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OneRepublic drummer Eddie Fisher arrested in Denver
Tue,15 May 2012 06:11 PM PDT
Reuters - DENVER (Reuters) - Drummer Eddie Fisher of the alternative rock band OneRepublic was arrested in Denver on Tuesday on suspicion of assault, disturbing the peace and destruction of private property, police said. There was no immediate word from authorities on what led to the arrest, but Fisher, 38, was being held without bond at the Denver city jail, according to the Denver Sheriff's Office. Denver police spokesman Sonny Jackson said the musician was taken into custody Tuesday morning but he had no details on the circumstances of the case. Fisher was scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday. ... Full Story | Top |
Retired Los Angeles detective arrested for murder in Hawaii
Tue,15 May 2012 06:09 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A retired Los Angeles Police Department homicide detective has been arrested in Hawaii, accused of murdering his wife nearly six years after he blamed her death on an accidental fall, authorities said on Tuesday. Daniel DeJarnette, 59, was taken into custody at his home on Hawaii's Big Island on Monday, Hawaii police Lieutenant Greg Esteban said. He was indicted earlier in the day on a charge of second-degree murder by a grand jury, and pleaded not guilty on Tuesday. ... Full Story | Top |
N.Y. Senate passes bill to make viewing child porn on Internet a crime
Tue,15 May 2012 04:01 PM PDT
Reuters - ALBANY, New York (Reuters) - The New York State Senate on Tuesday passed legislation to make it a crime to view child pornography on the Internet, as lawmakers rushed to close a loophole opened by a state appeals court just a week earlier. State law currently prohibits the possession and promotion of child pornography. But a May 8 ruling by the New York Court of Appeals held that viewing child pornography on the Internet without taking further action such as printing or saving files does not necessarily constitute possession. ... Full Story | Top |
New York "Soccer Mom Madam" changes lawyers again
Tue,15 May 2012 03:50 PM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK (Reuters) - The woman accused of running a multimillion-dollar brothel out of a Manhattan apartment switched lawyers again on Tuesday, bringing to nine the number of defense attorneys that have appeared on her behalf since her arraignment three months ago. Anna Gristina, the suburban mother of four dubbed the "Soccer Mom Madam" by tabloids, appeared in Manhattan Supreme Court to ask a judge for permission to allow Connecticut criminal defense lawyer Norman Pattis to take over her case. Judge Juan Merchan granted the request. ...
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Immigration, NATO protest ends with four arrested
Tue,15 May 2012 03:44 PM PDT
Reuters -  CHICAGO (Reuters) - Four protesters were arrested on Tuesday when about 100 people opposed to immigration policy, war and economic injustice marched on a Chicago courthouse and then through downtown, police said. In a week of expected protests leading to the start of a NATO summit, a Chicago priest from Our Lady of Guadalupe Anglican Mission and a woman were arrested after refusing to leave a federal courthouse that hears immigration cases. A group of anti-Wall Street Occupy Chicago protesters joined those opposed to U.S. ...
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Death penalty for Ohio man in triple stabbing
Tue,15 May 2012 03:13 PM PDT
Associated Press - A three-judge panel on Tuesday handed down a death penalty verdict for an Ohio man after he pleaded guilty to killing a woman he lived with and her two children on Thanksgiving Day in 2010. Full Story | Top |
Wash. jury deliberates Steve Powell voyeurism case
Tue,15 May 2012 12:24 PM PDT
Associated Press -  Jurors began deliberations Tuesday in the voyeurism case against the father-in-law of a missing Utah mother after a prosecutor said the man lurked in the shadows of his bedroom to capture nude images of young girls who lived next door.
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Mistaken Identity? 10 Contested Death Penalty Cases
Tue,15 May 2012 10:13 AM PDT
LiveScience.com -  A death penalty case long surrounded by questions has been brought to the surface again, with a new report suggesting that the 1989 execution of Carlos DeLuna killed an innocent man. DeLuna's is not the first case to raise such red flags.
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Fugitive siblings return to Ga., plead not guilty
Tue,15 May 2012 09:03 AM PDT
Associated Press -  The three siblings accused of committing a cross-country crime spree that started in Florida and ended with a shootout in Colorado were hauled in to court Tuesday in Georgia to face charges of robbing a bank for cash that helped fuel their escape.
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Terror trial of fugitive Iraq VP starts in Baghdad
Tue,15 May 2012 04:58 AM PDT
Associated Press - The terror trial of Iraq's fugitive vice president accused of running death squads started Tuesday in Baghdad with witnesses testifying how their relatives were killed in attacks that the authorities have linked to the country's top Sunni official. Full Story | Top |
Former FBI Bomb Investigator Arrested on Child Pornography Charges
Mon,14 May 2012 03:48 PM PDT
ABC OTUS News - A former FBI Supervisory special agent who worked on some of the bureau's most high profile terrorism and bombing cases including the Unabomber case, the USS Cole bombing, the Oklahoma City bombing and the1993 World Trade Center bombing and the 9/11 attacks, has been arrested... Full Story | Top |
Testimony ends in Steve Powell's voyeurism trial
Mon,14 May 2012 02:49 PM PDT
Associated Press -  Testimony in the voyeurism trial of Steve Powell, the father-in-law of missing Utah mother Susan Powell, came to an abrupt end Monday as prosecutors rested their case and defense attorneys declined to call their own witnesses.
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Rally urges light sentence in Rutgers hate crime case
Mon,14 May 2012 01:49 PM PDT
Reuters -  TRENTON, New Jersey (Reuters) - More than 300 supporters of a former Rutgers University student rallied outside the New Jersey statehouse on Monday to urge leniency at his sentencing for hate crimes after he spied on his roommate's gay tryst. Dharun Ravi, 20, faces up to 10 years in prison when he is sentenced on May 21 in Middlesex County Court for hate crimes for invading the privacy of Tyler Clementi, 18. Clementi committed suicide in September 2010 just three days after learning that Ravi had used a computer-mounted camera to see his encounter with an older man, identified only as "M.B. ...
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Mass. court warns jurors about online comments
Mon,14 May 2012 01:44 PM PDT
Associated Press - For decades, Massachusetts judges have told jurors to refrain from going on the Internet to do research about cases they are weighing, but now judges are being told they need to do more to stop jurors from posting information about cases on Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites. Full Story | Top |
John Edwards' lawyers begin presenting defense
Mon,14 May 2012 12:37 PM PDT
Associated Press -  After weeks of testimony about John Edwards' illicit affair and the money used to cover it up, his defense attorneys opened their case Monday by digging into the details of federal campaign finance law.
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Anti-war protesters target Obama Chicago office, 8 arrested
Mon,14 May 2012 12:28 PM PDT
Reuters -  CHICAGO (Reuters) - Anti-war protesters converged on President Barack Obama's Chicago campaign headquarters on Monday but only got as far as the elevator before eight people were arrested, in the first of many protests expected around the NATO summit this weekend. Roughly 125 demonstrators gathered at the downtown Chicago building housing the Obama offices as morning commuters streamed into work. Eight were arrested for trespassing, Chicago police spokeswoman Laura Kubiak said. ...
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