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Feds May Bring More Charges In Chicago Police Scandal
In Chicago, scandals often come in a couple sizes: Large and Extra Large. Prosecutors hinted that this large scandal could get extra large. By MIKE ROBINSON AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO – The investigation of decades-old claims that Chicago police tortured suspects with beatings, electric shocks and even games of Russian roulette won’t stop with…
Prosecutors In Final Stretch In Retrial Of Holy Land Foundation Terrorism Case
Prosecutors hope for a better outcome than the last trial. The last one imploded. By Jason Trahan The Dallas Morning News DALLAS — Prosecutors in the Holy Land Foundation terrorism financing retrial have switched gears in the run-up to what is expected to be the final week of their case before the defense begins. After…
Alternate Juror To Take Seat In Sen. Stevens Trial
Sen. Ted Stevens Trial Jury deliberations in the Sen. Stevens case, which began last week, continue to take some new turns. Here’s the latest. By Erika Bolstad Anchorage Daily News WASHINGTON – Sen. Ted Stevens’ corruption trial will resume Monday morning, with an alternate juror replacing the one who left for her father’s funeral in…
FBI Joins Search For Jennifer Hudson’s Nephew
Jennifer Hudson’s life was so good. How did it turn so bad? The FBI has now entered the picture. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO (AP) – The Federal Bureau of Investigation joined the search on Saturday for the 7-year-old nephew of the actress Jennifer Hudson, still missing a day after the bodies of Ms. Hudson’s…
Authorities Mistake Canadian Man For Infamous Boston Mobster
Warning to the James “Whitey” Bulger look-a-likes of the world. Authorities could end up arresting you as Canadian Angelo Plytasas, 69, discovered on Thursday. Nick Aveling and Alex Cooper Toronto Star TORONTO — James Bulger is a man of simple pleasures. When the 79-year-old bookworm isn’t indulging his passion for history at libraries and historical…
Authorities Arrest Suspected Afghan Drug Kingpin With Links To Taliban
Sadly, oil isn’t the only thing American consumers are buying that helps fund our enemies. There’s drugs. The arrest of of Haji Juma Khan is the latest reminder. By Larry Neumeister The Associated Press NEW YORK — An Afghan man was brought to the United States on Friday to face charges that he led an…
Trucker Convicted Of Extorting Las Vegas Casinos
Trucker Jeffrey Daniel Greer gambled on extortion and lost big time. Details of the case, including use of secret recordings, are included in a confidential government memo to the judge that was recently unsealed. LAS VEGAS (AP) – A former trucker could face decades in federal prison after he was found guilty of trying to…
Maryland Man Stole Up To $40 Million In Scheme
By Tricia Bishop Baltimore Sun BALTIMORE — Alan B. Fabian, a politically connected Hunt Valley entrepreneur, was sentenced today to nine years in prison for a multimillion-dollar mail and tax fraud scheme. Prosecutors say he inflicted “losses of millions of dollars on numerous people and institutions” and is a “persistent white collar criminal.” Fabian, 46,…