After hours of testimony over two days, a judge on Tuesday ruled there’s enough evidence for the case against a Detroit man accused of stabbing and killing Jewish leader and Democrat activist Samantha Woll to proceed. Authorities laid out how cellphone data, security system sensors, surveillance footage and Samantha Woll’s blood are all alleged to […]
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Phoenix woman’s ‘huge sacrifice’ for mom came before both were killed by county attorney’s widower
For the last few years, Maryalice Cash pushed through loss and grief, all while caring for her ailing mother, Cynthia Domini. Following a Christmas Eve filled with excessive drinking at a north Phoenix home, Cash’s beau, David DeNitto, fatally fired his AR-15-style semiautomatic gun at the two women before the widower to former Maricopa County […]
Yuba County police, District Attorney’s Office take different approach to DUI prevention
(FOX40.COM) — On Thursday morning, a woman, 23, was sentenced to serve four years in prison for driving while intoxicated, which led to a crash that killed a 40-year-old man in Roseville in September. Her sentencing, however, wasn’t held in a typical courtroom. •Video Above: Package mailed to Yuba County Elections Office tests positive for […]
Jury chosen for former Baltimore state’s attorney’s mortgage fraud trial
BALTIMORE — A jury was selected Thursday to decide the mortgage fraud trial of former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby. Defense lawyers and prosecutors chose 12 jurors and four alternates from a pool of approximately 70 prospective jurors. Over two days, the attorneys and U.S. District Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby asked prospective jurors questions aimed […]
Republicans pause effort to hold Hunter Biden in contempt, say they are talking with his attorneys
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans have halted plans to hold Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress this week for defying a congressional subpoena, citing negotiations with his attorneys that could end the standoff over his testimony. Republicans were set to advance the contempt resolution against Hunter Biden to the House floor in a procedural step […]
A look at the mortgage fraud allegations ahead of former state’s attorney’s second trial
Twice in 2020, then-Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby swore she suffered financial hardship because of the coronavirus pandemic and sought tens of thousands of dollars from her city retirement fund. Mosby received $80,000 in two disbursements and spent it on closing costs for a pair of properties in Florida she otherwise wouldn’t have been able […]
Haley calls Trump attorney’s argument against legal charges ‘ridiculous’
Former Ambassador Nikki Haley responded to a Trump attorney’s defense of his immunity from legal charges as president as “ridiculous” during the last GOP presidential debate before the Iowa caucuses. “Do you agree with the argument Donald Trump’s lawyer made in court that a president should have immunity for any conduct, including in ordering the […]
Judge rules attorneys in trench death case can tell jury about lost cellphones
Jan. 10—A Montgomery County Common Pleas Court judge ruled Tuesday that attorneys for a plaintiff in a civil lawsuit over the death of a worker buried alive in a construction site trench may make arguments about cellphones lost in the case. Judge Angelina Jackson ruled that a jury may make “reasonable conclusions” that the defendants’ […]
Judge rules attorneys in trench case can tell jury about lost cell phones
Jan. 10—A Montgomery County Common Pleas Court judge ruled Tuesday that attorneys for a plaintiff in a civil lawsuit over the death of a worker buried alive in a construction site trench may make arguments about cell phones lost in the case. Judge Angelina Jackson ruled that a jury may make “reasonable conclusions” that the […]
Delaware man groomed, sexually coerced Wayne girl online, attorneys say.
A 27-year-old Bear, Delaware man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Delaware on charges of production of child pornography and coercion and enticement of a minor. The man was previously charged in October for the kidnapping and endangerment of the same child by a judge in Passaic County, New Jersey. Court documents […]
Misused money and child sex abuse material charges get Miami metro attorneys disciplined
Misappropriated funds, a misplaced rant, child sex abuse material accusations and no response to client accusations put Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Coral Gables lawyers on the monthly Florida Bar list of attorneys disciplined by the state Supreme Court. In alphabetical order… Hector Acosta Carillo, Jr., Miami A Miami Herald story from Wednesday described why a […]
In the Spotlight Cambria County attorneys establish law firm together in Ebensburg
Jan. 7—EBENSBURG, Pa. — As public defenders, John Lovette III and Joe Sutton have often worked side by side, representing people facing homicide charges who couldn’t afford a private attorney. Now, the Cambria County attorneys are partnering again — opening a law firm together in Ebensburg. Lovette, 43, of Westmont, and Sutton, 36, of Loretto, […]