Washington: Indian national Kaushik Jayantibhai Thakkar and Brazilian national Fabiano Augusto Amorim were each sentenced on Friday to serve 36 months in prison for their roles in smuggling

A Southern California woman accused of kidnapping her 4-month-old granddaughter was sentenced Friday to eight years in jail, authorities said. Ericka Gallego, a 60-year-old El Monte resident, wore a green jumpsuit for her appearance in Contra Costa County Superior Court. She did not speak during her sentencing, but did give the judge a written statement. She agreed to a plea bargain and was ...

ATLANTA - A not guilty plea was entered Friday on behalf of Beverly Hall, the former superintendent of Atlanta Public Schools who is charged in a broad conspiracy alleging educators cheated on standardized tests to mask poor student performance for personal gain.

The New York law firm of Sepe & O’Mahony, PLLC recently launched a newly updated website to make it easier than ever to connect with an experienced business litigation, disability insurance, personal injury, criminal and white collar defense or insurance coverage attorney. (PRWeb May 14, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/5/prweb10717566.htm

MORGANTOWN — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had the legal authority to retroactively veto a water pollution permit for one of West Virginia’s largest mountaintop removal coal mines years after it was issued, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.

The federal judge presiding over civil rights challenges to the stop-and-frisk practices of the New York Police Department has no doubt where she stands with the government.

JUNCTION CITY, Kan. (WIBW) -- A court hearing for a Junction City minister charged in several child molestation cases involving young boys has been pushed back.

Lawyers in the court-martial of an Army private who sent more than 700,000 classified U.S. documents to WikiLeaks said Tuesday they have reached a deal that may eliminate the need for testimony from a member of the military...

The second suspect in a Sawyer County murder is going to prison.

INDIANAPOLIS — A suspended Indianapolis police officer awaiting trial on charges from a 2010 collision that killed a motorcyclist came to court in shackles Wednesday to face a judge following his weekend arrest on drunken driving counts.

SOMERVILLE, N.J. (AP) - State prosecutors say a northern New Jersey man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for killing one man and injuring another at a birthday party.

NEW YORK (AP) - A federal judge has rebuked a Buffalo delivery company accused of shipping tons of untaxed cigarettes to New York City residents in violation of federal law.

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. Robert Thorngren, of South Sioux City, was sentenced Monday in Dakota County Court to 220 days in jail on a misdemeanor charge of accessory to a felony. He must pay a $500 fine.

COLUMBUS — Ohioans who repeatedly use guns to commit crimes would face tougher penalties under a proposed new law backed by Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and fellow Republicans. DeWine joined state Sen. Jim Hughes of Columbus, and Franklin County … Click here to read this story on The Chronicle-Telegram . Content copyright The Chronicle-Telegram . Your #1 source for Lorain County News.

Chelsea — The woman police say was sexually assaulted as an Oxbow Union High School student by former teacher and coach Brian H. Musty said she is uncomfortable returning to the Upper Valley and trying to cope with her role in the ongoing case.

A Boston criminal defense law firm, Keegan & Novick, obtained a “not guilty” ruling from a judge after multiple testimonies from law enforcement officers and a hospital security guard. The defendant faced allegations of assault with a deadly weapon when prosecutors accused her of stabbing her boyfriend. (PRWeb May 19, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/5 ...

A Montgomery County teacher was jailed for failing to appear for jury duty. Her excuse? She was attending an event for a student who survived cancer.

An Arizona judge declared a mistrial in the penalty phase of the Jodi Arias trial Thursday after a deadlocked jury said it couldn't decide whether to sentence her to death for the murder of her ex-boyfriend.

Grisly new details emerged on the second day of a mass murder trial as officers who responded to the scene and a forensic pathologist described what they saw in their roles investigating the case.

NEW YORK, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Bernstein Liebhard LLP today announced that a securities class action has been commenced in the United States District Court for Northern District of Illinois on ...

Ibragim Todashev, 27, the Florida man who was shot and killed Wednesday, May 22, by FBI agents after he reportedly became violent during questioning, was living on Harding Street in Cambridge at the time of his 2010 arrest following a road rage incident, according to the Suffolk District Attorney’s Office.  

The newspaper was singled out for work on the eight-day sexual abuse trial. The Morning Call was recognized by the Associated Press this weekend with a first-place award for its coverage of the Jerry Sandusky sex-abuse trial in June.        

Findlay and Fostoria residents and former IHOP restaurant employees were sentenced this week to two years of probation for identity theft charges involving illegal immigrants. The operation involved the former Findlay IHOP at 7777 Hancock County 236.

Drone strikes: Four American citizens killed. Attorney General Eric Holder acknowledged Wednesday that US drones have killed four American citizens in Pakistan and Yemen, justifying the attacks under US and international law. President Obama is scheduled to address the subject in a speech Thursday.

For the Jets, the challenge becomes what to do with Goodson while the court process plays itself out. On Monday, owner Woody Johnson tiptoed around the crux of the problem . If they cut Goodson now, he walks away with a $1 million signing bonus that can’t be recovered.

Ex-Aéropostale Inc.'s former top merchandise executive was convicted of defrauding the clothing retailer by striking illegal deals with a vendor that prosecutors said enriched him by as much as $25 million. Christopher Finazzo, 57, was found guilty of 14 counts of mail fraud and one count each of conspiracy and wire fraud yesterday by a federal jury in Brooklyn. Prosecutors alleged the former ...

Toronto — A man accused of plotting with al-Qaida members in Iran to derail a train in Canada was due to appear in a Toronto court Wednesday after declaring at his initial court appearance that the charges against him are unfair. Law enforcement officials in the U.S. said the target was a train that runs between New York City and Canada.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has told Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback that a new state law attempting to block federal regulation of some guns is unconstitutional and that the federal government is willing to go to court over the issue.

A Jacksonville man who said he was defending himself when he fatally shot another man during a street fight has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. A Duval County judge sentenced 20-year-old Quintavis Sermond Seay on Monday for manslaughter.

These are new cases according to court records, that were filed in the Chattanooga and Winchester offices of U.S. Bankruptcy courts Eastern District of Tennessee, May 16-22:

A group of local officials are spearheading an effort to re-staff courts and provide more funds to what they call a starving court system.

Is the state law against advising, encouraging or assisting suicide unconstitutional?

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A southwestern Idaho man spending 20 years in prison for killing his estranged wife lost his bid to have his conviction thrown out.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - The North Dakota Supreme Court is taking public comments on where it should base three new state district court judgeships approved by the Legislature.

WARREN, Ohio - The man convicted of delivering a deadly dose of heroin that ended up claiming the life of a Girard teen is going to prison. James Patterson, of Youngstown, will spend the next 20 years More >>

Greenberg Traurig Attorney Heather J. Meeker Named to Daily Journal’s 100 Top Women Lawyers for 2013 (PRWeb May 08, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/5/prweb10716030.htm

CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio (AP) - Authorities in northeast Ohio say a 70-year-old man has been sentenced to eight years in prison after being convicted of his 12th drunken-driving charge.

Saturday, May 24, 1913. A South Troy movie theater manager is arraigned in police court this morning on the charge of allowing minors into his theater without parents or guardians, The Record reports.

Magisterial District Judge Randy Abraham was again certified for service as a member of Pennsylvania

A Montana judge said he fears he's done a "soul-wrenching injustice" to a man he freed from prison after 27 years, only to see him ordered back behind bars by a higher court.

A South Texas jury is to begin deliberations in the bribery trial of a former South Texas district attorney charged with helping a crooked judge.