Recent Updates
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Jury finds Saleh guilty of murder in Popovich slaying
Criminal Law 05/03/2007Adam Saleh today received the maximum sentence of 38 years to life in prison after a jury found him guilty of the murder of Reynoldsburg model Julie Popovich.The judge called Saleh a "shark" who might prey on other women if he is ever released. He al...
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Two Florida former police officers plead guilty
Criminal Law 04/26/2007[##_1L|1139187474.jpg|width="130" height="130" alt=""|_##]Two former police officers arrested in an FBI corruption sting pleaded guilty Wednesday to drug conspiracy charges. Kevin Companion, 41, Stephen Harrison, 46, and two other officers in the For...
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Police: Poor Review Set Off Nasa Gunman
Criminal Law 04/22/2007William Phillips, 60, took a revolver to work at the Johnson Space Center on Friday and shot dead fellow employee David Beverly, 62. Phillips bought the gun on the same day last month that he printed off the bad review, police said. A woman was also ...
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Ex-Navy chief pleads guilty to attempted rape
Criminal Law 04/19/2007Naval Base Kitsap's former top enlisted man pleaded guilty Thursday to attempted rape.Kitsap County prosecutors will recommend a 90-month sentence for Edward E. Scott, 43, and his defense attorney may ask for a sentencing alternative, including treat...
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Virginia Tech Shooter Identified by Police
Criminal Law 04/17/2007Authorities identify the gunman suspected of killing 32 people at Virginia Tech as 23-year-old Cho Seung-Hui, an English major who has lived in the United States since immigrating from South Korea in 1992. He had a Centreville, Virginia address...
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Cop killer pleads guilty in assault on prison guard
Criminal Law 04/17/2007[##_1L|1033659563.jpg|width="120" height="84" alt=""|_##]A convicted cop killer had choices Monday when it came to charges against him in connection with an assault on a Bucks County Prison corrections officer. He could have asked for a jury trial or...
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State Trooper Guilty Of On Duty Rape
Criminal Law 04/14/2007BOSTON, MASS - A veteran Massachusetts state trooper has been found guilty of three counts of raping a woman while on duty last year.Daniel Grant, 42, of Holbrook, a married 17-year veteran of the state police had been accused of threatening to plant...
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Jailed sex offender hit with five more counts
Criminal Law 04/12/2007An incarcerated registered sex offender in Lyon County was charged Wednesday with five counts of third-degree sexual abuse.Kyle King, 21, allgedly committed five sex acts with a 15-year-old female in fall 2006, the Lyon County Sheriff's Department re...
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Parental Alienation Awareness Day to be April 25th
Criminal Law 04/10/2007Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman and Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher Join the Governors of Maine, Iowa, and Nevada in Recognizing and Proclaiming April 25th as Parental Alienation Awareness DayParental Alienation Awareness Organization (PAAO) is plea...
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Man to plead guilty to slaying of 10-year-old girl
Criminal Law 04/10/2007[##_1L|1250316023.jpg|width="142" height="117" alt=""|_##]A man accused of killing his family will plead guilty to the abduction and murder of a ten-year-old girl, his attorney said. Simon Rios, 35, will plead guilty in Delaware County in the death o...
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Teenager pleads guilty to killing deli owner
Criminal Law 04/09/2007A 16-year-old Buffalo youth has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for killing a deli owner during a robbery.Robert Gwynn was 15 when he and a 13-year-old accomplice robbed Myheeb's Deli in November. Gwynn shot the deli owner, Mike Saeed, in the ...
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Verdict: Guilty but mentally ill
Criminal Law 04/09/2007A jury found Gregory Nurrenberg Jr. guilty but mentally ill when he killed 45-year-old Sherry Dickey.Nurrenberg, 24, admitted killing Dickey during Memorial Day weekend 2006, but pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.Jurors deliberated approximate...