Pittsburgh, PA - Jacqueline Berardini sued West Penn Allegheny Health System on a civil rights job discrimination (age) theory.... More...   $0 (05-21-2018 - PA)

Pittsburgh, PA - James E. Schade sued General Fabricating Servicing, LLC on a civil rights job discrimination (age) theory.... More...   $0 (05-25-2018 - PA)

Pittsburgh, PA - Brittney Guess sued Holdins Acquisition Company, L.P. d/b/a Rivers Casino civil rights employment discrimination theory.... More...   $0 (11-30--0001 - PA)

Pittsburgh, PA - Bradley Flenory sued the Chipotle Mexican Grill on a civil rights job discrimination theory.... More...   $0 (05-31-2018 - PA)

Caleb Wade Osborn appeals the district court's decision revoking his probation and ordering him to serve his underlying prison sentence. We granted Osborn's motion for summary disposition in lieu of briefs pursuant to Kansas Supreme Court Rule 7.041A (2018 Kan. S. Ct. R. 47). The State has filed no response.

On April 7, 2016, Osborn pled no contest to possession of methamphetamine in F... More...   $0 (06-23-2018 - KS)

Dana M. Siebold appeals her conviction for possession of methamphetamine and the district court's assessment of the Board of Indigents' Defense Services (BIDS) attorney fees. The information filed in her case alleged facts consistent with possession of methamphetamine, but the information listed the wrong subsection of the statute—one that does not apply to possession of methamphetamine. Siebold a... More...   $0 (06-23-2018 - KS)

The State charged Wren with aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer; use of a deadly weapon; two counts of residential burglary; criminal damage to property valued at $1,000 to $25,000; fleeing or attempting to elude a law enforcement officer by engaging in reckless driving; reckless driving; theft of property valued at $1,000 to $25,000; and criminal damage to property valued at less than... More...   $0 (06-23-2018 - KS)

The State charged Walker with one count of forgery in November 2016 for attempting to cash an altered check about six weeks earlier. See K.S.A. 2017 Supp. 215823 (defining forgery, a severity level 8 nonperson felony). Walker qualified for an accelerated disposition of the charge under a program the Sedgwick County District Attorney uses to promptly offer persons prosecuted for nonviolent felonies... More...   $0 (06-23-2018 - KS)

Malik Yates pled guilty to aggravated burglary, interference with law enforcement, and battery. The district court denied his motion to withdraw his pleas, and this appeal followed.

On October 13, 2016, Yates moved pro se to have his counsel, Chris Sagan and Ann Wollery, replaced because of various complaints about their performance. Four days later Sagan and Wollery, who were not yet... More...   $0 (06-23-2018 - KS)

In October 2014, the State charged Contello with two counts of making a false information, a severity level 8 nonperson felony. The parties entered into a plea agreement in which Contello agreed to plead guilty to one count of making a false information and the State agreed to dismiss the other count. In addition, the State agreed to recommend that Contello be granted probation even though he was ... More...   $0 (06-23-2018 - KS)

On September 21, 2014, Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper Steven Sites was conducting speed checks along Highway 50 when Jones drove past at a speed of 105 miles per hour in a 65 mile-per-hour zone. Sites saw the truck weave and cross the white lane line at least twice. Sites stopped Jones. Sites told Jones the purpose of the stop and
requested his driver's license and registration. Sites smelled ... More...   $0 (06-23-2018 - KS)

Pittsburgh, PA - Angelica Devila sued United States of America on a civil rights tort claim theory.... More...   $0 (03-30-2018 - PA)

Pittsburgh, PA - Rachel Lynn Schoen sued Borough of Crafton, Gregory LaEpple and Tim Harvison on a civil rights job discrimination theory.... More...   $0 (05-23-2018 - PA)

Pittsburgh, PA - Jeremy Arugue used Triton Digital, Inc. on personal property damage theory.... More...   $0 (04-28-2018 - PA)

Pittsburgh, PA - Michael J. Betts and Ruby Caveeck sued Johnson & Johnson and Ethicon, Inc. on personal injury product liability theories.... More...   $0 (05-15-2018 - PA)

On October 21, 2014, Kelly Spires, the manager of a Save-A-Lot in Wichita, reported to police that a man had walked out of the store with a cart of groceries for which he had not paid.

Wichita Police Officer Robert Bachman responded to the scene and spoke with Spires. She told him she had been within 10 to 15 feet of the man and asked him if he had a receipt. She looked him right in th... More...   $0 (06-23-2018 - KS)

Pittsburgh, PA - Glenn Smartshan sued Zimmer Holdings, Inc., Zimmer US., icn. Zimmer Biomet, Inc. and Zimmer, Inc. on a personal injury product liability theory.... More...   $0 (05-31-2018 - PA)

Pittsburgh, PA - Jim Burgunder sued United Specialty Insurance Company on a breach of insurance contract theory.
... More...   $0 (05-30-2018 - PA)

Johnstown, PA - Johnstown Felon Admits Illegally Possessing Loaded Pistol

A resident of Johnstown, Pa. pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

Anthony Rodney Edwards, 31, pleaded guilty to one count before United States District Judge Kim R. Gibson.

In connection with the guilty plea, on Mar. 15, 2018, he was ... More...   $0 (06-22-2018 - PA)

Johnstown, PA - Cambria County Man Lied on Federal Firearms Purchase Form Claiming He was Buying it for Himself

A Cambria County resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of false statement to a federally licensed firearms dealer.

Jesse Edward Lester, 36, of Sidman, Pa., pleaded guilty to the indictment before United States District Judge Kim R. Gibson.

In con... More...   $0 (06-23-2018 - PA)

Appellant Christopher Welshans was convicted of distribution and possession of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252. In this direct appeal, Welshans raises two claims. First, he argues that his due process right to a fair trial was violated because the prosecution informed the jury, through both evidence and argument, that his child pornography files included deeply abhorrent videos ... More...   $0 (06-14-2018 - PA)

The government appeals the District Court’s determination at sentencing that Juan Ramos is not a “career offender” under Section 4B1.1 of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines. That determination was based on the conclusion that Ramos’s prior state court conviction for aggravated assault is not a predicate “crime of violence,” as that term is defined in the Guidelines. We disagree with that conclusion. A... More...   $0 (06-15-2018 - PA)

John B. Koop appeals his conviction and sentence for attempted second-degree murder. The parties are well acquainted with the events that led to this conviction so we need not recount them here. We move directly to Koop's three claims of error: (1) this charge should have been dismissed because the State violated his right to a speedy trial; (2) he should get a new trial because the district co... More...   $0 (06-23-2018 - KS)

On December 24, 2014, Kiowa County Deputy Sheriff Danny McDorman was observing traffic on U.S. Highway 54, between Greensburg and Haviland, Kansas. Although U.S. Highway 54 is mostly a two-lane highway between Greensburg and Haviland, McDorman's patrol car was located about one-fourth of a mile before the end of a four-lane limited stretch of highway.

A little bit after noon, Deputy M... More...   $0 (06-23-2018 - KS)

In 1980, a jury found Bohanon guilty of aggravated battery against a law enforcement officer, aggravated assault, and aggravated burglary. The Sedgwick County District Court sentenced Bohanon to a controlling term of 25 years to life in prison. On direct appeal, his convictions were affirmed. Moreover, we note that since his convictions
were affirmed, Bohanon has filed multiple habeas corpus ... More...   $0 (06-23-2018 - KS)

Steven Nance appeals the district court's denial of his motion to correct an illegal sentence. He was convicted of five counts of indecent liberties with a child that took place in March 1993, before the July 1, 1993 effective date of the Kansas Sentencing Guidelines Act. Because of that, Nance was sentenced under the previous Kansas sentencing laws under which many sentences were of indeterminate... More...   $0 (06-23-2018 - KS)

Martin stole Brittani Jenson's golf clubs from a van, then pleaded guilty to burglary of a vehicle and theft. The district court sentenced him to probation with an
2

underlying sentence of five months' imprisonment and held a hearing to determine the amount of restitution. Heather Jenson, Brittani's mother, testified at that restitution hearing. She explained that at the time o... More...   $0 (06-23-2018 - KS)

In March 2016, Hulsey pled guilty to possession of methamphetamine, a severity level 5 drug felony, and possession of marijuana, a class A misdemeanor. On April 25, 2016, the district court granted Hulsey a downward dispositional departure and sentenced him to 12 months' probation. In December 2016, the State filed a motion to revoke Hulsey's probation, alleging he failed to follow the terms of hi... More...   $0 (06-23-2018 - KS)

This appeal requires us to decide whether the District Court correctly refused to enjoin the defendant School District from allowing transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that are consistent with the students’ gender identities as opposed to the sex they were determined to have at birth. The plaintiffs—a group of high school students who identify as being the same sex they were de... More...   $0 (06-22-2018 - PA)

Topeka Police Officers Brandon Austin and Scott Sinsel were surveilling a home because of complaints of drug activity. Austin was also acting as a field training officer for Sinsel. The officers saw a vehicle approach the house and leave shortly thereafter. Austin decided to follow the vehicle.

After following the vehicle, Austin observed the vehicle fail to signal a lane change. Austin... More...   $0 (06-23-2018 - KS)

Plaintiffs are firefighters who allege that they suffered hearing losses caused by the loud noise emitted by a manufacturer’s fire sirens. A perfunctory investigation conducted by the manufacturer during discovery revealed the firefighters’ lawsuit to be clearly time-barred, and also revealed that one firefighter had not even suffered hearing loss attributable to noise exposure. Eventually, Plaint... More...   $0 (06-23-2018 - PA)

On April 14, 2014, Terrazas-Garcia pled no contest to possession of methamphetamine in Finney County case No. 14CR59 (first 2014 drug case). Upon his 2 plea, the district court found Terrazas-Garcia guilty. On July 28, 2014, Terrazas-Garcia was found guilty of another charge of possessing methamphetamine in Finney County case No. 14CR265 (second 2014 drug case). Sentencing on the first and sec... More...   $0 (06-23-2018 - KS)

The evidence relevant to the two counts of endangering a child, stated in the light most favorable to the State, follows. In November 2015, Angela Salazar was at her home with her son, J.T., age six; and her daughter, A.P., age 13. Her son Lorenzo, age 21, and his friend, the victim here, dropped off some cigarettes for Salazar and then went outside. J.T. was eating at the dining room table and A.... More...   $0 (06-22-2018 - KS)

Dallas, TX - Texas Physician and Two Texas Nurses Convicted for Roles in Home Health Care Fraud Scheme

A federal jury found one physician and two nurses guilty today of health care fraud, and one physician and one nurse guilty of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, all for their roles in a home health fraud scheme.

Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justi... More...   $0 (06-23-2018 - TX)

Chicago, IL - Lorenzo David sued the City of Chicago on a wrongful termination whistleblower protection law theory claiming that he was fired from the Independent Police Review Authority for refusing to change findings in police shooting he considered unjustified. ... More...   $2800000 (06-23-2018 - IL)

Mays Landing, NJ - Jury Convicts Two Of Shooting Police Officer

The State of New Jersey charged Demetris Cross, age 30, and Martel Chisolm, age 31, with attempted murder, aggravated assault, robbery, obstruction, resisting arrest and conspiracy to commit aggravated assault and robbery.

Officers Josh Vadell and Thomas McCabe responded on September 2016 to a report of a robbery. ... More...   $0 (06-23-2018 - NJ)

Marshall, TX - Jury Awards $41.55 Million in Wrongful Death Case

Henry "Hank" Dunn, joint conservator for the Dunn children, sued OM Lodging, LLC d/b/a Baymont Inn & Suites on a wrongful death negligence theory claiming that Ms. Hunt died as a result of the failure on the part of Defendant's employees to act with due care after she was attacked by her husband in December 2013 in respondin... More...   $0 (06-23-2018 - TX)

Under the Public Safety Officers Procedural Bill of Rights Act (POBRA) (Gov.
Code, § 3300 et seq.),1
no punitive action may be taken against a public safety officer for
any alleged act, omission, or other misconduct unless the investigation is completed
within one year of “the public agency’s discovery by a person authorized to initiate an
investigation of the allegation of an ... More...   $0 (06-23-2018 - CA)

In April 2014, the State charged Crenshaw with five counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child under the age of 14; one count of attempted aggravated criminal sodomy with a child under the age of 14; and one count of aggravated criminal sodomy with a child under the age of 14. In June 2016, a jury trial was held in the case. The evidence presented was lengthy and will be set out in consi... More...   $0 (06-22-2018 - KS)

On January 31, 2015, Ryan Platt's vehicle was parked at an event that his business, RP Entertainment, was hosting. Platt alleged that, on that evening, someone smashed one of the windows of his vehicle and took approximately $5,000 in cash from within.

Almost three weeks later, Platt reported another crime. He claimed that, on February 20, 2015, someone cut open the screen door to his ... More...   $0 (06-22-2018 - KS)

On October 30, 2010, Riffe went to a bar called Grand Slam that was attached to a Ramada hotel. There, he met C.H. Events from that night led to Riffe's conviction of aggravated sexual battery. C.H. and Riffe have different accounts of what occurred. We include both of their accounts and a description of the events that took place after the police became involved.

C.H.'s description More...   $0 (06-22-2018 - KS)

At trial, the witnesses presented varying and sometimes conflicting versions of the context that led to this prosecution. We have pared down the factual background to what we deem important for resolution of the issues.

Around 2007, Barlett and Chad Ford formed a rap group called Wicked Wayz. Unable to agree on finances, Barlett and Ford ended their venture in 2010 or 2011. Barlett cont... More...   $0 (06-22-2018 - KS)

George was convicted by a jury of kidnapping, rape, aggravated robbery, and aggravated intimidation of a witness or victim. The basic facts as established in the direct appeal of his convictions include:

"R.L., a clerk at a Lansing convenience store, testified that on December 21, 2004, George entered the store, told R.L. he 'wanted the money,' and showed her a gun. R.L. handed George c... More...   $0 (06-22-2018 - KS)

The charges against Wells arose from the shooting death of Joshua Hartwig. A group of residents had gathered outside Hartwig’s apartment building after hearing a disturbance. Hartwig joined the group after the disturbance appeared to have ended, but several minutes later a man walked up and fired shots at the group. Hartwig was struck by a bullet and - 299 - Nebraska Supreme Court Advanc e Sheets ... More...   $0 (06-22-2018 - NE)

The Montana Mining Association (MMA) challenges the Attorney General’s
determination that Initiative 186 (I-186) is legally sufficient in an original proceeding
before this Court. This Court has “original jurisdiction to review ...the attorney general’s
legal sufficiency determination in an action brought pursuant to 13-27-316.” Section
3-2-202(3)(a), MCA. We conclude this ... More...   $0 (06-22-2018 - MT)

Espino worked as a tax preparer for a real estate broker in Spring Valley, California. One borrower, Sean Desmond, served as a police officer at the Chula Vista Police Department. In 2006 he attempted to buy a $1.6 million home. As a police officer, his salary was $90,000 at the time. To assist him with qualifying for this loan, he worked with a broker named Jesse Rodriguez to prepare the loan ... More...   $0 (06-22-2018 - CA)

David Reinhart was convicted of two counts of possession of child pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(4)(B). A defendant convicted of this offense who has “a prior conviction . . . under the laws of any State relating to . . . the production, possession, receipt, mailing, sale, distribution, shipment, or transportation of child pornography” is subject to a ten-year mandatory minimum s... More...   $0 (06-22-2018 - CA)

On January 22, 2016, the government filed a criminal complaint against Satterwhite alleging that he participated in a number of robberies in the Columbus, Ohio area. The complaint requested an arrest warrant against Satterwhite for interstate robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951, felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), and brandishing a firearm during a crime of... More...   $0 (06-22-2018 - OH)

Between February and April 2013, Susany entered into a conspiracy with Robert Courtney and James Quinn to obtain explosives that would be used to crack safes at jewelry stores and coin shops. The trio planned to obtain funds to finance their initial purchase of explosives by breaking into jewelry stores and coin shops to steal valuable items. On February 13, 2013, Susany and Quinn met with a con... More...   $0 (06-22-2018 - OH)

TULSA, OK - THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA charged JOHN FITZGERALD BIVENS JR and MATTHEW GRANT LAWWILL with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: LMFR, LARCENY OF MERCHANDISE FROM RETAILER, in violation of 21 O.S. 1731
Date of Offense: 06/18/2014

Party Name Disposition Information

LAWWILL, MATTHEW GRANT Disposed: CONVICTION, 08/11/2014. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: LARCENY O... More...   $0 (09-30-2014 - OK)

On March 31, 2014, the government obtained a 30-day electronic surveillance order authorizing the wiretapping of cellphones identified as “Target Telephone 1” (TT1) used by Eric Williams, and TT2 used by defendant-appellant Jamal Cooper. The government submitted a single application and the court issued a single wiretap order to cover both phones.
The government intercepted Cooper’s calls u... More...   $0 (06-22-2018 - )

Tulsa, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Joshua Michael Holland with:


Count # 1. Count as Filed: CHEND, CHILD ENDANGERMENT, in violation of 21 O.S. 852.1
Date of Offense: 06/18/2014

Party Name Disposition Information

HOLLAND, JOSHUA MICHAEL Disposed: CONVICTION, 10/20/2014. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: CHILD ENDANGERMENT(CHEND)
Violation of 21 O.... More...   $0 (10-20-2014 - OK)

Tulsa, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Monique Marie Salazar with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: LMFR, LARCENY OF MERCHANDISE FROM RETAILER, in violation of 21 O.S. 1731
Date of Offense: 06/18/2014

Party Name Disposition Information

SALAZAR, MONIQUE MARIE Disposed: CONVICTION, 08/14/2014. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: LARCENY OF MERCHANDISE FROM RETAILER(LM... More...   $0 (08-14-2014 - OK)

Benjamin Robert Davis seeks to appeal the district court’s orders denying relief on
his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2012) and Fed. R. Civ. P. 59(e) motions. The orders are not
appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability. 28 U.S.C.
§ 2253(c)(1)(B) (2012). A certificate of appealability will not issue absent “a substantial
showing of the denial of ... More...   $0 (06-22-2018 - NC)

Counsel questions whether the district court complied with Rule 11 in accepting
Ramirez’s guilty plea but does not identify any specific error committed during the plea
hearing. Because Ramirez did not move in the district court to withdraw his guilty plea,
we review this issue for plain error. United States v. Sanya, 774 F.3d 812, 815 (4th Cir.
2014). To establish plain err... More...   $0 (06-22-2018 - NC)

In February 2014, the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General determined that child pornography was being shared by an Internet Protocol (IP) address associated with a subscriber later identified as Welshans’s aunt. Law enforcement agents executed a search warrant on her home on March 21, 2014 at 7:30 a.m. The agents found no child pornography, but learned that Welshans, who lived nearby, used t... More...   $0 (06-21-2018 - PA)

Tom River, NJ - Jury Finds In Favor of Plaintiff and Awards Her $1.5 Million

Carol Ann Conforti sued the Ocean County Corrections Department on a wrongful death negligence theory claiming that the employees of the jail failed to exercise due care in the incarceration of her husband, Kenneth, age 45, and, as a direct result, he hanged himself in his cell on October 20, 2010.

Kenne... More...   $1500000 (06-21-2018 - NJ)

Spokane, WA - The State of Washington charged Cynthia Khaleel with second-degree murder in the death of 5-year-old Gary Blanton, III.

The boy died in 2015 from a skull fracture.

The State claimed that Defendant was stressed from caring for six children and lost her temper before attacking the child.

The child was the Defendant's nephew.... More...   $0 (06-21-2018 - WA)

Idabel, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Ernest Alvin Lewis, age 66, with murder in the first-degree for killing Johnny Smith in 1984.

The State relied on DNA evidence to prove that Lewis was the killer.

Lewis and Smith were both employees of K.C.S. Lumber in Idabel, Oklahoma.

Lewis was charged with the murder in 1984 but the charges were dropped due to lack of evidenc... More...   $0 (06-21-2018 - OK)

Plaintiff and appellant Natasha Meeks contends that she suffered sexual
harassment on the job. She brought suit against her employer, defendant and appellant
AutoZone, Inc. (AutoZone), and the alleged harasser, defendant and appellant Juan
Fajardo, pursuing claims of sexual harassment, failure to prevent sexual harassment, and
retaliation in violation of the Fair Employment and Hou... More...   $0 (06-22-2018 - CA)