Indianapolis, IN - Amazon fraudsters sentenced to years in federal prison

Husband and wife thieves to serve nearly six years; fence to serve two

Three individuals who were previously charged with defrauding online retailer Amazon of $1.2 million in consumer electronics were sentenced on June 4, 2018 to prison by U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Walton Pratt.

“Consumer fr

As the parties recognize, the district court granted Sander's motion to suppress on the record at a hearing held on November 1, 2017. For the purposes of this appeal, we will rely on the facts set forth in the transcript of that hearing. In addition, it does not appear that the district court entered a written suppression order into the record in this case. As such, we will also rely on the transc

Wasse Zafer was the sole owner and operator of Zafer Chiropractic & Sports Injuries, Inc. Zafer originally filed suit against Farmers in February 2012 in Cole County, Missouri. Some of Zafer's patients were insured by Farmers' automobile insurance policies, which provided personal injury protection coverage and/or medical payments coverage. Zafer alleged that some of those insured patients execute

Cleveland, OH - Christine Pierce sued the American National Red Cross Northeast Ohio Region and Edward Leonardi on auto negligence theories.

Cleveland, OH - Warrensville Heights man sentenced to more than 16 years in prison for leading conspiracy that brought fentanyl, heroin and cocaine to Northeast Ohio from Chicago and New York

A Warrensville Heights man was sentenced to more than 16 years in prison for helping lead a conspiracy that brought large amounts of fentanyl, heroin and cocaine into Greater Cleveland from Chicago a

Columbia, SC - South Carolina Man Pleads Guilty to Forced Labor for Compelling Man with Intellectual Disability to Work at Restaurant

The defendant used violence, threats, isolation, and intimidation to compel victim to work seven days a week without pay at restaurant

Defendant Bobby Paul Edwards, 53, of Conway, South Carolina, pleaded guilty Monday in United States District Cour

Los Angeles, CA - Former Fugitive Gang Member Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison for Racially-Motivated Murder

An Avenues gang member who was captured last year after more than a decade on the run was sentenced on June 4, 2018 to 20 years in prison on federal hate crime and firearms charges that were filed against him in 2004.

Merced Cambero Jr., 39, who used the gang monik

Abdifathah Hassan Hashi, the robbery victim, met Mohammad Jama, his friend and coworker, at a bar in Liberal shortly before midnight on Halloween in 2015. Hashi drank heavily until closing time about two hours later and became quite intoxicated. Jama abstained. While at the bar, Hashi exchanged text messages with Raeanne Winters, who he had met briefly sometime earlier. Winters worked as a dancer

¶1 Appellant Renese Bramlett was convicted by jury in the District Court of Tulsa County, Case No. CF-2015-4266, of First Degree Murder, in violation of 21 O.S.2011, § 701.7. The jury assessed punishment at life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. The Honorable William J. Musseman, District Judge, presided at trial and sentenced Bramlett accordingly. Bramlett appeals his Judgment and S

¶1 Appellant, Isaiah Glenndell Tryon, was tried by jury in the District Court of Oklahoma County, Case No. CF-2012-1692, and convicted of Murder in the First Degree in violation of 21 O.S.2011, § 701.7(A). In a separate capital sentencing phase, Appellant's jury found the existence of four statutory aggravating circumstances1 and sentenced Appellant to death. The Honorable Cindy H. Truong, Distric

Maranda ODonnell and other plaintiffs (collectively, “ODonnell”)
brought a class action suit against Harris County, Texas, and a number of its
officials—including County Judges,1 Hearing Officers, and the Sheriff
(collectively, the “County”)—under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. ODonnell alleged the
County’s system of setting bail for indigent misdemeanor arrestees violated
Texas statutory a

Appellants Ledesma & Meyer Construction Company, Inc. and its
principals, Joseph Ledesma and Kris Meyer (collectively, L&M) contracted with
the San Bernardino Unified School District to manage a construction project at a
middle school. In 2003, L&M hired Darold Hecht as an assistant superintendent
and assigned him to the project. In 2010, Jane Doe, a 13-year-old student at the

This appeal concerns an aborted international business
deal between Changzhou SinoType Technology Company, Ltd.
(SinoType), a Chinese company, and Rockefeller Technology
Investments (Asia) VII (Rockefeller Asia), an American
investment partnership. When the relationship between the two
entities soured, Rockefeller Asia pursued contractual arbitration
against SinoType in Los

Boise, ID - Kristi Lynch sued North American Company for Life and Health Insurance, CPS Insurance Services, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Insurance Brokers of California, Inc. on insurance law theories.

On November 30, 2015, Roberts was charged in connection with the shooting
death of Roberts’s brother, Michael Roberts. Roberts filed a motion in limine seeking to
prevent the admission into evidence pictures of the victim found on the victim’s cell
phone, among other items. At the jury trial, the motion in limine was denied, and
Detective Donald Eversole testified regarding the

Mr. Anthony Russo, a communications technician who services offshore oil
platforms and installations, filed a petition for damages on January 20, 2016
against International Drug Detection, LLC (“IDD”) and Psychemedics, wherein he
alleged that on or about July 7, 2015, he and approximately 200 other individuals,
prior to transportation to an offshore oil platform, underwent samp

On November 2, 2012, a collision occurred when the vehicle driven
by Shelley Cooley was hit from the rear by a vehicle driven by Timothy
Adgate, an employee of the City of Shreveport. Following the accident,
Cooley sought medical treatment for pain in her neck, back and right knee.
In May 2013, the plaintiff, Shelley Cooley, filed a petition for
damages against the def

This Court is called upon to determine the outcome of a horse race.
Specifically, this litigation regards which horse – “Coalport” or “Benwill” –
won the September 6, 2014, “Unbridled Stakes” at Louisiana Downs
racetrack in Bossier Parish, Louisiana. The appellees are Kenneth Ramsey
and Sarah Ramsey (the “Ramseys”), who own Coalport. The appellant is
the Louisiana State

On the night of March 19, 2015, Michelle Spence took her fourteen and eleven year-old sons to their grandparents' house to spend the night. Between 6:00 and 7:00 p.m. the following day, their grandfather took the boys home to Spence's house and dropped them off. Their mother wasn't home and when Spence had not come home by 10:00 p.m., the boys walked down the street to see if she was at Renese Br

On March 16, 2012, around 10:30 a.m., Appellant fatally stabbed Tia Bloomer inside the Metro Transit bus station in downtown Oklahoma City. Tia recently broke off her relationship with Appellant due in part to his inability to support their infant child. Appellant was terminally unemployed and drew as income a meager $628.00 a month in Social Security disability benefits. The couple too had a sto

Tulsa, OK - Kay Bridger-Riley sued TTOW Properties LLC, Secure Parking USA, LLC, Columbia Parking, LP, Belclaire Corporation and American Auto Parks, LLC on personal injury negligence theories.

Omaha, NE - Melanie Davis sued American National Bank on a civil rights Americans with Disabilities Act violation theory.

In this putative class action against defendants and
respondents Williams-Sonoma, Inc., and Williams-Sonoma
Stores, Inc. (jointly, Williams-Sonoma), plaintiff and appellant
Harley Shine appeals from an order of dismissal following the
sustaining of a demurrer without leave to amend. Concluding
the demurrer was properly sustained on res judicata grounds, we
affirm.
FACTU

A. Legal Background—The Procedural Ordinance and 2008 Assessment
Under the Property and Business Improvement District Law of 1994 (PBID of
1994) (Sts. & Hy. Code,2 §§ 36600 et seq.), private property owners in a geographical
area can initiate formation of a business improvement district to assess themselves fees to
be spent promoting their businesses. (See Epstein v. Hollywood Ente

As set out above, Reed was charged with two counts of aggravated sexual assault.
Both counts involved the same alleged victim, “Stacy Cooke.” During the trial, the State called 2
various witnesses to the stand, including several law-enforcement officers and Cooke. In her
testimony, Cooke stated that she heard noises in her apartment on the night in question and went to
investigat