New York Newsday (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
A Suffolk judge has thrown out the most serious charges against a Smithtown teenager who was at the wheel when his car hit a minivan last year, killing three people.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
MARINETTE, Wis. — A Michigan man accused in a shooting rampage that killed three teenage swimmers at a river on the Wisconsin-Michigan border has been charged with seven more felonies.
Fox News (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
Mother and son face a felony charge of manufacturing methamphetamine after drug task force finds drug lab at son's home
Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
The indictments came Aug. 21, about a month after Denton County election officials turned over photographs, voting records and other documents substantiating a complaint that the couple voted using a commercial address, 409 U.S. Highway 377 South, as their residence.
Physorg (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
U.S. District Judge George Wu rejected two lines of attack the defense used to seek dismissal of felony charges against Lori Drew, of Dardenne Prairie. But Wu reserved judgment for later on a third strategy. Prosecutors say Drew and others schemed to gain the trust of 13-year-old Megan Meier, a former friend of Drew's daughter, inventing a teenage boy to befriend Meier on the social networking...
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
Federal mining officials on Wednesday asked prosecutors to decide whether criminal charges are warranted in the deaths of nine people in last year's collapse of the Crandall Canyon mine in Utah.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/31/2008
When FBI agents arrested Kevin Cogill at his Culver City, Calif., apartment, it marked the newest weapon in the entertainment industry's piracy war: felony charges against small-time bootleggers.
New York Newsday (Free subscription) | yesterday
A serial counterfeiter who scammed a venerable Garden City jeweler into writing him a five-figure check for a fake Patek Philippe watch has been arrested on felony charges, police said Friday.
Sweetness & Light (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
From ABC’s Detroit affiliate WXYZ-TV: Mayor Resigns, Pleads Guilty (WXYZ) Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has pleaded guilty to felony charges in Wayne County Circuit Court. He will be forced to resign immediately. Kilpatrick pleaded guilty to two obstruction of justice felony charges. In addition to his resignation, the Mayor will serve 120 days in jail, serve 5 years [...]...
Right Voices (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
That is the breaking headline at the WSJ DETROIT – Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick will plea guilty to two felony charges Thursday, ending the two-term mayor’s tenure in office and the city’s six-month municipal scandal. Wayne County Court prosecutors said the agreement included 120 days in jail, a payment of $1 million and probation for five years. [...]
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
Two former managers of the Johnson Matthey Inc. metal-refining facility in West Valley City have pleaded guilty to a felony charge of making false statements about levels of selenium in wastewater.
Moldova.org (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
Ken Cockrel told a news conference that his top priority as the acting mayor of Detroit will be rebuilding the city's credibility.The city council president stepped into the mayor's office Thursday after Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick resigned following Kilpatirck's pleading guilty to felony charges stemming from a City Hall scandal.Cockrel said the city needed to come together while at the same...
DL-Online : Detroit Lakes (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
A jury here has cleared former YMCA day care worker Jatten Heinen of all five felony charges against him, returning with a verdict just after 9 a.m. today. Advertisement: Krank It Up DJ and Karaoke Service Great DJ - Great Value - Great DJ Booking now for summer parties. Call Today!!!! From Detroit Lakes to Park Rapids to Alexandria - Krank It Up is the DJ you want.
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick pleaded guilty to a pair of felony charges on Thursday in a sex-and-misconduct scandal
Rhymes with Right (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
Looks like two American political figures gut cut-rate sentences yesterday for offenses which deserved more jail time. First, in Detroit. Mayor Kwame M. Kilpatrick pleaded guilty to felony charges here on Thursday and agreed to resign from office and serve...
