A Sarasota judge has ruled that law enforcement officials violated former Florida Republican Party Chairman Christian Ziegler’s rights during their investigation into an alleged sexual battery and video voyeurism. In a 46-page order posted early Monday morning, Sarasota County Circuit Court Judge Hunter Carroll declared that search warrants that allowed investigators to comb through Ziegler’s […]
EVANSVILLE — Civil war is the road chosen by the already fractured Vanderburgh County Republican Party, whose leader served papers Thursday seeking to censure and remove intraparty critics from elected positions. GOP Chairman Mike Duckworth’s action against former Libertarian mayoral candidate Michael Daugherty and conservative activists Ken Colbert and Cheryl Batteiger-Smith came 16 days after […]
May 16—The state Game Commission’s choice for a new chairman has raised concerns among recreation advocates because he works for a politically active landowner who opposes public access to waterways crossing private lands. With no discussion, commissioners voted unanimously Thursday to appoint Commissioner Richard Stump as chairman. Stump serves as hunting director for Dan Perry, […]
Police investigating an allegation of rape against former Florida GOP Chairman Christian Ziegler say they now believe the sex was “likely consensual,” but that he could face a felony charge over a video he took of the encounter. Sarasota Police said that detectives had insufficient evidence to charge Ziegler with sexual battery after a longtime […]
Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-hee with daughters Lee Boo-jin (R) and Lee Seo-hyun, followed by his wife, Hong Ra-hee, in Las Vegas, 2012.Steve Marcus / Reuters The former Samsung Electronics chairman, who was South Korea’s richest person, died in 2020. Lee Kun-hee’s family is now selling billions worth of shares to pay inheritance taxes. South […]