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Bronx Women Gets 15 Years For Dumping Baby

Posted on February 02, 2009
The NY Daily News website reported in a story on January 30, 2009 that Lucila Rojas, 27, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for killing her newborn son. Apparently, Rojas, a Bronx resident, is accused the violent crime of smothering her infant son on a city bus, then disposing of the body in a sidewalk trash can...

Cocain Distribution and Conspiracy Charges in Narcotic Trafficking Ring

Posted on January 30, 2009
Montgomery Cocaine Ring Busted; 16 Individuals Charged with Conspiracy According to a July 10, 2008 federal grand jury indictment, 16 Montgomery, Alabama men and women were charged with a conspiracy to manufacture and distribute powder and crack cocaine throughout the region...

Federal Drug Crime Defendants Receive 20 Years Imprisonment

Posted on January 26, 2009
Two Modesto Residents Sentenced for Criminal Marijuana Conspiracy On November 4, 2008, the United States District Court sentenced two Modesto, CA residents, Luke Anthony Scarmazzo and Ricardo Ruiz Montes, to two decades in jail on federal drug crime charges for their participation in a massive criminal marijuana manufacturing and distribution enterprise...

Arizona Case Sheds Light on what a Police Officer may do at a Roadside Stop

Posted on January 23, 2009
On December 8, 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court heard opening arguments in a case that may have long-term implications for drivers nationwide. The matter in question, Arizona vs. Johnson, pertains to whether or not a police officer has the authority to pat down a driver in search of weapons -- even if the driver is under no suspicion of committing or preparing to commit a crime...

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Complex Bankruptcy Case holds Implications for Thousands Injured by Asbestos Poisoning

Posted on January 19, 2009
On Friday, December 12, 2008, the United States Supreme Court heard the case of Travelers Indemnity Company vs. Bailey et al, a complicated bankruptcy case that was originally decided in federal bankruptcy court. The case involves an asbestos company, Johns Manville, that had been implicated in a class action suit involving approximately 16,000 people, who claimed damages relating to asbestos poisoning and exposure...

Precedent Setting Case Regarding Identity Theft Heard Before the Supreme Court

Posted on January 16, 2009
On October 20, 2008, the Supreme Court granted to hear the case of Flores-Figueroa vs. the United States to decide a point of law that might yield profound ramifications for Federal identity theft law. In the original case, the defendant had been accused of stealing identifying documents and using the info to stay illegally in the United States...

Alabama's Ex-Governor Appeals his Conviction

Posted on January 12, 2009
Disgraced ex-Alabama governor Don Siegelman had been sentenced for seven years in jail for a 2000 federal bribery conviction. But according to a December 9, 2008 article in the New York Times, Siegelman's lawyers now believe that the conviction can be overturned...

Long, Twisting Case Involving Al-Qaeda Operative Takes New Turn

Posted on January 05, 2009
In the weeks following the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington, President George W. Bush and authorities at the Pentagon developed new legal procedures to deal with captured individuals associated with the international Al-Qaeda terrorist network...

Federal Felony Drug Charges Filed After Massive Drug Trafficking Ring Uncovered

Posted on December 31, 2008
DMV Employee and Nine Others Indicted on Charges of Marijuana Trafficking and Corruption On December 2, 2008, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration unsealed an indictment of federal drug crime charges against 10 men and women involved in a massive inter-state conspiracy to distribute and sell marijuana illegally...

Drug Felony Conviction Lands Illegal Alien in Prison for Life

Posted on December 24, 2008
Illegal Alien gets Life in Prison for Role in Huge Drug Ring A U.S. District judge sentenced defendant Olivar Martinez-Blanco to life in prison without parole on December 9, 2008 on Federal drug felony charges stemming from his role in a massive cocaine distribution conspiracy...

Federal Crime Charges for Janet Jackson Super Bowl Case Reaches Supreme Court

Posted on December 18, 2008
Janet Jackson Super Bowl Case Makes its way all the way up to the Supreme Court On November 20, 2008, the United States Solicitor General's Office filed a motion in a matter familiar to the vast majority of American sports fans. During the Super Bowl 2004 half-time show, Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson, two internationally renowned pop stars, were involved in a so-called "wardrobe malfunction" that resulted in the exposure of one of Ms...

Police Seek Atlanta Man On Suspicion of Hit And Run

Posted on December 13, 2008
Reporter Mike Morris writes on November 7, 2008 in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that a pedestrian was struck and killed by two vehicles while attempting to cross Riverdale Rd. close to Garden Walk Blvd. WBSTV reports the age of the victim as 66 years of age...

Atlanta Robbery Charges for Four Man Crew

Posted on December 05, 2008
On November 8, 2008 the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that an unnerving upward violent street crime trend in DeKalb is continuing this year. Two murders have occurred on Peachtree Industrial Blvd. in the last four months. Donaciano Cayon 40, and Alejandro Perez-Morales 37, were both approached by at least one assailant soon after midnight...

Cherokee County Prostitution Ring Ended

Posted on November 27, 2008
A report dated November 7, 2008 in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution by Nancy Badertscher stated that in Chrokee County six people were arrested for sex crimes on suspicion of operating an illegal massage parlor. This case involves the internet, sex, and drugs...

Atlanta Marijuana Growing Operation Halted

Posted on November 20, 2008
Kathy Jefcoats of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported on October 3, 2008 that Sheriff?s deputies from Cherokee County have discovered a marijuana growing operation. The operation was being carried out from within a home in the Golden Hills subdivision near Towne Lake Pkwy and Bells Ferry Rd...

JOHN PAUL STEVENS CAN FINALLY REST EASY

Posted on November 14, 2008
During the course of the presidential election we heard all about the economy, battling terrorism, cutting taxes, and saving the environment. But for myself, as a criminal defense attorney, there was one over riding issue: Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens...

3 Atlanta Teens Killed Over Weekend

Posted on November 11, 2008
Tim Eberly and Ralph Ellis reported in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on November 09, 2008 that the trend of violent crimes in Atlanta in recent weeks has continued with three shootings over the weekend that ended the lives of three teenagers. All these young lives were taken early the morning of November 9th...

Georgia Drug Attorney Argues against the Constitutionality of State's Law against Marijuana Possession

Posted on October 31, 2008
According to an October 7th, 2008 article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, local attorney Christopher McClurg, has taken his constitutional argument against a 1971 Georgia marijuana law all the way to the Supreme Court. McClurg argued that the Constitution guarantees jury trials to defendants charged with crimes like marijuana possession, and that since jury trials are not typically offered, the law is essentially unconstitutional...

Illegal Immigrant Arrested as Mastermind of Identity Theft Crime

Posted on October 20, 2008
A Winterville, Georgia resident named Vikas Yadav was recently arrested for a month-long scam involving identity theft and credit card fraud. Police in the Athens-Clarke area contend that Yadav, who worked at a liquor store on Lexington Road, had been stealing financial information from customers using a keystroke logger...

Marietta Police Arrest Wrong-Way Driver On Suspicion of DUI

Posted on October 10, 2008
Marietta police officers arrested Leonel Rodriguez on suspicion of driving under the influence and several other traffic offenses after he was found speeding wrong way on the I-75, according to a news report in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The incident, which occurred Sept...

The United States Supreme Court Grants Troy Davis Last-Minute Stay of Execution

Posted on October 04, 2008
The Georgia Supreme Court and the U.S. Supreme Court got into a turf war regarding whether or not to allow convicted murder Troy Davis a stay of execution due to potential doubts regarding his guilt. Despite the Georgia Supreme Court's attempts to push up Davis? execution to prevent the U...

Georgia High School Drama Teacher Charged With Sexual Assaults

Posted on October 03, 2008
Matthew Gantz, a 41-year-old drama teacher at Cherokee High School in Canton, has been arrested after two students alleged that Gantz had a sexual relationship with them. According to a news report in the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Gantz was arrested after allegations from a former student that he sexually assaulted her beginning in 2007 when the victim was 17...

Georgia High School Drama Teacher Charged With Sexual Assaults

Posted on September 30, 2008
Matthew Gantz, a 41-year-old drama teacher at Cherokee High School in Canton, has been arrested after two students alleged that Gantz had a sexual relationship with them. According to a news report in the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Gantz was arrested after allegations from a former student that he sexually assaulted her beginning in 2007 when the victim was 17...

Atlanta Police Arrest Suspect In Decatur Home Invasion

Posted on September 27, 2008
Atlanta Police have arrested Khari Troutman in connection with a violent home invasion robbery that shocked a Decatur neighborhood. According to a Fox News report, Troutman faces several charges including armed robbery and kidnapping. Police officials say Troutman and at least two other men attacked Suzanne Ledet and her children as she pulled into her driveway...

Lawyer Milloy of Atlanta Falcons Arrested on Suspicion of DUI

Posted on September 20, 2008
Atlanta Falcons safety Lawyer Milloy was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving, according to this news report. Gwinnet County Sheriff?s Department officials said Milloy was arrested hours after the Falcons? 24-9 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Milloy faces suspension from the National Football League for violating the league?s personal conduct policy...

Millionaire Murderer Asks for New Trial

Posted on September 11, 2008
According to a September 9th, 2008 article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, convicted killer James Sullivan is seeking to revisit a 2006 decision that sentenced him to life in jail. The salacious 1987 story of how Sullivan supposedly hired a hit-man to murder his wife at the time, Lita Sullivan, at her Buckland, Georgia Townhouse, captured the nation's attention...

Suspect in Gwinett and Flowery Branch School Thefts Arrested

Posted on July 23, 2008
A 21-year-old man is facing Dacula theft charges in connection with burglaries in three portable classrooms in Gwinett, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports . Robert Franz Joseph II also faces similar theft charges in Hall County involving break-ins at more than a dozen school trailers in Flowery Branch...

Falcon Daren Stone Arrested On Suspicion of DUI

Posted on July 14, 2008
Atlanta Flacons safety Daren Stone was arrested in downtown Atlanta and charged with driving under the influence, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports . Stone, who was arrested just before sunrise, was released later the same day after posting a $1,591 bond...

Three Men Charged With Murder In Shooting Death

Posted on July 07, 2008
Three College Park men, who were arrested after leading Cobb County police on a chase into Atlanta, have been charged in connection with the murder of a Mableton man that happened earlier in the day. According to a news article in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the men who were accused of shooting and killing 37-year-old Quinton Antonio Denley were -- Donald Hatton, 23; Lincoln Boykins, 18; and Preston Whiting, 21...

Woman Charged With Driving Under The Influence

Posted on July 01, 2008
A 56-year-old woman is facing Marietta DUI charges after she crashed her 2000 Toyota Avalon through the front window of a martial arts school when six children were in the middle of a class. According to a news report in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, none of the students at the Choi Kwang Do East Cobb martial arts school was injured in the crash...

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