Crime
Suspect in Va trooper's slaying faces more charges
A man accused of killing a Virginia State Police trooper is facing more charges. Russell E. Brown, 28, of Chesterfield, had been charged with capital murder, attempted capital murder and two firearms counts. Late last month, a Dinwiddie County grand jury indicted Brown on the original charges and additional counts ...
Tunisia arrests Muslim cleric for hardline sermon
Tunisian police arrested an imam after he delivered a sermon described as "insubordinate," the Interior Ministry said Wednesday, in the first high-profile arrest since the government began taking a harder line toward religious conservatives. After facing accusations that it has been lax in enforcing the law, Tunisia's moderate Islamist ruling ...
Texas House panel approves new youth punishment
A Texas House panel has endorsed a bill to create a mandatory life sentence with the possibility of parole after 40 years for 17-year-olds convicted of capital murder. The Criminal Jurisprudence Committee sent the bill Wednesday to the full House, which is expected to vote before the end of the ...
4 sentenced to prison in attack on gay man in Ky.
Four people from eastern Kentucky have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in the kidnapping and attack of a gay man. U.S. District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove on Wednesday ordered 38-year-old David Jason Jenkins to prison for 30 years, and his cousin, 22-year-old Anthony Ray Jenkins, locked up ...
Ex-Chicago firefighter gets pension from prison
A former Chicago firefighter who was convicted in the 1994 slaying of his wife has received more than $55,000 a year in pension payments from behind bars, according to a televised report. WFLD-TV (http://bit.ly/15jOjDG ) reports there's nothing illegal about the money — more than $840,000 in all — that ...
Official: Philly not liable for private demo work
A Philadelphia deputy mayor says the city isn't responsible for demolition work done at a private site once a permit is issued. The comment comes as City Council opens its investigation into the fatal June 5 building collapse that killed six people. Council members are questioning the Deputy Mayor Everett ...
Boy testifies in slaying of great-grandmother
A boy who has pleaded no contest in the bludgeoning death of his great-grandmother has testified that his friend used a hammer to repeatedly strike the woman at her Sheboygan Falls home. Fourteen-year-old Nathan Paape (pahp) is on trial in adult court in Sheboygan County for the death of 78-year-old ...
United Tech sees possible impact from court order
A federal court order that United Technologies Corp. pay $473 million plus interest to compensate for alleged fraud in its sale of fighter jet engines could cut into revenue and profit, the aerospace giant said in a regulatory filing. Judge Thomas M. Rose of the U.S. Southern District Court of ...
Man shot by deputy at Calif. burger joint ID'd
A man suspected of trying to rob an Oakland burger restaurant at gunpoint before being shot and killed by a sheriff's deputy has been identified as a 32-year-old Oakland resident. The Alameda County Sheriff's Department identified the man as Quincy Williams on Tuesday. Sheriff's officials tell the Oakland Tribune (http://bit.ly/11JKg1m) ...
Judge sides with provider in Medicaid fraud case
A former state judge appointed to oversee a financial fraud case has cleared a mental health provider of wrongdoing and restored the clinic's status as a Medicaid provider. The decision was made Tuesday by former state judge Peter D. McDermott, who was appointed to serve as an administrative hearing officer ...
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