Shelter shepherd waits as foster plea goes unanswered
NEW JERSEY — A 4-year-old German Shepherd named Nymeria remains in a New Jersey shelter as advocates continue to search for a foster home to save her from deteriorating conditions. Nymeria was…
Congress probe: U.S. military landlord put families at risk even after fraud plea
By Joshua Schneyer and M.B. Pell (Reuters) – Balfour Beatty Communities, one of the U.S. military’s largest private landlords, continues placing the health of service members and their families at risk even…
U.S. judge delays trial for men accused of assaulting Capitol police amid plea talks
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON – A federal judge on Monday postponed a June trial date for two men accused of assaulting police during last year’s attack on the U.S. Capitol after…
Second of four men charged in racially motivated hate crime enters guilty plea
Seattle – The second of four defendants pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to a federal hate crime, and making false statements in connection with a December 8, 2018, racially-motivated…
Former Tonawanda Police Dispatcher Facing 10 Year Prison Term After Guilty Plea
BUFFALO, NY – A former Tonawanda Police Department dispatch supervisor, Brett A. Rider, 48, of Kenmore has pleaded guilty in court to charges lodged against him for behavior between 2009 and 2019.…
Beckley Man Enters Plea to Federal Drug Crime
BECKLEY, W.Va. – Eric Dale Mills, 45, of Beckley, pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime. According to court documents and statements made in court, on July 26, 2021, a Raleigh…
Statement of U.S. Attorney Christopher R. Kavanaugh on Today’s Guilty Plea of Former Rocky Mount Police Officer Jacob Fracker
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – United States Attorney Christopher R. Kavanaugh of the Western District of Virginia released the following statement today following the guilty plea of former Rocky Mount, Virginia Police Officer Jacob…
Gwinnett County violent felon enters guilty plea to unlawful firearm possession
GAINESVILLE, Ga. – Henry Jonathan Saravia has pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm while being a convicted felon. Saravia was previously convicted of several violent felonies, including homicide by vehicle and aggravated…
St. Louis man enters guilty plea for being a felon in possession of a firearm
ST. LOUIS –On March 9, 2022, Steven Huffman, age 52, pleaded guilty in front of District Court Judge Audrey G. Fleissig to being a felon in possession of a firearm. …
Analysis-U.S. can expect ‘a flood of plea deals’ in Capitol attack cases after guilty verdict
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON – Prosecutors can expect a wave of guilty pleas from some of the hundreds of people charged with joining the assault on the U.S. Capitol, after the first…
Biden Makes Urgent Plea For Increased Restrictions On Social Media In State Of The Union Address
President Joe Biden urged Congress to pass legislation strengthening restrictions on social media for children during his State of the Union address Tuesday. “It’s time to strengthen privacy protections, ban targeted advertising…
St. Louis man enters guilty plea for being a felon in possession of a firearm
ST. LOUIS –On February 15, 2022, Horatio Harris pleaded guilty in front of District Court Judge Ronnie L. White to being a felon in possession of a firearm. According to the…
U.S. naval engineer charged with submarine espionage due in court for plea hearing
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON – A former U.S. Navy engineer charged with attempting to sell secrets about nuclear submarines to a foreign power will appear in court for a plea hearing on…
Another Arbery killer withdraws guilty plea on U.S. hate-crime charges
By Rich McKay and Jonathan Allen ATLANTA -One of the three white men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man chased while running through a mostly white Georgia neighborhood, withdrew his…
One of Ahmaud Arbery’s 3 killers withdraws plea deal on hate-crimes charges
By Steve Gorman – One of two men whose plea bargain on federal hate-crimes charges in the murder of Ahmaud Arbery was rejected by a judge last week has decided to proceed…
Plea bargain earns female hotel room shooter 25 years for homicide
by Andrew Kramer, CCPO Runnemede, N.J. – Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay is announcing a plea agreement in a 2020 homicide. On January 31, 2022, Brandy M. Lee, 35, of Runnemede, pled…
In rare move, U.S. judge rejects plea agreement by Ahmaud Arbery’s murderers
By Jonathan Allen -A U.S. judge in Georgia rejected plea agreements reached between federal prosecutors and two of the three white men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery, saying she was not willing…
East St. Louis man enters guilty plea for deadly carjacking and is sentenced to 25 years in federal prison
ST. LOUIS – Demario Hunter of East St. Louis, Illinois, appeared before United States District Court Judge John A. Ross today. Hunter pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 25 years in federal…
Former St. Louis police officer enters plea of guilty in fraud case
ST. LOUIS – United States District Court Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk accepted a plea of guilty from former St. Louis Metropolitan Police Officer Brad Stephens for 3 counts of Mail Fraud by…
HSI Nogales human smuggling case leads to guilty plea to transporting and harboring over 100 people
TUCSON, Ariz. – A local area woman pleaded guilty in federal court in connection with her role as the coordinator of a human smuggling operation in Avondale, Ariz., following a probe by…
EXCLUSIVE: State Department Response To Urgent Plea To Help Evacuate Afghan Allies Two Months Late
The U.S. Department of State was over two months late to California Republican Rep. Mike Garcia’s urgent request to help get a group of allies out of Afghanistan, according to emails exclusively…
Appalachian Judicial Circuit District Attorney Announces Guilty Plea of Defendant in GBI Gang and Human Trafficking Investigation
Ellijay, Glimer County, GA (October 6, 2021) – Appalachian Judicial Circuit District Attorney Alison Sosebee announces a conviction by guilty plea in a gang and human trafficking case against Cordarrel Blandburg, age…
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