PANAMA CITY (AP) — A judge has acquitted 28 people accused of money laundering in an international case known as the Panama Papers, including the co-founder of a law firm that authorities say was at the center of a conspiracy to hide money linked to illegal activities. Jürgen Mossack founded Mossack & Fonseca with then […]
May 31—A Clearcreek Twp. man was acquitted of child sex crimes, but his attorney says reputational harm may linger. Warren County Common Pleas Judge Robert Peeler found 41-year-old Robert D. Jarrell not guilty Thursday of two counts of gross sexual imposition following a three-day bench trial, or trial by judge. “Thankfully he has been exonerated,” […]
May 31—A Clearcreek Twp. man was acquitted of child sex crimes, but his attorney says reputational harm may linger. Warren County Common Pleas Judge Robert Peeler found 41-year-old Robert D. Jarrell not guilty Thursday of two counts of gross sexual imposition following a three-day bench trial, or trial by judge. “Thankfully he has been exonerated,” […]
A man accused of aiding in the spectacular theft of royal jewels from the historic Green Vault in the eastern German city of Dresden was acquitted on Wednesday following a trial. The burglary on November 25, 2019 is considered one of the most spectacular art thefts in Germany. The perpetrators stole 21 pieces of diamond […]
May 7—A Vandalia woman accused of making threats toward two churches in Miamisburg was acquitted of all charges following a one-day trial. A jury on Monday found Tonya Marie Dieker, 41, not guilty of two counts each of ethnic intimidation, aggravated menacing and telecommunications harassment involving Miamisburg Christian Church and The Journey Community Church, according […]
York Co. court acquits Gastonia man in September 2022 double homicide Members of a York County jury acquitted a Gastonia man after a double homicide in Fort Mill in 2022, according to our news partners at The Herald in Rock Hill. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Man accused of double homicide in Fort Mill makes first court appearance […]
(Reuters) – A Texas appeals court on Thursday reversed its prior ruling and acquitted a woman who had been sentenced to five years in prison for attempting to vote in the 2016 election against state law, after a higher court ordered it to reconsider. Crystal Mason was convicted of illegally voting two years after that […]
A Thai court has acquitted former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, now living in exile, on charges of mishandling expenditures for a government project in 2013. It is seen as the latest legal victory for the powerful family of former premier Thaksin Shinawatra. The action comes shortly after Thaksin, Yingluck’s brother, was released on parole for […]
FILE – Thailand’s former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra arrives at the Supreme Court to make her final statements in a trial on a charge of criminal negligence in Bangkok, Thailand, on Aug. 1, 2017. A Thai court on Monday, March 4, 2024, dropped a charge against former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, now living in exile, […]
Jan. 12—TRAVERSE CITY — It took 45 minutes for a jury to acquit former state Rep. Larry Inman, R-Williamsburg, of the public corruption charges he’d fought for five years. Inman, 69, previously had served as a Grand Traverse County commissioner for 22 years — from 1992 to 2014. On Thursday, he was exonerated of federal […]
Three Washington state police officers were found not guilty of all criminal charges in the fatal arrest of Manuel Ellis — a Black man who was walking home in 2020 when deputies confronted him before being pinned down and brutalized as he pleaded, “I can’t breathe.” The more than two-month trial ended Dec. 21 as […]
Former Chicago Ald. Edward Burke was convicted by a federal jury Thursday of racketeering conspiracy and a dozen other counts for using the clout of his elected office to win private law business from developers. The guilty verdict on the marquee charge of the indictment capped a stunning fall for Burke, the former head of […]