COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that to sustain a conviction for a restraining-order violation, prosecutors must prove the defendant was served with the document before the alleged violation.

HOUSTON - A former top lieutenant to polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs who was sentenced last year to a decade in prison is scheduled to be released on parole next week, Texas prison officials said Thursday.

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina judge declares that a man accused of raping and killing a 5-year-old Fayetteville girl is competent to stand trial in a case that could end with the death penalty.

Corrections officers who have died in the line of duty were remembered through a memorial service at the French M. Robertson unit Wednesday. 

According to 2 NEWS partners at the Vandalia Drummer, the issue stems from an administrative order by Judge Heck barring Turrell due to an ongoing investigation involving her "credibility."

BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio – A Logan County woman who ran a 15-year-old down with her pickup truck and killed him while she was driving drunk last year was sent to prison for eight years today.

Tyler Technologies, Inc. has signed a contract with Parker County, Texas, to implement Tyler’s Odyssey® court case management solution under a 5-year software as a service agreement.

Idaho man gets prison, treatment for gruesome beating death of Boise zoo monkey        

Three weeks after the start of a securities fraud trial involving a Kansas City company whose leaders are accused of bilking unsophisticated investors out of millions of dollars, closing arguments that ...

The federal Hardest Hit Fund is doling out $1 billion dollars in aid to struggling homeowners across Florida, but its rules do not block people with criminal pasts from cashing in. 9 Investigates found dozens of such cases. Orange County homeowner Jeremiah Gholston has a court file dating back to 1995.  We discovered it includes an arrest affidavit in a felony case just last year for stealing ...

A Revere man pleaded guilty Thursday to beating and inflicting life-threatening injuries on the 5-year-old son of his girlfriend, prosecutors said. A Suffolk Superior Court judge sentenced Joseph Testa, 30, to six to nine years in prison after he admitted to the charges of assault and battery on a child and reckless endangerment of a child, Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley’s office said.

ANNAPOLIS — Maryland House Republicans are calling for a wider investigation into corruption at correctional facilities as Gov. Martin O’Malley announces additional steps to enhance security and address corruption. Delegate Nicholaus Kipke, the House minority leader, joined Delegate Ron George, R-Anne Arundel, and Delegate John Cluster, R-Baltimore County, on Thursday to call for an ...

Rapper 2Chainz left the Talbot County District Court late Wednesday afternoon not guilty after facing drug charges.

GALLIPOLIS — A Gallia County man who was ordered to successfully complete the SEPTA program following a 2010 burglary, was recently sentenced to prison after he was found guilty of probation viola...

Family of Guard Killed in Mississippi Prison Riot Files Federal Lawsuit Montana Jury Convicts Virginia Man of Trying to Kill Cops Appeals Court Strikes Down Union Poster Rule

It was a tearful, emotional day in a Eugene federal courtroom, as former Bend real estate broker Tami Sawyer again vowed to repay millions to investors, just before she and husband Kevin were sentenced to years in federal prisons for fraud, money-laundering and other crimes.

DETROIT (AP) — A judge has refused to throw out evidence against an 88-year-old Indiana man who was stopped in southeastern Michigan with more than 200 pounds of cocaine.

By Mark Waite Fifth District Judge Kimberly Wanker Tuesday denied a request to consolidate two lawsuits over the Blagg Road closure, one filed by the county, the other by local business owners. She didn’t issue a ruling on requests for summary judgments by a handful of attorneys representing firms involved in the Blagg Road project,[...]

The mother of four Hartsville children that died in a tragic home fire on April 24 had a second court appearance before a circuit court judge to decide if she was eligible for bond.

May 1, 2013

Nintendo Co. (7974) , maker of the Wii video-gaming system, won a U.S. appeals court ruling that makes it harder for patent-licensing companies to seek an import ban on products as a way to demand royalties.

A Sussex County Superior Court Grand Jury indicted seven Sussex County men May 7 in connection with scamming dozens of residents – many living in manufactured housing – out of thousands of dollars. “There could be other victims who have not filed complaints,” said Jason Miller, spokesman for the Attorney General's Office. “And some people with seasonal homes could discover thefts when they ...

A Michigan man is standing trial on murder and child abuse charges in the 2012 death of one of his twin infant sons ...

A man once convicted almost 25 years ago for killing his sons in a shed fire has been returned to Central Texas for district court review of his case and could get a new trial.

Kiera Wilmot was handcuffed at her high school, hustled into the back of a police car and taken to jail for something that should have sent her to a few days of after-school detention.        

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A key witness in the federal trial against a campaign aide to former Connecticut House Speaker Chris Donovan discussed his role Wednesday in a scheme to illegally funnel nearly $28,000 in contributions to the one-time Democratic congressional candidate.        

In a ruling handed down Friday, the state's highest court has upheld the lifetime drivers license revocation for a former Fairbanks resident convicted of killing a 13-year-old boy in a high profile 2005 drunk driving case. Eugene Bottcher pleaded no contest to Manslaughter and other charges connected to the late May, 2005 incident that killed Saul Stutz in the Goldstream Valley. The 69 year old ...

Judge Patrick F. Fischer, honored Dennis E. Murray Sr., one of the Senior Partners at the law firm of Murray & Murray Co., L.P.A., for his 50th year of providing continuous legal services to those communities.

CHEYENNE -- An Oct. 14 jury trial date has been set for a man convicted of sexual assault in 1989. Andrew J. Johnson was granted a new trial in mid-April after DNA results from the victim’s sexual assault kit didn’t match him.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Candidates for public offices, including a seat on a state appellate court and mayoralties in several cities, made their final pitches for support Monday — the last full day bef

An Illinois man who spent more than 13 years in prison before his murder conviction was thrown out was formally declared innocent Thursday in the 1993 slaying of a college student.

O.J. Simpson is back in Clark County District Court this week as part of an appeal for a new trial in his Las Vegas robbery and kidnapping case.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Gov. Martin OMalley signed a gun-control measure on Thursday to give Maryland some of the nations tightest gun laws, and the National Rifle Association plans to challenge it in court.Part of the law requires people to submit fingerprints t...

Two men, one an Iowa State University student, were convicted of federal drug and weapons charges Monday. Colin Peter Thompson, 21, of Ames, was sentenced to three months in prison for conspiring to distribute marijuana, for disposing of a firearm to a drug user, and for possessing a firearm as a drug user, according to a press release from the U. S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District ...

LA PORTE COUNTY — A petition filed in Lake County Circuit Court seeks to move forward in a civil case against La Porte County prosecutor Robert C. Szilagyi.

U.S. Attorney's officials say a south Georgia man has been sentenced to more than 17 years in prison for distributing child pornography.

MARYLAND has become the 18th US state to abolish the death penalty, which will be replaced by life in prison without parole.        

A federal judge in Orange County this week punished a Vietnam War refugee--who eventually became an accomplished U.S. Secret Service (USSS) special agent assigned to protect former First Lady Na...

Alabama Supreme Court Justice Mike Bolin has withdrawn from his position as the new Jefferson County Attorney.

CHAMBERSBURG - Prior to last summer s triple murder, Kevin Cleeves was in the process of seeking custody of his daughter through Franklin County Central Court.

Alderman-at-large Joseph Kelly Levasseur was elected register of probate for Hillsborough County last November, but Manchester residents needn?t worry about that distracting him from his aldermanic duties.