On April 28, 2014, Liz Aguilar and Thania Vasquez were working at a
MetroPCS Store on Loop 288 in Denton. Business was slow that day, and a
customer came into the store around 5:40 p.m. Both Vasquez and Aguilar
recognized the customer when he walked in because he had been in the store at
least two or three times before, but neither of them knew his name. Vasquez
remembe... More...   $0 (05-05-2017 - TX)

New York, NY - Former Minister Of Mines For The Republic Of Guinea Convicted Of Receiving And Laundering $8.5 Million In Bribes From Chinese Companies

Mahmoud Thiam, was convicted in Manhattan federal court of money laundering charges stemming from his scheme to launder $8.5 million in bribes that THIAM received from senior representatives of a Chinese conglomerate. THIAM was charged wit... More...   $0 (05-04-2017 - NY)

In January 2015, Laurita Elvir, the complainant, and appellant had been dating
for approximately two years, and they were engaged. Elvir and her daughter, D.G.,
who was five years old at the time, lived with appellant in a house in Katy, Texas.
On January 27, 2015, Elvir and appellant began arguing while he was getting
dressed in an upstairs bedroom. Appellant walked downstai... More...   $0 (05-04-2017 - TX)

Little Rock, AR - Monticello Man Sentenced to Prison for Theft of Government Funds

Thomas “Dale” Sass, 50, of Monticello, was sentenced by United States District Judge Kristine G. Baker to 57 months’ imprisonment for theft of government funds. Sass was also sentenced to three years of supervised release and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $297,516 to his former sister-in-law.<... More...   $0 (05-04-2017 - AR)

Raleigh, NC - Fayetteville Man Sentenced for Drug and Firearm Offenses

Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever, III, sentenced DARIUS JEROME BRADLEY, 28, of Fayetteville, NC to 204 months of imprisonment followed by 5 years of supervised release.

BRADLEY was named in a three-count Indictment filed on August 2, 2016. On October 25, 2016, BRADLEY pled guilty to possession... More...   $0 (05-03-2017 - NC)

This action arises out of a series of events that began at a
Los Angeles middle school, where Katia Julian taught
mathematics, and ended at Mission Community Hospital, where
Julian was involuntarily detained for mental health evaluation
and treatment. After her release, Julian sued the Los Angeles
Unified School District (LAUSD), the Los Angeles Unified School
Police (LAUSP... More...   $0 (05-03-2017 - )

Grand Rapids, MI - West Michigan Man Sentenced To Prison In Scheme To Defraud Herman Miller Inc. Of $1.77 Million

Jerry Lee Akers, 54, was sentenced to serve 41 months in prison for his role in defrauding furniture manufacturer Herman Miller Inc. in a vendor invoicing scheme. The Honorable Paul L. Maloney, U.S. District Judge, imposed the sentence. In addition to the prison term, Akers wa... More...   $0 (05-02-2017 - MI)

Atlanta, GA - Georgia Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing Deceased Father’s Social Security Benefits

Timothy S. Lenon has pleaded guilty to one count of theft of government funds for stealing over $300,000 in Social Security benefits. Lenon received and subsequently spent his deceased father’s Social Security benefits for over 20 years after his death, and did the same with his father’s New Yor... More...   $0 (05-02-2017 - GA)

On November 12, 2011, hunters driving along a rural road in Barton County discovered Damon Galyardt's body lying in a ditch with a bullet wound to the chest. The police investigation led to Chapman, who knew Galyardt through a mutual friend. Chapman did not deny killing Galyardt.

Chapman testified at trial that he went to Galyardt's residence the night before the body was discovered. Ch... More...   $0 (05-02-2017 - KS)

The events leading to Stewart's convictions began to unfold on June 27, 2010, when Cook checked into room 221 at the Econo Lodge in Olathe. Cook worked as a supervisor of a company that was pressure testing a pipe system close by in Kansas City, Missouri. Stewart; his girlfriend, Stephanie Laguna; and her son were staying in room 223, next door to Cook.

The next day, sometime around la... More...   $0 (05-02-2017 - KS)

Farouk Nagi was charged with one count of sexual assault on a child by one in a
position of trust, committed as part of a pattern of abusing his stepdaughter, beginning
when she was thirteen years old and continuing until the abuse was reported when she
was fifteen years old. The jury convicted him as charged, and he was sentenced to an
indeterminate term of twelve years to li... More...   $0 (05-02-2017 - CO)

Seven-year-old A.M. and eight-year-old C.O. told their respective parents that a
man called them over to him while the children were playing in the hallway of their
apartment complex and then touched A.M. sexually. Later that day, the two girls both
made statements to the police, and, as a result of those statements, police arrested
Venalonzo. During the course of the investi... More...   $0 (05-02-2017 - CO)

The defendant, Benjamin Romero, began living with friends in 2009. During the
summer, he spent time with his friends’ fifteen-year-old daughters, C.T. and J.W. On
one occasion, C.T. accused Romero of putting his hand down her pants and touching
her over her underwear while she was sleeping. On another occasion, C.T. and J.W.
1... More...   $0 (05-02-2017 - CO)

Anchorage, AK - Anchorage Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Methamphetamine Importation Conspiracy

An Anchorage man was sentenced in federal court for conspiring to import methamphetamine from California to Alaska. U.S. District Judge Sharon L. Gleason sentenced Alfa Souvandara, 42, of Anchorage, to serve 10 years in prison, following his guilty plea on Feb. 16, 2017.

According to As... More...   $0 (05-01-2017 - aK)

Le Mier unsuccessfully attempted to smuggle illegal substances into the
17 Roosevelt County Detention Center (RCDC) by concealing them within a body
18 cavity. The contraband was discovered during a strip search, Le Mier was charged
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1 with three minor criminal offenses, she was arraigned on June 18, 2012, and pled not
2 guilty. Trial was initially set for mid-January 2013 ... More...   $0 (05-01-2017 - NJ)

Under federal and New Jersey search-and-seizure
jurisprudence, a police officer’s warrantless search of the
passenger compartment of a vehicle, following a lawful traffic
stop, is a constitutional protective sweep when the
circumstances give rise to a reasonable suspicion that a driver
or passenger “is dangerous and may gain immediate access to
weapons.” State v. Gam... More...   $0 (05-01-2017 - NJ)

On July 7, 2014, the Henry County Grand Jury indicted the Defendant for arson under a theory of criminal responsibility.1 At trial, Officer Brian Davis testified that he was a patrol deputy with the Henry County Sheriff’s Office. On February 21, 2014, as Officer Davis was driving north on Highway 79 at approximately 1:00 a.m., he observed two individuals walking towards Paris on the side of the ... More...   $0 (04-30-2017 - TN)

This cases relates to a domestic disturbance involving the Defendant and his stepfather, Dale Ernsberger, who sustained cuts to his arm and neckfrom a knife during an altercation. At the trial, Rutherford County Sheriff’s Detective Jason Dowdle testified that when he arrived at the victim’s home on August 15, 2014, the victim had already been taken
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to the hospital. He ... More...   $0 (04-30-2017 - TX)

This case stems from allegations that White sexually abused (1) his
granddaughter, K.W., in 2007 and 2008, when K.W. was less than 10 years of age,
(2) his daughter, C.C., between 1995 and 1996, when C.C. was 12 or 13 years old,
and (3) two girls that White and his wife, Linda White (“Linda”), babysat, A.M. and
K.M. (See Doc. No. 1); (Aug. 9, 2016 Tr., Vol. I, at 150). It was... More...   $0 (04-30-2017 - OH)

On March 20, 2016, an altercation occurred at the home of the victim.
The victim was injured and taken to the hospital. The victim suffered from a
laceration to her face and a broken nose which she claimed was caused by Mayse.
An investigation followed. On April 7, 2016, the Marion County Grand Jury
indicted Mayse on one count of Felonious Assault in violation of R.C.
... More...   $0 (04-30-2017 - OH)

The record shows that on March 28, 2010, at approximately 12:15
a.m., police officers were dispatched to 506 East 12th Street in the Pendleton area of
Cincinnati. At that time, Pendleton was a high-crime area, with a lot of drug
trafficking and violence.
{¶3} Cincinnati police officer Richard Longworth arrived on the scene to
find an SUV that had rolled back and hit anot... More...   $0 (04-29-2017 - OH)

New York, NY - Former New York Resident Pleads Guilty To Preparing False Tax Returns

Damyon Shuler pled guilty today to charges relating to his preparation and filing of federal income tax returns that sought refunds based on the fraudulent claim that the taxpayers were entitled to slave-reparations payments.

Acting Manhattan U.S. Attorney Joon H. Kim said: “Damyon Shuler stole ... More...   $0 (04-29-2017 - NY)

On September 25, 2015, Stanton and the victim, Jesse Hamilton, confronted each
other at a Raceway gas station in Texarkana, Arkansas. While the testimony of the State’s
witnesses differed significantly from Stanton’s testimony regarding the circumstances, the
parties agree that the confrontation escalated into a fight that ended when Stanton shot
Hamilton with a handgun, causin... More...   $0 (04-28-2017 - AR)

This appeal returns to us after we remanded for the circuit court to hold a hearing
on two of Robert Sandrelli's claims for ineffective assistance of counsel. After holding the
hearing, the court denied relief on both grounds.
.We
affirm the circuit court's judgment.
Robert Sandrelli was charged with four counts of rape. The victim was Sandrelli's
fourteen-year-old son. A... More...   $0 (04-28-2017 - AR)

On March 20, 2015, the State charged defendant by bill of information with
one count of failure to register as a sex offender, second offense, in violation of La.
R.S. 15:542. On March 23, 2015, the district court arraigned defendant on this
charge, and defendant entered a plea of not guilty. Following a jury trial, the jury
rendered a unanimous verdict of guilty on March 24,... More...   $0 (04-28-2017 - LA)