Five alleged associates of the Genovese La Cosa Nostra crime family were charged Thursday with extortion, making physical threats and illegal debt collecting, according to officials.
Officer guilty; jury recommends 2½ years for voluntary manslaughter for Fatal Shooting
A former police officer was convicted Thursday on one count of voluntary manslaughter, and the jury recommended a sentence of 2½ years in the fatal shooting of an unarmed man in a Wal-Mart parking lot.
Prosecutors asked for Stephen Rankin, 36, to serve the maximum 10 years for killing 18-year-old William Chapman II. The defense asked for no jail time.
Zimmerman Punched for Allegedly Bragging About Trayvon Martin Killing
The man who said he shot unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin in self-defense said he was punched in the face while he was talking to people at a restaurant in Sanford over the weekend.
Man Charged with Plotting to Commit Terrorist Attacks in U.S., including Targeting Military Members
Federal authorities arrested a Charlotte man charging him with trying to help ISIS, including recruiting and encouraging others to rig booby traps, set up ambushes and die as martyrs.
Feds: Metro Transit Cop Helped ISIS
Details in a federal criminal complaint spell out Nicholas Young alleged involvement in helping ISIS terrorist including purchasing gift cards for mobile-messaging accounts that the terrorist group uses in recruiting others to join ISIS.
Man with 12 prior DUI convictions charged with DUI murder of 12-year-old girl
SUMPTER TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A 49-year-old Michigan man is facing murder charges after allegedly causing a deadly car accident. Police tell WDIV that 49-year-old Charles James Cahill, Jr. was speeding when he…
Court Cites Daily Show In Overturning Voter ID Law
By DAVE DEWITT In its decision to overturn North Carolina’s voter identification law last week, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals cited numerous legal precedents and hundreds of pages of testimony….
Judge refuses bonuses for executives at bankrupt Sports Authority
A U.S. bankruptcy judge refused on Tuesday to allow Sports Authority to pay up to $2.85 million in bonuses to four executives for overseeing the winding down of the national sporting goods chain
California Man Sentenced to 70 Years for Traveling to Cambodia to Have Sex with Children
A California man who was found guilty at trial of traveling to Cambodia to have illicit sexual conduct with young girls was sentenced Monday to 70 years in federal prison and ordered to pay a $40,000 restitution to a victim.
Ex-FBI Computer Tech Guilty of Spying for the Chinese Government
NEW YORK Kun Shan Chun, a native of the People’s Republic of China and a naturalized U.S. citizen, plead guilty Monday to spying for China, according to officials. Chun, aka Joey Chun,…
Drunk Deputy Shoots at Church, Angry About Dallas Shootings — Fired but Not Charged
A Sommervell County Sheriff’s Deputy was fired after he admitted to getting drunk and firing his duty gun into the air and into a church because he was angry over the ambush on police in Dallas.
The deputy doesn’t face any charges because the pastor of the church that was damaged didn’t want to go through with charges.
Man Who Planned Attack During State of Union in D.C. Plead Guilty to Terrorism Charges
Twenty-two-year-old Christopher Lee Cornell, of Green Township, Ohio, plead guilty Monday to plotting to travel to Washington D.C. to attack the U.S. Capitol during the State of the Union Address in 2015, according to authorities.