Merrimak ATM Group LLC has agreed to pay $50,000 to the Commonwealth to settle allegations that it failed to post fee disclosure notices on some of the ATM’s it operates in the Bay State, the office of Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley said Monday. Merrimak, which is described as a non-bank ATM provider with its principal place of business in California, has also agreed to change its ...

Seattle Attorney Ann Carey began to present the defense last week in the case of Malcolm Fraser, assistant pastor of Sound Doctrine Church, who has been charged with two counts of first degree child rape and two counts of first degree child molestation.

WEST UNION, Iowa --- After a month-long investigation the Fayette County Sheriff's Office Monday arrested two people in connection with several arson-related crimes.

A man with nine prior drinking and driving convictions dating back nearly 40 years was arraigned Wednesday in 42-2 District Court in New Baltimore on a charge of operating while intoxicated.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 21 (UPI) -- A U.S. appeals court Tuesday struck down an Arizona abortion law banning the procedure after 20 weeks unless there's a medical emergency.

An attorney has asked to delay the trial of an inmate accused of participating in a deadly prison riot last year in Mississippi.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — More than 20 months after the bodies of a retired Irish police officer and his girlfriend were found in a Philippines bedroom littered with bullet casings, authorities seeking the extradition of a former U.S. Marine say they have linked him to guns used in the killings and recovered blood-splattered jeans he tried to have burned.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Uzbek national facing terrorism-related charges in Idaho will remain jailed pending his trial after waiving his right to a detention hearing.

A businesswoman in southern China has been sentenced to death on charges of defrauding investors as the government tightens controls on informal financing that is widely used by entrepreneurs.

Two men with ties to southwest Iowa were sentenced to prison for receiving child pornography last week.

A controversial measure that would change how the U.S. Census counts Illinois prison inmates is advancing in Springfield. The census counts Illinois’ prison inmates as residents of the town the prison is in, not the town they came from. That population can affect a region’s eligibility for government money. State House members narrowly approved a bill Wednesday saying the state will start ...

Christopher Morales, a San Francisco criminal defense lawyer, is the new defense attorney for Raymond Wong, a Pinole resident accused of the 1999 murder of his girlfriend Alice Sin. (PRWeb May 16, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/5/prweb10707293.htm

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal court Tuesday struck down Arizona's ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy absent a medical emergency.

A local man accused of murdering his 5-year-old son will spend 18 years in prison as part of a plea agreement. Kalman Eteuati, 27, of outer Southeast Portland pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of first-degree manslaughter on Monday, May 20, in connection to the death of his son, Mahonarye Noa. Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge Eric Bergstrom then sentenced Eteuati to 260 months, or 18 years ...

Bernalillo County District Judge Shannon Bacon today threw out a lawsuit by Valencia County farmer Janet Jarratt which had alleged the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District was violating farmers’ water... Read more »

BRATTLEBORO - More than eight months after he walked out of prison due to new DNA evidence, John Grega pleaded not guilty to the latest charges alleging that he murdered his wife in 1994.

BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge has certified the extradition of a Massachusetts man facing an attempted murder charge in Scotland for allegedly poisoning another student's wine.        

Fletcher Smith found guilty

Two brothers will get jail time for their part in a car chase that ended in a fatal accident.

The murder trial of Kenneth Peters continued on Wednesday, with a medical expert discussing the state of the victim during her death

By Richard W. Carlson The state of Maryland is the perfect location for a prison controlled by its own prisoners, a giant crack house and bordello staffed by female ...

A woman whose daughter was taken from a Dothan doctor's office has been released from jail after pleading guilty to a criminal charge of interfering with child custody. Julie A. Bethke, 33, was sentenced to four years' probation after a four year prison sentence was suspended.

An East Texas woman has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for splashing her ex-roommate with gasoline and starting him on fire in a dispute about rent.

A Murray man has entered into a plea agreement in connection with a fatal wreck last year in which he allegedly was driving while intoxicated.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge has set trials in June and July for two former state prison employees accused in the beating death of an inmate. Former corrections Lt. Michael Smith and former correctional officer Joseph Sanders had originally been set for trial together in June, but U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson recently granted a request by both men that they be tried separately ...

In Lane County, jail officials can't hold many offenders for more than a few hours. Lane is one of several southern Oregon counties grappling with the loss of federal timber payments.

NEW YORK, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- On May 15, 2013, Red Oak Partners, LLC and the Red Oak Fund L.P. (collectively "Red Oak") filed a Complaint and Motion to Expedite a new meeting for Digirad ...

Orange County defendants on pretrial release will be fitted with new ankle monitors as the county adds a new GPS monitoring program on Monday. Orange County has hired 3M to monitor the 50 defendants awaiting trial.  Orange County spokesman Steve Triggs said the ankle monitors are an added layer of security for people already out on bond and on probation. But the state of California said their ...

An Illinois prisoner was mistakenly released from a Wisconsin prison, and instead of fleeing, he just waited in the parking lot until he was let back in. [ more › ]

Resource management plans for two national monuments on the Arizona Strip are being challenged in federal appeals court.

In an order handed down last week, the 8th Judicial District Court sided with Loveland City Manager Bill Cahill in his decision to uphold the termination of a Loveland police officer.

The following cases were administered by the local District Judges.

The widow of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev wants the Massachusetts Medical Examiner’s Office to release her husband's remains to his family.Katherine Russell has chosen not to claim Tsarnaev's body and instead release the remains of the suspected terrorist back to his family, her attorney said in a statement on Tuesday."It is Katherine Russell's wish that his remains be ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- An Idaho inmate has been charged with felony aggravated assault in connection with an attack on another prisoner on New Year's Eve.

As promised, Sussex County Sheriff Jeff Christopher has filed an appeal in Delaware Supreme Court, seeking to reverse a Superior Court ruling that declared he is not a law enforcement officer and has no arrest powers. Christopher contends that under the state constitution, he is an elected conservator of the peace, the county's chief law enforcement officer who has police powers. Christopher ...

Monday at mid-day, former Jefferson Parish President Aaron Broussard begins his almost four-year prison sentence at a federal facility in Butner, N.C.

Box Elder judge censured, ordered to pay back excess salary by Jim Dalrymple Ii The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 21, 2013 02:53PM MDT The Utah Supreme Court censured a judge Tuesday because he made too much money for three consecutive years. Box Elder County justice court judge Kevin Christensen’s salary exceeded the legal limit of $132,150 from 2009 through 2011, a Utah Supreme Court ...

NASHUA – A man charged with attempted murder after head-butting his mother and stabbing her boyfriend in the head pleaded guilty to a single charge Thursday. Cory Daley, who led police on a 12-hour manhunt before turning himself in to police, pleaded guilty to first-degree assault and was sentenced to 3½ to eight years in prison. Police were called to a home near Baboosic Lake on June 1 for a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI is investigating potential civil rights violations at the Internal Revenue Service after the agency acknowledged the agency had singled out conservative groups for extra scrutiny, Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday.

Cancer-stricken inmate Thomas Whiteaker recently received the same answer as nearly all prisoners who have asked Gov. Rick Snyder to commute their sentences:

The Michigan Court of Appeals approved a request for a grand jury to investigate whether the New England Compounding Center, a Massachusetts company, broke any state laws when it allegedly distributed tainted steroid injections to four Michigan clinics.