Here’s a roundup of recent incidents and announcements from Ventura County agencies: Not guilty plea entered in real estate case A former real estate agent from Simi Valley pleaded not guilty late last week to 13 felony counts of forgery, grand theft and money laundering. Lane Yudell, 57, entered the plea Thursday to charges filed […]
Another South Carolina man has pleaded guilty to a felony charge of assaulting an officer during the Jan. 6, 2021, riots, when thousands of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol to try to prevent Joe Biden from becoming president. Christopher George Rockey, 54, of Cross, in Berkeley County, admitted his guilt Wednesday in court in Washington […]
After a Franklin County jury watched 90 Snapchat videos, more than 70 of which showed the brutal beating of a man, the man responsible for the assault decided Thursday morning to plead guilty to all of the murder charges against him before the trial was finished. The Common Pleas Court jury in the case had […]
A man pleaded guilty to several charges, including aggravated assault and a hit-and-run. On Monday, in the Superior Court of Haralson County Georgia, James Ray Watkins, 66, pled guilty to the charges of aggravated assault, aggravated battery, and hit and run. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Haralson County Sheriff’s Office […]
GEORGETOWN, Texas (KXAN) — A Georgetown man pleaded guilty this week after he was charged with shooting and killing his wife in December 2022, Georgetown District Attorney Shawn Dick said in a news release Thursday. He will serve a sentence of life in prison. The shooting happened on Dec. 27, 2022. This was less than […]
By Blake Brittain (Reuters) – A Canadian resident of China pleaded guilty in New York federal court on Thursday to stealing Tesla electric-vehicle battery manufacturing trade secrets and conspiring to sell them to undercover government agents, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). Klaus Pflugbeil, 58, the operator of a China-based business that sells […]
A Hanover man pleaded guilty last week to selling fentanyl-laced drugs to a township man who later died of an overdose in a deal that greatly reduces the amount of time he may have faced in prison. Anthony Dello-Russo, 27, pleaded guilty to first-degree strict liability for drug-induced death and second-degree possession with intent to […]
A former Geordie Shore star has pleaded not guilty to plugging unauthorised investments. Scott Timlin (36), known as Scotty T, is one of nine influencers to have been charged by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in relation to an unauthorised foreign exchange trading scheme on social media. The FCA has alleged that Emmanuel Nwanze […]
Jun. 12—An Albuquerque man has pleaded guilty to charges of modifying firearms to make them fully automatic before selling them. Joe Jasso, 20, pleaded guilty to dealing firearms without a license and unlawful transfer or possession of a machine gun and machine gun conversion device. According to the U.S. Department of Justice in New Mexico, […]
Jun. 12—An Athens man has pleaded guilty to murder for the December 2021 death of Marco Matthew Gonzalez in Frankston, as well as related kidnapping charges. According to District Attorney Allyson Mitchell, Robert Mason Eckhert III pleaded guilty to murder, four counts of aggravated kidnapping and one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon […]
The former longtime treasurer of the union representing Reading School District teachers has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $400,000 from the organization. Lisa A. Herbinko, 50, of Amity Township was charged with stealing the money from the Reading Education Association. She entered an open plea Tuesday before Berks County Judge Thomas G. Parisi, pleading […]
Jun. 12—TRAILL COUNTY — A Bemidji, Minnesota, man pleaded guilty to an amended charge of reckless driving on Wednesday, June 12, for crashing into a Traill County Sheriff’s Office cruiser earlier this year. Brody Michael Cota struck the vehicle on the evening of Jan. 28, approximately two miles south of Buxton on Interstate 29. The […]