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| California state senator arrested in FBI sweep Wednesday, Mar 26, 2014 07:55 PM PDT  By Dan Levine and Sharon Bernstein SAN FRANCISCO/SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - A prominent California lawmaker was arrested on Wednesday in an FBI sweep that netted 26 people, a high-profile case that could affect statewide elections and brings to three the number of Democratic state senators who face criminal charges this year. Senator Leland Yee, a former San Francisco supervisor and one-time mayoral candidate, was criminally charged in federal court in San Francisco with two felony counts of conspiring to import and traffic in firearms, and six corruption counts. A criminal complaint posted online by the U.S. Attorney office for the Northern District of California alleges that Yee did favors for an undercover FBI agent in exchange for campaign contributions. The complaint alleges that Yee also offered to facilitate a meeting between the undercover agent and an arms dealer, and discussed the types of weapons that the undercover agent might need. Full Story | Top |
| North Carolina mayor resigns; arrested on corruption charges Wednesday, Mar 26, 2014 06:11 PM PDT  By Emily Harris CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - The mayor of North Carolina's largest city resigned Wednesday after prosecutors said he had been arrested on federal public corruption charges that include accepting more than $48,000 in bribes from undercover FBI agents. Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon, 47, said his resignation was effective immediately in a letter he sent to City Manager Ron Carlee and City Attorney Bob Hagemann. Cannon faces charges of theft and bribery, wire fraud and extortion, which could carry up to 50 years in prison, according to the prosecutor's office for the Western District of North Carolina. Full Story | Top |
| Bin Laden son-in-law found guilty on US terror charges Wednesday, Mar 26, 2014 05:03 PM PDT  A New York jury on Wednesday found Osama bin Laden's son-in-law guilty of conspiracy to kill Americans and supporting terrorists as an impassioned Al-Qaeda spokesman in 2001-2002. Suleiman Abu Ghaith, 48, now faces life in a maximum security American prison after a three-week trial, which has been the highest-profile Al-Qaeda case to reach a US federal court. The convict is most famous for sitting next to bin Laden in a video on September 12, 2001 as the Al-Qaeda mastermind claimed the 9/11 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people the day before. Prosecutors said the first thing bin Laden did after the hijackings was recruit the talented, respected orator to take Al-Qaeda propaganda global as the Twin Towers lay smoldering. Full Story | Top |
| No drug court for man arrested amid Hoffman probe Wednesday, Mar 26, 2014 03:51 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — A jazz musician arrested on heroin possession charges amid an investigation into Philip Seymour Hoffman's death has lost a bid to have the case handled by a New York drug court that emphasizes treatment instead of punishment. Full Story | Top |
| If Parents Did This They'd Be Arrested: Teen Convicts Spend 450 Hours a Year in Solitary Wednesday, Mar 26, 2014 03:31 PM PDT More days of solitary confinement as punishment for making noise. Last week, the federal government filed a lawsuit seeking a temporary restraining order against the Ohio Department of Youth Services for excessively isolating mentally ill juvenile offenders. This solitary confinement is causing these boys "real, irreparable harm," according to the lawsuit, and it is violating their due process rights. "Seclusion has become the state's modus operandi for handling boys with mental illness," the lawsuit states. Full Story | Top |
| North Carolina mayor arrested on federal public corruption charges Wednesday, Mar 26, 2014 03:19 PM PDT By Emily Harris CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - The mayor of North Carolina's largest city was arrested on Wednesday on federal public corruption charges that include accepting more than $48,000 in bribes from undercover FBI agents, a U.S. attorney's office said. Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon, 47, faces charges of theft and bribery, wire fraud and extortion, which could carry up to 50 years in prison, according to the prosecutor's office for the Western District of North Carolina. Full Story | Top |
| Alabama man sentenced in son's Indiana killing Wednesday, Mar 26, 2014 02:53 PM PDT INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana judge on Wednesday sentenced an Alabama man to 55 years in prison for fatally stabbing his 2-year-old son at his parents' central Indiana home. Full Story | Top |
| How Ukraine crisis could dent country's booming cyber-crime Wednesday, Mar 26, 2014 02:28 PM PDT Two US senators are hoping to use Ukraine's new vulnerability to compel the Eastern European nation to clean up the rampant cyber-crime within its borders. The Ukranian city of Odessa is said to be home to the world's largest online stolen credit card data marketplace, and the country at large rivals Russia in the pantheon of cyber-crime. Indeed, Ukraine has become a magnet for Russian hackers gravitating to the digital crime syndicates there. Now, a beleaguered and indebted Ukraine is asking for help from the International Monetary Fund, which gets 17 percent of its money from the US. Full Story | Top |
| FBI: California State Sen. Leland Yee arrested Wednesday, Mar 26, 2014 01:00 PM PDT  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California state senator who was lauded for his efforts to make government more transparent was arrested Wednesday along with a onetime gang leader known as "Shrimp Boy" during a series of raids by the FBI in Sacramento and the San Francisco Bay Area, authorities said. Full Story | Top |
| California state Senator Leland Yee arrested: FBI Wednesday, Mar 26, 2014 11:41 AM PDT  By Dan Levine SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California state Senator Leland Yee was arrested on Wednesday as federal investigators conducted public corruption raids across California, shaking up the election season in the nation's most populous state. In addition, federal authorities arrested Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow, Federal Bureau of Investigation spokesman Peter Lee said, referring to a figure previously convicted in a San Francisco organized crime probe. Yee, a San Francisco Democrat who is currently running for secretary of state, was indicted on public corruption charges, ABC7 News in San Francisco reported on Wednesday. Full Story | Top |
| Surge in crime in Mexico City suburbs raises alarm Wednesday, Mar 26, 2014 09:13 AM PDT  CUAUTITLAN IZCALLI (Mexico) (AFP) - While murders have dropped across Mexico, a burst of violence has rattled the capital's suburbs, with criminals dumping bodies on roadsides, kidnapping people in broad daylight and levying protection taxes. The crime surge in the State of Mexico, which wraps around the capital like a horseshoe, has challenged President Enrique Pena Nieto's pledge to reduce the murders, kidnappings and extortion plaguing his nation. This has again revived fears that the gangland violence seen elsewhere could infect Mexico City, which remains a relative oasis from such mayhem. "This has complicated the situation," she said, noting that her state neighbors Michoacan, Guerrero and Morelos, all known for drug cartel violence. Full Story | Top |
| 2nd man pleads not guilty in Stradivarius theft Wednesday, Mar 26, 2014 08:06 AM PDT MILWAUKEE (AP) — A man has pleaded not guilty to robbery charges stemming from the theft of a $5 million Stradivarius violin in Milwaukee two months ago. Full Story | Top |
| Swedish neo-Nazis sentenced to prison for rioting Wednesday, Mar 26, 2014 08:03 AM PDT STOCKHOLM (AP) — A Swedish court has sentenced three neo-Nazis to prison terms of between six and eight months for attacking an anti-racism demonstration last year. Full Story | Top |
| CNN Producers Reporting on Break-In at WTC Arrested for Breaking Into WTC Wednesday, Mar 26, 2014 05:20 AM PDT  Two CNN producers were arrested after trying to breach security at the World Trade Center building site, failing where one 16-year-old, three parachutists, and their lookout had previously succeeded. The two were spotted repeatedly trying to enter the off-limits premises in the middle of the day, video camera, tripod and strap-on camera in tow. The men first tried going through a gate at Vesey and Washington Streets, where they were stopped by a Port Authority Police Department officer. The men then continued along Vesey Street where a police officer observed Mr. Boals twice trying to climb the fence, Mr. Pentangelo said. Full Story | Top |
| NYPD: Assault on Hasidic Jew possible bias crime Wednesday, Mar 26, 2014 04:36 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — The NYPD is investigating an assault on a Hasidic Jew visiting from England as a possible bias incident. Full Story | Top |
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