BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Office of the Kern County District Attorney and McFarland Police Department are asking for continued support with the suspicious disappearance of a man. Oscar Oliva has been reported missing since April 2021 and Kern County officials are still searching for the man as of Feb. 2024. Back in 2021, Oliva […]
This column is part of a weekly round-up of notable grand jury indictments and court decisions, following through on cases reported by Savannah Morning News public safety reporter Drew Favakeh. If there are cases you’re curious about, email Drew at AFavakeh@savannahnow.com. Prosecutor requests to place Tyrone Glover case on dead docket On Jan. 23, Chatham […]
SAN FRANCISCO – Attorneys representing some of the protesters who blocked the Bay Bridge to call for an end to the Israel – Hamas war are urging San Francisco’s district attorney to drop all charges, saying the district attorney’s office is biased. The attorneys for the so-called Bay Bridge 78 say District Attorney Brooke Jenkins‘ […]
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Attorneys for the family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice are seeking to block a Virginia bank from plans to auction off land at the governor’s posh resort to recover more than $300 million on defaulted business loans. A complaint seeking an injunction was filed Wednesday on behalf of the Greenbrier […]
An attorney for Donald Trump said in a filing Wednesday that a judge’s request for comment on whether an ex-Trump Organization executive lied on the stand during the former president’s civil fraud trial was “unprecedented, inappropriate and troubling.” The filing — a response to New York state Judge Arthur Engoron’s request for comment on allegations […]
E. Jean Carroll attorneys Roberta Kaplan and Matthew Craig are still processing the levels of stress they endured while working across from Trump lawyer Alina Habba during the now concluded defamation trial. On Friday, Salon’s Senior News Editor, Igor Derysh, reported on Kaplan’s revelation in a podcast interview with George Conway that Trump called her a euphemism for the c-word in a […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s storied business career is checkered by bankruptcies and blunders. His investment in Eli Bartov, a New York University accounting professor, looms as another failed venture. Trump’s Save America political action committee paid Bartov nearly $930,000 last year as an expert witness in the New York attorney general’s civil fraud case […]
Hunter Biden‘s attorneys on Tuesday doubled down on their arguments for dismissing federal gun charges brought against the president’s son. In a series of court filings, Biden’s lawyers sought to bolster their positions for why a federal judge should toss out the charges brought in September, which included an allegation that he possessed a firearm […]
DELPHI, Ind. — Carroll County Prosecutor Nicholas McLeland filed a motion late Monday asking that the attorneys for Delphi murder suspect Richard Allen be held in contempt of court. McLeland’s eight-page motion is the latest in a series of 15 months of legal punches and counterpunches. In Monday’s motion, McLeland asks for a hearing to […]
As attacks continue to mount against Fani Willis ahead of the Georgia election interference trial, Donald Trump‘s latest attempt to discredit her comes in the form of a new motion to disqualify her from the case that cites “racial animus” the prosecutor has against the former president. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that two of Trump’s […]
Jan. 26—Dozens of middle schoolers filed into the Spokane County Courthouse Friday morning with blank looks on their faces, unsure what to expect from the slate of Supreme Court Justices, judges and attorneys scheduled to speak to them. Then Justice Mary Yu, clad in bright purple, got up and gave her pitch. “Our court system […]
This is a breaking news story. Check back to idahostatesman.com for updates. To sign up for breaking news alerts, click here. The trial of Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students, is unlikely to happen for at least another year, with attorneys on both sides of the high-profile capital murder […]