Pocatello, ID - Oglala Tribal Member Sentenced for Involuntary Manslaughter

Ruben Wounded Head, III, 20, of Chubbuck, Idaho, was sentenced August 2, 2017 to a total of 46 months imprisonment for involuntary manslaughter resulting from a drunk driving crash. Wounded Head will serve 34 months in federal prison in addition to the 12 months he already served in Fort Hall Tribal Jail on the sa... More...   $0 (08-04-2017 - ID)

¶ 1 In February 2016, plaintiff, Bradley L. Sweeney, filed a two-count complaint against
defendant, the city of Decatur (City), his former employer, and Tim Gleason, the City’s
manager. In April 2016, plaintiff filed an amended complaint against only the City. In
response, the City filed a combined motion to dismiss the amended complaint under section
2-619.1 of the Code of Civil P... More...   $0 (08-02-2017 - IL)

[¶1] Richardie Kelley appeals from the entry of a summary judgment in
the Superior Court (Penobscot County, Anderson, J.) in favor of North East
Insurance Company on the reach and apply action she brought pursuant to
24-A M.R.S. § 2904 (2016). The court concluded that the damages awarded to
Kelley in the underlying action, see 7 M.R.S. § 3961(2) (2016), were based on a
claim th... More...   $0 (07-25-2017 - ME)

San Bernardino, CA - Moreno Valley man found guilty of murder in DUI crash that killed three

A Moreno Valley man was found guilty July 19, 2017 of multiple counts related to a drunken driving crash that killed a woman and two young girls in Jan. 2013.

A San Bernardino jury convicted 34-year-old Michael Dwayne Hughes at the San Bernardino Justice Center of three counts of murder.... More...   $0 (07-19-2017 - CA)

Defendant-Appellee Justin Schlabach, an officer of the
Munising Police Department, shot and killed Timothy Mitchell (“Mitchell”) following a lengthy
and dangerous car chase. The crucial facts at the scene of the shooting were recorded on the
officer’s dashboard camera, and our decision in this case turns in large measure on this evidence.
Plaintiff-Appellant Ronald Mitchell filed t... More...   $0 (07-19-2017 - MI)

One evening around 11:30 p.m., the complainant, pseudonymously referred
to as John Schmidt, ended his work shift and drove his car, a black Chevrolet
Camaro, to a self-service carwash at 20th Street and Shepherd in the Houston
Heights. The carwash was dimly lit, and Schmidt was the only one there.
While Schmidt was washing his car, a man approached him from his left,
holdi... More...   $0 (07-14-2017 - TX)

Helena, MT - Belgrade Man Sentenced to Over 5 Years in Prison for Possessing Stolen Firearms

Michael Edward Copenhaver, 28, of Belgrade, Montana, was sentenced June 27, 2017 to 70 months in prison and three years supervised release for possession of stolen firearms. U.S. District Court Judge Sam E. Haddon presided over the sentencing.

In court documents, federal prosecutor Bry... More...   $0 (07-11-2017 - MT)

In our discussion of the facts, we will refer to the witnesses and victims by first name because many of them share surnames or changed surnames after marriage. Sometime before the mid-1990s, Perez was living in Texas. There, he met a woman named Patricia Gomez (Trish) and the two began a sexual relationship. Trish later married and took the surname Hughes.

Later, but sometime before A... More...   $0 (07-10-2017 - KS)

Appellant Cantu Enterprises, LLC (Cantu) seeks reversal of the trial court’s denial
of a refund of sales and use tax, interest, and penalty that Cantu paid under protest on the purchase
of an aircraft. Cantu asserts that its purchase is an exempt sale for resale under sections 151.006 and
151.302 of the Texas Tax Code (the “sale-for-resale exemption”). Appellees, Glenn Hegar,
Compt... More...   $0 (07-10-2017 - TX)

Bennett was convicted of, among other things, violating
§ 922(g), and the sentencing judge determined that at least three
of Bennett's prior convictions under Maine law were for an offense
that qualifies as a "violent felony" under ACCA. The sentencing
judge therefore applied ACCA's mandatory minimum fifteen-year
sentence to Bennett's § 922(g) conviction. The sentencing ... More...   $0 (07-07-2017 - ME)

On November 19, 2014, appellant was driving northbound on State Route 132
when he failed to negotiate a curve and drove left-of-center, causing him to strike and kill the
oncoming driver. The passenger of that vehicle also sustained serious injuries.
{¶ 3} Emergency medical personnel responded to the scene. Initially, appellant did
not appear to be breathing and was "unarou... More...   $0 (07-05-2017 - OH)

On July 21, 2015, officers responded to Aurora Premium Outlet Stores for
a report of an attempted shoplifting. An officer spoke with a clerk who observed a male,
later identified as appellant, put unpaid items in a shopping bag. Appellant wandered
around the store on his cell phone and spoke with a female, later identified as Nadia
Campbell. Appellant ended up dumping the ba... More...   $0 (07-03-2017 - OH)

Austin, TX - Austin Pilot Pleads Guilty to Transporting Marijuana in His Plane

In Austin, 64–year-old pilot Wayne Douglas Brunet faces up to 20 years in federal prison after pleading guilty on June 28, 2017 to possession with intent to distribute between 50 and 100 kilograms of marijuana.

On March 20, 2017, state authorities arrested Brunet at the Llano (TX) Municipal Airport af... More...   $0 (06-28-2017 - TX)

Appellees SPEP Aircraft Holdings, LLC (SPEP), PE 300 Leasing, LLC (PE 300),
Saracen Pure Energy Partners, LP (Saracen), Crane Capital Group, Inc. (Crane Capital), James
R. Crane (Crane), Floridian Golf Resort, LLC (Floridian Golf Resort), Champion Energy
Marketing LLC (Champion Energy), and Crane Worldwide Logistics, LLC (Crane Worldwide)
sued appellant Bombardier Aerospace Corpora... More...   $0 (06-23-2017 - tx)

On the morning of August 12, 2015, Elizabeth Keenoy was taking her children
to school in Goshen. She turned onto Wilden Avenue and saw what appeared
to be an oncoming car that had lost control—swerving back and forth across all
lanes of traffic, including oncoming traffic. That car ended up crashing along
the bike path on the opposite side of the road from which it was travel... More...   $0 (06-18-2017 - IN)

For at least twelve years, Metzger felt harassed by planes from Steier Ag
Aviation Service flying so low over his farm that they would “shake the house.”
Around 2005 or 2006, Metzger telephoned Elmer Steier, the company’s founder,
to complain a crop-duster had flown too close to Metzger’s buildings. Steier
recalled Metzger saying “he was so upset that if an airplane flew clos... More...   $0 (06-16-2017 - IA)

Lubbock, TX - Las Vegas Man Sentenced For Interfering with a Flight Crew

Jerry Ba Nguyen, 25, of Las Vegas, was sentenced to 36 months in federal custody for interfering with flight crew members and attendants.

Nguyen pleaded guilty in February 2017 to one count of interference with flight crew members and attendants. Nguyen has been in custody since his arrest in September 2016.... More...   $0 (06-09-2017 - TX)

Albuquerque, NM - Navajo Man from Red Mesa, Utah, Pleads Guilty to Federal Involuntary Manslaughter Charge in New Mexico

Lelander Mays, 31, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Red Mesa, Utah, pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to an involuntary manslaughter charge.

Mays was arrested in Dec. 2016, on a criminal complaint charging him with i... More...   $0 (06-07-2017 - NM)

In 2007, the petitioner crashed a stolen vehicle during a high-speed chase with police, and then fled the scene. Prior to the crash, the petitioner stole the vehicle and robbed two victims at gunpoint. Consequently, a jury convicted the petitioner of carjacking, felony evading arrest, and two counts of aggravated robbery. The trial court imposed an effective twenty-five year sentence to be serv... More...   $0 (06-03-2017 - TN)

Albuquerque, NM - Navajo Woman from Crownpoint Pleads Guilty to Federal Involuntary Manslaughter Charge

Valerie Cayatineto, 40, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Crownpoint, N.M., pled guilty in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to an involuntary manslaughter charge.

Cayatineto was arrested in Jan. 2017, on a criminal complaint charging her with involuntary... More...   $0 (05-31-2017 - NM)

At approximately 9:39 P.M. on June 25, 2014, Officer Day of the West
Carrollton Police Department was dispatched to the scene of a crash involving a motor
vehicle driven by Brent Barger and a motorcycle at the intersection of Alex Bell Road and
Kimberly Lane in West Carrollton. Upon arriving at the scene, Officer Day assisted
Officer Flaute in performing C.P.R. on the motorcy... More...   $0 (05-31-2017 - OH)

On the afternoon of March 9, 2013, Bertrand Dezara was murdered in the
courtyard of an apartment building in eastern New Orleans. Shortly before or
around the time of the murder, the New Orleans Police Department was dispatched
to the scene after a 911 call had been made and an aggravated burglary had been
reported.

Two days later, on March 11, 2013, a shootout oc... More...   $0 (05-21-2017 - LA)

It was undisputed at trial that Howard and her friend, Racquel Gonzalez,
agreed to steal polo shirts from a department store. They recruited another friend,
Shiquinta Franklin, to help them steal the shirts by driving Howard’s vehicle as the
getaway car.
Howard picked up Gonzalez and Franklin, and they drove to the department
store. Howard and Gonzalez entered the store w... More...   $0 (05-19-2017 - TX)

Laredo, TX - Young Alien Smuggler Who Injured Several People in High-Speed Chase Sent to Prison

A Rio Bravo man has been ordered to federal prison after he led police on a high-speed chase in a vehicle loaded with several illegal aliens before crashing into another vehicle and causing serious injuries to several Laredo residents, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez and Special Ag... More...   $0 (05-17-2017 - TX)

On the morning of November 23, 2015, Mure was driving his girlfriend,
Scalicity Boyd, in her vehicle in the Drake University neighborhood of Des
Moines. As Mure and Boyd traveled southbound on 34th Street, Mure noticed a
silver Cadillac pull onto the street following them. Mure turned right onto
University Avenue and then proceeded to the middle turn lane to turn left onto More...   $0 (05-11-2017 - IA)