2 h. ago Letitia James pleads not guilty to fraud charges in case masterminded by Trump: ‘Tool of revenge’

New York’s attorney general asks judge to disqualify Trump-picked prosecutor who brought politically charged case

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3 h. ago Influencer HSTikkyTokky pleads guilty to driving offences almost a year after police launched manhunt to find him

The 24-year-old, whose real name is Harrison Sullivan, was wanted by Surrey Police after crashing a £230,000 McLaren supercar in Virginia Water in March 2024.

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3 h. ago Letitia James pleads not guilty to fraud charges after Trump pushed for case against longtime foe

New York’s attorney general asks judge to disqualify Trump-picked prosecutor who brought politically charged case

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5 h. ago Letitia James pleads not guilty in Virginia mortgage fraud case

New York attorney general appears in court in Virginia in case brought after Trump called for her prosecutionThe New York state attorney general, Letitia James, pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges of bank fraud and false statements brought after Donald Trump publicly called for her to be prosecuted in a move widely seen as political retribution.“Not guilty judge to both counts,” James told the judge as she made her first appearance in federal district court in Virginia. The case has been assigned to Judge Jamar Walker, who was nominated by Joe Biden. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago 'Leg shots only' message sent by defendant, Joanne Penney murder trial hears

Joshua Gordon, Jordan Mills-Smith, Melissa Quailey-Dashper, Kristina Ginova and Tony Porter have pleaded not guilty to murder.

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10 h. ago Bristol suitcase murderer admits possessing indecent images of children ahead of sentencing

Yostin Mosquera has pleaded guilty to three new charges

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10 h. ago Letitia James expected to plead not guilty in mortgage fraud case

New York attorney general to appear in court in Virginia in case brought after Trump called for her prosecutionThe New York state attorney general, Letitia James, is expected to plead not guilty on Friday to charges of bank fraud and false statements brought after Donald Trump publicly called for her to be prosecuted in a move widely seen as political retribution.James is scheduled to made her first appearance in the case and be arraigned in federal district court in Virginia before US magistrate judge Jamar Walker at 11am ET, according to court documents. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago ‘Frustrated young man’ pleads not guilty to sparking deadly Palisades Fire

Jonathan Rinderknecht is accused of sparking one of the most destructive wildfires in California history

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20 h. ago Man pleads not guilty to sparking deadly Palisades Fire in Los Angeles

A 29-year-old man accused of sparking the deadly Palisades Fire, one of the most destructive wildfires in California history, has pleaded not guilty to federal charges

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28 h. ago Trump pardons founder of Binance, world’s largest crypto exchange

Changpeng Zhao pleaded guilty to failing to stop money laundering in 2023 and was sentenced to four monthsDonald Trump issued a pardon for the founder of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Thursday.“President Trump exercised his constitutional authority by issuing a pardon for Mr. Zhao, who was prosecuted by the Biden Administration in their war on cryptocurrency,” a White House statement said. “The war on crypto is over.” Continue reading...

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30 h. ago Doctor's husband pleads GUILTY to murdering daughter, 2, in hot car while he watched adult videos... as he maintains stony silence at court

Christopher Scholtes, 37, is charged with the first-degree murder of toddler Parker after leaving her to nap on a 90F day in Marana, Arizona, on July 9 last year.

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49 h. ago Ghost Adventures star Aaron Goodwin ‘won’t be watching’ new episode in which wife’s plot to murder him is revealed

Victoria Goodwin pleaded guilty to conspiring to murder the TV star earlier this year

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54 h. ago Prison officer pleads guilty over illicit calls to brutal machete attacker inmate

Heather Pinchbeck, 28, was working at HMP Dovegate in Staffordshire when she made the illicit calls to 31-year-old Joseph Hardy, who is serving a 14-year stretch for GBH

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56 h. ago Female prison officer pleads guilty to making illicit phone calls to 'violent inmate who severed man's leg with a machete'

Heather Pinchbeck, 28, who has since left the service, was charged with one count of making illegal mobile communication with a prisoner who she met while on duty.

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56 h. ago Female prison officer pleads guilty to illicit calls with inmate who severed man’s leg

Pinchbeck is was in communication with Joseph Hardy, 31, who was jailed for 14 years in 2017 after pleading guilty to wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm

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3 d. ago California man agrees to plead guilty to acting as Beijing's agent

A California man has agreed to plead guilty to acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese government in Southern California while working as a campaign advisor to for a local politician

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3 d. ago Depraved killer who murdered Scots dad while on bail jailed for 18 years

Brandon McLachlan pleaded guilty to stabbing Jamie Lucas to death while out on bail.

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4 d. ago Man who sent 'So I raped you' message awaits sentencing for 2013 campus assault

A man who sent a Facebook message that said, “So I raped you” to a woman he later pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting on a Pennysylvania college campus awaits sentencing on Monday

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6 d. ago Trump says he has commuted sentence of George Santos in federal fraud case

Former Republican US representative was sentenced in April after admitting to deceiving donors and stealing identities of 11 peopleDonald Trump announced on Friday he had commuted the sentence of George Santos, the disgraced former New York representative and serial fabulist who had been sentenced to more than seven years in prison after a short-lived political career marked by outlandish fabrications and fraudulent scheming.The New York Republican was sentenced in April after pleading guilty last year to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Alexander Acosta said putting Epstein on trial would’ve been a gamble, transcript shows

Former prosecutor testified before House committee on hurdles that prosecution of convicted sex offender would have facedAlexander Acosta, the former US attorney for the southern district of Florida who negotiated a plea deal in 2008 with Jeffrey Epstein, testified before the House oversight committee last month that going to trial would have been a “crapshoot” due to lack of cooperation from victims.In a transcript of the six-hour interview released on Friday, the former prosecutor, who later served in the first Trump administration, described the evidentiary hurdles Epstein’s federal prosecution would have faced, and why his office turned the case over to Florida state prosecutors that resulted in the disgraced financier pleading guilty to charges of soliciting sex from a minor. Continue reading...

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