Seth and Lisa Techel married in October 2011 and lived in rural Agency.
Lisa worked as a jailer in Washington County, but she had aspirations to become
a deputy sheriff like her father, Todd Caldwell, a longtime deputy sheriff in
Wapello County. Seth also aspired to become a deputy sheriff and had interned
with the Wapello County Sheriff’s Office. Seth worked as a security

Tulsa, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Melissa Dawn Stremme with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: FFP, FALSELY PERSONATE ANOTHER TO CREATE LIABILITY, in violation of 21 O.S. 1531.4
Date of Offense: 04/26/2014

Party Name

Disposition Information

STREMME, MELISSA DAWN Disposed: CONVICTION, 06/04/2014. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: FALSELY PERSONATE ANOTH

Tulsa, OK - Tulsa criminal defense lawyer Barrett Holder represented Dustin Joseph Smith who was charged with with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: ABDOM, DOMESTIC ASSAULT & BATTERY BY STRANGULATION, in violation of 21 O.S. 644 J
Date of Offense: 04/25/2014

Party Name

D

Appellant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence supporting his
conviction. We discuss only so much of the factual background as necessary for
disposition of the issues raised. The evidence from trial shows that during the evening
of August 15, 2008, Darrell Randell, Larry Dozier, Joe Mark Davis and appellant were
socializing and drinking beer outside Davis’s Tur

When the victim, Kelly,2 was in third grade, her mother (Mother) moved out
and left Kelly and her two younger brothers with their father, Harper. Kelly and
her paternal grandmother (Grandmother) raised her two younger brothers; Kelly’s
youngest brother, Cole, was one year old when Mother left.3 Kelly and her
brother Chad slept in Harper’s room during the summers because t

On December 11, 2013, the State charged Kline by information with criminal
distribution of dangerous drugs, a felony, in violation of § 45-9-101(1), MCA;
endangering the welfare of children, a felony, in violation of § 45-5-622(3)(c), MCA; and
incest, a felony, in violation of § 45-5-507, MCA. The information alleged Kline
committed these offenses when he gave methamphetamin

TULSA, OK - THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA charged MAX ALLEN KNIGHT JR with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: ABDOM, DOMESTIC ASSAULT & BATTERY - 2ND OFFENSE, in violation of 21 O.S. 644 C
Date of Offense: 04/22/2014

Party Name

Disposition Information

KNIGHT, MAX ALLEN JR Disposed: DISMISSED, 08/18/2014. Dismissed- Prosecution Witness Failed to Appear
Count as Disp

During a break in their on-again-off-again relationship, defendant Dunn and Tracy Shaw, who had obtained a protection order against Dunn, encountered one another at a bank in Parsons. Shaw visited the bank daily as part of her job as a courier. According to bank employees, Dunn had been wandering around outside the bank before Shaw's arrival, and he eventually entered the bank, inquired about open

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Chenango County (Revoir Jr., J.), rendered December 1, 2014, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of murder in the second degree.
On December 11, 2012, Jennifer Ramsaran (hereinafter the victim) went missing after last being seen at her home in the Village of New Berlin, Chenango County. After the victim's body was found in February 20

Brooke2 and defendant were friends in junior high school, and, by high school their
relationship developed into what defendant later characterized as “friends with benefits”—
presumably of the romantic kind. As they reached adulthood, the two went their separate ways.
Brooke married Joe in 2002, and, in 2007, their daughter, Ella, was born. Brooke became a stay
at-home m

The issue in Olivo was “whether a landowner can be liable
for injuries allegedly caused from asbestos exposure experienced
by the wife of a worker who had performed welding and steam
fitting tasks that brought him into contact with asbestos on the
landowner’s premises.” Id. at 398-99. Based on the facts as
presented in Olivo’s summary judgment record and consider

In August 2014, the State charged Rogers with two counts of Class A felony
child molesting, one count of Class C felony intimidation, two counts of Class
D felony child solicitation, and one count of Class D felony battery resulting in
bodily injury.1 The charges stemmed from allegations made by B.L., Rogers’s
then-eight-year-old niece, after she was at Rogers’s house for

In 2010, respondent F.M.’s personal firearm and firearms
purchaser identification card (identification card) were seized
pursuant to the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act of 1991,
N.J.S.A. 2C:25-17 to -35 (Domestic Violence Act).2 Both items
1 The statute on possession and licensing of firearms, N.J.S.A. 2C:58-3, r

The common core standards were developed
in 2009 as part of a State-led initiative that included
governors and commissioners of education from forty-eight
States, two territories, and the District of Columbia working as
members of the National Governors Association Center for Best
Practices and the Council of Chief State School Officers. The
purpose of the initiative

Tried by a jury, defendant Apollo H. Cardenas was convicted
of the first-degree murder of his wife, Youngsook Lee, N.J.S.A.
2C:11-3(a)(1) and N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3(a)(2), and third-degree
possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, N.J.S.A. 2C:39
4(d). After denying defendant's motion for a new trial, the
judge sentenced him to life imprisonment with a thirty-year
peri

This case arises from a November 25, 2011 burglary of the victim‟s house. Carroll County Sheriff‟s Deputy Alan Meggs testified that around 1:00 a.m., he responded to an alarm call at the victim‟s house. He said that when he arrived, he saw a window screen had been cut at the back of the house and that another cut screen was lying against the side of the house. He stated that t

In August 2012, Appellant became involved in an argument with Danielle Dorado, his
companion of five years and the mother of his child, after Dorado found text messages on
Appellant’s cell phone that led her to believe Appellant was cheating on her. After the argument
turned physical, Dorado called 911, and law enforcement was dispatched to the scene.
In the recording of th

Tulsa, OK - Man Sentenced to 12 Years In Prison on Manslaughter Charge

The State of Oklahoma charged Pedro Abraham Castro with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: HM11, MURDER - FIRST DEGREE, in violation of 21 O.S. 701.7
Date of Offense: 02/11/2014
Party Name Disposition Information
CASTRO, PEDRO ABRAHAM
Count # 2. Count as Filed: ABDOM, DOMESTIC ASSAULT & BATTERY

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Schenectady County (Giardino, J.), rendered May 17, 2013, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of robbery in the second degree, assault in the second degree, assault in the third degree and endangering the welfare of a child.
Defendant and the victim married in 2007 and have three children in common. On the evening of April 21, 2012,

Under California law, a member of the general public may not carry a concealed weapon in public unless he or she has been issued a license. An applicant for a license must satisfy a number of conditions. Among other things, the applicant must show “good cause” to carry a concealed firearm. California law authorizes county sheriffs to establish and publish policies defining good cause. The

We review a published decision of the court of appeals1 that reversed the
Milwaukee County Circuit Court's2 denial of defendant Jimmie Lee
Smith's (Smith) postconviction motion to vacate the judgment of
conviction.
¶2 Smith was convicted of second-degree sexual assault,
contrary to Wis. Stat. § 940.225(2)(a) (2013-14),3 and sentenced

Dale Morrow raises two issues in this appeal from his conviction for
possession of crack cocaine with intent to deliver. First, he argues the district
court wrongly granted the prosecutor’s motion to strike a potential juror for cause.
Because Morrow did not secure a ruling from the district court on the juror
challenge under Iowa Rule of Criminal Procedure 2.18(5)(k), he

The warrant was issued on April 30, 2012, based upon an
affidavit presented by Detective James Powers of the Monmouth
County Prosecutor's Office's Narcotics Strike Force. Powers
described a four-month narcotics investigation of a target known
as "Pete," and later identified as defendant. With the
assistance of a confidential informant and an undercover
officer, Powe

The jury in this case heard evidence that Janis married Jamie Moreno
on August 23, 2013, in Hot Springs, South Dakota. J.E., the victim in this case, was
Moreno’s maid of honor. After the ceremony, J.E. consumed a large number of
alcoholic drinks at the reception. At approximately 1:00 a.m., J.E. received a ride to
the home of Janis and Moreno, where she was staying the ni

A Gregg County jury found Brendan Xavier Douglas guilty of the May 15, 2012, capital
murder of Deandre Rossum, and the trial court sentenced him to the mandatory punishment of life
imprisonment without parole.1 In his appeal to this Court, Douglas asserts that there was legally
insufficient evidence to convict him of capital murder and that the trial court erred (1) in failing to <