Actress Rose McGowan arraigned on cocaine charge

LEESBURG, Va. (AP) — Actress Rose McGowan was arraigned Thursday on a felony cocaine charge, days after she alleged in The New Yorker that the drugs may been planted to discredit her. One of the most outspoken actresses to accuse Harvey Weinstein of sexual abuse, McGowan told the magazine that she’s been so fearful of... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, Entertainment, News

Drugs, Hollywood, Rose McGowan

November 17, 2017

Woman with crude anti-Trump truck decal arrested

DALLAS (AP) — The driver of a pickup displaying an expletive-filled message to President Donald Trump and his supporters in the Houston area was arrested Thursday on an outstanding warrant. Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office records show Karen Fonseca was arrested about 2 p.m. Thursday on an outstanding fraud warrant issued in August by the... Read More

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Trump

November 17, 2017

15 convictions linked to corrupt Chicago cop are thrown out

CHICAGO (AP) — One by one, the men told the same story: A Chicago police officer would demand money from them. And if they didn’t pay, they would find themselves in handcuffs with drugs stuffed in their pockets. A Cook County judge on Thursday threw out the felony drug convictions of 15 black men who... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, Law Enforcement, News

Chicago, Police, Shooting

November 17, 2017

Pennsylvania State Police in court to quash grand jury

EASTON, Pa. (AP) — Lawyers for Pennsylvania State Police are squaring off against a district attorney in court over a grand jury investigation that state police want to shut down. State police argue the grand jury has no authority to investigate whether the agency should use outside law enforcement to probe shootings by troopers. Experts... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, News

Guns, Police, Shooting

November 17, 2017

Killer of 7 in Connecticut to be sentenced to life in prison

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (AP) — An East Coast drifter who killed seven people in Connecticut in 2003 is set to be sentenced to life in prison. A state judge in New Britain is expected to hand down a 360-year prison sentence Friday for William Devin Howell, who pleaded guilty to six murder charges in September.... Read More

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Murder

November 17, 2017

Key witness to return to witness stand in FIFA trial

NEW YORK (AP) — An ex-marketing executive from Argentina is due back on the witness stand for a fourth day in the U.S. corruption case against three former South American soccer officials. On Thursday, Alejandro Burzaco testified at a New York trial he arranged to pay 30 soccer officials about $160 million in bribes since... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Sports

FIFA, Soccer, Sports

November 17, 2017

Nevada seeks to use untried execution drugs including opioid

LAS VEGAS (AP) — For Nevada’s first execution in more than a decade, state officials are turning to a never-before-tried combination of drugs, including a powerful painkiller that is fueling much of the opioid epidemic and a paralyzing drug that could mask any signs of trouble. If the state’s highest court approves the plan and... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Drugs, Execution, News

Drugs, Execution

November 17, 2017

Moore targets female accusers as critics decry intimidation

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Ever defiant, Republican Roy Moore’s campaign on Thursday lashed out at the women accusing him of sexual misconduct, declaring “let the battle begin.” Women’s advocates decried the talk as worn intimidation tactics in a desperate attempt to keep his imperiled Senate bid alive. Moore ignored mounting calls from Washington Republicans concerned... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Politics, Sexual Abuse

Moore

November 17, 2017

Notorious Mafia ‘boss of bosses’ Toto Riina dead at 87

MILAN (AP) — Mafia ‘boss of bosses’ Salvatore ‘Toto’ Riina died early Friday in a hospital while serving multiple life sentences as the mastermind of a bloody strategy to assassinate Italian prosecutors and law enforcement trying to bring down the Cosa Nostra. He was 87. Riina died hours after the Justice Ministry had allowed his... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Death, Mafia

November 17, 2017

Menendez avoids ‘political grave,’ but cloud still looms

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez exited his federal bribery trial after a mistrial Thursday with an eye on a 2018 re-election effort, but with him neither acquitted nor convicted, the cloud from the investigation remains. The mistrial gave Democrats hoping to hold onto the seat in next year’s midterm elections cause... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Politics

Menendez, Politics, Washington

November 16, 2017

Records: Man posed for photo with dead wife, then cut her up

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Court records say a man posed for photos with his dead wife, along with their newborn and toddler, before dismembering her body in a Kansas City hotel room. The Kansas City Star reports that 35-year-old Justin Rey was charged Wednesday with abandonment of a corpse and child endangerment in Missouri’s... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Dismember, Murder

November 16, 2017

Prosecution in Kim Jong Nam trial could rest in 2nd quarter

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Prosecutors in the Malaysian trial of two women accused of killing the estranged half brother of North Korea’s leader could finish their case in the second quarter of next year, defense lawyers said Thursday as another week of testimony concluded. The only two suspects in custody, Indonesian Siti Aisyah and... Read More

Criminal Justice News, International Justice Watch, News

International, North Korea

November 16, 2017

Bank robber with poor spelling skills pleads guilty

BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts man authorities dubbed the “spelling bee bandit” because the notes he passed to tellers during multiple bank robberies in the Boston area contained the same spelling error has pleaded guilty. Federal prosecutors say 34-year-old Jason Englen pleaded guilty Wednesday to four counts of bank robbery. Authorities say the Chelsea man... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Lighter Side, News

Bad Spelling, Funny, Robber

November 16, 2017

Kevin Spacey acted inappropriately toward at least 20 employees of The Old Vic, theater claims

At least 20 additional people claim Kevin Spacey acted inappropriately toward them while he working as Artistic Director of The Old Vic between 2004 and 2015, according to an investigation completed by the theater. The Old Vic released a statement on Thursday stating it received 20 personal testimonies of Spacey’s alleged behavior, though would not provide... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, News, Sexual Abuse

Hollywood, Kevin Spacey, Sex Abuse

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Actress Rose McGowan arraigned on cocaine charge

Woman with crude anti-Trump truck decal arrested

15 convictions linked to corrupt Chicago cop are thrown out

Pennsylvania State Police in court to quash grand jury

Killer of 7 in Connecticut to be sentenced to life in prison

Key witness to return to witness stand in FIFA trial

Nevada seeks to use untried execution drugs including opioid

Moore targets female accusers as critics decry intimidation

Notorious Mafia ‘boss of bosses’ Toto Riina dead at 87

Menendez avoids ‘political grave,’ but cloud still looms

Records: Man posed for photo with dead wife, then cut her up

Prosecution in Kim Jong Nam trial could rest in 2nd quarter

Bank robber with poor spelling skills pleads guilty

Kevin Spacey acted inappropriately toward at least 20 employees of The Old Vic, theater claims

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