Former Atlanta chief financial officer pleads guilty to stealing money from city for trips and guns
ATLANTA (AP) – The city of Atlanta’s former chief financial officer pleaded guilty Monday to stealing money from the city for personal travel and guns and attempting to defraud the federal government of income taxes. Jim Beard, 60, pleaded guilty in federal court in Atlanta to one count of federal program theft and one count […]
Teacher of the year finalist pleads guilty to sexually assaulting student, 18-year-old victim asked judge to not punish instructor
A Teacher of the Year finalist has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting an 18-year-old student, despite the victim asking the judge not to punish the teacher. A New Hampshire teacher was charged with sexual assault because of her relationship with an adult under a relatively new law. In March 2022, Bridget Doucette Howell, 40, was […]
Ex-hospital administrator pleads guilty to hot dog vendor’s identity for 30 years
A former hospital administrator has pleaded guilty to stealing the identity of a former colleague over a 30-year period, resulting in the man being sent to a psychiatric hospital. Matthew David Keirans, 58, stole the identity of hot dog vendor William Donald Woods when the two worked together in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the late […]
Man guilty but mentally ill in Indianapolis policewoman’s killing sentenced
A mentally disabled man convicted of killing an Indianapolis police officer was sentenced to 25 years in prison for shooting his then-girlfriend, but that time has expired for the officer’s murder. . Elias Dorsey, 31, of Indianapolis, was convicted of reckless homicide in the 2020 killing of Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Police Officer Brianne Reese […]
Blaze News investigative journalist Steve Baker pleads not guilty to 4 misdemeanor charges over his Jan. 6 reporting
Blaze News investigative journalist Steve Baker was acquitted Wednesday of four nonviolent misdemeanor charges brought against him by the Justice Department in connection with his coverage of the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack. He insisted. What is your background? Mr. Baker is seeking the truth about what was happening behind the scenes in connection […]
Brothers plead guilty to insider trading tied to Trump media company
Two brothers pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to their roles in a $22 million insider trading scheme connected to a company that took former President Trump’s social media company public. Florida venture capitalist Michael Schwartsman, 53, and his brother Gerald, 46, each pleaded guilty to one count of securities fraud and were sentenced to […]
Two plead guilty to insider trading tied to Truth Social merger
Two men on Wednesday pleaded guilty to insider trading in the securities of the company that ultimately exposed former President Donald Trump’s media operations. Michael Shvartzman, 53, head of Miami-based venture capital firm Rocket One Capital, and his brother Gerald Shvartzman, 46, each appeared before U.S. District Judge Louis Lehman in Manhattan. Pleaded guilty to […]
CT man pleads guilty to attempted sexual assault of Muslim state representative
The man who attacked a representative of the Islamic State outside a house of worship in Connecticut pleaded guilty Tuesday to attempted sexual assault and other charges in a plea deal that sentenced him to five years in prison. Andrei Desmond, 30, appeared in Hartford Superior Court in connection with the June 2023 attack on […]
Ex-con murder suspect seen smiling with DA pleads not guilty, held without bail
Sheldon Johnson, an ex-convict who called himself a criminal justice reform activist and worked with prominent figures such as Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and podcaster Joe Rogan, was ordered held without bail by a judge. He pleaded not guilty to murder in a Bronx courtroom Tuesday before being sentenced. . After being paroled last […]
3 defendants plead guilty in Minnesota murder case of a young mother
The young mother’s death came in unusual circumstances when Minnesota Governor Tim Walz took the case from Hennepin County prosecutors and handed it over to Attorney General Keith Ellison amid public criticism that the original plea deal was illegal. The final three people charged in the killing have pleaded guilty. Too generous. Eric Haynes on […]