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Trial date set for ex-coach
By Dan Nienaber Free Press Staff Writer MANKATO — A new trial date has been set for a former high school basketball coach accused of sexually assaulting a player. The trial for Steve Andrew Campbell, 29, has been on hold since July. District Court
Updated: 11/06/2011 12:51A
No confidence vote for school chief
Ballots were sent out Oct. 20. The 54-year-old Hubbard is expected back in court Nov. 10 to face three felony charges related to alleged actions during his tenure as superintendent of the Beverly Hills Unified School District.
Updated: 11/06/2011 12:51A
Man gave fake bail surety in 3000 cases, held
The south district police has arrested a proclaimed offender who was involved in bailing out thousands of criminals by giving false surety on their behalf in courts. The police claimed that the accused, identified as Pramod Kumar Gupta, 48,
Updated: 11/06/2011 12:50A
Police Beat
AP VIDEO more>> County police said they arrested three men on drug and gun charges after the car they were in was pulled over Thursday night for an expired tag. After pulling the Chevrolet Malibu over on Ritchie Highway near Church Street in Brooklyn
Updated: 11/06/2011 12:50A
Old frontier mentality brings new world order to the crease
He was sentenced, Mr Justice Cooke said, as a deterrent to others but the trial, if anything, offered as much encouragement to match-fixers as it did warnings. It was the News of the World which uncovered the spot-fixing, not any of the cricket bodies
Updated: 11/06/2011 12:49A
Spot-fixing scandal: Surely there are more skeletons in the corrupt cupboard
This trial has resulted in three convictions, but there are almost certainly more skeletons in the cupboard. Nick Hoult, cricket writer for The Telegraph newspaper and present in court throughout the trial has since written about evidence,
Updated: 11/06/2011 12:44A
Family of crash victim: Justice denied
The reason, according to Nelson: a “surprise” accident-reconstruction expert added to the defense witness list. Until Nelson can evaluate how that testimony may affect the case, she said she remains undecided on refiling the charges.
Updated: 11/06/2011 12:43A
Bettendorf man sentenced for molesting boy
A Bettendorf man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for molesting a 12-year-old boy in his home. A Scott County jury convicted Victor L. Pelletier, 29, of third-degree sex abuse at his trial in September. He was sentenced Thursday in Scott County
Updated: 11/06/2011 12:34A
Julia Spitz: Scary lack of interest in terror
Several reporters in attendance reminisced about the last time they'd seen one another at Michael Jackson's trial on child molestation charges back in 2005. There were two other murder trials going on in the same Middlesex Superior Court building at
Updated: 11/06/2011 12:28A
A judicial haven for accused drunk drivers
Contrary to his admission at the accident scene, he told Mooney that he had not been driving. His friend, the unnamed passenger, had been at the wheel. After the crash, he said, his friend tossed him the car keys and ran. Mooney, however, seemed less
Updated: 11/06/2011 12:28A