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25 Jul, 2015

Under CBI investigation

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Many top bureaucrats in the state of Madhya Pradesh are now under CBI investigation with regard to the transport constable recruitment examination conducted by Vyapam. This test was deemed unique as transport department officials allegedly adopted administrative measures to arbitrarily change rules and procedures to help those candidates who were not eligible. Sources claimed that the first notification for the exam was for recruiting 198 personnel, but 332 people were selected without due administrative sanction. When the Opposition raised the issue, transport minister Bhupendra Singh held a press conference claiming 316 people were selected. The Congress has alleged that incriminating documents related to the exam were made to go missing. The party added that the case was hushed by the STF, which is why the case was registered late. 38 persons have been named as accused in this case.

This is the most explosive of all Vyapam cases and the officers role was under scanner from the beginning, but the STF was never interested in pursuing the case.

22 Jul, 2015

Charged with federal hate crimes

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Roof is charged with 33 counts of hate crimes by a federal grand jury. The indictment says he targeted the victims on the basis of race, in a house of worship, “in order to make his attack more notorious”. Attorney General Lynch says the federal government has not decided if it will seek the death penalty if Roof is convicted and that officials will consider factors including the wishes of the families of the shooting victims. Lynch:

The parishioners had Bibles. Dylann Roof had his .45 caliber Glock pistol and eight magazines loaded with hollow point bullets.

17 Jul, 2015

Charged with war crimes

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Habre is charged with numerous war crimes that resulted in the deaths of 40,000 people. This is the first time he is before a court for crimes that span a period of twenty years. Victim:

I want to look him in the face and ask him why I was kept rotting in jail for three years, why my friends were tortured and killed.

16 Jul, 2015

Illegal pet import charges

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Heard is charged with two counts of charges of illegally importing her pet dogs, Pistol and Boo, into Australia, and one count of producing a false document according to the Commonwealth Department of Public Prosecutions. Australia has strict quarantine regulations to prevent diseases such as rabies. Bringing pets into the country involves applying for a permit and quarantine on arrival of at least 10 days. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a fine of 102,000 Australian dollars ($75,000). The false document charge carries a penalty of up to one year in prison and a fine of AU$10,200 ($7500). Agriculture Minister Joyce:

If we start letting movie stars — even though they’ve been the sexiest man alive twice — to come into our nation (with pets), then why don’t we just break the laws for everybody? It’s time that Pistol and Boo buggered off back to the United States…The law is the same for everybody. There is no preferential treatment here. You come into our nation, you have to abide biosecurity protocols

Heard is due to appear in court September 7.

10 Jul, 2015

Upset passenger fined

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Shane Mathew Diedrichs, 38, is on a Virgin Airlines flight when the passenger in front reclines his seat and then refuses to put it upright. After pushing and shoving the seat, he is offered a new seat. He then hits the headrest and gives the other passenger a whiplash injury. He is arrested and fined 600$AUS.

No one reclines their seat between here and New Zealand. I’m not a violent person. I’m not an angry person. It was just bad timing.

25 Jun, 2015

Three domestic violence charges

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Sapp receives three charges of domestic violence due to violent altercation with Moore in April. According to police reports Sapp and Moore were arguing by a pool at the M Resort on April 28 when Sapp threw a margarita into Moore’s face. He then grabbed her and nearly pulled her down to the ground. After leaving the for Moore’s apartment they continued to argue in the car and Sapp abit Moore’s finger. Once they returned to the apartment Sapp threw a belt at her and allegedly stepped on her face while wearing Air Jordan sandals. Moore suffered a possible concussion, bruising on her lips, legs, and shoulders, and a stiff neck. Sapp may face up to 18 months behind bars if he is convicted.

19 Jun, 2015

Confesses, charged

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Roof confesses that he is responsible for the shootings, and is charged with nine counts of murder and one count of illegal weapons possession. Roof tells police that he almost didn’t go through with the shootings because everyone was so nice to him, but he decided he had to “go through with his mission.” Roof’s cell at the detention facility is next to Michael Slager, the white South Carolina officer charged with murder for shooting Walter Scott, an unarmed black man.

18 Jun, 2015

Attempted second-degree murder charge

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Apperson’s charges are upgraded to attempted second-degree murder. Apperson is also charged with shooting into an occupied vehicle and aggravated assault with a firearm. State Attorney:

Our law enforcement community and the State Attorney’s Office works vigorously to ensure people may travel our busy streets, going about their business, without fear. Every resident and visitor to Seminole County deserves this freedom.

Apperson’s lawyer:

My reaction to these charges is a pronounced shrug. I’ve reviewed the charges and they don’t change the facts. The prosecutors have put their heads together and tried to contemplate what could be the most serious charges, but that doesn’t really change anything. This is a case of self-defense.

12 Jun, 2015

Arrested

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Mitchell is arrested and charged with providing Sweat and Matt, with contraband and helping them escape Clinton Correctional Facility. The charges: first-degree promoting prison contraband, a felony, and fourth-degree criminal facilitation, a misdemeanor. Sources say Mitchell was charmed by Matt, to the point that “she thought it was love,” and planned to be the men’s getaway driver before she got cold feet. Mitchell’s husband, who also works at the prison, has not been charged.

8 Jun, 2015

Indicted

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Slager is indicted by a grand jury on a murder charge in connection with the April shooting death Scott. Under South Carolina law, there is only a single murder charge, which was described by the prosecutor as an “unlawful killing with malice aforethought”.

As long as malice is proven in the heart and mind, the state has proven its case.

Slager’s attorney:

The grand jury is a formal step, but just another step in the criminal process. Until we have an opportunity to fully evaluate the state’s case and to compare it with our own investigation, we will not be commenting on any aspect of the case.

Scott’s family:

We are happy and pleased about that right now.

21 May, 2015

Indicted by grand jury

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Mosby announces grand jury indictments against the police officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray.

These past two weeks, my team has been presenting evidence to a grand jury that just today returned indictments against all six officers.

Arraignment against the officers in the case is scheduled for July 2

20 May, 2015

Charged

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Hughes is indicted by a federal grand jury on six charges, including three violations of national defense airspace, operating a vehicle falsely labeled as a postal carrier, operating as an airman without certification and violation registration requirements. The latter two charges are felonies. He faces up to 9 ½ years in prison.

17 May, 2015

170 held on $1m bond each

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Around 170 motorcycle gang members are charged with engaging in organized crime in connection to the shootings, which are now considered a capital murder case “because of the number of people killed in one episode.” The gang members are each being held on $1 million bonds. Police:

That’s a pretty severe charge — engaging in organized crime in reference to nine individuals killed. It doesn’t get much more significant than that. There may be warrants on individuals that may be attached to that as well, but that’s a pretty serious charge…I can tell you that yesterday’s events started as bad guys on bad guys,” said Swanton. “When our officers got there and intervened in the active-shooter situation, those bad guys turned their hostility on our officers, which included Waco and DPS.

Some 50 weapons — including knives, brass knuckles, chains and clubs — have been recovered from the scene so far. Police:

These were bad-guy weapons. They ranged from brass knucks to knives to chains to clubs and to firearms. This was a true gang fight…What I want you all to understand: This is not a bunch of doctors and dentists and lawyers riding Harleys. These are criminals on Harley-Davidsons that are members of a criminal biker gang, and we know who they are. We know which clubs that they’re with.

13 May, 2015

Charged with theft of school money

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Five people are charged with theft of more than 870,000 from Chicago Public School System. All are charged with felony theft of government property. The charges are the result of a joint investigation of the Chicago Public Schools inspector general and Cook County state’s attorney’s office. Although the Inspector General is not commenting until after the bond hearing, officials say:

Charges have been expected in this case for some time. Three of the men [have been] arrested while the two others are still being sought.

10 May, 2015

Suspects charged

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The four suspects in the murder of two police officers in Mississippi during a routine traffic stop are charged. Joanie Calloway, 22, is charged with two counts of capital murder, the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation said Sunday. Marvin Banks, 29, also faces two counts of capital murder, along with counts of grand theft auto and felon in possession of a firearm. Police charge his brother, Curtis Banks, with two counts of accessory after the fact of capital murder, and a fourth suspect, Cornelius Clark, is charged with obstruction of justice. As deputies escorted Banks into the Banks wails:

I didn’t do it.

1 May, 2015

Six officers charged

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Prosecutors file homicide, manslaughter and misconduct charges against police officers. State’s attorney Mosby, says officers abused Gray, arrested him without grounds and violated police procedure by putting him in handcuffs and leg restraints in the van without putting a seatbelt on him, as well as repeatedly failing to seek medical attention after he was injured. Mosby also says that the knife Gray was not a switchblade, was lawful, and that the officers had failed to establish probable cause for an arrest. Mosby:

We have probable cause to file criminal charges

Goodson is charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter, assault and misconduct in office. Rice is charged with manslaughter, assault, misconduct in office and false imprisonment. Officer Porter and Sgt. White are each charged with manslaughter, assault and misconduct in office. Officers Nero and Miller are charged with assault, misconduct in office and false imprisonment.

Freddie Gray's death ruled homicide; charges to be pressed against police

20 Apr, 2015

ISIS plotters charged

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Six Minnesota men are charged in a plot to travel to Syria in order to support ISIS. The men are charged with conspiracy and attempting to provide materials to support a foreign terror group. They are associated with three other Minnesota men recently charged with similar crimes. Federal prosecutors state ISIS and other terror organizations actively recruit from the Somali community in Minnesota, the largest such community in the United States.

We have a terror recruiting problem in Minnesota.

The six men are Zacharia Yusuf Abdurahman, 19; Abdurahman Yasin Daud, 21; Adnan Abdihamid Farah, 19; Mohamed Abdihamid Farah, 21; Hanad Mustafe Musse, 19; and Guled Ali Omar, 20.

What this case shows is that the person radicalizing your son, your brother, your best friend may not be a stranger. It may be their best friend right here in town.

16 Apr, 2015

Charged

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Hughes appears in federal court this afternoon, and is charged with one count of knowingly operating an aircraft not properly registered and one count of violating national air defense space. He wears his U.S. Postal uniform. He also has to wear court earphones so he can hear. In total, he faces four years in prison, plus fines. The judge releases him on his own recognizance with a series of conditions: He must stay away from any type of aircraft, he must report to pretrial services in Tampa once a week and he must be confined to his home in Florida. His next appearance is scheduled for May 8.

15 Apr, 2015

Faces numerous charges

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The New York Cardiologist faces a number of charges including selling prescription medications to pay to have a former employer’s office burned down, and a rival doctor murdered. District Attorney:

The investigation led to the discovery of a common link between [illegally sold drug] contraband and an unsolved February 25th arson in Great Neck, and even a subsequent murder-for-hire plot that was foiled by this investigation. The link is Dr. Anthony Moschetto, a practicing cardiologist in Great Neck who was the supplier and mastermind behind this elaborate scheme. At one point Dr. Moschetto even asked for the assault of his victim’s wife if she was present during the primary assault.