Baltimore, MD - Baltimore County Tax Preparer Found Guilty Of Filing False Tax Returns And Identity Theft

On May 22, 2018, a federal jury has convicted Dawn Chapelle Cottman, age 45, of Owings Mills, Maryland of fourteen counts of filing false tax returns, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Cottman owned a tax preparation business called 40 AM Tax Service, which she operated from ... More...   $0 (05-23-2018 - MD)

Pittsburgh, PA - Federal Jury Convicts Two Former Allegheny County Men on All Charges Related to Armed Robbery Spree and Shooting

After deliberating less than one-half hour, a federal jury found Kahlil Shelton guilty of five counts of violating federal narcotics, robbery, and firearm laws and Deron Howell guilty of eight counts of violating federal narcotics, robbery, and firearm laws.More...   $0 (05-23-2018 - PA)

Scranton, PA - West Virginia Man Guilty Of Producing Child Pornography

Johnnie Gresham, age 39, of Charleston, West Virginia, pleaded guilty on May 17, 2018, before U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani, to producing and attempting to produce child pornography.

According to United States Attorney David J. Freed, Gresham admitted that he persuaded a minor to take and forward... More...   $0 (05-23-2018 - PA)

Harrisburg, PA - Wernersville Man Convicted Of Bank Robberies In York, Lebanon, And Berks Counties

Derek Pelker, age 28, of Wernersville, Pennsylvania, was convicted on May 18, 2018, by a jury on four counts of armed bank robbery, four counts of conspiracy to commit armed bank robbery, two counts of brandishing a firearm in relation to a crime of violence; and, two counts of possession of... More...   $0 (05-23-2018 - PA)

This case arises out of a dispute under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA”). Under the IDEA, when parents and school districts dispute a child’s educational placement, a parent may file an administrative due process complaint that can lead to an administrative hearing. At least ten days before the dispute reaches a hearing, the school district can extend a settlement offer to ... More...   $0 (05-23-2018 - PA)

This appeal requires us to determine when the statute of limitations begins to run under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA or Act), 91 Stat. 874, 15 U.S.C. § 1692 et seq. The Act states that “[a]n action to enforce any liability created by this subchapter may be brought in any appropriate United States district court . . . within one year from the date on which the violation occurs.” 1... More...   $0 (05-23-2018 - PA)

Houston, TX - Jury Finds Choke Canyon Infringed Buc-ee's Trade Mark

Buc-ee's, Ltd. v. Amjad Panjwani, Shepherd Retail, Inc., Harlow Food, Inc., Blanco Restaurant, Inc., Live Oak Retail, Inc., Falfurrias Highway Foods, Inc., Highway 46 Retail, Inc., Mariam, Inc. and S.W. Retail Inc. on trademark infringement theories claiming that the Choke Canyon's alligator mascot infringes on the Buc-ee... More...   $0 (05-23-2018 - TX)

Professional Collection Consultants (PCC) filed this action to collect credit card
debt that Lujan incurred. The parties agree that if Delaware’s three-year statute of
limitations applies the action is time-barred, but that if California’s four-year statute
applies the case is timely filed. The trial court applied the Delaware statute, granting
summary judgment on statute of limita... More...   $0 (05-23-2018 - CA)

U’dreka Kynshere Andrews was convicted of first-degree murder, burglary,
and robbery and was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole for the first
degree murder conviction. Andrews was 17 years old at the time she committed
the offenses. Subsequently, the United States Supreme Court held in Miller v.
Alabama, 567 U.S. 460, 479 (2012), “that the Eighth Amendment for... More...   $0 (05-22-2018 - FL)

We have for review Pressley Bernard Alston’s appeal of the circuit court’s
order denying Alston’s motion filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal
Procedure 3.851 and Alston’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We have
jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), (9) Fla. Const. We withdraw the opinion issued
on January 22, 2018, and substitute this opinion in its place.
... More...   $0 (05-22-2018 - FL)

Walton was convicted and sentenced to death for the execution-style
murders of three individuals that occurred during the commission of a robbery and
burglary. Walton v. Dugger (Walton IV), 634 So. 2d 1059, 1060 (Fla. 1993).
On direct appeal, this Court affirmed the convictions but vacated the death sentences because the trial court failed to afford Walton an opportunity to confr... More...   $0 (05-22-2018 - FL)

On November 5, 2013, a Knox County grand jury issued a presentment charging the defendant with sixteen counts of aggravated child abuse (Counts 1-6, 11-20) and two counts of child abuse (Counts 30-31). The charges stemmed from a series of incidents in which the defendant subjected the victims to physical abuse, prolonged periods of confinement, and restraint with handcuffs. The presentment also c... More...   $0 (05-22-2018 - TN)

The 2011 convictions in this case stem from the conduct of the Petitioner against the victim in 1979 and 1980 while the then-juvenile victim was attending a school associated with the church where the Petitioner was the head priest. The evidence presented at trial established that the Petitioner engaged in sexual acts with the victim on three separate occasions when the victim was thirteen and fo... More...   $0 (05-22-2018 - TN)

Following a bench trial, the Petitioner, a foreign national from Pakistan, was convicted of two counts of sexual battery, a Class E felony. State v. Nasir Hakeem, No. M2012-02150-CCA-R3-CD, 2013 WL 6706122, at *1 (Tenn. Crim. App. Dec. 18, 2013), perm. app. denied, (Tenn. May 14, 2014). On August 2, 2012, the trial court imposed concurrent, suspended sentences of eighteen months for each convict... More...   $0 (05-22-2018 - TN)

On April 29, 2015, Defendant entered guilty pleas to theft of merchandise valued at less than $500, tampering with or fabricating evidence, forgery, perjury on an official document, stalking of a judge, and escape from misdemeanor incarceration. See State v. Pamela Moses, No. W2015-01240-CCA-R3-CD, 2016 WL 4706707, at *2 (Tenn. Crim. App. Sept. 6, 2016), perm. app. denied (Tenn. Jan. 23, 2017). ... More...   $0 (05-22-2018 - TN)

On January 8, 2013, a Shelby County grand jury returned indictment No. 1300001, charging the defendant with first-degree murder during the perpetration of aggravated child abuse, first-degree murder during the perpetration of aggravated child neglect, aggravated child abuse of a child eight years of age or less, and aggravated child neglect of a child eight years of age or less. The victim in the... More...   $0 (05-22-2018 - TN)

Pocatello, ID - Nova Miller sued Lemhi County, John Jakovac, Richard Snyder and Robert Cope on a civil rights job discrimination in employment theory.... More...   $0 (05-02-2018 - ID)

The Sumner County Grand Jury issued a nine-count indictment in Case No. 925CR-2015 charging Ashley N. Menke, the Defendant, with two counts of Class A misdemeanor theft of property (Counts 1 and 2), one count of Class E felony forgery of a check (Count 3), one count of Class C felony theft of property (Count 4), one count of Class E felony forgery of a document (Count 5), one count of Class E felo... More...   $0 (05-22-2018 - TN)

Honolulu, HI - E.K.W. and Melivn Williams sued the United States of America on Federal Tort Claim Act personal injury negligence theory. ... More...   $0 (08-17-2017 - HI)

On July 17, 2014, the Defendant pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor and one count of attempted sexual exploitation of a minor, and he received concurrent sentences of six years’ probation for each conviction. He was placed on sex offender probation and was required to register with the sex offender registry. His probation was revoked multiple times... More...   $0 (05-22-2018 - TN)

Honlulu, HI - Shelly Saban sued Azul Hawaii Resorts - Koloa LLC, d/b/a/ Koloa Landing At Poipu Beach Wyndam Grand Resort on personal injury negligence theories.... More...   $0 (05-22-2018 - HI)

Honolulu, HI - Veronica F. Gordon sued Hilton Worldwide, Inc., Hilton Management, LLC, Hilton Hotels Corporation, Hilton Hawaiian Village, LLC, Hilton Resorts Corporation, and Hilton Grand Vacations Club on negligence theories.
... More...   $0 (05-07-2018 - HI)

Honolulu, HI - Sana A. Wright sued Pacific Jet Sports, Inc. on a negligence theory.... More...   $0 (05-15-2018 - HI)

Honolulu, HI - Ikuko Muto sued Safeway, Inc. on a negligence theory.... More...   $0 (04-30-2018 - HI)

Boston, MA - Massachusetts Man Pleads Guilty to Terrorism Charges

Alexander Ciccolo, aka, Ali Al Amriki, 25, of Adams, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty today in connection with a plot to engage in terrorist activity inspired by and in the name of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS or ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization. Ciccolo pleaded guilty to one count of attempti... More...   $0 (05-22-2018 - MA)

The Petitioner and a co-defendant forced their way in to the residence of the victim, Mr. Eric Torres, and robbed him at gunpoint. Mr. Torres later identified the Petitioner in a photographic lineup. After leaving Mr. Torres’ residence, the Petitioner and the co-defendant went next door to Amkha Vetvong’s residence. The Petitioner and
the co-defendant attempted to force open the front door, ... More...   $0 (05-22-2018 - TN)

The Shelby County Grand Jury charged the petitioner with one count each of first degree premeditated murder and employing a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony. Following a jury trial, the petitioner was convicted as charged of first degree murder. The trial court imposed a sentence of life imprisonment and dismissed the firearm charge. This court affirmed the conviction and sen... More...   $0 (05-22-2018 - TN)

Prior to Petitioner’s trial, the State filed a motion seeking to exclude medical records showing that the victim had been treated for substance abuse after the offense. At
the hearingon the State’s motion, the victim testified that she was raped by Petitioner on February 20, 2009. She testified that she developed a “drug problem” immediately after the incident. The victim acknowledged on c... More...   $0 (05-22-2018 - TN)

This case arises from the Petitioner’s participation in a home invasion of an apartment in which numerous people were present. See State v. William Ray Boatwright, No. E2012-00688-CCA-R3-CD, 2013 WL 775787 (Tenn. Crim. App. Feb. 28, 2013), perm. app. denied (Tenn. June 12, 2013). After the trial, the trial court merged the aggravated assault convictions with the especially aggravated robbery co... More...   $0 (05-22-2018 - TN)

The primary issue presented in this appeal is
whether the Commonwealth is required to prove a defendant knows
that a firearm in his or her possession is loaded in order to be
convicted of unlawful possession of a loaded firearm under G. L.

After police officers discovered a loaded firearm in the
rear console of a vehicle driven by the defendant, he was
charged ... More...   $0 (05-22-2018 - MA)

While serving a probationary term in connection
with two convictions of open and gross lewdness, the defendant
endeavored to meet a person whom he believed was a thirteen year
old boy so that he could perform sexual acts on him. Following
a probation violation hearing, a judge in the Superior Court
concluded that the defendant had violated his probation by
committing... More...   $0 (05-22-2018 - MA)

Detroit, MI - Michigan Home Health Agency Owner Pleads Guilty to Charges for Role in Medicare Kickback Scheme

Michigan Home Health Agency Owner Pleads Guilty to Charges for Role in Medicare Kickback Scheme

The owner of a Michigan home health agency pleaded guilty today to charges for his role in a scheme involving Medicare claims for home health services that were procured throug... More...   $0 (05-22-2018 - MI)

This cause came on to be considered upon a notice of appeal, the transcript of
the docket and journal entries, the transcript of proceedings and original papers from the
Butler County Court of Common Pleas, and upon a brief and amended brief filed by
appellant's counsel.

Counsel for appellant, Theresa D. Hawkins-Stephens, has filed a brief with this
court pursuant to ... More...   $0 (05-22-2018 - OH)

Atlanta, GA - Renee Curry and Glenneisha Jones sued GMAX, LLC, 4162 Doerr Road, Inc., Briana J. Blackmon and An Yng Enterprise Co., Ltd. on auto negligence theories.

... More...   $0 (03-12-2018 - GA)

Atlanta, GA - Bret E. Dunham and Angela R. Dunham sued Heatland Express, Inc. of Iowa and Albert Louis Riha on auto negligence wrongful death theories.... More...   $0 (05-15-2018 - GA)

Atlanta, GA - Gregory Wiedeman sued Canal Insurance Company on an auto negligence insurance law theory.... More...   $0 (04-12-2018 - GA)

Atlanta, GA - Galawezh Showan sued Patrick Pressdee and Krispy Kreme Doughnut Corporation on auto negligence theories.... More...   $330000 (11-17-2017 - GA)

Atlanta, GA - Wyane Nichols sued Andrew Fannin on an auto negligence theory.... More...   $1400000 (11-21-2017 - GA)

Atlanta, GA - Keva Hickman sued Matthew K. Bub on an auto negligence theory.... More...   $0 (05-11-2018 - GA)

Atlanta, GA - Melissa Lynn Cash sued FedEx Ground Package System, Inc., Night Flyte, Inc. and Bernard Schroder on auto negligence theories. ... More...   $0 (04-17-2018 - GA)

Atlanta, GA - Margaret Holloway sued Ricky Bruny and KLLM Transport Services, LLC on auto negligence theories.... More...   $0 (05-22-2018 - GA)

Atlanta, GA - Angelica Garcia Rosaldo sued National Casualty Company, Delta Express, LLC, Dedic8ed Express, LLC and Robert E. Seely on auto negligence and insurance law theories.... More...   $0 (05-01-2018 - GA)

Atlanta, GA - Franklin J. Metayer sued Great West Casualty Company on an auto negligence insurance law theory.... More...   $0 (04-25-2018 - GA)

Atlanta, GA - Natasha Martinez sued DM Bowman, Inc. and Stanley Warren on auto negligence theories.... More...   $1 (05-15-2018 - GA)

Atlanta, GA - Ravi Horsley sued Charles Gadson and Great West Casualty Company on auto negligence and insurance law theories.... More...   $0 (05-07-2018 - GA)

Atlanta, GA - Pressley Pyatt sued Shirley Moore and Enterprise and EAN Holdings, LLC on auto negligence theories.... More...   $0 (04-20-2018 - GA)

Atlanta, GA - Sharina V. Morris sued Hassan Hashim and Landstar Inway, Inc. on auto negligence theories.... More...   $0 (05-01-2018 - GA)

Gainesville, GA - Luis Rodriguez and Doris Edelmira Leon De Rodriguez sued Pierre Charles Marshall and Service Transport, Inc. on auto negligence theories.... More...   $0 (05-02-2018 - GA)

Atlanta, GA - Laelonnie Bartley sued Blackwell's Inc. and Marvin E. Escobar Matias on auto negligence theories.... More...   $0 (05-09-2018 - GA)

New Haven, CT - Former Hamden Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Steroid Distribution Charge

Bryan Kelly, 46, of East Haven, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty May 21, 2018 before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to one count of possession with intent to distribute anabolic steroids.

According to court documents and statements made in court, in Dece... More...   $0 (05-21-2018 - CT)

New Haven, CT - Windsor Locks Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering Offenses

Oscar Montoya, 62, of Windsor Locks, pleaded guilty on May 21, 2018 before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to drug trafficking and money laundering offenses related to the distribution of heroin and various prescription medications.

According to court docume... More...   $0 (05-22-2018 - CT)

Buffalo, NY - Grigoriy N. Vorobey and Vera Vorobey sued Cleveland Brothers Equipment Co., Inc. on auto negligence theories.... More...   $0 (04-20-2018 - NY)

Buffalo, NY - Kingsmen President, Regional President, And Member Convicted By A Federal Jury Of Murder And Racketeering Following Four Month Trial

Following a four-month trial, a federal jury in Buffalo, New York, has convicted three leaders and members of the Kingsmen Motorcycle Club (KMC), including the National President, of multiple charges for their roles in a major racketeering oper... More...   $0 (05-22-2018 - NY)

Brooklyn, NY - lleged Mafia Soldier Pleads Guilty to Attempted Tax Evasion

Salvatore Demeo Failed to Report More Than $2 Million in Capital Gains from Lucrative Real Estate Sales

On May 21, 2018, Salvatore Demeo, an alleged member of the Genovese organized crime family of La Cosa Nostra, pled guilty at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn to attempted tax evasion. At the guilty pl... More...   $0 (05-22-2018 - NY)

Appellant alleges that he was sodomized by his roommate, K.W., while a patient
in the adolescent psychiatric unit of respondent Good Samaritan Hospital Southwest
(Hospital). He brought this action alleging that Hospital was negligent in placing K.W.
in a room together with appellant, and limiting its efforts to supervise these patients to
observation of each of them at 15-minute in... More...   $0 (05-22-2018 - CA)

New York, NY - David Raymond Lewis, Stephen J. Ritchin, and Won S. Shin

Marina Burman was sentenced on May 17, 2018 to 36 months in prison. BURMAN, the former president of a medical supply company, submitted approximately $3.4 million in fraudulent bills to the New York State Medicaid Program, falsely claiming to have dispensed adult diapers and other medical supplies that were not med... More...   $0 (05-21-2018 - NY)

On April 2, 2013, Derrick Bryant brought suit against, inter alia, Officers
Kenneth Egan and John Slezak of the Meriden Police Department, alleging that
they had used excessive force against him in violation of the Fourth Amendment.
After a trial was held and the jury returned a verdict in favor of the officers, Bryant
moved for a new trial under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59.... More...   $0 (05-21-2018 - CT)

New York, NY - Former New York City Correction Department Investigator Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Transporting, Receiving and Possessing Child Pornography

On May 18, 2018, an investigator with the New York City Correction Department was sentenced to 120 months in prison at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, New York following his March 5 jury trial conviction on seven count... More...   $0 (05-21-2018 - NY)

Miami, FL - Honduran Drug Kingpin Sentenced to Life in Prison

Honduran national Sergio Neftali Mejia-Duarte was sentenced today to life in prison for his involvement in a large-scale international narcotics transportation organization.

On Jan. 9, a Miami jury found Mejia-Duarte, 41, guilty of conspiring to distribute over five kilograms of cocaine with the knowledge that the coca... More...   $0 (05-21-2018 - FL)

At approximately 3:00 a.m. on May 20, 2016, Patrolman Jeffery Heinz, a 14
year veteran police officer with the city of Washington Court House, was finishing up a traffic
stop on Draper Street when a black GMC SUV driven by appellant passed his patrol car.
Heinz's onboard license plate reader captured the license plate of the vehicle, and Heinz ran
the license plate number thro... More...   $0 (05-21-2018 - OH)