Alaska man involved violent killing stolen memory card guilty first-degree murde
A man who recorded the violent death of an Alaska Native woman on his cell phone was found guilty Thursday of two counts of first-degree murder in her death and the death of another Alaska Native woman. Brian Stephen Smith, 52, from South Africa, showed no reaction in court and stared straight ahead as the […]
Soccer star Dani Alves found guilty of rape, sentenced to four and a half years in prison
Soccer star Dani Alves was sentenced to four years and six months in prison on Thursday after being found guilty of raping a woman in a Barcelona nightclub. On December 31, 2022, a three-judge panel of the Barcelona State Court found the 40-year-old former Brazil and Barcelona defender guilty of sexual assault in this case. […]
CA Brothers Plead Guilty to Scamming U.S. Postal Service Out of $2.3M
Two brothers from Temecula, California, have pleaded guilty to defrauding the U.S. Postal Service out of more than $2.3 million, authorities announced Friday. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California said in a news release: identified The men are 35-year-old Anwar Fareed Alam and 31-year-old Yousofzai Fahim Alam. The agency elaborated on […]
NY scientist pleads guilty to operating ‘Breaking Bad’-style meth lab after mistakenly calling cops on himself
A New York scientist has pleaded guilty to charges related to running a “Breaking Bad”-style meth lab first discovered by police in a break-in report last year. According to the Suffolk County District, Matthew Lesinski, 23, of Farmingville, went to police to report a robbery at his company, Quantitative Laboratories LLC, in Ronkonkoma around 3:30 […]
Matthew Leshinsky pleads guilty to running Long Island meth lab
A Long Island scientist who ran a “Breaking Bad”-style methamphetamine lab first came on police radar last year when he reported a break-in at the facility, prosecutors said. . Matthew Lesinski, 23, called 911 around 3:30 a.m. June 7 to report a robbery in progress at the purported Quantitative Laboratories LLC in Ronkonkoma. , accidentally […]
Former IL senator abruptly pleads guilty to fraud and money laundering
Former Illinois Rep. William “Sam” McCann pleaded guilty to nine felonies, including wire fraud, money laundering and tax evasion, abruptly ending his federal corruption trial Thursday. The guilty plea came after McCann fired his public defender and reversed the decision on the third day of the court trial. McCann’s lawyer asked for his release, but […]
Brother of deceased suspect in alleged anti-Semitic arson spree pleads not guilty
The brother of the suspect in four 2019 arsons involving Jewish facilities in the Boston area pleaded not guilty Thursday in federal court to charges of obstructing an investigation. Alexander Giannakakis, 37, formerly of Quincy, Massachusetts, was working as a security guard at the U.S. Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden, when he was arrested by Swedish […]
Tennessee woman found guilty of killing professor
A Tennessee woman has been sentenced in 2021 for the murder of a college professor who had been given temporary custody of her children. After three hours of deliberation, a jury found Annette Harvey, 54, guilty of first-degree murder in the death of East Tennessee State University professor Robin Leonard, the Johnson City Press reported. […]
Father pleads guilty in gender reveal that sparked fatal CA wildfire
Refugio Jimenez Jr. has pleaded guilty to manslaughter after his gender reveal photoshoot led to the 2020 El Dorado fire. The fire was started by an incendiary device that produced smoke during a photo shoot, and resulted in the death of firefighter Charles Morton. Jimenez Jr. was sentenced to one year in prison, two years […]
Joran van der Sloot pleads not guilty | FOX 5 News
Joran van der Sloot pleaded not guilty in federal court during a Friday morning arraignment hearing on extortion charges, entering … source