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Altinger family relieved with guilty verdict in Twitchell trial
As the guilty verdict was read out, there was a loud sigh in the courtroom from the victim's family. Twitchell stood stoically, staring straight ahead, then sat down. After victim impact statements were read out, describing how the loss has affected
Updated: 04/12/2011 10:59P
Child-sex abuse defendant considered flight risk, denied bail
A Tulsa man who is accused of sexually abusing a 6-year-old girl and who was arrested at a Texas airport en route to Costa Rica has been denied bail while being held in the Tulsa Jail. After a bond hearing Tuesday,
Updated: 04/12/2011 10:59P
West Shore Bypass reopens
The eastbound lane of the West Shore Bypass has reopened after being shut down because of a traffic accident at the Lancaster Avenue exit in Reading. Several injuries were reported, but further details were unavailable. Police in West Reading had shut
Updated: 04/12/2011 10:59P
West routs Ridgeview to take early SYL lead
A Tuesday afternoon vehicle accident slowed traffic down to a slow pace in the southbound lanes of Highway 99, north of Ming Avenue around 5pm. Traffic was backed up in all southbound lanes of Highway 99,
Updated: 04/12/2011 10:59P
Police: Queensbury woman driving drunk struck man, fled
Gail M. Cook, 49, was charged with aggravated DWI and leaving the scene of a personal injury motor vehicle accident after allegedly running off the road and hitting Tyler H. Carey, 35, of Queensbury, according to the Warren County Sheriff's Department.
Updated: 04/12/2011 10:59P
No bail for DWI suspect
Heather Higgins pleaded not guilty before Schenectady County Judge Karen Drago to driving while intoxicated and aggravated driving while intoxicated, both felonies, according to her attorney, Paul Callahan. He had sought to have Higgins released from
Updated: 04/12/2011 10:59P
No injuries in pickup, logging truck collision
At the time of the accident, Williamson had her 1-year-old son in the vehicle with her, safely secured in a child seat and unharmed. “I'm glad that baby wasn't hurt,” Dyess, a truck driver for more than 30 years, said as a wrecker began to clear the
Updated: 04/12/2011 10:58P
Ensure peaceful elections: HC
The Division Bench comprising Justice R Basant and Justice K Surendra Mohan made the observation while disposing of a batch of 24 writ petitions seeking a directive to deploy sufficient Central forces at sensitive booths. The court observed that the
Updated: 04/12/2011 10:58P
HC seeks all records on Sampath death
The direction was issued by a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice J Chelemeswar and Justice Antony Dominic on an interlocutory application filed by DIG Vijay Sakhare seeking a direction to prevent the Single Judge from interfering in the
Updated: 04/12/2011 10:58P
HC quashes CB chargesheet against Jayamala
"If the Crime Branch submits fresh chargesheet with explanation regarding delay, it should be considered," Justice Thomas P Joseph directed the Magistrate Court. In the petition, Jayamala had said that the chargesheet was submitted after the timeperiod
Updated: 04/12/2011 10:58P
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