Inga Gutierrez was sentenced in 12th Judicial District Court Wednesday to 46-and-a-half years in prison for her involvement in the Lower Cottonwood Canyon standoff in 2009.

Why was CEO Tim Cook standing trial for "crimes" all his peers have committed? Because everyone loves their iPhones

A defense motion for a continuance in the capital murder trial of Gabriel Paul Hall has been denied by District Judge Travis Bryan III.

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) - South Sudan's president is criticizing the International Criminal Court, saying the court is designed to humiliate African leaders.

The senior vice president of operations of an independent wholesale food distributor admitted on April 29 to evading taxes on income he received from third parties, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. read more

Disbarred Hendersonville attorney and former congressional candidate Sam Neill, left, leaves federal court Wednesday with attorney Joe Cheshire after being sentenced to three years in federal prison for income tax fraud.

I am amazed at all of the controversy that ensued after University of Florida assistant coach Tim Davis joked to a Gator booster club in Brevard County that Alabama coach Nick Saban is "the devil himself."

PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) — A 23-year-old man has pleaded guilty to aggravated murder in a plea deal, admitting that he killed an Oregon corrections officer while stealing his pickup truck.

A state lawmaker is calling for the head of the state's prison system to step down over the scandal at the Baltimore City Detention Center, which left 13 guards indicted -- four of them pregnant with the children of one inmate.

Earlier this month a New York resident was fined $2,400 (£1,590) for breaking the city’s hotel laws, after he rented out part of his apartment to a woman for three days via holiday rental website Airbnb.

A man with ties to Kingsport and who escaped from a Kentucky prison was spotted in the area Thursday, but was apparently able to continue evading capture.

NEWTON — Sheriff Michael Strada threw open the doors of Sussex County Jail Tuesday evening to welcome members of local businesses for a tour of what some may consider the most infamous business in town.

(AP Photo/Lori Wolfe/The Herald-Dispatch). Tennis Melvin Maynard appears for arraignment on Wednesday, May 15, 2013, at the Cabell County Courthouse in Huntington, West Virginia.

The trial in the Modesty Creek Road public access dispute has been postponed to Oct. 15 in Anaconda district court.

Kobe Bryant has won a judge's order that temporarily blocks a Camden County auctioneer from selling memorabilia given it by the basketball great's mother.

An Orleans County man who admitted he caused a 2011 crash that killed his passenger and injured another driver was sentenced to 1 to 3 years in state prison this week.

More than four years after Troya Sheckles was gunned down in Shelby Park while watching her young cousin play, a jury found Steven Pettway guilty of killing the 31-year-old to prevent her from testifying in a murder trial.

A California Appeals Court on Wednesday gave a thumbs up to a contested desalination plant environmental impact report certified by the Marin Municipal Water District—clearing a key environmental hurdle if the district ever decides to resume its pursuit of a desalination plant off the San Rafael Bay.

Two suspects charged in an alleged plot to bomb a Via Rail train are scheduled to appear in a Toronto court Thursday morning.

SALISBURY, Md. - A Salisbury man will spend the next three years behind bars. 26-year-old Michael McClymont, pleaded guilty to Second Degree Child Abuse, in a Wicomico County courtroom.

A judge said Monday there is good cause to let Colorado movie theater shooting suspect James Holmes change his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity.

GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — A Texas man who molested two of his girlfriend's children has been sentenced to 65 years in prison after rejecting a plea deal to serve 15 years behind bars. The Galveston County Daily News (http://bit.ly/10pSEYT ) reports defense attorney Calvin Jackson says Cox was apparently overcome by guilt when he turned down the sentencing plea deal.

*Courtesy University of Wyoming Athletics Media and Public RelationsUniversity of Wyoming head basketball coach Larry Shyatt announced Tuesday that Jerron Granberry has signed a scholarship offer and

BANGOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Law enforcement agencies from across the state are being recognized in honor of National Crime Victims Week.

WYOMING, Mich. (AP) - A 28-year-old West Michigan woman charged in an attack on her parents with a hatchet and knife has been found incompetent to stand trial.

Prosecutors say "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis has been convicted of misdemeanor assault and false imprisonment stemming from a dispute after a 2009 night out in Hollywood.

A Central Cambria sixth-grader will face charges in juvenile court for inappropriate contact with several fellow students, Cambria Township police confirmed Tuesday.

Airbnb tells its members "we are not going anywhere", after a judge in New York ruled a man who rented out his apartment on the site broke the law.

An Okfuskee County judge has granted a motion by a man charged in the shooting deaths of two young girls near Weleetka and the death of his 23-year-old girlfriend to be tried for both crimes at the same time.

"Being Oscar: From Mob Lawyer to Mayor of Las Vegas - Only in America" (Weinstein Books), by Philadelphia native Oscar Goodman, with former Inquirer staff writer George Anastasia, arrived in bookstores Tuesday.

A Lincoln Township man accused of assaulting a state trooper on April 5 is headed to county court.

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ALAMOSA — A convicted drug trafficker apologized on Tuesday for his actions, but his words could not make up for the fact that he committed an “extraordinary risk” crime.

Marcus Faella is the only one of 14 defendants to stand trial. All others walked or took plea bargains. KISSIMMEE — The case against the American Front white-supremacy group, scheduled to begin in Osceola County Monday, has been postponed until July.        

A former Clinton Township comic book store owner convicted twice for the murder of his wife has lost his fight for a new trial after the Michigan Court of Appeals affirmed his conviction.

A cache of e-mails believed lost when Michael Jackson's last manager's laptop disappeared could become key evidence in the wrongful death trial against AEG Live.

VINELAND — Municipal Court Judge John A. Kaspar retired on Monday, ending a career that saw five different mayors appoint him to the post over the past 25 years.

The Wisconsin Department of Corrections has notified the Eau Claire Police Department that Registered Sex Offender JAMES J. KAUFMAN, date of birth 12/13/1973, will be released from prison on 05/07/2013.

Suspect, Ariel Castro could face death penalty if convicted.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has rejected a request for additional DNA testing from Stephen Rex Edmiston, convicted of the 1998 murder and torture of a 2-year-old girl in Cambria County, suggesting his latest petition was only an effort to stall...

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — A judge has denied a request for a new trial from an Alabama death row inmate convicted of killing a Mobile police officer. Lawyer for Vernon Madison had argued prosecutors improperly excluded black jurors during his 1994 trial. Al.com reports (http://bit.ly/18swA1D ) that U.S. Distric Kristi DuBose ruled prosecutors had legitimate, non-discriminatory reasons for blocking ...