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Saif Gaddafi 'only charged with failure to licence camels'
By Damien McElroy, Foreign Affairs Correspondent International Criminal Court officials warned that Saif was in a "legal black hole" having been held by Libyan militias in informal detention facilities for 139 days. The ICC has issued an arrest warrant
Updated: 04/05/2012 01:37P
Crimes Nearby: Teen Charged Under Leandra's Law
The following information was supplied by police departments on the East End. A criminal charge is only an accusation and does not indicate guilt. By Patch Staff Joseph L. Marciniak, 28, of East Hampton, was arrested March 1 at 1:19 am and charged with
Updated: 04/05/2012 01:35P
Free speech trumps telephone harassment law
Ted Vogt seeks to revamp a law on the books for more than four decades already makes it a crime to use a telephone with the intent to "terrify, intimidate, threaten, harass, annoy or offend.' His legislation, HB 2549, would apply those same rules to
Updated: 04/05/2012 01:18P
Utah lawmakers follow Iowa, pass 'ag-gag' law
Utah has become the second state to impose criminal sanctions against anyone taking photos or making videos inside factory farms without permission. Coming less than a month after Iowa became the first state to adopt a so-called “ag-gag” law,
Updated: 04/05/2012 01:11P
Insurance fraud detective arrested
Services Division of Insurance Fraud has been arrested, accused of leaking confidential criminal investigative information to the target of a criminal investigation. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement says Jordan Schyler Cox, 26, of Sanford,
Updated: 04/05/2012 01:07P
Burglaries top troubling increase in Island County crime
Brown and other officials have kicked around the idea of proposing a special law-and-justice sales tax to voters, but he said it's far from a perfect solution. Undersheriff Mauck suspects that the rise in crime is connected to the budget cuts,
Updated: 04/05/2012 01:02P
Former senior Bush official on torture: 'I think what they did was wrong'
"For better or worse, but mainly better, to be a crime one must violate the law. To be an intentional crime … So the attorney general's legal position telling officials their conduct is legal really did matter," he said. "Had I been in the attorney
Updated: 04/05/2012 12:55P
WV passes criminal laws against human trafficking
West Virginia is one of two states in the nation that didn't have criminal laws against human trafficking. In March, West Virginia legislature passed the state's first anti-human trafficking bill (HB 4053). The bill criminalizes both labor and sex
Updated: 04/05/2012 12:51P
Texas' open meetings law debated at appeals court
By JUAN A. LOZANO AP HOUSTON (AP) -- An attorney for 15 city leaders who are suing to declare part of the Texas Open Meetings Act unconstitutional says the law infringes on the free speech rights of officials through potential criminal penalties that
Updated: 04/05/2012 12:45P
Extending the Vision: Reaching Every Victim
Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – As the State's chief law enforcement official, I am committed to working with state and local law enforcement to protect Texas communities and prevent crime. Robust crime victims' assistance is critical to
Updated: 04/05/2012 12:39P
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