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Police: Thief cooked pizza during restaurant burglary
Police: Thief cooked pizza during restaurant burglary

FULLERTON, Calif. (AP) — A thief took a break during his burglary of a Southern California pizzeria to make himself a pizza pie before fleeing with the restaurant’s delivery car, authorities said. The suspect, later identified as 25-year-old Oscar Sanchez, broke into Big Slice Pizza in Fullerton, Calif., on Nov. 8, police said. He was […] More

November 18, 2020

Plea hearing set for ex-Green Beret charged with espionage
Plea hearing set for ex-Green Beret charged with espionage

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A former Army Green Beret charged with espionage activity on behalf of Russia is scheduled to plead guilty to federal charges. A plea hearing in U.S. District Court in Alexandria is scheduled for Wednesday morning for Peter Rafael Dzibinski Debbins, 45, of Gainesville. Court records do not spell out the specific […] More

November 18, 2020

Couple gets prison time for paying bribes in college scam
Couple gets prison time for paying bribes in college scam

BOSTON (AP) — A California couple got prison time Tuesday for paying $250,000 to get their daughter into the University of Southern California as a volleyball recruit — the latest sentencing in the college admissions bribery scheme that’s roiled the worlds of higher education, sports and entertainment. Diane Blake was sentenced to six weeks behind […] More

November 17, 2020

Rapper Lil Wayne charged with federal gun offense in Florida
Rapper Lil Wayne charged with federal gun offense in Florida

By CURT ANDERSON AP Legal Affairs Writer ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Rapper Lil Wayne was charged Tuesday in Florida with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, a federal offense that carries a potential sentence of up to 10 years in prison.   Documents filed in Miami federal court say the rapper, whose […] More

November 17, 2020

Michigan woman who killed abusive husband freed from prison
Michigan woman who killed abusive husband freed from prison

PITTSFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A suburban Detroit woman who said she fatally shot her husband in self-defense was released from prison Tuesday after serving 20 months. Tina Talbot hugged her 9-year-old son, whom she hadn’t seen since March because of coronavirus-related visitor restrictions, while family and friends cheered outside the Huron Valley prison for […] More

November 17, 2020

Ex-Giant Baker cleared of robbery; victims’ lawyer arrested
Ex-Giant Baker cleared of robbery; victims’ lawyer arrested

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Former New York Giants cornerback DeAndre Baker was cleared of robbery charges in Florida on Monday after his alleged victims’ attorney was arrested on extortion charges. The Broward County State Attorney’s Office announced it was dropping all charges against Baker shortly after the county sheriff’s […] More

November 16, 2020

Insanity defense planned for woman charged in kids’ deaths
Insanity defense planned for woman charged in kids’ deaths

KEMPTON, Pa. (AP) — Defense attorneys say they will mount an insanity defense in the case of a woman charged with murder in the deaths of her two young children found in an eastern Pennsylvania basement last year. Attorneys for Lisa Snyder filed papers in Berks County Court on Thursday citing a number of serious […] More

November 16, 2020

UK’s ‘Yorkshire Ripper’ serial killer Peter Sutcliffe dies
UK’s ‘Yorkshire Ripper’ serial killer Peter Sutcliffe dies

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British serial killer known as the “Yorkshire Ripper” died Friday, reviving unsettling memories of a killing spree that bred fear across northern England in the late 1970s. He was 74. Peter Sutcliffe was serving a life sentence for the killings of 13 women in Yorkshire and […] More

November 13, 2020

S.C. man convicted of slaying, dismembering teen roommate
S.C. man convicted of slaying, dismembering teen roommate

LANCASTER, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man convicted of killing his teenage roommate and disposing of the body has been sentenced to 60 years in prison. Christopher Allen Holford, 33, pleaded guilty Thursday to murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime in the February 2018 death of Austin Tyler Steele, 18, […] More

November 13, 2020

Prosecutor reads racist messages by Ahmaud Arbery’s killer
Prosecutor reads racist messages by Ahmaud Arbery’s killer

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery had previously used racial slurs in a text message and on social media, a prosecutor said Thursday as a judge weighed whether to grant bond for the defendant and his father. Travis McMichael and his father, Gregory McMichael, have […] More

November 12, 2020

Judge to weigh bond for father, son in Ahmaud Arbery slaying
Judge to weigh bond for father, son in Ahmaud Arbery slaying

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia judge is scheduled to consider bond requests by a father and son jailed on murder charges in the February shooting of Ahmaud Arbery. Gregory McMichael and his adult son, Travis McMichael, were to appear Thursday morning before Superior Court Judge Timothy Walmsley. They also have asked the judge to […] More

November 12, 2020

Nevada approves $2.8M for woman wrongly imprisoned 34 years
Nevada approves $2.8M for woman wrongly imprisoned 34 years

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A state panel has finalized Nevada’s $2.85 million payment to a woman who spent almost 34 years in prison for a Reno killing she didn’t commit before she was exonerated by DNA evidence in 2015. Attorney General Aaron Ford announced last month that a state judge in Reno had approved […] More

November 12, 2020

Bond hearing for suspects in Ahmaud Arbery’s shooting death
Bond hearing for suspects in Ahmaud Arbery’s shooting death

ATLANTA (Court TV) — Two of the three Georgia men accused in the death of Ahmaud Arbery will remotely stand before a judge Thursday morning to request that they be released pending their upcoming trials. Travis and Gregory McMichael, father and son, have been in the custody of the Glynn County Sheriff’s Department for the […] More

November 11, 2020

Lawyer: Britney Spears fears father, wants him out of career
Lawyer: Britney Spears fears father, wants him out of career

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Britney Spears fears her father and will not resume her career so long as he has power over it, her attorney said in court Tuesday. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny declined to suspend James Spears from his central role in the court conservatorship […] More

November 11, 2020

Kenosha shooter’s mother tries to deflect blame from her son
Kenosha shooter’s mother tries to deflect blame from her son

ANTIOCH, Ill. (AP) — The mother of an Illinois 17-year-old charged in the fatal shooting of two men during a protest in Wisconsin said neither her son nor the protesters should have been on the street that night and put much of the blame for what happened on police and the governor.   Kyle Rittenhouse, […] More

November 10, 2020

Man charged with supplying gun in deadly Wisconsin protest
Man charged with supplying gun in deadly Wisconsin protest

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Prosecutors have charged a Wisconsin man with supplying the gun that police say an Illinois teen used to kill two people during a protest over police brutality in August. Online court records show prosecutors in Kenosha charged 19-year-old Dominick Black on Nov. 3 with two felony counts of supplying a dangerous […] More

November 10, 2020

Arizona county to toss cases after voters OK legal pot
Arizona county to toss cases after voters OK legal pot

PHOENIX (AP) — The prosecutor’s office in Arizona’s most populous county announced Monday that all pending cases for possessing an ounce or less of marijuana will be dismissed after the state’s voters approved a legalization measure. The announcement from the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office said the decision would also apply to cases for possessing paraphernalia […] More

November 10, 2020

In court moves, Britney Spears seeks freedom from father
In court moves, Britney Spears seeks freedom from father

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Britney Spears wants to be freed from her father. The pop star’s moves have been missing from stage and screen in a career hiatus that shows no signs of ending, but she’s been making all kinds of maneuvers in court in an attempt to gain […] More

November 10, 2020

Bucks player signs $750K settlement agreement over arrest
Bucks player signs $750K settlement agreement over arrest

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Bucks guard Sterling Brown and the Milwaukee city attorney have agreed to a revised $750,000 settlement of a lawsuit Brown filed after getting taken to the ground, shocked with a Taser and arrested during an encounter with police in 2018. City Attorney Tearman Spencer is recommending the payment plus an admission […] More

November 9, 2020

Salt Life founder facing manslaughter charge in teen’s death
Salt Life founder facing manslaughter charge in teen’s death

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A founder of the Salt Life clothing brand is facing a manslaughter charge in the death of an 18-year-old woman at a Florida hotel. Michael Troy Hutto, 54, was being held without bond at the Duval County jail in Jacksonville following his arrest in connection with the death of 18-year-old Lora […] More

November 9, 2020

Judge: Man cannot be retried in 1996 slayings of 2 cousins
Judge: Man cannot be retried in 1996 slayings of 2 cousins

READING, Pa. (AP) — An eastern Pennsylvania judge has ruled that a man cannot be tried a second time in the shooting deaths of two cousins almost a quarter of a century ago. A Berks County judge last month dismissed the charges against 44-year-old Roderick Johnson, saying his initial trials were unfair and trying him […] More

November 9, 2020

Man shot by police in Wisconsin reaches plea in assault case
Man shot by police in Wisconsin reaches plea in assault case

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Black man paralyzed in a Wisconsin police shooting reached a plea deal Friday to settle a sexual assault case pending against him.   Online court records indicate prosecutors dropped a felony third-degree sexual assault charge and a misdemeanor criminal trespass charge against 29-year-old Jacob Blake. In exchange, Blake pleaded guilty […] More

November 9, 2020

Man at center of tribal sovereignty ruling heads to retrial
Man at center of tribal sovereignty ruling heads to retrial

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A member of the Seminole Nation who was convicted in state court of sexually assaulting a child will be retried in federal court after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in July that Oklahoma prosecutors lack the authority to pursue criminal cases against Native Americans in parts of the state.   The case involved […] More

November 6, 2020

Johnny Depp exits ‘Fantastic Beasts’ franchise after failed libel case
Johnny Depp exits ‘Fantastic Beasts’ franchise after failed libel case

NEW YORK (AP) — Johnny Depp has exited the “Fantastic Beasts” franchise following his failed libel case against The Sun tabloid newspaper for a 2018 article that labeled him a “wife beater.” Depp said Friday in a letter posted on Instagram that he would depart the role of the dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald after the […] More

November 6, 2020