Anchorage, Alaska – Acting U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder today announced an extensive effort to disrupt and dismantle the Kelihos botnet – a global network of tens of thousands of infected computers under the control of a cybercriminal that was used to facilitate malicious activities including harvesting login credentials, distributing hundreds of millions of spam e-mails, and installing ransomware... More...   $0 (04-12-2017 - AK)

Appellant was in a relationship and lived with Rebecca Flores. On the night of the
assault, they began fighting because he wanted to have sex and she did not. With his left hand,
appellant grabbed Flores’s hair while he punched her “all over [her] face” and head with his right
hand. He tore off her clothes. He began hitting her while they were in their bedroom and
dragged h... More...   $0 (04-12-2017 - TX)

During the trial, the jury heard evidence regarding an encounter that M.N. and K.N.
had on their way to school and regarding the subsequent investigative efforts by law-enforcement
officials. Specifically, M.N. and K.N. were approached by a man who neither of them knew and
who was wearing a gray hoodie covering his head. During the encounter, the man grabbed both
girls. Ultimate... More...   $0 (04-12-2017 - TX)

During the trial, the jury heard evidence regarding an encounter that M.N. and K.N.
had on their way to school and regarding the subsequent investigative efforts by law-enforcement
officials. Specifically, M.N. and K.N. were approached by a man who neither of them knew and
who was wearing a gray hoodie covering his head. During the encounter, the man grabbed both
girls. Ultimate... More...   $0 (04-12-2017 - TX)

Andrew Garraway was charged by indictment with twenty counts of burglary of a
habitation. Each count in the indictment alleged the date of the offense, the county where the 2
offense occurred, the name of the victim, lack of consent from the victim, and that Garraway entered
each habitation “with the intent to commit theft, did attempt to commit theft, and did commit theft.”
At tr... More...   $0 (04-12-2017 - TX)

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Appellant Bruce Lindsey (Lindsey) appeals from a grant of summary
judgment in favor of respondents Joshua and Christina Epps (the Epps).
Lindsey and the Epps are, respectively, the defendant and plaintiffs in the
underlying unlawful detainer action which arose from the Epps‟ postforeclosure
acquisition of the at-issue property.
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Fresno, CA - Ponzi Scheme Manager Sentenced to over 4 Years in Prison for Scheme That Stole over $1.5M from Victims in Visalia and Elsewhere

Bonnie Lynn Recinos, 56, of Mesa, Arizona, was sentenced to four years and seven months in prison and was ordered to pay over $1.5 million in restitution for conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud in connection with an investment fraud scheme.
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Tyler, TX - Upshur County Man Sentenced for Federal Conspiracy

A 41-year-old Gilmer, Texas man was sentenced to federal prison following a lengthy investigation into a synthetic drug operation in the Eastern District of Texas.

Jeremy Chad Tidwell pleaded guilty on Nov. 17, 2016, to conspiracy to commit offenses against the United States and was sentenced to 60 months in fede... More...   $0 (04-11-2017 - TX)

The jury heard evidence that on May 4, 2013, Hampton stabbed her boyfriend,
Antonio Jennings, with a knife. Jenning See Tex. Penal Code § 22.02(b)(1).1
ongoing relationship with Crystal Whiteside, the mother of Jennings’s two daughters. According
to Jennings, Hampton was upset because Jennings was planning to attend his daughter’s birthday
party, and Jennings’s “baby mama was goi... More...   $0 (04-11-2017 - TX)

When she died on April 14, 2014, single mother Lianne Murray had two
grown children, Allisyn Ramirez and Daniel Murray, was a grandmother of a
young boy, and was eagerly awaiting the birth of her second grandson in May.
Her father had committed suicide in April 2009 by shooting himself, and her
mother had passed away a short time later, suffering from dementia and
estrang... More...   $0 (04-11-2017 - TX)

From the summer of 2014 until his arrest, Carreon worked as the girls’ varsity
soccer coach at a high school in Harris County, Texas. That fall, Carreon began
texting with a 17-year-old student who was a high school senior on the soccer team
“in a flirty way.” Their communications led to clandestine hotel encounters and an
intimate sexual relationship. Carreon and the studen... More...   $0 (04-11-2017 - TX)

New York, NY - Pakistani Man Pleads Guilty In Axact Diploma Mill Scam

UMAIR HAMID, a/k/a “Shah Khan,” a/k/a the “Shah,” pled guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with an international “diploma mill” scheme that collected tens of millions of dollars from thousands of customers. As alleged in the Indictment to which HAMI... More...   $0 (04-11-2017 - NY)

The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (Health & Saf. Code,
§ 38500 et seq.) established the first comprehensive greenhouse gas regulatory program
in the United States. Its goal is to progressively reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 1990
levels by 2020. The State Air Resources Board (ARB) was charged with achieving this
goal. One of its actions was promulgating the low... More...   $0 (04-11-2017 - )

The State's complaint against Jerry A. Anderson charged him with aggravated (armed) robbery of a Loan Max store in Hutchinson, Kansas. The security video from the
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store showed a black male, wearing a new blue and red Atlanta Braves baseball cap, a black do-rag, a long-sleeved blue shirt, blue jeans, and white tennis shoes.

Security video from Loan Max and two nearby b... More...   $0 (04-10-2017 - KS)

Grant was convicted by a jury of two counts of commercial sexual exploitation of a child stemming from events that occurred sometime between May 1 and May 9, 2015. In May 2015, K.A., who was 16 years old at the time, had run away from her foster home in Wichita sometime near the conclusion of April. K.A. met up with Kiley Jordan, an individual K.A. described as "like family to me." Jordan informed... More...   $0 (04-10-2017 - KS)

On January 6, 2013, Kelly, who was 18 years old at the time, and his friend, Lee King, were drinking at a friend's house. At around 3:30 a.m., the two left, with Kelly driving. On the way home, Kelly approached a sharp turn on a gravel road. Although Kelly applied the brakes and turned the steering wheel, the truck slid on the gravel. The truck hit a row of trees, breaking branches 4 to 5 feet off... More...   $0 (04-10-2017 - KS)

Defendant was indicted on 211 counts, including 52 counts of securities fraud,
18 52 counts of prohibited conduct in providing investment advice, 52 counts of fraud,1
52 counts of forgery, two counts of theft of identity, and one count of conspiracy to
2 commit securities fraud. Following Defendant’s plea of not guilty, the State filed a
3 motion to set conditions of release. Afte... More...   $0 (04-10-2017 - NM)

To establish abuse of process, the claimant must prove (1) an
ulterior purpose to accomplish an object not within the proper scope of the process, (2)
an act not proper in the regular prosecution of proceedings, and (3) harm caused by the
abuse of process. Chad Stevens filed a counterclaim against Mark Baute for abuse of
process. Stevens alleged as damages that he incurred attorney... More...   $0 (04-10-2017 - WA)

In previous decisions, this court has said that the statutory remedies
available for a violation of the Consumers Legal Remedies Act (CLRA; Civ.
Code, § 1750 et seq.), the unfair competition law (UCL; Bus. & Prof. Code, §
17200 et seq.), and the false advertising law (id., § 17500 et seq.) include public
injunctive relief, i.e., injunctive relief that has the primary purpose and ef... More...   $0 (04-10-2017 - )

Beginning in 2005, Rittall acquired other people’s personal
identifiers, including their birth dates and social security
numbers, by offering to help them file tax returns and claims
for rent rebates under Maine’s Residents Property Tax and Refund
“Circuit Breaker” program. Between 2006 and 2012, Rittall
prepared and filed false federal and state income tax returns in More...   $0 (04-09-2017 - ME)

This case centers on Ponzo's affiliation with LCN, a
crime network with a "boss," "soldiers," and "associates" -- an
affiliation that began in the late 1980s and ended in the mid
1990s, give or take. LCN operated its organized crime network through trafficking drugs, loansharking, extortion, and illegal gambling. Ponzo's LCN membership formed the basis for the
Racketeer Influ... More...   $0 (04-09-2017 - MA)

After his suppression motion was denied, defendant pled
guilty, pursuant to a plea agreement, to three counts in a five
count indictment against him, namely Count Three, second-degree
possession of a controlled dangerous substance (CDS) with intent
to distribute (N.J.S.A. 2C:35-5(b)(2)), Count Four, third-degree
possession of a CDS within one thousand feet of school propert... More...   $0 (04-09-2017 - NJ)

Defendant was charged in Monmouth County Indictment No. 10
07-1301 with third-degree possession of a controlled dangerous
substance (CDS), N.J.S.A. 2C:35-10(a)(3) (Count One); first-degree
possession of CDS with intent to distribute, N.J.S.A. 2C:35
5(b)(10)(a) (Count Two); first-degree maintaining or operating a
CDS production facility, N.J.S.A. 2C:35-4 (Count Three); third<... More...   $0 (04-09-2017 - NJ)

A grand jury indicted and charged defendant with second
degree unlawful possession of a weapon without a permit, N.J.S.A.
2C:39-5(b). The jury trial pertained solely to that charge. The
other convictions from which defendant appeals resulted from
violations of probation.
We adduce the following facts from the evidence at the trial.
An individual (the 9-1-1 caller) ... More...   $0 (04-09-2017 - NJ)

Defendant Tiwan M. Flagler appeals from the denial of his
motion to suppress evidence seized after a motor vehicle stop and
from his sentence. On appeal, defendant raises the following
contentions:

POINT I THE ORDER DENYING THE MOTION TO SUPPRESS SHOULD BE REVERSED AND THE MATTER REMANDED FOR A NEW MOTION HEARING IN FRONT OF A DIFFERENT JUDGE. THE MOTION JUDGE INEXPLICAB... More...   $0 (04-09-2017 - NJ)