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AP Enterprise: Crime fell around Conn. casinos
Sun,26 Feb 2012 03:07 PM PST
Associated Press - When the first of two massive casinos opened in a remote corner of Connecticut two decades ago, some officials and residents feared the gambling centers would lead to organized crime, prostitution, drunken driving and other crime. Full Story | Top |
Suspect wanted in biker funeral killing arrested
Sun,26 Feb 2012 12:45 PM PST
Associated Press - Police have arrested a suspect in the death of a motorcycle gang member, ending a months-long search for the victim's fellow Hells Angels member who has been wanted since the fatal shooting at a California funeral. Full Story | Top |
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 |
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