Crimes and Trials News

  • New York says may sue Comcast over Net child porn Reuters - Mon Jul 21, 5:02 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, who has pressured Internet service providers to block access to child pornography, on Monday said his office would pursue legal action against Comcast Cable Communications LLC if it did not quickly agree to reforms.

  • State's Attorney David Cohen, right, talks with the media outside the Stamford Superior Court House in Stamford, Conn., Monday July 21, 2008. The president of Stamford-based Shoreline Pools David Lionetti, has been arrested on second-degree manslaughter in connection with the death of a 6-year-old boy who drowned after his arm was trapped in a suction drain. The arrest comes three days after a fire destroyed the company's Stamford warehouse. (Photo/Douglas Healey).
    Pool company president charged in boy's drowning AP - Mon Jul 21, 4:41 PM ET

    NEW HAVEN, Conn. - A swimming pool company president was charged Monday with second-degree manslaughter in connection with the drowning of a 6-year-old boy whose arm was trapped by the suction of a powerful drain pump.

  • This undated handout picture shows Salim Hamdan from Yemen. A special military trial was to get underway at the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay, with Hamdan -- a former driver for terror mastermind Osama bin Laden -- facing the first US war-crimes tribunal since the end of World War II.(AFP/HO/File)
    Bin Laden driver pleads not guilty at US warcrimes trial AFP - Mon Jul 21, 10:54 AM ET

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - Osama bin Laden's former driver, Salim Hamdan, pleaded not guilty on Monday at the opening of the first trial before a special military tribunal at the US base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, officials said.

  • File photo shows the city of Monaco on the French coast. A Ukrainian man wanted in the USA for money laundering and securities fraud has been arrested in the city, a Russian daily newspaper has reported(AFP/File/Valery Hache)
    Ukrainian sought by FBI arrested in Monaco: report AFP - Mon Jul 21, 2:48 AM ET

    MOSCOW (AFP) - A Ukrainian man wanted in the United States for money laundering and securities fraud has been arrested in Monaco, the Russian daily newspaper Kommersant reported on Monday.

  • US: Don't drop jihad references from charges AP - Sat Jul 19, 2:03 AM ET

    MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. - Federal prosecutors say they should not be forced to drop references to al-Qaida and jihad from the indictment of five men accused of plotting to attack soldiers on Fort Dix.

  • Triple slay suspect in Pennsylvania: 'I had fun' AP - Sat Jul 19, 1:11 AM ET

    SCRANTON, Pa. - A man charged with killing three people with a knife and a hammer said "I had fun" and blew a kiss to reporters while being led into court after his arrest.

  • In this June 11, 2008 file photo, actor Verne Troyer poses on the press line at the premiere of the feature film 'The Love Guru' in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg, file)
    Troyer reaches settlement in sex tape lawsuit AP - Fri Jul 18, 11:49 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES - Actor Verne Troyer has settled a lawsuit he filed against a porn broker after the defendant agreed not distribute a sex tape depicting Troyer and a former girlfriend, court documents filed Friday show.

  • Marg Helgenberger (L) and William Petersen from the cast of CSI sit together at the 14th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles, January 27, 2008. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok
    CBS hit "CSI" gets new scientist, or serial killer? Reuters - Fri Jul 18, 7:21 PM ET

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    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor William Petersen's exit from the CBS hit "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" opens the door for a new character to join the show's crime-busting team -- only this one just could be a crazed killer.

  • U.S. Army troops stand guard over the Sally Port One entrance to Camp Delta where detainees are held at the United States Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba January 18, 2006. REUTERS/Joe Skipper
    Bin Laden driver lawyers can interview witnesses Reuters - Fri Jul 18, 6:40 PM ET

    GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - On the eve of the first Guantanamo war crimes trial, defense lawyers on Friday won long-sought permission to question potential witnesses including the alleged September 11 mastermind after a military judge threatened to delay the trial.

  • Missouri woman pleads guilty in plot to swipe baby AP - Fri Jul 18, 5:17 PM ET

    INDEPENDENCE, Mo. - A 20-year-old woman pleaded guilty Friday to snatching a pregnant teenager she met online in a foiled plot to steal her unborn child.

  • In this Dec. 1, 2007 file photo, singer Britney Spears poses on the press line at the Scandinavian Style Mansion party in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg, File)
    8 months after meltdown, Spears mom-role expands AP - Fri Jul 18, 7:30 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES - Less than eight months after an epic meltdown that led to a court taking away her children, Britney Spears is reclaiming her role as a mother — to the point where she may be with her boys nearly half the time.

  • US pop star Britney Spears, seen here in May 2008, has admitted defeat in her custody battle with former husband Kevin Federline, who will now keep the couple's two children, reports said Thursday.(AFP/File/Gabriel Bouys)
    Spears ends custody fight: lawyer AFP - Fri Jul 18, 3:41 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Britney Spears has dropped her bid to regain custody of her two children with ex-husband Kevin Federline, heading off a potentially explosive and traumatic court-room trial, lawyers said Friday.

  • Former Tenn. state senator convicted in corruption AP - Fri Jul 18, 2:41 PM ET

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A federal jury has convicted a former Tennessee state senator for taking money from government contractors and lobbying for them while he served in the Senate.

  • The sun lights the exterior of the New York Stock Exchange, as people walk past on the shadowed street, July 16, 2008. REUTERS/Chip East (UNITED STATES)
    Court upholds dismissal of verdict against trader Reuters - Fri Jul 18, 12:10 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - A judge was right to throw out a jury's securities fraud conviction of a former New York Stock Exchange floor trader because prosecutors did not prove their case, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday.

  • Spikes in popular lake spook Seattle swimmers AP - Fri Jul 18, 7:55 AM ET

    SEATTLE - Nearly 50 metal spikes were mysteriously planted in the shallows of an urban lake popular with swimmers, alarming Seattle residents and leading to a police investigation.

  • NYC officer pleads guilty in teen prostitute case AP - Thu Jul 17, 11:19 PM ET

    NEW YORK - Prosecutors say a New York City police detective accused of forcing a 13-year-old runaway into prostitution has resigned from the force and pleaded guilty to attempted kidnapping.

  • File photo shows a guard at the detainee center at Camp Delta in Guantanamo Bay Naval Station, Cuba, talks with a detainee. In a victory for the Bush administration, a US judge ruled Thursday that the first Guantanamo prison war crimes trial, against Osama bin Laden's former driver, can go ahead as scheduled next week.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)
    Judge OKs first Guantanamo war crimes trial AFP - Thu Jul 17, 10:05 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - In a victory for the Bush administration, a US judge ruled Thursday that the first Guantanamo prison war crimes trial, against Osama bin Laden's former driver, can go ahead as scheduled next week.

  • 3 shown in Philly police beating video face trial AP - Thu Jul 17, 10:00 PM ET

    PHILADELPHIA - Three men shown in a video being beaten by city police officers after a vehicle chase were ordered to stand trial Thursday on attempted murder charges for a triple shooting earlier that night.

  • Former police officer indicted on murder charge AP - Thu Jul 17, 9:48 PM ET

    DECATUR, Ga. - A former suburban Atlanta police officer was indicted Thursday on felony murder charges — the only charges brought so far against officers linked to a spate of deadly police-involved shootings in 2006.

  • File photo shows a jet landing at Los Angeles International Airport. A Chinese-born US citizen pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges stemming from a plot to illegally export thermal-imaging cameras out of the United States, justice officials said.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Mcnew)
    Chinese pleads guilty to hi-tech camera plot AFP - Thu Jul 17, 9:21 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES (AFP) - A Chinese-born US citizen pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges stemming from a plot to illegally export thermal-imaging cameras out of the United States, justice officials said.

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