Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Daily News: Crime and Trials News Headlines - Seahawks' Hill arrested on felony domestic violence charges

Wednesday, Jan 30, 2013 05:53 PM PST

Seahawks' Hill arrested on felony domestic violence charges 
Wednesday, Jan 30, 2013 05:53 PM PST
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Seattle Seahawks linebacker Leroy Hill has been arrested on charges he assaulted his girlfriend repeatedly while holding her captive for about six hours at his home outside Seattle, police said on Wednesday. Hill, 30, an eight-year veteran of Seattle's National Football League team, faces charges of third-degree assault and unlawful imprisonment a day after the alleged assault, said Scott Behrbaum, a spokesman for the Issaquah police department. The charges are both felonies, according to Washington state statutes. ...
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Prosecutor to jurors: Teen predisposed to terror 
Wednesday, Jan 30, 2013 04:11 PM PST
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) â€" The terrorism trial of an Oregon man has gone to the jury.
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Florida teenager's killer seeks to delay trial 
Wednesday, Jan 30, 2013 03:47 PM PST
George Zimmerman talks with defense counsel Mark O'Mara at the Seminole County courthouse after a hearing in SanfordORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - George Zimmerman will seek to delay the start of his trial in the shooting death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin to allow him more time to raise money for his defense, his attorney said on Wednesday. Mark O'Mara, Zimmerman's lead defense attorney, said he planned to file a motion to request the trial, which is scheduled to start in June, be delayed by six months, arguing he needs more time and money to investigate the claims against his client. "I think that we still need another $200,000 to $300,000," he told Reuters. ...
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Seattle LB Leroy Hill arrested on assault charges 
Wednesday, Jan 30, 2013 02:17 PM PST
ISSAQUAH, Wash. (AP) â€" Seattle Seahawks linebacker Leroy Hill was arrested after police say he assaulted his girlfriend and kept her in his home against her will.
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Massachusetts chemist pleads not guilty in crime lab scandal 
Wednesday, Jan 30, 2013 01:50 PM PST
Annie Dookhan, a former chemist at the Hinton State Laboratory Institute, listens to the judge during her arraignment at Brockton Superior Court in Brockton, MassachusettsBOSTON (Reuters) - A former Massachusetts crime lab chemist accused of falsifying evidence tied to as many as 34,000 cases pleaded not guilty to obstruction of justice charges on Wednesday. Prosecutors allege Annie Dookhan, 35, tampered with drug evidence and faked test results at the Hinton State Laboratory Institute in Boston, where she had worked for nine years analyzing drug samples submitted by law enforcement across the state. ...
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Russia scraps anti-crime deal with the US 
Wednesday, Jan 30, 2013 01:48 PM PST
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, front left, visits an exhibition of rescue equipment in Krasnogorsk, outside Moscow, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexander Astafyev, Government Press Service)MOSCOW (AP) â€" Russia pulled out of an anti-crime accord with the United States on Wednesday in a move the U.S. called "self-defeating," the latest sign of rising tensions between Moscow and Washington.
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Death penalty prosecutor joins Holmes case 
Wednesday, Jan 30, 2013 01:21 PM PST
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) â€" A former Colorado Springs prosecutor who has tried four death penalty cases and several murder cases will lead the prosecution against the suspect in the Colorado theater shooting case.
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Ricky Gervais, Tina Fey to join The Muppets in crime comedy caper 
Wednesday, Jan 30, 2013 01:09 PM PST
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Muppets are planning to dominate the big screen again with a 1960s-style comedy caper starring Ricky Gervais and Tina Fey, director James Bobin said on Wednesday. "The Muppets ... Again!" will follow the Muppets cast - including Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy - as they take their show on a world tour only to be unwittingly ensnared in an international theft scheme perpetrated by villain Constantine, who looks identical to Kermit. Gervais plays the sidekick to villain Constantine, while Fey takes on the role of prison guard Nadya. ...
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Crime and Punishment 
Wednesday, Jan 30, 2013 10:53 AM PST
I spent two days with the U.S. Border Patrol in 1994 for a series of stories on California’s immigration problems. Much time has passed, but I’m sure the fundamentals of what I saw remain true.
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3 days of hearings set in Fort Hood shooting case 
Wednesday, Jan 30, 2013 12:03 AM PST
FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Bell County Sheriff's Department shows Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage. The new judge in the shooting case will decide next week whether to spare Hasan the death penalty and let him plead guilty. Col. Tara Osborn has set pretrial hearings for Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013 through Friday. (AP Photo/Bell County Sheriff's Department, File)FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) â€" The new judge in the Fort Hood shooting case is to decide this week whether to spare Maj. Nidal Hasan a possible death sentence and let him plead guilty in the worst mass shooting on a U.S. military installation.
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'Dazed and Confused' actor Jason London arrested after Arizona bar fight 
Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 09:43 PM PST
PHOENIX - Authorities say actor Jason London has been arrested on suspicion of assault and disorderly conduct after an Arizona bar fight.
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Actor Jason London arrested after Ariz. bar fight 
Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 08:59 PM PST
PHOENIX (AP) â€" Authorities say actor Jason London has been arrested on suspicion of assault and disorderly conduct after an Arizona bar fight.
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