May 9—WILKES-BARRE — More than a year after being charged with neglecting to care for her disabled son and reckless burning, a trial for Linasheri D’Onofrio is no where near to be scheduled. Attorneys Sidney D. May and Ellen Granahan recently entered their appearance to defend D’Onofrio, 56, replacing Attorney Max C. Lubin. A status […]
A key witness for federal prosecutors in the massive Feeding Our Future fraud scheme — who revealed a rampant system of kickbacks and bribes in a program meant to feed kids in need — hopes to avoid jail time by testifying against defendants, he said in federal court Thursday. Attorneys for the seven defendants on […]
By Clark Mindock (Reuters) – A group of 25 Republican state attorneys general sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, seeking to block a landmark rule requiring sweeping reductions in carbon emissions from existing coal-fired power plants and new natural gas plants. The lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of […]
Both the city’s Mayor and the family of Johnny Hollman say they are grateful they have reached a settlement after the deacon’s death. The Atlanta City Council voted unanimously to approve the deal and to try to move forward after the death of the deacon, father, and grandfather. August 2023, a dispute over a traffic […]
May 6—GRAND FORKS — U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland, in recognition of National Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day, spoke about the federal government’s ongoing efforts and concerns for public safety in Indigenous communities. “There is still so much more to do in the face of persistently high levels of violence that tribal […]
The trial for a Clermont County father accused of killing his three young sons has been delayed. Chad Doerman’s trial was originally scheduled for July, but the date has now been vacated, our news partners at WCPO in Cincinnati reported. >> PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Attorneys for Ohio father accused of killing his 3 young sons ask […]
Shasta County District Attorney Stephanie Bridgett did nothing wrong when she chose not to continue to pursue criminal charges against Pacific Gas and Electric Company, instead reaching a $50 million civil settlement with the utility for allegedly starting the deadly 2020 Zogg Fire in western Shasta County. That’s the conclusion made by the California Attorney […]
No decision was made Thursday on whether to remove local prosecutors from the case of a 2022 murder of a St. Johns County father of four. Jared Bridegan’s ex-wife, Shanna Gardner, and her estranged husband, Mario Fernandez Saldana, are accused in a murder-for-hire plot that led to Bridegan being killed in Jacksonville Beach. Judge London […]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Twenty-six Republican attorneys general filed lawsuits Wednesday challenging a new Biden administration rule requiring firearms dealers across the United States to run background checks on buyers at gun shows and other places outside brick-and-mortar stores. The lawsuits filed in federal court in Arkansas, Florida and Texas are seeking to block […]
Attorneys for defendants in the first Feeding Our Future trial argued Monday that they served “real food” to children in need across Minnesota, refuting prosecutors’ claims of a widespread fraud scheme. Instead, defense attorneys who made their first opening statements Monday argued that defendants navigated a complex federal meal program that was upended in the […]
The Minnehaha County State’s Attorney’s Office will be weighing whether to press charges in a deadly crash that killed two and injured five juveniles this weekend, according to the Sioux Falls Police Department. Officials with the Sioux Falls Police Department say speed played a major factor in the the deadly crash. The crash is still […]
Attorneys representing Le’Keian Woods, the 24-year-old man subjected to a violent encounter with officers from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO), issued a scathing statement following Woods’ plea to a misdemeanor charge of Resisting an Officer Without Violence earlier today. READ: Le’Keian Woods: Man whose arrest sparked use of force concerns pleads guilty to resisting an […]