of police misconduct. The two detectives on trial face robbery, extortion... Read More

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Baltimore

February 8, 2018

Ex-US swim coach’s home searched amid Olympian’s abuse allegations

SEATTLE — Investigators have searched the Seattle home of a former U.S. Olympic Team swimming coach amid allegations that he sexually abused and took explicit photos of an Olympic swimmer when she was underage. Homeland Security taskforce investigators along with police in Washington state served a search warrant at 46-year-old Sean Hutchison’s Seattle apartment Tuesday,... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sexual Abuse, Sports

Ariana Kukors, Sean Hutchison

February 8, 2018

Mobster’s wife shocked after snitch in court reveals husband had mistress

He’s on trial for federal racketeering — but a reputed Mafioso’s wife is the one who got blindsided by a mob rat in Manhattan court Wednesday. Gangland snitch John “Junior’’ Rubeo testified that accused Philadelphia crime boss Joseph “Skinny Joey’’ Merlino had a goumada, prompting gasps from some of the reputed Mafioso’s two dozen beefy... Read More

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Deborah Merlino, Joe Merlino, John Rubeo

February 8, 2018

Suarez loses in arbitration, Sanchez has hearing

PHOENIX (AP) — The Cincinnati Reds won their salary arbitration case against infielder Eugenio Suarez, and Chicago White Sox infielder Yolmer Sanchez became the latest player to go to a hearing. Suarez was given a raise from $595,000 to $3.75 million on Tuesday rather than his request for $4.2 million, leaving players with a 5-3... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sports

Eugenio Suarez, Yolmer Sanchez

February 8, 2018

Spanier seeks to have Sandusky-related conviction overturned

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A lawyer for Graham Spanier argued to a Pennsylvania appeals court Wednesday that too much time had passed for the former Penn State president to be charged with endangering the welfare of children over his handling of a complaint about Jerry Sandusky. A three-judge Superior Court panel heard oral argument about... Read More

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Graham Spanier, Jerry Sandusky

February 8, 2018

The Latest: DNA sought from immigrant in NFL player’s death

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Latest on a suspected drunken-driving crash that killed Indianapolis Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson and another man (all times local): 2:45 p.m. Indiana prosecutors are seeking a DNA sample from the Guatemalan man charged in a drunken-driving crash that killed Indianapolis Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson and an Uber driver. Ryan Mears is... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Immigration, News, Sports

Edwin Jackson, Orrego Savala

February 8, 2018

Key Islamic State suspect absent as Belgian trial resumes

BRUSSELS (AP) — A former Islamic State fighter who escaped under police gunfire with Europe’s most-wanted fugitive didn’t want to die as a martyr, or cause carnage, his lawyer argued Thursday in a courtroom marked by the absence of the second defendant — the sole living suspect in the 2015 attacks on Paris. Sofiane Ayari... Read More

Criminal Justice News, International Justice Watch, News

IS, Isis, Soufiane Ayari, Terrorism

February 8, 2018

Court: Idaho nuclear waste documents won’t be made public

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — U.S. officials don’t have to provide details about proposed shipments of extremely radioactive spent commercial nuclear fuel to the country’s top government nuclear research laboratory in Idaho, a federal court has ruled. The ruling was a major setback to a lawsuit filed by former Idaho Gov. Cecil Andrus, who had a... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Politics

Nuclear Waste

February 8, 2018

Second teen sentenced in plot that left girl shot in head

LOGAN, Utah (AP) — A teenager charged with encouraging a friend to kill a 14-year-old girl in a plot hatched as the boys played video games was sentenced to at least 15 years in prison Wednesday, a year after the girl survived a gunshot to the head. Judge Brian Cannell praised victim Deserae Turner as... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, News

Deserae Turner, Jayzon Decker

February 8, 2018

Airlines sue over new Washington state sick leave law

SEATTLE (AP) — A coalition of airlines including Alaska, JetBlue, United and Southwest has sued Washington state over its new sick leave law, saying it’s part of a mishmash of state and local measures that could increase costs and delays for travelers — and which are blocked by federal regulation of air travel and interstate... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Airlines

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Suspect in scholar kidnapping asks judge to recuse himself

Trump faces legal challenge on border wall with Mexico

Man sentenced in connection with $20M found in box spring

Trial for Paris attack suspect Abdeslam hints at deadly plan

Jury deliberates in Baltimore police corruption case

Ex-US swim coach’s home searched amid Olympian’s abuse allegations

Mobster’s wife shocked after snitch in court reveals husband had mistress

Suarez loses in arbitration, Sanchez has hearing

Spanier seeks to have Sandusky-related conviction overturned

The Latest: DNA sought from immigrant in NFL player’s death

Key Islamic State suspect absent as Belgian trial resumes

Court: Idaho nuclear waste documents won’t be made public

Second teen sentenced in plot that left girl shot in head

Airlines sue over new Washington state sick leave law

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