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Irish judge: Suspect in migrant truck deaths should go to UK
LONDON (AP) — An Irish judge ruled Friday that a truck driver wanted over the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants found in a refrigerated container near London can be extradited from Ireland to the U.K. At Dublin's High Court, Judge Donald Binchy said 23-year-old Eamonn Harrison should be sent to Britain to...
Trial highlights: Conspiracy theories and fidget spinners
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats argued that President Donald Trump sought a phony investigation of a political rival and pursued a discredited conspiracy theory about Ukraine, while restless senators played with a new toy Thursday during Trump's impeachment trial. Highlights of Thursday's session , which...
Son of ex-US Rep. Christopher Collins spared prison
NEW YORK (AP) — The son of former U.S. Rep. Christopher Collins was spared a prison sentence Thursday after pleading guilty in an insider trading conspiracy with his father. U.S. District Judge Vernon Broderick ordered 27-year-old Cameron Collins to serve 500 hours of community service over the next five...
California man sentenced in stolen tax refund checks scheme
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A California man was sentenced Wednesday to five years in federal prison with no parole for participating in a scheme to cash more than $447,000 in stolen tax refund checks. Dante L. Chestnut, 31, of Ontario, California, pleaded guilty in July 2019 to conspiracy to commit bank...
STORY REMOVED: PA--Waitress-Casino Scheme
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) — The Associated Press has withdrawn its story about an ex-waitress sentenced for her role in a slot machine scam at a Pennsylvania casino. The information is outdated; the sentencing occurred in 2017 and was re-published erroneously. The AP will not move a corrected version of the...
Homicide charge dropped against 1 in movie theater slaying
YORK, Pa. (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped criminal homicide and conspiracy charges against one of two men arrested in a shooting death inside a Pennsylvania movie theater last month. Jalen Bellaflores, 19, remains charged with hindering apprehension, obstruction of justice and evidence-tampering, a...
St. Louis prosecutor invokes 'Ku Klux Klan Act' in lawsuit
CHICAGO (AP) — St. Louis's elected top prosecutor says the city, its police union and others violated a Civil War-era law by allegedly engaging in a racist conspiracy to force her from office and prevent her from reforming racist practices. In a lawsuit filed Monday, Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner said the...
New Mexico man given deferred sentence for forged ballots
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico man received a deferred sentence for forging signatures on applications for absentee ballots in a 2016 municipal election. Dyon Herrera, 24, pleaded guilty in October to conspiracy to violate the municipal code in Espanola, The Santa Fe New Mexican reported. The charge is...
Ex-Green Beret admits to scheme to take government cash
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A former U.S. Army Green Beret pleaded guilty to his role in a conspiracy while deployed to Afghanistan to steal about $200,000 from government funds meant for purposes ranging from humanitarian efforts to base construction, prosecutors said. The Raleigh-based U.S. attorney's office...
Maryland teen sentenced to 50 years in MS-13 linked killing
RIVERDALE, Md. (AP) — A Maryland judge has sentenced a teenager to 50 years in prison for his role in the killing of a 14-year-old girl who was beaten and slashed with a machete in a gang-related attack last year. Prince George’s County Circuit Court Judge Cathy Serrette sentenced Josue...
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