A New York man admitted to a $38 million employment tax fraud scheme involving the nursing homes he owned across the country, officials say. Joseph Schwartz, 64, of Suffern, pleaded guilty in Newark federal court to two counts, one being the failure to file an annual financial report for the employee 401K Benefit Plan he […]
SAN DIEGO — A driving school instructor accused of sexually assaulting nearly a dozen students pleaded not guilty Tuesday in court. Richard “Joseph” Banks, 50, faces 33 counts, including both felonies and misdemeanors, involving 11 separate victims of possession and production of child sex abuse materials, invasion of privacy, sexual battery and lewd and lascivious […]
Jan. 16—GOSHEN — A Goshen-based landlord received little consolation when he attempted to save a rental home from demolition near Stone Lake on Monday. Elkhart County Commissioners told landlord Ron Davidhizar and his assistant Marlon “Maxx” Banks that if they hoped to see any resolution, they’d have to speak through their hired attorney. Banks spoke […]
Jan. 16—A Liberty Twp. woman accused of shooting her infant granddaughter in the head entered a not guilty by reason of insanity plea Tuesday during arraignment in Butler County Common Pleas Court and will be evaluated for competency to stand trial. Mia Desiree Harris, 43, was indicted Friday on three counts of felonious assault and […]
A former Kentucky teacher’s aide has admitted having sexual contact with teenage boys, and has pleaded guilty in federal court over the offense. Ellen Phillips, 39, formerly known as Ellen Shell, pleaded guilty in federal court in Lexington on Friday to a charge of attempted online enticement of a minor to engage in criminal sexual […]
Jan. 13—A 19-year-old former Moscow High School student accused of sexually assaulting a female last fall in Moscow pleaded guilty Thursday to felony aggravated assault and misdemeanor sexual battery in Latah County District Court. Rylan Pickard is accused of assaulting the victim in his car Nov. 30, according to court documents. The victim first reported […]
A local man accused of having child porn has pleaded guilty to the charges. >>Florist admits to ripping off local brides; Her next stop could be prison Trung Mai, 29, pled guilty Thursday at Montgomery County Common Pleas Court to five felony counts of Pandering Sexually Oriented Material Involving a Minor, according to online court […]
LOS ANGELES — President Joe Biden’s son pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal tax charges filed after the collapse of a plea deal that could have spared him the spectacle of a criminal trial during the 2024 campaign. Hunter Biden has been accused of nine felony and misdemeanor tax offenses. The charges stem from what […]
A North Texas mom who was arrested in 2022 and accused of poisoning her 4-year-old with Benadryl overdoses to fake a seizure disorder pleaded guilty Wednesday, according to Tarrant County court documents. Jesika Jones, 31, of Krum, pleaded guilty in a Tarrant County district court to injury to a child and endangering a child. Jones […]
US President Joe Biden’s son has pleaded not guilty to federal tax charges filed after the collapse of a plea deal that could have spared him the spectacle of a criminal trial during the 2024 election campaign. Hunter Biden has been accused of nine felony and misdemeanour tax offences. The charges stem from what federal […]
One month after he was pushed out as the head of his development company, Rishi Kapoor found himself under subpoena reluctantly answering questions from federal securities lawyers about putting Miami’s mayor on his firm’s payroll as a $10,000-a-month consultant. Kapoor, the former chief executive officer of Location Ventures LLC, was advised by his defense attorneys […]
A New Hampshire man pleaded guilty Wednesday for his role in a “series of extortionate bomb threats” against Harvard University in April, the Justice Department announced. William Giordani, 55, pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to a count of concealing a federal felony. He was arrested in May and indicted by a federal grand […]