A Virginia man accused of throwing pipe bombs at Montana troopers during a highway chase last fall was to go on trial Monday on seven counts of attempting to kill a law-enforcement officer.

A jury should be allowed to decide a New Jersey woman's claim that she was fired from a financial services company because she objected to being sexually harassed by a top executive, although evidence ...

A homeless, hatchet-wielding hitchhiker who became an Internet hero earlier this year was arrested Thursday for allegedly beating a New Jersey lawyer to death inside his home...

The U.S. Attorney General's office for the District of Kansas issued a press release Thursday that includes a federal indicment of a Finney County man.

NEW YORK (AP) — Actress Amanda Bynes appeared in a criminal court Friday disheveled in a long blond wig and sweats where she was charged with reckless endangerment after police said she heaved a marijuana bong out of her Manhattan apartment building.

The former president of Port Arthur Chemical and Environmental Services, LLC (PACES) has pleaded guilty in federal court to occupational safety crimes which resulted in the death of an employee, announced John M. Bales, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, and Ignacia S. Moreno, Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division.

Tensions remain high as the battle ­­­­­­­between Circuit Judge Russell Steele and Circuit Clerk Linda Decker continues to fester.

New Jersey's public defenders are going to court to stop Gloucester County from closing its county jail and splitting its 250 to 350 inmates among four other county jails, including one in Newark.

A Jefferson City man charged with robbing Bank Star One in New Bloomfield in October 2012 was found guilty following a court trial, Thursday.

FARGO - Police are reviewing surveillance video from outside the city's only strip club after a man there died after being shoved to the ground by an employee of the club, according to court records.

The corruption trial of a top aide to former state House Speaker Christopher Donovan opened in federal court Monday with the jury listening to secretly made recordings of businessmen and political operatives scheming about how to pay bribes to kill special tax legislation.

The following lawsuits were filed in Tom Green County district court recently.

DICKINSON, N.D. - Parents of an infant who died less than two years ago with illegal drugs in its system pleaded not guilty to child abuse charges Monday at a preliminary hearing in Southwest District Court in Dickinson.

WICHITA - A developmentally challenged Canadian man will spend eight years in prison for taking a 12 ...

A Burlington, Iowa, man is accused of trafficking almost $50,000 of cannabis after Galesburg police located more than 24 pounds of the drug onboard an Amtrak train.   Keith Giovanni Nash, 31, is facing up to 60 years in prison and a fine of up to $400,000 after being arrested at 5:29 p.m. Tuesday at the Amtrak Depot, 225 S. Seminary St.

An 18-year-old inmate awaiting trial escaped from the Franklin County jail Friday morning, according to the sheriff of the north Georgia county.

Crime Arrest prompts lawsuit Clay Township resident says neighbors and police chief conspired to wrongfully prosecute him. Jessica Cuffman Fremont May 11, 2013 googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("dfp-ad-sandusky_register"); }); In a 17-page lawsuit filed in Ottawa County Common Pleas court last month, Anthony Simon, of Genoa, named police Chief Terry Mitchell and three neighbors ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Closing arguments have started in the case against five men charged in a Texas federal court with using a race horse breeding operation to launder cartel drug money. The defendants are charged with money laundering conspiracy related to operations of a horse ranch near Lexington, Okla.

While friends and family of a 19-year-old Madras man shot and killed on a rabbit-hunting outing expressed shock and grief Monday, a 24-year-old accused of murder and manslaughter made his first appearance before a Jefferson County judge.

A self-described pimp was indicted Friday on charges that could bring the death penalty if he is convicted in a fatal shooting and fiery crash that killed three people, including a Maple Valley woman, on the Las Vegas Strip in February.

Under Washington's capital punishment statute, defendants in Washington state convicted of aggravated first-degree murder may be sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole or they may be sentenced to death. A defendant may be found guilty of aggravated first degree murder if he or she commits first degree murder with the following aggravating circumstances:   (1) The murderer ...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- A Clarksburg man who prosecutors said ran two West Virginia shops that sold large quantities of illegal bath salts will stand trial May 14, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.John Skruck, 56, had sought to delay his trial on more than tw...

DENVER – In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. asked a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill.

In a unique case in which a city tried to redefine “majority” in a local election, a McDonough County Circuit Court judge has ruled that having the majority of votes means simply having more than half. Since February, the results of a city aldermanic race have been under dispute in the western Illinois city of Macomb. Western Illinois University student Steven Wailand, 20, ran for 2nd Ward ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - A southwestern Illinois judge already under scrutiny after a colleague died of a cocaine overdose at his family's hunting lodge was charged Friday with possession of heroin and guns.

Lawyers and supporters for the California Innocence Project are walking 660 miles from San Diego to Sacramento, California, to personally deliver clemency petitions to Governor Jerry Brown for the release of the California 12, a dozen inmates who have strong cases of factual innocence. Follow their progress on TakePart.

The family of a guard killed during a prison riot in Mississippi has filed a federal lawsuit that says inadequate staffing and poor treatment created a dangerous environment.

A former assistant basketball coach accused of having sexual contact with a female student has been bound over for trial in Pulaski County Circuit Court.

The case against the teen accused of a killing a classmate at a Madison school will go to trial as planned next month.

Sundance Channel has renewed its critically hailed new series "Rectify" for a second season after just two weeks on the air.The drama about a former death row inmate (Aden Young) who's released from prison and struggles to adjust to life on the outside, premiered April 22 to near-universal praise from critics. The current season runs six episodes, but Season 2 will expand to 10 hours."The ...

Collyn Erion dominated nearly never opponent he played this season, forcing them into errors with maddening consistency on the court.

State prison officials say a study on the early impacts of so-called prison realignment show positive results. But critics point to negative data in the report, and Kern County prosecutors say it fails to analyze significant factors.

The 36th District Court is plagued by financial mismanagement, a backlogged docket, a bloated payroll and is run by administrators unable or unwilling to change, according to a scathing report commissioned by state court officials.

Arguments in the case against former Morrow City Manager John Lampl were heard Thursday morning in the Georgia Court of Appeals.

BRENTWOOD ? A judge reluctantly sentenced a Massachusetts man 3 to 6 years in state prison, suggesting he deserved more time behind bars for spending two days under a Salem woman's trailer while secretly recording videos and taking pictures of her and watching from a bathroom air duct.

A southwest Missouri county seeking to collect millions of dollars in court fines is offering an easier payment option for residents to pay up.

A man who evaded the law for 34 years was sentenced to 36 to 40 years in prison Thursday for raping three women in Massachusetts in 1978.

The Mississippi Supreme Court has granted a stay of execution in the Willie Manning case.

LITCHFIELD - A Litchfield County man accused of killing his girlfriend in January 2000 has remained free for 13 years awaiting trial and has been earning a $129,000-a-year taxpayer-funded salary as a state sales tax auditor.

President Barack Obama on Thursday reaffirmed his 2008 campaign promise to close the military-run prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where terror suspects have been held since 2002, and begin the transfer of some prisoners to other countries.

A case before the Mississippi Supreme Court could lead to jail time for unintentional pregnancy loss