A former township secretary in northeastern Pennsylvania has been sentenced to up to 23 months in prison for stealing nearly $100,000 in taxpayer money.

New legislation has been announced aimed at reducing the number of gun crimes in Ohio. The act would change current gun specification sentencing laws and increase penalties for certain offenders.

IOWA CITY — The group meets Monday mornings in the Johnson County Attorney’s Office to see who they can try to get out of the county jail. One would expect public defender Tom Woods and jail alternatives counselor Emily Hurst to be trying to secure an inmate’s release. But Lt. Kevin Bell of the jail [...]

SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Neb. - A Nebraska man has been given jail time for allowing his son to stay at his home after escaping from a minimum-security prison in South Dakota.

A Lake County man once accused of using his family's Grayslake restaurant to traffic drugs is facing new drug conspiracy charges that could put him behind bars for life, authorities said Tuesday. Jack Papandreou, 37, formerly of Wadsworth, pleaded not guilty in Lake County court Tuesday to three counts of criminal drug conspiracy.

By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE (Reuters) - A U.S. Army soldier was sentenced on Thursday to nearly 12 years in a military prison for shooting and killing a fellow soldier early on Christmas Day, officials said. Army Specialist Marshall Drake, stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, shoGrant Wis Private Grant Wise in the face in what military prosecutors described as an alcohol ...

Jury selection has begun in the trial of Dr. Dipak Desai, who is facing several charges related to the Hepatitis C outbreak five years ago linked to his clinic.

By Tribune-Review Westmoreland COUNTY Mt. Pleasant BOROUGH Ex- union official gets probation The former secretary-treasurer of the Mt. Pleasant branch of the National Association of Letter Carriers ...

LAWTON,Okla_A man accused of a series of car burglaries in Lawton gave investigators an unusual motive. According to an affidavit, Darion Moore was questioned about the crime while he was in Lawton City

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A group of Vermont lawmakers on Thursday called for a national constitutional convention to reverse the effects of the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United decision that allowed corporations greater influence in political campaigns.        

The Supreme Court ruled against an Indiana farmer who sought to cut the planting cost of his soybean crop by relying on subsequent generations of a patented Monsanto herbicide-resistant seed.

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A judge in Oregon noticed an unexpected glow on a juror's chest while the courtroom lights were dimmed during video evidence in an armed-robbery trial.

Sheena Eastburn made an appeal before the Missouri Supreme Court Tuesday.

BRYANT, AR- A Saline County Prosecutor is hoping a conviction sends the message that incidents of violence will not be tolerated in spite of the age of the defendant.

Two people are in custody on felony charges after a man tried to escape from custody at a Belmont County court, leading to police firing shots at the getaway car. The incident happened around 10 a.m. Thursday outside the Northern and Eastern Division Courthouse in Bellaire. Initially, officials told NEWS9 that shots were fired inside a courtroom. That is not the case. Police fired two shots at ...

A look at sentences handed down Monday in Kalamazoo County Circuit Court.

STOCKTON - In the years since San Joaquin County headed on a tack to expand the jail, crime rates in the county and booking rates at the jail have been on the decline, according to a report released last week.

Drama and controversy have surrounded the last two Del Norte County district attorneys, with each bringing a set of his own headlines and distractions. Still, the District Attorney’s Office has continued to function with the aid of its staff of deputies, laboring quietly in the background — until now. Meet Interim District Attorney Katherine Micks. While the title is temporary, Micks has been a ...

It's too early to judge new Temple football coach Matt Rhule as an in-game tactician. But as a recruiter, Rhule is stocking the Owls with Big Ten- and Atlantic Coast Conference-caliber talent.

A judge has told the U.S. Forest Service to pay $70,804.19 in legal fees to two lawyers who helped win a lawsuit that will force removal of the historic, rebuilt Green Mountain Lookout from the summit of a popular hiking trail in Washington’s Glacier Peak Wilderness Area. Senior U.S. District Judge John Coughenour approved compensating attorney Peter M.K. Frost of Oregon at rates of $410 an hour ...

Women’s Community Correctional Center inmates Joanne Liupuano, left, and Jessica Colonge perform a skit recreating an inmate’s intake process at the community presentation of the “Prison Monologues” at the Queen Lili’uokalani Children’s Center Friday.

A judge has sentenced a 40-year-old eastern Ohio man to life in prison after he pleaded guilty to raping a child.

       

BOSTON - Democratic leaders today put a quick stop to a move to reinstate the death penalty in Massachusetts, rejecting a House budget amendment containing a death penalty measure first proposed by former Gov. Mitt Romney in 2005.

Anna Jimenez, former Nueces County district attorney, was indicted April 5 on four counts of aggravated perjury. There have been five felony perjury indictments in Jackson County in the past five years.

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - One of four people charged in the death of a Macon secretary last year pleaded guilty Monday afternoon to murder, sodomy and several other charges. 19-year-old Michael Brett Kelly entered a plea agreement to Judge Howard Simms. As part of the agreement, Kelly will be sentenced to life in prison and won't be eligible for parole. He'll also be expected to testify ...

Magnolia motorcycle driver may face prison in death of passenger Houston Chronicle Copyright 2013 Houston Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 11:51 am, Monday, May 13, 2013 A Montgomery County grand jury has indicted a Magnolia man in connection with a fatal motorcycle crash in February that killed his passenger ...

JACKSON, Mo. (AP) - A 19-year-old man from Arkansas could face up to 15 years in prison after admitting to stealing a car and using it to run down three joggers in Cape Girardeau, Mo.

Due to the nature of high risk, high profile trials, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is enacting certain security measures to ensure the safety and security of all persons during State of Nebraska vs. William Bush trial.

New Johnson allegation: Prosecutor tried to protect Swallow by Tom Harvey The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 3, 2013 10:35PM MDT Indicted St. George businessman Jeremy Johnson unleashed another barrage of allegations this week against U.S. officials, including a new salvo accusing a federal prosecutor of trying to shield Utah Attorney General John Swallow from possible criminal charges even as ...

Lawyers for former Atlanta schools superintendent Beverly Hall say allegations that she participated in a scheme to inflate test scores to pad her bonuses are false and misleading.

Inmates are drafted in to cut away at vegetation as a raging wildfire threatens 4,000 homes in southern California.

In a case where DNA helped convict a man of a 2004 double murder, the same technology could free him from Florida's death row. Clemente Aguirre, 33, was sentenced to die for the bludgeoning murders of 47-year-old Cheryl Williams and her wheelchair-bound mother, Carol Bareis, 68, who lived next door to him in Altamonte Springs. According to police reports, Aguirre claimed he walked next door at ...

TALLAHASSEE -- For more than a year, a quietly simmering legal battle over the partisan intentions of Florida's Legislature and Fair Districts backers has been playing out over whether the state's re-drawn maps are still designed to protect ruling Republicans.

By Barbara Liston SANFORD (Reuters) - Lawyers seeking to overturn the murder conviction of a Honduran man who has been on Florida's death row since 2006 presented new DNA and blood stain evidence in a Florida court on Tuesday. Clemente Aguirre-Jarquin, 33, was convicted in the 2004 murders of his neighbors at a Seminole County trailer park. Cheryl Williams, 47, was stabbed 129 times, and her ...

Academy Award winning actress Reese Witherspoon was arrested and jailed along with husband Jim Toth Friday morning in Atlanta, Georgia, when a police officer observed Toth weaving outside of his lane in traffic. Toth was arrested for DUI, while Witherspoon … Continue reading →

A man accused of neglecting his pets said he's an animal lover and educator.

ANDOVER -- Two years after he was extradited from a maximum-security California prison, where he is serving double life sentences, Valentine Underwood remains in solitary confinement at Middleton Jail, awaiting trial for the aggravated rape and kidna

New trial for Elko woman in murder of man found in Jordan River the Associated Press Published Apr 23, 2013 10:41AM MDT Elko, Nev. • An Elko woman whose murder conviction was overturned by the Nevada Supreme Court is going back to trial in the killing of a ranch hand 10 years ago. The Elko Daily Free Press reports Linda Fields pleaded not guilty Monday to the same crime she was convicted of in ...

A judge has reduced a landmark $240 million verdict to $1.6 million against Henry’s Turkey Service of Goldthwaite, Tex for 32 mentally disabled workers who suffered years of abuse.

Former N.C. Rep. Stephen LaRoque goes on trial in federal court Monday in Greenville to defend himself against charges that he illegally used federal loan money in his re-lending enterprise.