MISSOURI A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced thirty-two-year-old Jedediah Stout, of Joplin, Missouri, to five years and three months in prison for the arson of a Joplin mosque and two attempted arsons of…
Two Former Louisiana Deputies Who were on DEA Task Force Charged with Drug and Weapons Crimes
LOUISIANA Two former Drug Enforcement Administration task force officers were charged in a superseding indictment unsealed Tuesday with drug conspiracy, weapons offenses, robbery, obstruction of justice and falsification of records in federal…
Judge Presiding in El Chapo Case Shot in Head While Jogging, Dies (VIDEO)
(SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS/OCT.18, 2016) The judge who presided over Sinaloa Cartel drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s case was shot in the head while jogging outside of his home Monday near Mexico…
Cop Who Took 11 Minutes To Report Shooting Found Guilty Of Involuntary Manslaughter
October 18, 2016 1:02 PM PARADISE (CBS13) — A police officer who shot and killed a man who was climbing out of a crash on Thanksgiving has been found guilty of involuntary…
Union Member is Facing up to 400 Years in Prison for Fraudulently Billing for Chiropractor Services
LOS ANGELES A member of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union or ILWU, Local 13, who was convicted for causing two medical clinics to bill the union’s health care plan for chiropractic…
Ex-Arkansas Judge Allegedly Traded Sex for Dismissing Traffic-Misdemeanor Cases
Federal authorities charged a former Arkansas state judge Monday with allegedly dismissing traffic citations and misdemeanor criminal charges for young men in exchange for “acts” he claimed were “community service,” trading sex,…
Federal Jury Convicted Republican Candidate for Sheriff of Using Excessive Force
Former Hancock County, West Virginia, Sheriff’s Deputy Mark A. Cowden, 51, of Weirton, West Virginia, was convicted by a jury Monday of using excessive force against a suspect, officials announced. Following…
Four Days in Jail for Texting Driver who Killed Man Getting Newspaper
By Rochelle Olson Star Tribune OCTOBER 17, 2016 — 1:47PM Calling for wholesale change in societal views on distracted driving, a LeSueur County judge sentenced a New Prague woman to community…
Nation’s Largest Nursing Home Pharmacy to Pay $28 Million to Settle Kickback Allegations
The nation’s largest nursing home pharmacy, Omnicare Inc., agreed Monday to pay $28.1 million to resolve allegations that it solicited and received kickbacks from pharmaceutical manufacturer Abbott Laboratories The bribes were made…
Just Saying: The Best Court Watcher on the Entire Planet, Ever — My Buddy, Mickey
BY RAUL HERNANDEZ [email protected] If it weren’t for my 89-year-old buddy, Mickey Schlein, Dog the Bounty Hunter would have never made it on the airwaves. The Dog, Duane Chapman, might have been…
L.A. Shooting Leaves 3 Dead, a Dozen Wounded
Three people were killed and a dozen wounded in Los Angeles early on Saturday after an argument at a party resulted in gunfire, a police spokesman said on Saturday. A man and…