3 hours ago Southern California official to resign and plead guilty in COVID funds investigation

A high-ranking elected official in Orange County, California, has agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery as part of a scheme involving a charity and the misuse of COVID-19 relief funds

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6 hours ago Two men plead guilty to Canadian killing of Sikh man acquitted in 1985 Air India bombing

Tanner Fox and Jose Lopez confessed to 2022 shooting but didn’t reveal who hired them to do itTwo men have pleaded guilty to the contract killing of a Sikh man who was acquitted in the 1985 bombing of an Air India flight from Montreal to Mumbai.According to an agreed statement of facts released by a British Columbia court on Monday, Tanner Fox and Jose Lopez confessed to shooting Ripudaman Singh Malik in 2022. But they remained silent over who hired and paid them for the murder. Continue reading...

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24 hours ago Drunken sailor caused £36,000 of damage by smashing 77 windows 'for no reason'

A sailor training to be a captain in the Finnish navy has pleaded guilty to criminal damage after smashing his way through a warehouse during a drunken rampage in Portland

Economics

25 hours ago Arizona official who delayed 2022 election certification pleads guilty

One of two rural Arizona county supervisors who faced criminal charges for refusing to canvass the 2022 midterm results pleaded guilty on Monday to a misdemeanor count of failing to perform her duty as an election officer

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27 hours ago Arizona Republican official who refused to certify 2022 midterm election pleads guilty

Cochise county supervisor Peggy Judd agrees to plead guilty to misdemeanor charge A Republican county supervisor in rural Arizona who refused to certify the 2022 midterm election has agreed to a plea deal, becoming the first person criminally sanctioned for refusing to certify an election since 2020.Peggy Judd, a Republican supervisor in Cochise county, Arizona, agreed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge for failing or refusing to perform an official duty by an election officer. She will serve an unsupervised probation of at least 90 days and pay a maximum $500 fine, Arizona’s Democratic attorney general, Kris Mayes, said in a press release announcing the plea deal on Monday. Continue reading...

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33 hours ago Moment Japanese police chief bows and begs ex boxer for forgiveness over 'unspeakable mental distress' of being kept on death row for 50 years before his dramatic acquittal aged 88

Mr Hakamada had initially pleaded not guilty to stabbing four people to death in 1966, but confessed after 264 hours of intense and often violent interrogation

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35 hours ago Model admits throwing milkshake over Reform UK leader Nigel Farage after pleading guilty to assault by beating and criminal damage

Victoria Thomas Bowen has pleaded guilty at Westminster Magistrates' Court to assault by beating and criminal damage after she threw a milkshake over Reform UK leader Nigel Farage.

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35 hours ago Woman who threw milkshake at Nigel Farage pleads guilty after initially denying assault

Victoria Thomas Bowen threw McDonald’s milkshake over Reform UK leader in during election campaign

Events

36 hours ago Woman pleads guilty to milkshake attack on Nigel Farage during election campaign

Victoria Thomas Bowen has pleaded guilty at Westminster Magistrates Court to assault by beating and criminal damage after she hurled a milkshake over Nigel Farage outside a pub in Essex

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