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Ex-money manager to plead guilty to Indiana fraud
Criminal Law 08/16/2010A former money manager convicted of trying to fake his own death in a Florida plane crash has agreed to plead guilty to securities fraud charges in Indiana.Marcus Schrenker could face 10 years in prison in exchange for pleading guilty to five of 11 c...
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Stabbing spree suspect set for Ga. court hearing
Criminal Law 08/13/2010A man suspected in a three-state stabbing spree is due in court in Atlanta for an extradition hearing after he was arrested at the airport before flying out of the country.Thirty-three-year-old Elias Abuelazam (eh-lee-AHS' ah-boo-ehl-ah-ZAHM') was sc...
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KC man pleads guilty in online sports bookmaking
Criminal Law 08/12/2010A federal crackdown on illegal online sports bookmaking has netted another guilty plea in a Kansas City operation involving more than $3.5 million in bets.The U.S. Attorney's office says 57-year-old Michael Lombardo pleaded guilty Wednesday to conduc...
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Mom pleads guilty in wreck that spurred NY law
Criminal Law 08/11/2010A mother who drunkenly drove a station wagon full of children into a New York City highway wreck that killed one of them has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in a case that spurred a state law.Carmen Huertas wiped her eyes as she entered her guilty ple...
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ICE officers released man charged in nun's death
Criminal Law 08/05/2010A Bolivian man charged with killing a nun in a car crash in Virginia had at least two previous drunken driving convictions and had been released twice by immigration officers who took him into custody because he was in the United States illegally.Car...
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Texas mom in starving case changes plea to guilty
Criminal Law 07/30/2010A mother whose three children were found starving after being shut away in a Dallas hotel bathroom for as long as nine months changed her plea to guilty Friday, bringing her trial to a sudden end.Abneris Santiago's plea on the third day of her trial ...
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Conn. man found incompetent in '92 is held again
Criminal Law 07/28/2010A 76-year-old Connecticut man has been arrested after authorities discovered he was released from a mental hospital in 1992 after being found incompetent to stand trial for a 1991 murder.Prosecutors say they should have been notified 18 years ago whe...
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NH ex-teacher pleads guilty on nude photo charge
Criminal Law 07/27/2010A former New Hampshire high school teacher has pleaded guilty to a charge she e-mailed nude photographs of herself to a 15-year-old student.Forty-one-year-old Melinda Dennehy of Hampstead entered the plea Monday to a misdemeanor charge of indecent ex...
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Fla. lawyer accused of vandalizing client's home
Criminal Law 07/26/2010A lawyer was accused of burglarizing the home of a client who filed a complaint against him with the Florida Bar. Albert Ford II was being held on charges of burglary to a structure causing damage, grand theft, criminal mischief and burglary to an oc...
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'Barefoot Bandit' to make Seattle court appearance
Criminal Law 07/22/2010The young man accused of being the "Barefoot Bandit" is scheduled to make his first court appearance Thursday in Seattle, one day after returning to the state where authorities say his crime-spree started. After a two-year run from the law that stret...
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Law firm office manager stole $176000, Pinellas deputies say
Criminal Law 07/21/2010A 34-year-old Clearwater woman is accused of stealing at least $175,000 from her employer over several years and spending it on vacations, trips to the hair salon, personal bills and student loan payments.Kerry Sue McCallister-Higgins was arrested Mo...
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Ex-Raider Russell pleads not guilty in Ala. case
Criminal Law 07/21/2010Former Oakland Raiders quarterback JaMarcus Russell pleaded not guilty to a charge of illegal drug possession Tuesday in Alabama.Russell, 24, is a former LSU star who was released by Oakland after being the No. 1 draft choice in 2007. He entered the ...