COURTESY HONOLULU POLICE DEPARTMENT Debra Geron 1/1 COURTESY HONOLULU POLICE DEPARTMENT Debra Geron A Circuit Court judge today denied Debra Geron, one of three family members indicted in the murder of a 10-year-old girl at their Wahiawa home, to be allowed supervised release or to have bail set at $100,000. Geron proposed that she be […]
One of the two teenagers charged in the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old La Quinta High School senior was released on bail. Elijah Alfredo Martinez, an 18-year-old Bermuda Dunes resident, posted his $100,000 bail on Wednesday, jail records show. Martinez and Dominick Cruz Venecia, an 18-year-old Coachella resident, were both charged with murder and sentence-enhancing gun […]
LACONIA, N.H. (AP) — A political consultant who sent artificial intelligence-generated robocalls mimicking President Joe Biden’s voice made his first court appearance Wednesday in New Hampshire, where he is charged with voter suppression and impersonating a candidate ahead of the state’s first-in-the-nation presidential primary. Steven Kramer, who also faces a proposed $6 million fine from […]
Jun. 4—PARIS — A judge revoked bail Tuesday for a homeless man charged with six felonies stemming from the reported theft of two police vehicles and a shootout with nearly a dozen law enforcement officers last month. Gary Porter, 37, appeared in South Paris District Court by videoconference from York County Jail in Alfred. Porter […]
Jun. 5—1/1 Swipe or click to see more COURTESY HONOLULU POLICE DEPARTMENT Jonaven Perkins-Sinapati The 38-year-old man who settled with the following injuries he suffered in a 2021 police pursuit was ordered held without bail today on federal charges that he used a ghost gun while selling methamphetamine in Waianae. Jonaven Perkins-Sinapati was arrested twice […]
The Sacramento Police Department said Tuesday the man who died after an altercation erupted outside the Sacramento County Main Jail downtown was an employee of a bail bond company and that the suspect in the assault has been taken into custody. Officers were called after 4 a.m. Monday to the 500 block of I Street, […]
Jun. 3—AUBURN — A judge on Monday ordered a Lewiston man held without bail until trial after concluding there was enough evidence to charge him with two murders at a Poland home last year. After reviewing a police affidavit detailing witness statements as well as physical evidence gathered by law enforcement, Androscoggin County Superior Court […]
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A judge set bail Thursday at $750,000 for the woman accused of running over and killing her boyfriend while she was high on fentanyl and after finding another woman’s tampons in the trash. The 8 News Now Investigators first reported 30-year-old Julie Bush’s arrest for open murder. Bush was originally charged […]
The US may soon bail out farmers whose livelihoods were destroyed by toxic PFAS “forever chemical” contamination. The proposal for a $500m fund aims to head off a crisis for the nation’s growers and is moving through Congress amid increasing evidence that PFAS-contaminated sewage sludge used as a cheap fertilizer alternative poisoned crops and livestock. […]
May 28—With more than 600 criminal defendants now unable to find a court-appointed attorney, some Maine defense lawyers say the problem is only getting worse and court officials are turning a blind eye. Since November, judges have been ordered to meet with jailed defendants within seven days of their initial appearance if they are constitutionally […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin criminal justice advocates argued in court Wednesday that Republican-backed cash bail constitutional amendments approved by voters last year should be invalidated over procedural flaws, a case that elections officials and the Legislature call a cynical attempt to undo election results. Dane County Circuit Judge Rhonda Lanford did not rule from […]
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A top ally of Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan was released from prison Tuesday after nearly a year when a court granted him bail in a corruption case, his party said. Pervez Elahi, the president of Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, was arrested in June on charges of illegally appointing officers […]