Michigan man pleads guilty in New Year’s party shooting that killed 2 men setting off fireworks
June 6, 2023 GMTPAW PAW, Mich. (AP) — A western Michigan man faces up to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty in a January shooting that killed two men who were setting off fireworks at a New Year’s party.
The jury reached the verdict Wednesday in a Los Angeles court. It was the second trial for the 47-year-old actor, after a jury deadlocked in his first.
Alex Murdaugh pleads not guilty — for now — to federal wire fraud and money laundering charges
May 31, 2023 GMTCHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Alex Murdaugh was arraigned Wednesday on federal money laundering and wire fraud charges for indictments saying he stole money from his clients, and although he pleaded not guilty for now, his lawyer said that might change soon.
Truck driver indicted on manslaughter charges after deadly Oregon crash that killed 7 farmworkers
May 31, 2023 GMTPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The driver of the semitruck involved in a fatal crash on Interstate 5 in Oregon earlier this month that left seven farmworkers dead has been indicted on charges of manslaughter, court documents show.
Ex-Trump White House official Peter Navarro to go on trial in September in Jan. 6 contempt case
May 30, 2023 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Former Trump White House official Peter Navarro will stand trial in September on contempt of Congress charges filed after he refused to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the Jan.
Vermont troopers plead not guilty in bean bag shooting case
May 30, 2023 GMTBRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) — Two Vermont State Police troopers pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a misdemeanor reckless endangerment charge after one of them fired a bean bag round from a shotgun against a man who was allegedly acting irrationally.
Prosecutors say Sam Bankman-Fried’s arguments to dismiss cryptocurrency charges are meritless
May 30, 2023 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyers made meritless arguments in a bid to convince a judge to toss out criminal charges alleging that the FTX founder stole from investors in his multibillion dollar cryptocurrency fund, federal prosecutors said Monday.
Texas AG Ken Paxton invites supporters to rally at state Capitol to protest vote to impeach
May 27, 2023 GMTAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Friday urged his supporters to protest at the state Capitol when Republicans in the House of Representatives take up historic impeachment proceedings that threaten to oust him.
DOVER, Del. (AP) — The stepfather of a 3-year-old girl whose burned remains were found on a softball field several years ago has pleaded guilty to child endangerment charges, according to court documents.
Texas lawmakers issue 20 articles of impeachment against state Attorney General Ken Paxton
May 26, 2023 GMTAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton teetered on the brink of impeachment Thursday after years of scandal, criminal charges and corruption accusations that the state's Republican majority had largely met with silence until now.
Prosecutors widen child sex abuse case in polygamous sect
May 25, 2023 GMTSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Prosecutors have widened their case against members of a small polygamous group that resides near the Utah-Arizona border, detailing its leader's sexual encounters with children he took as wives in new charges filed earlier this month.
French magistrates probing 27 migrant deaths file charges against English Channel maritime rescuers
May 25, 2023 GMTPARIS (AP) — French magistrates on Thursday filed preliminary charges against five French maritime rescue personnel in a probe of the deadly sinking of a flimsy migrant craft in the English Channel in 2021 that killed 27 people.
Ex-NFL player Damon Arnette pleads not guilty in 2022 Vegas Strip hotel valet gun case
May 25, 2023 GMTLAS VEGAS (AP) — Former NFL cornerback Damon Arnette has pleaded not guilty in Nevada to felony charges and his lawyer is challenging his indictment alleging he displayed a handgun during an argument with Las Vegas Strip casino valets in January 2022.
Ex-officer charged in Atlanta-area police dog attack
May 24, 2023 GMTATLANTA (AP) — A former suburban Atlanta-area police officer has been indicted on felony charges after prosecutors say he unlawfully directed a police dog to attack a man.
A Fulton County grand jury on Tuesday returned an indictment against former Alpharetta police officer Michael James Esposito.
Convicted murderer and ex-attorney Alex Murdaugh facing federal charges of fraud, theft
May 24, 2023 GMTCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh is facing federal charges for the first time after being indicted on 22 financial fraud charges over allegations that the disgraced former attorney schemed to steal settlement money from clients.
Charges dismissed against ex-public works official in Flint, Michigan, water scandal
May 22, 2023 GMTFLINT, Mich. (AP) — A judge dismissed charges Monday against a former local official in Flint, the last of nine people to benefit from a state Supreme Court decision that struck down a series of indictments in the city's lead-in-water scandal.
Seattle startup’s ex-CFO accused of diverting $35 million, losing it in crypto crash
May 18, 2023 GMTSEATTLE (AP) — The former chief financial officer of a Seattle-based startup took $35 million of his employer's money without permission and lost it by investing in cryptocurrency before the crypto market crashed last year, according to a federal indictment returned by a grand jury Wednesday.
A man has been indicted by a grand jury on charges of stealing a pair of ruby red slippers worn by Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz,” federal prosecutors in North Dakota say.
PHOENIX (AP) — A woman who was convicted in Idaho last week in the deaths of her two children and a romantic rival has been indicted for a second time in Arizona, this time on charges that she conspired to kill her niece’s ex-husband.
Virginia man charged in baseball bat attacks on three women, including congressional staffers
May 16, 2023 GMTFAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A man with untreated schizophrenia, according to his father, was arraigned Tuesday on charges involving baseball-bat attacks on three women, including two staffers for U.S.
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A former New Hampshire college volunteer basketball coach pleaded guilty Monday to producing and possessing child pornography.
Joshua Pincoske appeared in federal court in Concord.
US seeks dismissal of corruption charges against Florida 2018 Democratic governor nominee Gillum
May 15, 2023 GMTFederal prosecutors asked a judge Monday to dismiss the remaining corruption charges against Andrew Gillum, the Democratic nominee for Florida governor in 2018, after a jury deadlocked on all but one count following a trial earlier this month.
Man indicted on 98 charges including hate crimes for 2022 shooting at Taiwanese church in California
May 11, 2023 GMTSANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A man accused of fatally shooting one person and wounding five others at a Southern California church luncheon last year has been charged with dozens of federal hate crimes in connection with the attack, which investigators said was motivated by political hatred of Taiwan.
Vegas man acquitted by US jury of making threats to Nevada election workers in January 2021
May 11, 2023 GMTLAS VEGAS (AP) — A federal court jury in Nevada has acquitted a Las Vegas man of charges that he made threatening telephone calls to state election officials the morning after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S.
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A day after New York Rep. George Santos pleaded not guilty to charges in the U.S., he signed an agreement Thursday with public prosecutors in Brazil to avoid prosecution for forging two stolen checks in 2008.
Ex-California cheerleading coach charged with molesting girls
May 11, 2023 GMTSANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A former competitive cheerleading coach has been charged with molesting girls as young as 11 years old in Southern California and he faces similar charges in Florida, prosecutors said Wednesday.
Here are the 13 counts New York Rep. George Santos faces
May 10, 2023 GMTDA tweaks Jonathan Majors’ charge, lawyer says he’s innocent
May 9, 2023 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Actor Jonathan Majors was confronted Tuesday with a revised domestic violence charge stemming from a woman’s allegations that the Marvel star twisted her arm, struck her head and shoved her into a vehicle in New York City in March.
Man accused of 4 killings in Nebraska pleads not guilty
May 9, 2023 GMTHARTINGTON, Neb. (AP) — A man accused of killing four people in a small northeast Nebraska town has pleaded not guilty to 10 charges.
As Trump probes intensify, foes of ex-president see opening
May 8, 2023 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — An investigation into Donald Trump's handling of classified documents has intensified in recent weeks, with prosecutors summoning a broad range of witnesses before a federal grand jury and zeroing in on questions of whether the former president or others obstructed government efforts to recover the records.
Ex-officers get house arrest in girl’s gunfire death at game
May 5, 2023 GMTPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Three fired police officers who pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges in the death of an 8-year-old girl killed when they opened fire outside a high school football game near Philadelphia have been sentenced to five years of probation — the first 11 months of it on house arrest.
Proud Boys’ Tarrio guilty of Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy
May 5, 2023 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and three other members of the far-right extremist group were convicted Thursday of a plot to attack the U.S.
State charges tossed in university town hate crime attack
May 4, 2023 GMTBLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — State charges including attempted murder have been dismissed against a woman accused of stabbing an Indiana University student of Chinese descent on a public bus, court records show.
Prosecutor: Baltimore police officer sold pot on the clock
May 4, 2023 GMTBALTIMORE (AP) — Two Baltimore police officers were indicted this week in separate cases, including an 11-year department veteran accused of selling drugs on the clock — allegations that come as the agency seeks to rebuild its reputation after the Gun Trace Task Force corruption scandal ruptured public trust.
Sex offender fatally shot 6, then killed self, official says
May 4, 2023 GMTAn Oklahoma sex offender who was released from prison early shot his wife, her three children and their two friends in the head and then killed himself, authorities confirmed Wednesday as concerns grew about why he was free as his trial on new sex charges loomed.
Councilman pleads not guilty to perjury in 49ers report leak
May 3, 2023 GMTSAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A Silicon Valley city councilman accused of leaking a confidential grand jury report criticizing the San Francisco 49ers' outsize political influence and then lying about the leak pleaded not guilty Wednesday.
Some charges cut in Vegas Hells Angels freeway gunfire case
May 1, 2023 GMTLAS VEGAS (AP) — Seven alleged Hells Angels members won’t face racketeering or gang charges in a Las Vegas-area freeway shooting that authorities said injured rival Vagos motorcycle gang members almost a year ago, a judge decided Monday.
Driver whose crash killed 4 fellow students appears in court
May 1, 2023 GMTELLSWORTH, Maine (AP) — A former Maine Maritime Academy student whose SUV crashed, killing four fellow students, pleaded not guilty Monday to manslaughter and other charges.
Joshua Goncalves-Radding, 20, of North Babylon, New York, did not speak, except to answer “not guilty” 17 times, once for each charge, during his first court appearance since December's fiery crash in Castine.
Arkansas woman indicted in $11,000 sale of stolen body parts
April 29, 2023 GMTLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas woman has pleaded not guilty to charges that she sold 20 boxes of stolen body parts from medical school cadavers to a Pennsylvania man for nearly $11,000.
The April 5 indictment, unsealed Friday in federal court in Little Rock, accuses Candace Chapman Scott, 36, a former mortuary worker, of setting up the transactions with a man she met through a Facebook group about “oddities.”
Arizona man charged with smuggling diamonds through Florida
April 28, 2023 GMTMIAMI (AP) — An Arizona man was charged in South Florida with illegally smuggling diamonds into the United States.
Guilherme Cipriani, 41, of Scottsdale, Arizona, was arrested Wednesday in his home state, according to court records.
Illinois man gets 40-year sentence for killing teenage boy
April 27, 2023 GMTURBANA, Ill. (AP) — A central Illinois man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to killing a 14-year-old boy and dumping his body in a roadside ditch.
A judge sentenced Daryl Vandyke, 57, on Wednesday after the of Champaign man admitted that he used an ax or other sharp-edged garden tool to kill Steven Butler III, 14, in July 2021.
Ex-UCLA gynecologist sentenced to 11 years in sex abuse case
April 27, 2023 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — A former gynecologist at the University of California, Los Angeles was sentenced Wednesday to 11 years in prison for sexually abusing female patients, in a criminal trial that came after the university system made nearly $700 million in lawsuit payouts connected to the case.
Jailed Kremlin foe Navalny says he may face life sentence
April 26, 2023 GMTMOSCOW (AP) — Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Wednesday that he was facing new extremism and terrorism charges that could keep him behind bars for life, as authorities set the stage for a new trial against the Kremlin's leading critic.
In prison for life, Murdaugh faces 2 more tax evasion counts
April 25, 2023 GMTCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina grand jury Tuesday charged convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh with two counts of tax evasion after prosecutors reviewed his final years of tax returns before he headed behind bars.
Jan. 6 suspect charged with firing gun toward Texas officers
April 20, 2023 GMTAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas man who agreed to surrender on charges for taking part in the U.S. Capitol riot fired a gun toward sheriff's deputies who went to his house later that day in response to a welfare call, federal prosecutors said Thursday.
Former wrestler charged in Mississippi welfare fraud case
April 20, 2023 GMTJACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Companies run by a former professional wrestler received “sham contracts” in Mississippi and misspent millions of dollars of welfare money that was supposed to help some of the neediest people in the U.S., according to a new federal indictment.
Memphis signee Williams pleads not guilty to gun charges
April 20, 2023 GMTSAN DIEGO (AP) — Due to security concerns cited by his attorney, high school basketball star and Memphis signee Mikey Williams appeared via video conference for his arraignment Thursday on six felony charges of assault with a firearm.
Former Ohio vice officer acquitted in woman’s 2018 death
April 19, 2023 GMTCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A former vice squad officer has been found not guilty of murder and voluntary manslaughter charges stemming from the death of a woman he shot while working undercover almost five years ago.
Mom, son who took zip ties into Senate convicted in 1/6 riot
April 18, 2023 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — A Tennessee man and his mother were convicted on Tuesday of charges that they stormed the Capitol, where they brought plastic zip-tie handcuffs into the Senate gallery as a mob attacked the building, court records show.
Attorney: Assault charge against German rapper dismissed
April 18, 2023 GMTCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina prosecutor dismissed an assault charge on Tuesday against German rapper Marteria, who was accused of choking a woman, his lawyer said.
The singer, whose real name is Marten Laciny, was arrested on March 30, The Charlotte Observer reported, citing public records on the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office website.
Former leader of biathlon indicted on corruption charges
April 17, 2023 GMTOSLO, Norway (AP) — The former president of the International Biathlon Union has been indicated in his home country of Norway after accusations he took bribes, authorities said Monday.
Anders Besseberg was president of the sport's governing body for more than 20 years before stepping down in 2018, shortly after Austrian police raided the IBU headquarters.
Trump raised $34M so far in 2023, including indictment bump
April 15, 2023 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has raised more than $34 million for his 2024 White House run since the start of the year, buoyed by a big bump in donations since the announcement of criminal charges against him in New York, according to his campaign.
Ex-teacher aide indicted after Georgia foot-licking arrest
April 14, 2023 GMTAUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — A man accused of licking a child's feet at a Georgia trampoline park in January now faces additional charges.
A Richmond County grand jury indicted Caurey Rollins on Tuesday on eight counts of child molestation, local news outlets reported.