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Prosecutor: Larry Ray coerced college women for sex, money
Prosecutor: Larry Ray coerced college women for sex, money

A prosecutor cast an ex-convict Thursday as a mobster-like figure who coerced his daughter’s college friends to join his “family” as he accumulated power, sex and money, forcing one woman into a sex work enterprise so lucrative that she gave him $1 million in a single year. More

March 10, 2022

March 30 settlement hearing set in Florida condo collapse
March 30 settlement hearing set in Florida condo collapse

By CURT ANDERSON AP Legal Affairs Writer A March 30 hearing has been set on a proposed $83 million lawsuit settlement for people who lost property and belongings in the collapse of a Florida beachfront condominium building that killed 98 people. Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Michael Hanzman said Wednesday that he would consider any objections to […] More

March 9, 2022

‘Up and Vanished’ podcast creator: ‘Nice people kill people too’
‘Up and Vanished’ podcast creator: ‘Nice people kill people too’

By Katie McLaughlin Tara Grinsted’s alleged killer is finally headed to trial 16 years after her murder. Justice for the former beauty pageant contestant and popular high school history teacher may never have come had it not been for Payne Lindsey. Lindsey is the creator and host of “Up and Vanished,” a podcast credited with […] More

March 9, 2022

Woman charged with faking kidnapping released from jail
Woman charged with faking kidnapping released from jail

Sherri Papini, California woman arrested for allegedly faking her own kidnapping and lying to federal agents, was released from jail after family posted $120,000 bond. She also must undergo psychiatric treatment and surrender her passport. More

March 9, 2022

Tara Grinstead’s alleged killer heads to trial 16 years after her murder
Tara Grinstead’s alleged killer heads to trial 16 years after her murder

IRWIN COUNTY, Ga. (Court TV) — The man who confessed to killing Tara Grinstead in 2005 is now pleading not guilty as he prepares for trial five years after his indictment. Ryan Alexander Duke, 36, is charged with malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault, burglary, and concealing a death in connection with Grinstead’s death.  […] More

March 8, 2022