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Man who took tourists on NYC chase pleads guilty
Criminal Law 10/08/2010A man who took five French tourists on a police chase of an illegal airport shuttle van in New York has pleaded guilty to felony assault in exchange for a 90-day jail term.Ian McFarlane entered the plea Thursday in Queens. McFarlane could've faced se...
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2 pleas after NY toddler chokes to death on carrot
Criminal Law 10/05/2010The owner and former assistant director of a New York day care center where a 2-year-old girl choked to death on a carrot have pleaded guilty to criminal charges.Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice says Carousel Day School owner Eugene Form...
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Chicago bomb suspect to appear in court
Criminal Law 09/30/2010A 22-year-old Lebanese immigrant accused of placing a backpack he thought contained a bomb near Chicago's Wrigley Field this month is set to appear in federal court.Sami Samir Hassoun was charged last week with attempting to use a weapon of mass dest...
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Pa. woman to plead guilty in Boston bridal scam
Criminal Law 09/29/2010A Pittsburgh woman has agreed to plead guilty to allegations she defrauded advertisers and exhibitors out of thousands of dollars with a fake bridal show in Boston.Federal prosecutors say Karen Tucker on Tuesday agreed to waive indictment on wire fra...
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Serb pleads guilty in NY student beating case
Criminal Law 09/27/2010A Serb basketball player has pleaded guilty to beating an American student into a coma. The plea was part of a plea bargain under which Miladin Kovacevic is expected to serve about two years in prison in his homeland.Under the agreement, Kovacevic, 2...
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2 Iowa women plead guilty to embezzling millions
Criminal Law 09/24/2010Two Iowa women pleaded guilty Thursday to federal felony charges that they embezzled nearly $6 million from West Des Moines insurer Aviva USA.The charges come nearly a year after Phyllis Stevens, 59, was arrested at a Las Vegas hotel. An Aviva employ...
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Ind. teen who killed brother breaks down in court
Criminal Law 09/17/2010An Indiana teenager who pleaded guilty to murder has broken down while watching video of himself telling police how he strangled his 10-year-old brother.Ohio Circuit Court Judge James D. Humphrey recessed court twice for a total of nearly an hour Thu...
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Man who tried to fake death pleads guilty to fraud
Criminal Law 09/16/2010An Indiana money manager who once led a high-flying lifestyle pleaded guilty to five securities fraud counts on Wednesday, nearly two years after he tried to fake his death in a Florida plane crash to escape the crush of financial and personal proble...
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Defendant pleads guilty in NJ in $880M fraud case
Criminal Law 09/15/2010A Florida man has pleaded guilty in New Jersey to running a multistate Ponzi scheme that prosecutors say left investors with about $80 million in losses.Nevin Shapiro admitted in a Newark federal courtroom Wednesday to using Florida-based Capitol Inv...
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Accused gunman in hospital standoff due in court
Criminal Law 09/08/2010A former Army soldier accused of taking workers hostage at a Georgia military hospital is scheduled to make his first appearance in federal court in Savannah.Federal prosecutors charged Robert Anthony Quinones on Tuesday with assault and kidnapping i...
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Flight attendant in passenger tiff due in N.Y. court
Criminal Law 09/07/2010A former JetBlue flight attendant accused of cursing out an airplane passenger and then sliding down an emergency exit chute is due in a New York City courtroom. Steven Slater is scheduled to appear today for a routine hearing on criminal-mischief ch...
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New Jersey man pleads guilty to trade secret theft
Criminal Law 09/02/2010A New Jersey man who was a chemist for a suburban Chicago-based paint company has pleaded guilty to stealing trade secrets.Federal prosecutors say 54-year-old David Yen Lee of Jersey City, N.J., pleaded guilty Wednesday. They say he admits to stealin...