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RFK's Son Arrested After Maternity Ward Scuffle
Sat,25 Feb 2012 02:00 PM PST
The Atlantic Wire - For your random criminal complaint news of the day, how about this story about Douglas Kennedy, eldest child of Robert F. Kennedy and a correspondent for Fox News, being arraigned after a fracas at a maternity ward? According The New York Times, Kennedy, 44, defied the instructions of nurses on duty at Northern Westchester Hospital on January 7, who told him he could not leave the hospital with his newborn son, Bo, who his wife Molly had delivered two days prior. ... Full Story | Top |
Are Lesbian Gay-Bashers Guilty of a Hate Crime?
Sat,25 Feb 2012 08:40 AM PST
The Atlantic Wire - The Boston Herald spotlights a fascinating criminal case today: Last Sunda, Erika Stroud, 21, her sister Felicia Stroud, 18 (pictured, left), and a third woman, Lydia Sanford (pictured, right), attacked a gay man in a stairwell of a Boston subway station viciously enough to break his nose. Prosecutor Lindsey Weinstein said they repeatedly punched and kicked him "after he bumped them with his backpack. ... Full Story | Top |
Sheriff: 5 arrested in trooper killing probe
Sat,25 Feb 2012 01:03 AM PST
Associated Press -  Five people have been arrested for allegedly helping a man after he killed a Washington state trooper, including a former girlfriend of deceased gunman Joshua Blake, authorities say.
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Second Marine acquitted in hazing that led to suicide
Fri,24 Feb 2012 08:58 PM PST
Reuters - HONOLULU (Reuters) - The last of three U.S. Marines court-martialed on charges they physically abused and humiliated a fellow Marine who later killed himself was acquitted on Friday of all charges in the case by a military jury. The case stems from the suicide of Lance Corporal Harry Lew, 21, who shot himself with his automatic rifle in Afghanistan last April after he was allegedly beaten and hazed by others in his unit for falling asleep while on sentry duty. ... Full Story | Top |
Prominent lawyer sentenced in baby-selling scheme
Fri,24 Feb 2012 08:45 PM PST
Reuters - SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - A prominent California adoption lawyer was sentenced to federal prison on Friday for her role in running a baby-selling ring that placed unborn children of surrogate mothers with unrelated parents for up to $100,000 each. Theresa Erickson pleaded guilty in August to a wire fraud conspiracy charge stemming from what authorities said was essentially an adoption mill that skirted state laws requiring surrogate mothers in California to sign contracts with their prospective clients before becoming pregnant. ... Full Story | Top |
Rutgers spycam case opening arguments: cyberbully or boy who acted stupidly?
Fri,24 Feb 2012 03:38 PM PST
Christian Science Monitor - Jurors heard opening arguments Friday in the case of a former Rutgers college student accused of using a webcam in 2010 to spy on the sexual activity of his roommate in the dorm room they shared – and then telling the world about it through social media tools – with prosecutor and defense attorney portraying the student in diametrically opposing terms. Full Story | Top |
Calif. lawyer sentenced in baby-selling scam
Fri,24 Feb 2012 03:20 PM PST
Associated Press - A federal judge sentenced an internationally renowned surrogacy lawyer Friday to five months in prison and nine months of home confinement for her role in a baby-selling scheme that prosecutors say spanned two continents and netted millions of dollars. Full Story | Top |
U.S. says Taiwan exec pleads guilty to price-fixing
Fri,24 Feb 2012 03:06 PM PST
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The former chairman of a Taiwan's Depo Auto Parts Industrial Co Ltd has agreed to plead guilty to fixing the prices of some spare auto parts, the U.S. Justice Department said on Friday. Shiu-Min Hsu also agreed to cooperate in the Justice Department's investigation into price-fixing for after-market auto lights between 2000 and 2008, the department said. A Depo subsidiary, Maxzone Vehicle Lighting Corp, previously agreed to plead guilty to a price-fixing conspiracy and to pay $43 million in fines. A former Maxzone president was sentenced to 180 days in prison. ... Full Story | Top |
Fugitive oligarch under pressure to turn himself in
Fri,24 Feb 2012 07:33 AM PST
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Fugitive oligarch Mukhtar Ablyazov, accused of embezzling at least $5.0 billion (3.2 billion pounds) from his former Kazakh bank BTA, is believed to have fled Britain on a coach bound for France to escape a jail sentence for contempt of court, a legal filing showed Friday. BTA, now controlled by Kazakh sovereign wealth fund Samruk-Kazyna and which has launched nine fraud claims against Ablyazov, called on the High Court to order him to turn himself in within two weeks or remove his right to defend himself against all allegations. ... Full Story | Top |
Fugitive oligarch under pressure to turn himself in
Fri,24 Feb 2012 04:18 AM PST
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Fugitive oligarch Mukhtar Ablyazov, accused of embezzling at least $5 billion (3.16 billion pounds) from his former Kazakh bank BTA, is under pressure to turn himself in within two weeks or risk being debarred from defending himself against fraud claims which rank among the biggest ever heard in Britain. BTA, now controlled by Kazakh sovereign wealth fund Samruk-Kazyna and which has launched nine fraud claims against Ablyazov, said in a court document published on Friday it believed he had fled Britain on a coach bound for France. ... Full Story | Top |
Attorney general defends financial crime record
Thu,23 Feb 2012 06:22 PM PST
Reuters -  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday defended the Justice Department's record of financial crime enforcement, while acknowledging that some of the behavior that sparked the financial crisis did not rise to the level of criminality. Speaking before an audience of about 400 students and professors at Columbia University, where he received both undergraduate and law school degrees, Holder said the Justice Department has taken "bold, unprecedented steps" toward combatting financial crime. ...
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Ousted Ind. official sentenced in voter fraud case
Thu,23 Feb 2012 05:39 PM PST
Associated Press -  Indiana's ousted top elections official was sentenced Thursday to a year of home detention for six felony convictions that a judge refused to reduce to lesser crimes — a ruling that, if upheld on appeal, will likely cost him not only his office but also his law license and livelihood.
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