Criminal Defense News 09/2010 (Page 18)

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DNA evidence has led to the arrest of a Boynton Beach man suspected in a 21-year-old rape. Police arrested convicted felon John Leonard McKenzie. (Sep 9, 2010)

When a flashy lawyer got a grim diagnosis, his plan for his two young daughters was typically big. Very big. At first, it hurt too much to look at his girls. Isabelle had just turned 3, and Emma was 1. He thought of them growing into teenagers and then women, their memories of their father evaporating in the fog of early childhood. He'd survive as a disembodied name on their mother's lips, a ... (Sep 9, 2010)

Lawyers for a Nigerian man charged with trying to blow up a plane near Detroit on Christmas said there may be a plea deal. (Sep 9, 2010)

The man accused of hitting a 21-year-old woman with his vehicle along Fox Farm Road last summer made his first appearance in Cascade County court in almost a year. (Sep 9, 2010)

Three months and a week after his disappearance, Kyron Horman turns eight today in what should have been his first week of third grade. (Sep 9, 2010)

The 23-year-old Nigerian who allegedly tried to detonate a bomb in his underwear on a Detroit-bound jetliner on Christmas Day 2009 will be in court next week for a status conference in his criminal case. (Sep 9, 2010)

Since he was released from prison in late 2008, Richard Ruben Wakeley Jr. has been charged with 45 felony counts in seven separate cases alleging a string of scams and confidence schemes against more than a dozen individuals. (Sep 9, 2010)

Yemeni Defense Ministry said Thursday it has been carrying out an open war against al-Qaida affiliates across the country, denying al-Qaida's allegations of killing over 50 soldiers in battles last month in the southern province of Abyan. (Sep 9, 2010)

Former Luzerne County judge Mark A. Ciavarella Jr. on Wednesday presented the broad outlines of his defense against civil-rights suits that claim he incarcerated hundreds of juveniles in return for kickbacks from their for-profit jailers.Ciavarella, who (Sep 9, 2010)

There is no question that the Senkaku Islands belong to Japan both historically and under international law. On Wednesday, the Japan Coast Guard arrested the captain of a Chinese trawler allegedly fi ..... (Sep 9, 2010)

Lawyers in the Oakhill case mingle Thursday in court before meeting in chambers with Visiting Judge William H. Wolff Jr. of Kettering. (Sep 9, 2010)

September 8, 2010 -- Libby and Jerica are in the front seat of the Prius, and Mary and I are in back. We just left Oklahoma, we’re heading into Shamrock, Texas, and tomorrow we’ll be Indian Springs, Nevada, home of Creech Air Force Base. (Sep 9, 2010)

Move over, "Judge Judy." There's a new snappish adjudicator coming to daytime TV. This fall HLN prime-time star Nancy Grace hosts a new daytime court show, "Swift Justice With Nancy Grace," beginning Monday (5 and 5:30 p.m., WPGH). In a teleconference with reporters last week, Ms. Grace was quick to portray the show as something other than just another daytime TV court series. (Sep 9, 2010)

The downer tone of films like "Rabbit Hole," featuring Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart struggling with their son's death, could be a factor during awards season. (Sep 9, 2010)

ELYRIA — After 11 days of jury trial, Bohannon Miller and Avery Taylor were found guilty yesterday of participating in a criminal gang. Both were arrested during a February gang sweep in Lorain. (Sep 9, 2010)

Lawyers for a Nigerian man charged with trying to blow up a plane near Detroit on Christmas said yesterday they have talked to prosecutors about resolving the case with a plea deal. Christmas - Plea bargain - Holidays - Detroit - Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab (Sep 9, 2010)

A Douglass (Mont.) man and former school bus driver will be under court supervision for four years after he admitted to luring a 15-year-old Spring-Ford girl onto his bus, allegedly so he could begin an inappropriate online relationship with her. (Sep 10, 2010)

The judge plans to issue an injunction preventing the government from barring openly gay service members. The Justice Dept., which defended the policy during the trial, can appeal the decision. A federal judge in Riverside on Thursday declared the U.S. military's ban on openly gay service members unconstitutional, saying the "don't ask, don't tell" policy violates the 1st Amendment and due ... (Sep 10, 2010)

Nevada County's District Attorney and a criminal defense lawyer lit up a debate Thursday on California's proposed marijuana legalization measure. Proposition 19, the controversial measure to legalize recreational marijuana use and possession, is set to appear on California's November ballot. (Sep 10, 2010)

Designed to polarize (Sep 10, 2010)

A panel of state officials met for the first time Wednesday afternoon to discuss the search process for a new director of the State Bureau of Investigation’s crime lab after a report released last month revealed agent misconduct through evidence misrepresentation. read more (Sep 10, 2010)

MARION COUNTY Historic area will host tour of homes Sunday The historic Herron-Morton Place neighborhood on the Near Northside will welcome visitors into several historic and new homes Sunday during its biennial home tour. (Sep 10, 2010)

Noblesville A Hamilton County judge on Thursday declined a request for a mistrial in the case of a man accused of attacking state Rep. Ed DeLaney last Halloween. (Sep 10, 2010)

The trespassing arrests happened during an eight-day sit in at the governor's office in the state capitol in April. (Sep 10, 2010)

Five men and one woman were removed from the pool of 125 potential jurors in the Ihab Maslamani murder trial Thursday in Macomb County Circuit Court. (Sep 10, 2010)

Fla. pastor, imam at odds over Quran-burning deal (Sep 10, 2010)

MEDIA COURTHOUSE — A judge apparently didn’t buy a teenager’s story about self-defense in a Feb. 24, 2008, Chester street shooting as he was convicted Thursday of charges including third-degree murder. (Sep 10, 2010)

MEDIA COURTHOUSE — A judge apparently didn’t buy a teenager’s story about self-defense in a Feb. 24, 2008, Chester street shooting as he was convicted Thursday of charges including third-degree murder. (Sep 10, 2010)

Looking at a photo of the stab wound an Oshkosh woman inflicted on her boyfriend last spring, Winnebago County Circuit Court Judge Scott Woldt on Thurday said he believed the woman wanted the man dead. (Sep 10, 2010)

Five candidates are running in two primaries for Monroe County Court. (Sep 10, 2010)

APPLETON An Appleton teenager sentenced Thursday for attempted homicide will either be in prison or on parole for nearly twice the time hes been alive. (Sep 10, 2010)

A Franklin County judge sentenced a bank robber to 26 years in prison after the defense lawyer told him the man has an illness that could kill him in less than a decade. (Sep 10, 2010)

URGENT: Terry Jones says he won't burn the Muslim holy book on the Sept. 11 anniversary, but hopes he can still meet with NYC imam over proposed mosque near Ground Zero | VIDEO Mosque Investor Declines Trump's Buyout Offer (Sep 10, 2010)

The criminal case against a former-Aspen yoga instructor who allegedly touched two female clients on their genitals during classes began in Pitkin County Court Thursday. read more (Sep 10, 2010)

Defendants face more charges in UG home invasion case (Sep 10, 2010)

Special to The Mercury NORRISTOWN — The Montgomery County District Attorney's Office has withdrawn charges against two brothers accused of running an illegal sports betting operation, but 60-year-old Joseph V. Mastronardo Jr. and 54-year-old John V. Mastronardo will likely face federal charges. (Sep 10, 2010)

HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF) - Skyler Smith of Huntsville was sentenced to 24 months in prison for wearing war medals he did not earn, making false statements to obtain an Army contract and committing wire fraud to sell a cheap synthetic stone as an expensive diamond. (Sep 10, 2010)

Will he or won't he? Negotiations between a local Muslim cleric and the leader of a tiny Florida church who had threatened to publicly burn copies of Islam's holy text left the heated debate in a state of confusion with the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks a day away. (Sep 10, 2010)

A Pierce County judge is to issue a key ruling next week that could weaken prosecutors’ case against cop killer Maurice Clemmons’ half-brother. (Sep 10, 2010)

The defense got a chance to tell their side of the story to 42-1 District Court Judge Denis LeDuc on Wednesday. The defendant, Nina Closurdo, was taken to court by Armada Township and cited on four counts of violating township ordinances on her property on 33 Mile Road. (Sep 10, 2010)

John O'Boyle/The Star-LedgerPassengers are screened at the security checkpoint inside Terminal C at Newark Liberty Airport in in this file photo. To travelers’ worries about full-body X-ray at airports, add this: little-known Homeland Security searches of laptops, cellular phones, digital... (Sep 10, 2010)

Nevada County's District Attorney and a criminal defense lawyer lit up a debate Thursday on California's proposed marijuana legalization measure. Proposition 19, the controversial measure to legalize recreational marijuana use and possession, is set to appear on California's November ballot. (Sep 10, 2010)

MIAMI -- Motorists are challenging the state's use of red light cameras to fine drivers, saying the cameras assume drivers are guilty until proven innocent. (Sep 10, 2010)

PROVIDENCE -- One mayoral candidate is accusing two rivals of engaging in a "pay-to-play" system by taking money from city employees. (Sep 10, 2010)

SEATTLE (AP) — The father of a U.S. soldier serving in Afghanistan says he tried nearly a half dozen times to pass an urgent message from his son to the... (Sep 10, 2010)

A Central Florida pastor says his church will not burn copies of the Quran tomorrow. (Sep 10, 2010)

The leader of a tiny Florida church says he won't follow through on a plan to burn copies of Islam's holy text if he's able to meet Saturday with the organizers behind a mosque planned near ground zero in New York. (Sep 10, 2010)

As thousands of Afghans protested a tiny Florida church's plan to burn the Muslim holy book, the church's pastor said he won't follow through on the plan if he's able to meet Saturday with the organizers behind a mosque planned near ground zero in New York. (Sep 10, 2010)

The Rev. Terry Jones of Gainesville said if he meets with the imam in New York, he won't burn the Muslim holy book. (Sep 10, 2010)

GAINESVILLE— Will he or won’t he? Negotiations between a local Muslim cleric and the leader of a tiny Florida church who had threatened to publicly burn copies of Islam’s holy text left the heated debate in a state of confusion with the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks a day away. (Sep 10, 2010)

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