An embezzling case that began with a chef being accused of stealing food from Virginia's Executive Mansion and morphed into a political scandal involving two of the state's most powerful politicians has some people...

A judge sentenced Johnny Davis Jr. to 15 years in prison Wednesday for violently abducting two women in 2011 while on parole from a previous rape conviction. It could be considerably longer than that before Davis, 33, gets out from behind bars.

The case against the mayor of Walton, Ky., is set to head back to a Northern Kentucky courtroom Wednesday morning after a grand jury indicted him for allegations that he pocketed money from the Boone County Water District.

By Heidi Hatch (KUTV) Utahâs first ever âag-gagâ case made its way in and out of the courts this week. A Salt Lake City woman was charged with a misdemeanor under the law passed by the legislature in 2012 that made it illegal to shoot video of agricultural operations while trespassing on their property. ...

June 19 is the deadline to apply for an open county court judgeship in eastern Nebraska.

Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller joined Vigo County law enforcement and community activists Tuesday to sign the county’s first Triad charter, becoming the 22nd Triad in Indiana.

A jury trial has been set for one of four people charged for abusing horses in Hollister last year.

Monday's unanimous Supreme Court ruling against Indiana soybean farmer Vernon Hugh Bowman in favor of agriculture giant Monsanto has organic farmers on alert. "I think all [...] farmers and citizens should be concerned," said Jim Gerritsen, president of the Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association (OSGATA). read more

LAKEPORT, Calif. – A visiting judge issued an order this week that requires the county’s sheriff to pay an expensive legal bill out of his own pocket for actions he’s taken against the district attorney in court. On Tuesday, Mendocino County Judge Richard Henderson issued an order of clarification for a judgment and writ of mandate entered last November in a suit Sheriff Frank Rivero filed ...

Producers for NBC's dateline attended the trial in Tulsa and Hilberling's sentencing to produce the story, which also features interviews from family members and others involved in the case.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Lindsay Lohan's whereabouts were unknown Thursday hours after her attorney told a judge that the troubled actress had checked into a rehab facility only to later learn that the starlet apparently never checked in for treatment.

The plaintiff’s attorney, in his closing argument, said Intuitive Surgical resembled a “car dealership” in terms of how it sought to tie sales and service for customers of its da Vinci surgical system, as Bloomberg reported. This is the first of at least 26 lawsuits to reach trial, most of which are based on allegations that the surgical robot caused harm because the company failed to ...

GARY | In the forefront of the movement toward "problem-solving" courts, the Gary City Drug Court has chugged along since its inception 17 years ago.

BRENTWOOD ? A Salem man who started a marijuana growing operation as a way to raise extra money to pay for an inflated home mortgage received no sympathy from the judge.

One of three men arrested after an Iowa City shooting death will spend the rest of his life in prison after he was convicted of first-degree murder.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The lawyer for a former Virginia's governor's mansion chef facing trial for embezzlement is objecting to Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli's bid to withdraw from prosecuting

CANON CITY — A local man accused of stealing about $200,000 worth of items from area businesses and self-storage units faces nine years in prison after pleading guilty to numerous crimes Thursday.

Colleen O’Donnell joined the Franklin County Common Pleas Court bench this week as the youngest sitting judge in Ohio. But the 32-year-old native of Rocky River, in Cuyahoga County, has a lifetime familiarity with the judiciary. Her father, state Supreme Court Justice Terrence O’Donnell, has been a judge since before she was born. She said a legal career seemed like the natural path for her and ...

The images of former Dona Ana County jail inmate Stephen Slevin have become infamous since the county agreed to pay him millions of dollars after he spent two years in jail without trial. Slevin was arrested on charges of driving while intoxicated in a stolen vehicle, a vehicle he borrowed from a friend and didn't return and went on a trip across America. He was a pre-trial detainee, and he was ...

Keep your eye on Srikanth "Sri' Srinivasan, the principal deputy solicitor general of the United States. This morning the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approved his nomination to the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The nomination will now move to the full Senate.

Jury selection for the trial of Alexander Pothast will begin Tuesday, April 30th at 9:00 a.m.

The Pennsylvania State Police have charged a western Pennsylvania judge with stealing cocaine from evidence in cases before him before he abruptly resigned last year.

(AP Photo/David Tulis). Former Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Beverly Hall, smiles with attorney J.

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Trial for a former Waterloo teacher charged with lascivious conduct with one of his students will remain in Black Hawk County.

A 24-year-old man who pleaded guilty to raping a 14-year-old girl under the Orange Street Bridge was sentenced Tuesday to five years in the Department of Corrections.

A western Pennsylvania man who allegedly shot a deer near a busy Walmart parking lot on the first day of rifle season last year has been ordered to stand trial on reckless endangerment and state game charges.

State’s highest court deals heavy blow to Gov. Bobby Jindal’s hallmark school choice initiative.

A federal court Tuesday struck down Arizona's ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy absent a medical emergency. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the law violated a woman's constitutionally protected right to terminate a pregnancy before a fetus is able to survive outside the womb.

The appeals process makes it unlikely that convicted cop killer Nickolus L. Johnson will keep his date with the executioner next year.

Judge was asked to accept a Texas court case as evidence in St. Paul hearing; she refused.

AUBURN, Maine (AP) — Maine authorities have charged two more men in connection with the death of a man believed by one of the alleged assailants to be a police informant.        

Two guards at the California Men’s Colony in San Luis Obispo were attacked Wednesday morning by an inmate with a sharp homemade weapon. The attack took place in a medium-custody yard. 39-year-old William Mikeworth was identified as the suspect.

HENRY'S TURKEY SERVICE AWARD: The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is asking a federal judge to dramatically reduce the $240 million jury award the agency won for 32 mentally disabled employees of Henry's Turkey Service.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Jerry Brown pushed a novel approach through the Legislature two years ago to dramatically reduce California's prison population in response to a federal court order.

Barrett Lancaster Brown, best known as the so-called former  mouthpiece for the hacker collective Anonymous , is sitting in a jail cell in Texas. For the past eight months, Mansfield Law Enforcement Center has been home for the journalist and activist now known as Prisoner 45047177. Three hots and a cot will continue to be his routine at least until September, when he is scheduled to stand trial ...

Capt. Juan de los Rios faced two charges of lewd and lascivious behavior. He was found guilty of one count for allegedly forcing the victim to expose her genitals, and not guilty of making her remove her shirt. Photo Credit: NBC 6 South Florida

NEW YORK (AP) - A prominent New York state senator pleaded not guilty on Monday to embezzlement and other charges alleging he brazenly tried to sabotage a federal fraud investigation of his law practice by seeking inside information from an employee of the Brooklyn U.S. attorney's office.

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's Cyber Crimes Unit arrested Gonzales resident John Raymond Williams, 53, on Wednesday for child pornography possession.

A major Oregon drug prosecution resulted Tuesday in a lengthy federal prison sentence for a Las Vegas man who pled guilty to conspiracy charges of distributing oxycodone, laundering drug proceeds

A driver was sentenced to 16 years in prison for a crash that killed two Kentucky women.

A recent US Supreme Court ruling means officers can no longer force suspected drunk or impaired drivers to give blood samples without a search warrant.