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| US, Mexico, Guatemala form anti-crime alliance Friday, Mar 07, 2014 06:49 PM PST  The governments of the United States, Mexico and Guatemala formed a special body to fight drug trafficking and organized crime. The Trilateral Security Desk evaluates intelligence and border risks to combat human trafficking and the smuggling of illegal weapons and drugs in the region, Guatemalan Interior Minister Mauricio Lopez told reporters. During the group's first meeting, at a hotel in Guatemala City, officials set a roadmap to meet security objectives. Guatemala is suffering from a wave of violence that has caused about 6,000 deaths, nearly half of them attributed to drugs and the operations of powerful Mexican cartels supported by local drug lords. Full Story | Top |
| Ohio couple found guilty of enslaving woman and child Friday, Mar 07, 2014 05:47 PM PST By Kim Palmer CLEVELAND (Reuters) - An Ohio couple was convicted on Friday of holding captive a cognitively disabled woman and her young child, who were forced to eat dog food and threatened with a large snake, federal prosecutors said. A jury found Jordie Callahan, 27 and Jessica Hunt, 32, guilty of engaging in labor trafficking, conspiracy and forced labor after a three-week trial in a Youngstown federal court. Prosecutors told jurors during the trial that Callahan threatened to kill the adult victim if she did not engage in sex acts with him, clean the apartment, go to the store and care for the couple's numerous dogs and reptiles. Prosecutors also said the victims were beaten, threatened with pit bulls and a 130-lb (60-kg) Burmese python, fed dog food and made to crawl on the floor while wearing a dog collar as they were being held captive in a room in the couple's Ashland apartment, some 85 miles northeast of Columbus. Full Story | Top |
| 2 charged with enslaving Ohio woman found guilty Friday, Mar 07, 2014 05:38 PM PST  YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio couple was convicted Friday of enslaving a mentally disabled woman for two years through intimidation, abuse and threats they would harm her young child. Full Story | Top |
| UCSB fan arrested after confronting rival coach Friday, Mar 07, 2014 04:29 PM PST SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — A UC Santa Barbara fan who went on court and confronted Hawaii coach Gib Arnold during a game has been arrested. Full Story | Top |
| Reputed Guzman deputy will go to trial in Chicago Friday, Mar 07, 2014 04:09 PM PST CHICAGO (AP) — A reputed lieutenant of recently captured drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman abruptly reversed his plans to plead guilty Friday to federal trafficking charges, a move made out of fear for the lives of his wife and children in Mexico, according to his attorney. Full Story | Top |
| 2 California cops plead not guilty to embezzlement Friday, Mar 07, 2014 03:03 PM PST KING CITY, Calif. (AP) — The attorneys for two California police officers accused of embezzling a city-owned Crown Victoria say the men had permission from the City Council to transfer ownership of the vehicle. Full Story | Top |
| 2 sentenced in New Jersey for bogus 9/11 charity Friday, Mar 07, 2014 02:58 PM PST TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — Two New Jersey men were sentenced Friday for running a 9/11 scam that collected thousands of dollars from T-shirt sales but gave nothing to victims' families as promised. Full Story | Top |
| 2 men are sentenced for running bogus 9/11 charity Friday, Mar 07, 2014 02:57 PM PST TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — A judge in New Jersey has sentenced two men for operating a bogus 9/11 charity in which they sold T-shirts with the logos of the New York City police and fire departments out of a custom-painted pickup truck. Full Story | Top |
| Pennsylvania lawyer's ad starring smiling thugs draws criticism Friday, Mar 07, 2014 02:17 PM PST By Elizabeth Daley PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - A Pittsburgh lawyer's online ad showing smiling robbers, drug dealers and prostitutes flashing thumbs up and thanking him for getting them off the hook has garnered tens of thousands of views and drawn fire from a local bar association. One fictional criminal pauses while climbing out a window, carrying a laptop to say "Thanks Dan," to the camera, while a pair of men carrying handguns offer a similar message before pulling ski masks over their faces in the three-minute, 27-second ad posted on YouTube by criminal defense attorney Daniel Muessig. Muessig, a 2012 University of Pittsburgh Law School graduate, then makes his own pitch: "Trust me, I may have a law degree, but I think like a criminal." The spot has been viewed more than 80,000 times since Muessig posted it on Thursday, and the 32-year-old attorney said he believed the tongue-in-cheek approach would appeal to possible clients. "I wanted to give people something that would be memorable and entertaining." Tom Loftus, spokesman for the Allegheny County Bar Association, said he found the ad "insulting to Pittsburgh lawyers and lawyers across the country, who take great pride in their profession." He said he worried that the video could be misinterpreted: "There could be kids watching it, or people who don't even understand what tongue-in-cheek means, and what they'll see is: if you commit a crime this attorney will get you off without any explanation." Muessig defended the spot but said he would take it down if law enforcement or a legal professional organization asked him to. Full Story | Top |
| Federal death penalty trial set to open in Hawaii Friday, Mar 07, 2014 01:33 PM PST  HONOLULU (AP) — A Honolulu courtroom is set to become the scene of a death penalty trial even though Hawaii abolished capital punishment in 1957. Full Story | Top |
| Guzman lieutenant says he wants trial in Chicago Friday, Mar 07, 2014 12:37 PM PST CHICAGO (AP) — A reputed lieutenant of recently captured drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman who was expected to plead guilty to federal trafficking charges has changed his mind. Full Story | Top |
| Venezuela: Why are brushes with crime so pervasive? Friday, Mar 07, 2014 08:17 AM PST Rule of law in Venezuela is weaker than anywhere else world in the world, as measured in the World Justice Report's annual index. More than half of all government officials are believed to be involved in corrupt practices, and three-fourths of Venezuelans feel unsafe or very unsafe walking in their neighborhood at night. Not our correspondent in the South American country, who was robbed twice in the past month in his Caracas neighborhood – where he'd lived for the previous eight months without incident. Indeed, violence is escalating and law enforcement is spiraling out of control amid weeks of antigovernment protests and clashes with military police. Full Story | Top |
| Criminal lawyer's ad is subversive, sarcastic and pretty awesome Friday, Mar 07, 2014 07:42 AM PST Daniel Muessig is a criminal defense attorney not a judge. In an over-the-top online video that's making the rounds, Muessig says, "I'm the Pittsburgh criminal defense attorney Pittsburgh criminals hire when they commit crimes." Full Story | Top |
| Iraq airport official arrested over Lebanon flight row Friday, Mar 07, 2014 06:14 AM PST  The deputy head of Baghdad airport was arrested after a Lebanese airliner that left Beirut without the Iraqi transport minister's son was ordered mid-flight to turn back, the premier's spokesman said Friday. Samer "Kubba was arrested... because his action was wrong and harmful to the prestige of the Iraqi state," Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's spokesman Ali Mussawi told AFP. Lebanon's Middle East Airlines said Thursday that Iraqi authorities forced its Baghdad-bound flight to turn around some 20 minutes out of Beirut because Transport Minister Hadi al-Ameri's son, Mahdi, had missed the flight. "About 20 minutes after take-off, Middle East Airlines was informed by its Baghdad office that the plane would be prevented from landing by local civil aviation officials if a passenger was not on board." Full Story | Top |
| Felicity Huffman in talks for ABC pilot 'American Crime' Friday, Mar 07, 2014 01:17 AM PST  The actress known for playing Lynette Scavo on "Desperate Housewives" could soon return to TV as the female lead in a series written and produced by "12 Years a Slave" screenwriter John Ridley. According to Deadline.com, negotiations are underway between Felicity Huffman and the producers of the ABC drama pilot "American Crime." Timothy Hutton, formerly of the TNT series "Leverage," has been cast as the male lead, Chuck Skokie, the victim's father. Full Story | Top |
| Birmingham City owner sentenced to 6-year term Friday, Mar 07, 2014 12:10 AM PST  HONG KONG (AP) — Carson Yeung, the part-owner of English Championship club Birmingham City, has been sentenced to six years in jail for money laundering. Full Story | Top |
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