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Judge won’t return R. Kelly bond money to woman who paid it
Judge won’t return R. Kelly bond money to woman who paid it

CHICAGO (AP) — A judge in R. Kelly’s Illinois sexual assault case has refused to give $100,000 in bail money back to a Kelly friend who paid it in February to secure the singer’s release from county jail.   The judge says papers that Valencia Love signed clearly indicated she could lose the money. Love’s […] More

September 17, 2019

Weinstein attorney: He’s a sinner, but not ‘a rapist’
Weinstein attorney: He’s a sinner, but not ‘a rapist’

NEW YORK (AP) — An attorney for Harvey Weinstein said on Tuesday that her client is not without sin — but he’s also not “a rapist.” Donna Rotunno, speaking on “CBS This Morning,” said she feels strongly that the evidence will exonerate the movie mogul of any criminal wrongdoing. Weinstein is scheduled to go to […] More

September 17, 2019

Police: DNA links Florida man to ‘serial’ slayings of women
Police: DNA links Florida man to ‘serial’ slayings of women

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Three women shot in the head, each dumped a month a part — the 2006 killings scared Daytona Beach’s street people so badly that they memorized suspicious men’s license plate numbers and gave them to police. And then suddenly the slayings stopped. Ten years later, a prostitute’s body was […] More

September 17, 2019

Epstein accusers denied damages in Fla. victims’ rights case
Epstein accusers denied damages in Fla. victims’ rights case

A group of women who say they were sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein have suffered a setback in seeking money from the government over a plea deal that spared the financier a lengthy prison term. U.S. District Judge Kenneth Marra ruled previously that federal prosecutors in Florida violated a victims’ rights law when they failed […] More

September 16, 2019

Actress Felicity Huffman gets 14 days behind bars in college admissions scam
Actress Felicity Huffman gets 14 days behind bars in college admissions scam

BOSTON (AP) — “Desperate Housewives” star Felicity Huffman was sentenced Friday to 14 days in prison for paying $15,000 to rig her daughter’s SAT scores in the college admissions scandal that ensnared dozens of wealthy and well-connected parents.   Huffman, 56, became the first of 34 parents to be sentenced in the case. She was also given […] More

September 13, 2019

Judgment day for Huffman, facing possible prison for college admissions scam
Judgment day for Huffman, facing possible prison for college admissions scam

BOSTON (AP) — Actress Felicity Huffman is returning to court to be sentenced for her role in a sweeping college admissions bribery scandal. The “Desperate Housewives” star is scheduled to appear in Boston’s federal court Friday after pleading guilty to a single count of conspiracy and fraud in May. She’s the first parent to be […] More

September 13, 2019

R. Kelly a no-show in court on Minnesota solicitation charge
R. Kelly a no-show in court on Minnesota solicitation charge

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Singer R. Kelly was a no-show for an initial court appearance in a Minnesota case in which he is accused of offering a 17-year-old girl $200 to take off her clothes and dance in 2001. Kelly, who is jailed in Chicago on sexual abuse and other counts, was charged in Minnesota in […] More

September 13, 2019

Grand jury indicts man on capital murder for El Paso attack
Grand jury indicts man on capital murder for El Paso attack

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A man accused of gunning down people at a busy Walmart in El Paso last month was indicted Thursday for capital murder, prosecutors announced. Patrick Crusius, 21, of Allen, Texas, was indicted in connection with the Aug. 3 mass shooting that left 22 dead, District Attorney Jaime Esparza said. El Paso prosecutors […] More

September 12, 2019

Severely malnourished teen’s dad, stepmom plead not guilty
Severely malnourished teen’s dad, stepmom plead not guilty

CLEVELAND (AP) — A severely malnourished 13-year-old boy fed a strict vegan diet of fruit and nuts by his parents and weighing just 65 pounds (30 kilograms) resembled a concentration camp survivor when he fled his family’s home last month, an Ohio county prosecutor said Wednesday. “It breaks your heart,” Crawford County Prosecutor Matt Crall […] More

September 12, 2019

Florida businessman faces sentencing in $1B Medicare fraud
Florida businessman faces sentencing in $1B Medicare fraud

MIAMI (AP) — A Florida health care executive is facing sentencing following his conviction on 20 criminal charges in what prosecutors described as a $1 billion Medicare fraud scheme. A Miami federal judge Thursday is set to sentence 50-year-old Philip Esformes in one of the biggest such cases in U.S. history. Prosecutors are seeking a […] More

September 12, 2019

Reality star ‘The Situation’ scheduled to be released from prison
Reality star ‘The Situation’ scheduled to be released from prison

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — “Jersey Shore” cast member Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino is about to regain his freedom. The Federal Bureau of Prison’s website says the reality television star is scheduled to be released from prison in Otisville, New York, on Thursday. His publicist confirmed his pending release to NJ.com. Sorrentino has served about eight months for […] More

September 12, 2019

Epstein faced 2nd probe, seen with underage girls in 2018
Epstein faced 2nd probe, seen with underage girls in 2018

NEW YORK (AP) — A previously undisclosed federal investigation into Jeffrey Epstein included an examination of whether he was traveling with underage girls as recently as last year, newly released documents show. U.S. Marshals Service investigators spoke in July with an air-traffic controller who said she saw Epstein get off his private jet at an […] More

September 12, 2019

Defense attorney blames steroid abuse in severe beating
Defense attorney blames steroid abuse in severe beating

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A 36-year-old man faces up to life in prison in the severe beating of his girlfriend in their Detroit-area home. The Macomb Daily reports that Paul Bashi pleaded no contest Tuesday to attempted murder, torture and illegally possessing steroids. Defense attorney David Griem blamed Bashi’s steroid abuse in the attack. Authorities […] More

September 11, 2019

Prosecutor quits after relationship with woman in case
Prosecutor quits after relationship with woman in case

DETROIT (AP) — A state prosecutor resigned after authorities learned “incredibly disturbing” news that he had an intimate relationship with a woman while handling her allegations of sexual assault, Michigan’s attorney general said Tuesday. Brian Kolodziej, an assistant attorney general, was the prosecutor in a case involving students at Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant. […] More

September 11, 2019

Leaders of California ministry charged with forced labor
Leaders of California ministry charged with forced labor

EL CENTRO, Calif. (AP) — A dozen leaders of a California-based ministry were arrested Tuesday on charges that they used homeless people as forced labor, holding them in locked group homes and forcing them to panhandle up to nine hours a day, six days a week, U.S. prosecutors said. The former pastor of Imperial Valley […] More

September 11, 2019

Antonio Brown faces rape accusations by former trainer
Antonio Brown faces rape accusations by former trainer

New England Patriots wide receiver Antonio Brown has been accused of rape by a former trainer. Britney Taylor says Brown sexually assaulted her on three occasions, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday in the Southern District of Florida. Brown has denied the allegations. Darren Heitner, a lawyer representing Brown, told The Associated Press his client […] More

September 11, 2019

John Hinkley, the guy who tried to kill Ronald Reagan, wants a music gig
John Hinkley, the guy who tried to kill Ronald Reagan, wants a music gig

WASHINGTON (AP) — The man who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan is interested in getting a job in the music industry, possibly in California, his lawyer said at a court hearing in Washington on Tuesday. John Hinckley Jr., 64, lives in Virginia and was not present at the hearing. A prosecutor said allowing Hinckley […] More

September 10, 2019

Ex-soldier serving life for teen’s ’82 murder seeks DNA test
Ex-soldier serving life for teen’s ’82 murder seeks DNA test

HONOLULU (AP) — Advocates for a former U.S. soldier convicted of the attempted rape and murder of an Army officer’s son 37 years ago are asking a federal judge to order DNA testing to discredit what they say is weak evidence presented at a court-martial that sent him to prison for life. The Hawaii Innocence […] More

September 10, 2019

Trial to begin in 9-year-old’s killing that shocked Chicago
Trial to begin in 9-year-old’s killing that shocked Chicago

CHICAGO (AP) — It stands as one of Chicago’s most horrific crimes, in large part because of small details that are impossible to shake: The promise of a juice box that lured the 9-year-old boy off a playground and into an alley, and the basketball he dropped when he was shot and killed there. Jury […] More

September 9, 2019

Authorities: Socks help solve 28-year-old cold case murder
Authorities: Socks help solve 28-year-old cold case murder

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A pair of socks helped lead to an arrest in the killing of a Pennsylvania woman nearly 30 years ago, authorities said. Philadelphia prosecutors and state police announced the arrest of Theodore Dill Donahue, now 52, on charges of murder and other counts in the 1991 death of his 27-year-old girlfriend, Denise […] More

September 5, 2019