Latest Law News
Hunt on for hit-run driver
Napier police are seeking a crash-damaged Subaru car and its driver after a rush-hour hit-and-run incident in Taradale Rd yesterday. Sergeant Geoff Strother said traffic at the time was heavy and it was fortunate the innocent parties, two young women
Updated: 09/19/2011 07:31P
Helicopter crash kills 2 Marines
Base firefighters were battling the blaze two hours after the 1 pm accident involving the twin-engine, two-seat attack helicopter belonging to the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, a Marine statement said. The crash occurred in the southeast corner of the base
Updated: 09/19/2011 07:31P
Defense in Connecticut home invasion case aims to shift blame
NEW HAVEN, Conn (Reuters) - Attorneys for a man accused in a grisly home invasion sought on Monday to attach much of the blame on an accomplice, arguing he was the one who wanted to murder a mother and her two daughters.
Updated: 09/19/2011 07:31P
Pendleton Helicopter Accident Kills Two, Ignites Wildfire
Two personnel aboard an AH-1 "Cobra" died today during a training accident at the southeast corner of Camp Pendleton near Fallbrook, Calif. The accident also ignited a wild fire that has burned up to 50 acres. The aircraft was part of Marine Light
Updated: 09/19/2011 07:31P
Bengals' 'Pacman' Jones faces November trial in Ohio
Jones has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor counts of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. Hamilton County Municipal Court Judge Brad Greenberg on Monday set the Nov. 17 trial date. Jones is recovering from a neck injury and is on the Bengals'
Updated: 09/19/2011 07:31P
Fatal Helicopter Crash on Pendleton Sends Smoke to Valley
Two people have died in a Marine helicopter crash on Camp Pendleton, and smoke from an ensuing brush fire is drifting to the Murrieta-Temecula Valley. By Kristina Houck An AH-1W Cobra and a EH101 Merlin, both from the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing,
Updated: 09/19/2011 07:30P
Judge Resigns Second Department Over Wages
Justice Joseph Covello of the Appellate Division, Second Department, who resigned last week, expressed disappointment yesterday that the pay raise approved by a special commission last month "isn't a ton of money," especially since the state's 1300
Updated: 09/19/2011 07:30P
Bloomberg's Private Lobbying for Gay Marriage Defended by AG
Act. Mr. Bloomberg's lobbying technique was one of several complaints about the way in which the law was passed (NYLJ, June 26) lodged before Supreme Court Justice Robert B. Wiggins in Livingston County by New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms.
Updated: 09/19/2011 07:30P
Wilmington man critically injured in motorcycle crash in Newark
Scott Residence, 48, who was driving the Soul, was not injured. A portion of I-95 was closed for three hours on Friday, while the crash was cleared. The incident remains under investigation by the Delaware State Police Crash Reconstruction Unit.
Updated: 09/19/2011 07:30P
Marana land deal is largest sale since start of housing crash
Sanders Grove, at just over 800 acres in Marana, has been sold in the largest local land acreage assemblage since the housing market started to collapse in 2005. The site is located on Marana Road just west of Interstate 10 and is
Updated: 09/19/2011 07:30P
Primary Categories