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Colorado mob attacks man falsely thought to be child molester
5-21-2013 Colorado: A group called the American Indian Movement in Pueblo said police weren’t doing enough to solve recent attacks. Residents took matters into their own hands and chased down......
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Senator calls for access to more sex offender information
5-21-2013 Massachusetts: In the wake of charges brought in about a horrific child sex abuse case at a Wakefield home day care facility, lawmakers are considering legislation to increase... [[This,an...
View ArticleLeaving an Accident Scene in Utah
If you are behind the wheel and an accident occurs, there are some steps you need to take in order to avoid certain criminal charges for leaving an accident scene. Accident Scene Involving Injury When...
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Sex offender list closer to stripping job details
5-21-2013 Texas: An online registry of convicted sex offenders in Texas would no longer include employer information under a bill inching closer to Gov. Rick Perry's desk. The House on Monday......
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Pennsylvania bill would require busing where sex offenders live
You have to question how some lawmakers get elected? 5-21-2013 Pennsylvania: A Pennsylvania lawmaker has introduced a bill that would require schools to provide busing to any of their students if......
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Homeless sex offenders present challenge to police
5-21-2013 New Hampshire: Some address information for offenders not specific Convicted sex offenders are required to keep police informed of their whereabouts, but when sex offenders are... [[This,an...
View ArticleReal Estate Investors Admit Rigging Bids at Foreclosure Auctions
Robert M. Brannon, Laurel, Mississippi, and his son, Jason R. Brannon, Mobile, Alabama, both real estate investors, were sentenced in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama in Mobile,...
View ArticleConspirator Jailed for Lying to Obtain Mortgages
Safieh Fard, 52, Escondido, Calif., was sentenced to 63 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney. Fard was also ordered to pay $594,000 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service...
View Article$27 Million ATM Ponzi Scheme Results in Prison For California Brothers, Woman
Two California brothers and a woman who lived with them were sentenced for masterminding a $27 million Ponzi scheme based on video advertisement screens mounted on ATMs and vending machines. Alan G....
View ArticleAccounting Firm Ordered to Pay $180,000 in Sanctions For Withholding...
A federal judge ruled that an accounting firm should pay $180,000 in legal fees resulting from multiple failures to respond to a subpoena issued by the trustee overseeing a massive Seattle Ponzi scheme...
View Article"Judge Criticizes ‘High Error Rate’ of New York Police Stops"
From the New York Times: After listening to two months of testimony on the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk practices, Judge Shira A. Scheindlin left little doubt about her views of their...
View ArticleI-84 blocked from Broadway exit to Gowen exit
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Tuesday Night Open Thread
Ryan Lizza at the New Yorker has details of the Government's investigation of Fox News Reporter James Rosen. DOJ also got phone records. In South Africa, Oscar Pistorius' brother Carl was acquitted of...
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View Article"How quickly can and will (hundreds of) imprisoned crack defendants file...
Doug Berman at Sentencing Law & Policy discusses the implications of a Sixth Circuit case declaring that the reduced mandatory minimum crack sentences set out in the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010...
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Andrew Santana of Miami, Florida Arrested for Aggravated Assault with a...
Andrew Santana of Miami, Florida was arrested Friday after he was accused of intentionally crashing into another vehicle during a bout of road rage, news sources report. The other vehicle reportedly...
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Dallas County Bond Schedule
Most criminal defendants never planned on getting arrested. But if you are a forward looking recreational drug user or retailer, It may help to know how much bail money you need to set aside when LEO...
View ArticleS.D.N.Y.: White collar records warrant failed particularity and good faith
Particularity and overbreadth in white collar crime: a rare granting of suppression in a no-fault insurance scheme search warrant. The particularity requirement protects important values. The good...
View ArticleD.Nev.: Reliance on telephonic search warrant was in good faith
Reliance on a telephonic search warrant looking for evidence of a mugging by defendant was objectively reasonable and would not be suppressed. United States v. Davis, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 71696 (D....
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9th Circuit orders hard drive reformatting just in case hard drives contained...
The Ninth Circuit recently upheld an order allowing the government to reformat the hard drives on a computer before returning them because the drives might have contained encrypted files, and those...
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