‘Rock bottom’: Crying Anthony Weiner gets 21 months in prison for sexting minor girl
Politics and Crime
“I victimized a young person who deserved better”
Sex Crimes
September 24, 2017
Weiner faces sentencing in latest chapter of sexting drama
By TOM HAYS and STEVE PEOPLES, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — It seemed as if Anthony Weiner had hit rock bottom when he resigned from Congress in 2011. “Bye-bye, pervert!” one heckler shouted as the Democrat quit amid revelations that he had sent graphic pictures of himself to women on social media. Time has shown …
Murder
September 23, 2017
‘Face of evil’: Man murders eight people at hair salon
By AMY TAXIN, Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A California man who killed eight people at a hair salon in 2011 was sentenced to life without parole Friday in a courtroom packed with sobbing victims’ relatives, who shared vivid memories of their loved ones and wished the shooter a painful end in prison. Scott …
Murder
September 20, 2017
Drug dealer gets 11 years in killing of LA studio exec
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A convicted drug dealer was sentenced Tuesday in California to 11 years in prison in the beating death of a movie studio executive who had been having an affair with his wife. John Lenzie Creech, 45, was convicted in July of voluntary manslaughter in the killing of Gavin Smith, a 20th …
Fraud
September 13, 2017
Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli’s bail revoked, heads to jail
By TOM HAYS, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former pharmaceuticals company CEO Martin Shkreli had his bail revoked and was headed to jail Wednesday while awaiting sentencing for a securities fraud conviction. A judge heard arguments about whether the provocative online antics of Shkreli, dubbed the Pharma Bro, were bad enough to put him behind …
Trials
September 12, 2017
Defense: Girl accused of stabbing classmate was delusional
By GRETCHEN EHLKE, Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin girl who told investigators she helped stab a classmate was convinced the crime would protect her and her family from a fictional horror character called Slender Man, her attorney told jurors Tuesday. The defense is trying to convince jurors that Anissa Weier was suffering from …
Trials
September 12, 2017
Man who killed Holly Bobo lived in ‘dark world’: Prosecutor
By ADRIAN SAINZ, Associated Press SAVANNAH, Tenn. (AP) — A man who lived in the “dark, dark world” of methamphetamine and morphine abducted a Tennessee nursing student from her rural home in 2011, then drugged, raped and shot her before discarding her body and bragging about it, a prosecutor said Monday. Paul Hagerman made the statements …
Bad Doctors
September 6, 2017
Jilted husband sues doctor for ‘stealing his wife’s love’
By EMERY P. DALESIO, Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A jilted husband’s lawsuit against a doctor accused of stealing his wife’s love can proceed after a North Carolina appeals court ruled Tuesday that the husband can continue suing the spouse’s lover, seeking damages. The state Court of Appeals decision resurrects a lawsuit that a …
Trials
September 5, 2017
Judge tosses most serious charges in Penn State frat hazing death
By MARK SCOLFORO, Associated Press BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — A judge threw out involuntary manslaughter and aggravated assault charges Friday against members of a Penn State fraternity in the alcohol-related hazing death of a pledge, ordering 12 of the young men to stand trial on less serious counts. The ruling, issued without explanation by District Justice …
Trials
August 21, 2017
Teen pleads guilty in Slender Man attack
“I believed that if I didn’t go through with it, Slender Man would come and attack and kill myself, my friends and my family.”
Trials
August 18, 2017
WHAT? Poland Spring Water is a ‘colossal fraud’ claims court docs
By MARINA VILLENEUVE, Associated Press A lawsuit claims that Poland Spring Water is deceiving consumers with evergreen labels that say their bottle contains “100 percent natural spring water” that hails from Maine. The class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court in Connecticut claims that parent company Nestle Waters North America is bottling common groundwater that doesn’t …
Trials
August 15, 2017
HBO producer gets one year in prison after death of female doctor and mother of three
Johnson pleaded guilty to acting as an accessory.