Mar-a-Lago judge wants to hear more from state and defense in light of recent SCOTUS ruling

Left: Donald Trump (AP Photo/Mike Stewart), File); Center: U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon (U.S. Senate); Right: Special counsel Jack Smith (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago classified documents case has given a big hint as to how she will analyze, if not how she will rule on, a defense effort […]

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Social worker admits sexually abusing boy, showing up on porch with gun after mom called cops

A 24-year-old Ohio mental health counselor memorably arrested on her birthday last October, just four months after she got her social worker license, pleaded guilty to multiple crimes Tuesday for sexually abusing a 13-year-old boy she was supposed to help. Payton Harleigh Shires of Mount Sterling appeared in a Franklin County courtroom alongside her defense […]

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Man who sued women for trash-talking him on Facebook sentenced for tax fraud

Nikko D’Ambrosio, left. (Photos from court documents) A Chicago man who filed a defamation lawsuit against dozens of women he accused of trash-talking him in a “Are We Dating The Same Guy” Facebook chat group has been sentenced to prison for tax fraud. Nikko D’Ambrosio, 32, learned his fate this week. He was convicted in […]

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Defending ‘freedom to post,’ ‘Kraken’ lawyer says ex-Overstock CEO didn’t violate order again

Patrick Byrne, the former chief executive of Overstock.com arrives at the O’Neill House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 15, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File); Stefanie Lambert attends a rally for Republican candidates at the Macomb Community College Sports & Expo Center in Warren, Mich., Oct. 1, 2022. (Todd McInturf/Detroit News via […]

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Woman stored uncapped ‘needles used for shooting methamphetamine’ inside kids’ playroom: Police

Julie Lynn Lucas (Tygart Valley Regional Jail) A 61-year-old woman in West Virginia was arrested after authorities accused her of leaving uncapped needles inside the “play room” of several young children — needles she would allegedly use to inject herself with methamphetamine. Julie Lynn Lucas was taken into custody on Tuesday and charged with one […]

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Man guilty of killing 5-year-old over petty grievances like not answering questions fast enough

Daniel Garcia as jurors in Bexar County, Texas, on May 29, 2024, convicted him of killing 5-year-old Domenic Aguilar-Acevedo. (Screenshot: KSAT) Texas jurors took two and a half hours on Wednesday to convict a man for fatally beating his girlfriend’s 5-year-old son, according to San Antonio ABC affiliate KSAT. Testimony from the mother established that […]

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Man who opened fire at his mother’s Christmas party, killing a married mom of 3, sentenced

Background: The Suburban Masonic Lodge in North Charleston South Carolina where a Christmas party shootout in 2019 led to the death of a mother of three. GoogleMaps. Inset left to right: Michael Christopher Whitlock Jr. and Michael Tiven Bolton booking photos from Charleston County Detention Center. A South Carolina man who believed his girlfriend was “making […]

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