Recent Updates
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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...
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Ohio parents plead guilty to hog-tying young son
Criminal Law 08/31/2010The parents of a Cleveland boy have pleaded guilty to hog-tying and duct-taping him to a coffee table on a nightly basis for months.Thirty-seven-year-old Andreia Huffman and 32-year-old Jason Dunikowski of Cleveland pleaded guilty Monday to a 196-cou...
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NY trial starts for 4 accused of temple bomb plot
Criminal Law 08/25/2010Four men charged with trying to blow up New York synagogues and shoot down military planes were caught on videotape plotting and praying together before setting out to launch the attack, a prosecutor said Tuesday in opening statements at their trial....
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'Grim Sleeper' arraignment set for Monday
Criminal Law 08/23/2010Lonnie Franklin Jr., the suspect in the "Grim Sleeper" serial killings, is scheduled to be arraigned Monday morning in a Los Angeles, California, courtroom on 10 counts of murder.Franklin is accused of killing 10 women in the south Los Angeles area b...
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Lawyer says DOJ ends criminal probe of Tom DeLay
Criminal Law 08/17/2010A lawyer for former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay says the Justice Department has ended a probe of the Texas Republican and will not file any criminal charges.The six-year criminal investigation focused on DeLay's ties to disgraced former lobbyist ...
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Ex-money manager to plead guilty to Indiana fraud
Criminal Law 08/16/2010A former money manager convicted of trying to fake his own death in a Florida plane crash has agreed to plead guilty to securities fraud charges in Indiana.Marcus Schrenker could face 10 years in prison in exchange for pleading guilty to five of 11 c...
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Stabbing spree suspect set for Ga. court hearing
Criminal Law 08/13/2010A man suspected in a three-state stabbing spree is due in court in Atlanta for an extradition hearing after he was arrested at the airport before flying out of the country.Thirty-three-year-old Elias Abuelazam (eh-lee-AHS' ah-boo-ehl-ah-ZAHM') was sc...
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KC man pleads guilty in online sports bookmaking
Criminal Law 08/12/2010A federal crackdown on illegal online sports bookmaking has netted another guilty plea in a Kansas City operation involving more than $3.5 million in bets.The U.S. Attorney's office says 57-year-old Michael Lombardo pleaded guilty Wednesday to conduc...
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Mom pleads guilty in wreck that spurred NY law
Criminal Law 08/11/2010A mother who drunkenly drove a station wagon full of children into a New York City highway wreck that killed one of them has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in a case that spurred a state law.Carmen Huertas wiped her eyes as she entered her guilty ple...