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Brentwood man is convicted in mortgage scheme
Joshua Brown, 31, of Brentwood, NH, was convicted Thursday by a Suffolk Superior Court jury after a three-week trial of 26 counts of larceny over $250 and other charges. He was scheduled to be sentenced on Nov. 10. Five others who were indicted in 2009
Updated: 10/29/2011 02:48A
Stabbing convict seeks early release from prison
The prosecutor also referenced Morton violating a court order after his second trial, when he had contact with his girlfriend by phone and in person when she visited him in jail. He pleaded guilty to criminal contempt for that violation and was given a
Updated: 10/29/2011 02:47A
Criminal court warns Saif al-Islam Gaddafi against fleeing
The International Criminal Court said on Saturday Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was in contact through intermediaries about surrendering for trial, but it also had information mercenaries were trying to
Updated: 10/29/2011 02:43A
Man on trial for plotting to bomb Third Mainland Bridge
A man, Fafana Sekon, was on Friday arraigned before an Abuja Chief Magistrates' Court for allegedly seeking a volunteer to bomb the Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos, for the Boko-Haram sect. Police Prosecutor Danjuma Etobi told the court that the suspect
Updated: 10/29/2011 02:39A
Trial opens for man accused of killing 3 women from 1989 to '96
Those pieces of evidence corroborate the discovery of Acevedo's DNA inside each victim and prove that he is responsible for all three slayings, the jury was told in Westchester County Court. "Everything fits seamlessly together," Assistant District
Updated: 10/29/2011 02:36A
Mock trials offer Valley 8th-graders a taste of justice
About 300 eighth-graders from throughout the Valley participated in the annual Court Works, a program of the US District Court in Phoenix and the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University. The case was based on a real one that went
Updated: 10/29/2011 02:33A
Ex-Marine Quiroz's murder trial in jurors' hands
A Fresno County Superior Court jury will begin deliberations Monday in the trial of former Marine Robert Quiroz, who is accused of murdering his 3-month-old son, Roman, five years ago. A jury of eight women and four men
Updated: 10/29/2011 02:31A
Rape charges dropped for onetime murder suspect
While the alleged rape victim didn't appear in court Friday, a victim's advocate from the District Attorney's Office told state District Judge Mary Marlowe-Sommer, who approved Friday's plea agreement, that the alleged victim was in agreement with the
Updated: 10/29/2011 02:30A
Vincent Tabak can rot in hell, say Joanna Yeates's parents after murder verdict
Tabak closed his eyes and bowed his head slightly as the jury at Bristol Crown Court returned a guilty verdict after almost 14 hours of deliberation. He had claimed he strangled Miss Yeates accidentally, but the judge said he had no doubt that the
Updated: 10/29/2011 02:29A
TABAK'S SEXUAL SECRETS
Dutch engineer Tabak closed his eyes and lowered his head as the verdict was returned after 14 hours by a majority of ten to two. Landscape architect Miss Yeates' parents David, 63, and Teresa, 58, were not in Bristol Crown Court to hear the conclusion
Updated: 10/29/2011 02:27A