Archive for April, 2008

Ex-cop offers reward for wife’s return

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Feb. 28: The former police officer talks exclusively to TODAY’s Matt Lauer and maintains he had nothing to do with the death or disappearance of his wives. (Today Show)A former suburban Chicago police officer suspected in his wife’s disappearance is offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to her safe return.

Via: MSNBC.com: Crime & courts

Jailed former professor ends hunger strike in Va. jail (AP)

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

AP - A former professor who pleaded guilty to conspiring to aid a Palestinian terrorist group but has refused to testify in a related investigation has ended a nearly two-month hunger strike, his supporters said Wednesday.

Via: Yahoo! News: Crimes and Trials News

AP IMPACT: Prosecutors demand more witness-protection money (AP)

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Maurice Pulley Sr., is seen with a picture of his son Maurice Pulley Jr., Friday, April 25, 2008, in Greendale, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)AP - Maurice Pulley agreed last fall to testify against the thug accused of shooting him in the face in an argument over a parking spot. But before Pulley ever took the stand, two gunmen ran up to him and killed him in his mother’s driveway.

Via: Yahoo! News: Crimes and Trials News

NYC suit against gun makers tossed out

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

A federal appeals court Wednesday tossed out New York City’s lawsuit claiming the gun industry markets weapons with the knowledge that they could be used illegally.

Via: MSNBC.com: Crime & courts

NY hopes cards for inmates will solve crimes (Reuters)

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Reuters - Inmates in 58 county jails across New
York are getting playing cards with the pictures of missing
persons in hopes the photos will jog memories and help solve
cold cases.

Via: Yahoo! News: Crimes and Trials News

Jailed former professor ends hunger strike in Va. jail (AP)

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

AP - A former professor who pleaded guilty to conspiring to aid a Palestinian terrorist group but has refused to testify in a related investigation has ended a nearly two-month hunger strike, his supporters said Wednesday.

Via: Yahoo! News: Crimes and Trials News

Mom arrested after 32 years on lam

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

This undated image provided by the Michigan Department of Corrections shows a booking photograph of Susan Lefevre, now known as Marie Walsh, who,  after 32 years on the lam from a Michigan prison,  was arrested Thursday April 29, 2008, by federal marshals at her home in the posh Carmel Valley neighborhood of San Diego after an anonymous caller tipped Michigan officials to her location. (AP Photo/Michigan Dept of Corrections)A woman who escaped from a Detroit prison 32 years ago has been arrested in San Diego, where she was married with three children and living under a false name , authorities said.

Via: MSNBC.com: Crime & courts

Two Brothers Sentenced in Human Trafficking and Servitude Case

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Two brothers, Victor Omar Lopez and Oscar Mondragon, were sentenced for their roles in a scheme to smuggle Central American women and girls into the United States and hold them in a condition of forced labor in bars and cantinas in the Houston, Texas area.

Via: FBI in the News

Four Charged in New York in Multi-Million Dollar Fraud Scheme (pdf)

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Four men were indicted in New York for their participation in a multi-million dollar mortgage and insurance fraud scheme.

Via: FBI in the News

New York Men Plead Guilty to Drug Charges (pdf)

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

David Lust, of Poland, New York, and Dominick Bonanza, of Clayville, New York, pled guilty to possession of cocaine with intent to distribute.

Via: FBI in the News