Recent Updates
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2 due in federal court in Vegas boy's abduction
Criminal Law 11/03/2008The grandfather of a 6-year-old boy who was abducted for four days was due in federal court Monday to face a racketeering charge, the U.S. Attorney's office said.Clemens Fred Tinnemeyer, 51, and a woman described as his companion, Terri Leavy, 42, ha...
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Judge orders mom charged in kid's death released
Criminal Law 10/30/2008A woman accused with her husband of giving their 4-year-old daughter a fatal overdose of prescription drugs will be released from jail as she awaits trial, a judge ruled Thursday.Judge Charles Hely said Carolyn Riley should be released on her own rec...
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Wis. court: Cops illegally taped nursing home sex
Criminal Law 09/12/2008Police who videotaped a man having sex with his comatose wife in her nursing home room violated his constitutional rights, an appeals court ruled Thursday.David W. Johnson, 59, had an expectation to privacy when he visited his wife, a stroke victim, ...
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Jury selection resumes in O.J. Simpson trial
Criminal Law 09/11/2008The judge in the O.J. Simpson armed robbery trial allowed jury selection to proceed Wednesday after looking into a report by two prospective jurors that they were contacted by somebody identifying himself as a member of the media.Clark County Distric...
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Sentencing begins in Clemson student strangling
Criminal Law 09/09/2008A convicted sex offender facing execution for raping and strangling a Clemson University student feels so guilty for his crimes that life in prison would be harder on him, his lawyer argued in a South Carolina court on Monday.Jerry Buck Inman, 37, of...
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Man shows up in Pa. court with loaded handgun
Criminal Law 09/05/2008A central Pennsylvania man faces additional charges after showing up for a hearing on summary charges of public drunkenness and disorderly conduct with a loaded handgun.A police officer found the weapon when the 22-year-old man arrived for a hearing ...
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Man faces charges for allegedly shooting near UCLA
Criminal Law 09/03/2008A man has been charged with two felonies after police found him near the University of California at Los Angeles campus with five loaded semiautomatic pistols and thousands of rounds of ammunition.Gene Bush, 52, was charged Tuesday with shooting at a...
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NY Landlord arrested for hidden cameras
Criminal Law 09/02/2008Two women who had just rented an apartment in Franklin Square Sunday discovered digital spy cameras hidden in smoke alarms in their bedrooms, police said. The landlord, Michael Muratore, 44, who lives on the first floor of the 849 Second Ave. home, w...
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Public defender to take ex-prof's appeal in scam
Criminal Law 08/28/2008The federal public defender for South Carolina will handle the court appeal of Al Parish, the former college professor convicted of bilking hundreds of investors out of $66 million.Parish, an economist who once taught at Charleston Southern, filed a ...
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LA hospital CEO pleads not guilty to billing fraud
Criminal Law 08/19/2008A Los Angeles hospital CEO has pleaded not guilty to recruiting homeless people as phony patients and billing government programs for unnecessary health services.City of Angels CEO Dr. Rudra (ROO'-druh) Sabaratnam (sab-ah-RAT'-nahm) entered the plea ...
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Retrial begins in Ohio microwave baby-death case
Criminal Law 08/11/2008Jury selection began Monday for the retrial of a woman accused of killing her month-old daughter by burning her in a microwave oven.China Arnold, 28, is charged with aggravated murder in the 2005 death of her daughter, Paris Talley, and could face th...
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NY man arrested in baby food poison video threats
Criminal Law 08/01/2008A man was arrested Thursday after he allegedly claimed in hoax Internet videos that he had poisoned millions of bottles of baby food, some with cyanide or rat poison, because he wanted to kill black and Hispanic children.Gerber Products Co. and the F...