The defendant‟s convictions stem from his sale of certain securities, including interests in Value Vest, LLC, Circle G Ranch, and Continental Energy Trust, to Norma Caruthers, a retiree. The defendant was indicted in October 2011 for one count of theft of $1,000 or more but less than $10,000; one count of theft of $60,000 or more but less than $250,000, and two counts of securities fraud.

On October 5, 2013, Jackson County Sheriff’s Deputy Jason McCarrell responded
to a call on County Road 313 regarding a disturbance involving a firearm at the rural home
of Adam and Valerie Twardowski. Valerie Twardowski testified that Hill, who was her
neighbor, visited their property that evening, after the two spent the day together at a local
fishing tournament. That eveni

Rafael Hernandez-Prado was charged with burglary of a habitation with intent to
commit the offense of sexual assault. See Tex. Penal Code § 30.02(a)(1) (setting out elements of 1
offense). The victim in this case was Maria Irene Gonzalez, and the offense was alleged to have
occurred in Burnet County. Hernandez-Prado entered into a plea agreement with the State in which
he agreed

Marshall, TX - Houston County Man Sentenced for Violating Asbestos Work Practice Standards

A 60-year-old Kennard, Texas man has been sentenced to prison for federal environmental violations, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.

Rodney K. Beshears pleaded guilty on Feb. 9, 2016, to violating the work practice standards of the Clean Air Act and was sentence

Epic Systems, a health care software
company, required certain groups of employees to agree to
bring any wage-and-hour claims against the company only
through individual arbitration. The agreement did not permit
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collective arbitration or collective action in any other forum.
We conclude that

On May 11, 2012, seventeen-year-old Isaiah Sweet shot and killed Richard and Janet Sweet. Richard and Janet had cared for Sweet since he was four years old, as his biological mother was unable to do so. Richard was Sweet’s biological grandfather. Richard and Janet had been married for thirty years. Sweet was arrested three days after the murder. After being given Miranda warnings, Sweet desc

Williams was arrested as a result of a Davenport Police Department
investigation into a November 2013 drug-related shooting in which Cairo Joiner
fired shots at Willie Thomas. Thomas identified Joiner as the shooter. A witness
to the shooting saw the shooter drop an item, and officers later recovered a cell
phone belonging to Joiner in the area. The witness also gave officer

On February 26, 2014, Scott Sudbeck shot and killed his ex-girlfriend,
Michaela Jordan. He was tried and convicted of murder in the first degree in
violation of Iowa Code sections 707.1 and 707.2 (2013). On appeal, he
challenges the sufficiency of the evidence. He relatedly contends the district
court erred in denying his motion for new trial on the basis the conviction was

On February 23, 2011, John Cantu (“Cantu”) filed suit against
Schlumberger Technology Corporation (“Schlumberger”) for personal
injury damages allegedly arising from a fall at a well site in Red River
Parish. In the petition, Cantu alleged that on February 23, 2010, Cantu, a
truck driver, made a delivery of sand used in fracking operations to the well
site. While in the proce

Yukon, OK - John Gatlin and Carlee Gatlin, individually and as parents and guardians of LG, a minor, sued Pamela Adkins on auto negligence theories seeking compensation for injuries and damages sustained by them and their minor child as a direct result of a car wreck that occurred in Canadian County, Oklahoma that they claimed was caused by Mr. Adkins. The accident occurred on December 12, 2013.

This aggravated child sexual abuse case involves two issues: (1) Did the trial court
erroneously deny appellant’s motion to dismiss for violating his right to a speedy trial because
the delay in arresting and prosecuting him caused an inability to obtain and present exculpatory
evidence, and (2) did the trial court erroneously quash appellant’s subpoena duces tecum served
on n

Anchorage, AK - Former Anchorage Prosecutor Sentenced to Over 13 Years in Prison for Massive Wire Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme

Largest Money Laundering Scheme in Alaska History

A former Anchorage resident and former municipal prosecutor was sentenced to 160 months in prison for perpetrating a massive wire fraud and money laundering scheme encompassing $52 million. This is t

Petitioner Cactus Canyon Quarries, Inc. (“Cactus Canyon”) operates a surface non-coal mine that is required to comply with safety and health standards promulgated by the Secretary of Labor under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (the “Mine Act”), 30 U.S.C. § 801 et seq. In May 2013, a mine inspector for the Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) issued seven citations to Cactu

Tulsa, OK - Audra D. Perkins sued Federal Express Corporation on a wrongful termination theory as a result of having make a claim for workers' compensation after suffering an on-the-job injury on May 13, 2013. Plaintiff claimed that her employment with Defendant was terminated on May 21, 2014 while still receiving medical treatment as a result of her work related injury.

In the early morning hours of March 14, 2012, two officers
from the Winslow Township Police Department responded to a
report of domestic violence at a residence in Sicklerville. The
victim advised she and her husband had argued, that he put his
hands around her neck and pushed her on the bed. The police
found defendant in the second-floor bedroom. He was on the
pho

In 1984, Ford was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to
death for the November 5, 1983, armed robbery and murder of Isadore
Rozeman. His conviction and sentence were affirmed on appeal. State v.
Ford, 489 So. 2d 1250 (La. 1986). In late 2013, the Caddo Parish District
Attorney’s Office stated that it had obtained credible evidence that Ford
“was neither present

Fifteen hundred plaintiffs brought suit against LVNV Funding, L.L.C. on claiming unjust enrichment and violation of the Maryland Consumer Debt Collection Practices Act and the Maryland Consumer Protection Act theories seeking compensation for having been wrongfully garnished by Defendant.

Finch and Dorsey are consumers who accumulated credit card debts. LVNV acquired appellants' unpaid

Tulsa, OK - Defendant Declared To Have Been Actually Innocent After Spending 17 Years In Prison

The State of Oklahoma charged Matthew Richard Park with sexually abusing a minor child and obtained a conviction of him on that charged, which was eventually set aside after numerous challenges by his lawyer. On remand, the State dismissed the charges against him and the was found to be actual

Dallas, TX - Licensed Professional Counselors Sentenced for Roles in $9.5 Million Fraudulent Billing Health Care Fraud Scheme to Siphon and Steal Money from Workers’ Compensation Program

Nearly 30 Defendants – Including Claimants, Doctors/Medical Providers, Claims Examiners/Representatives and Medical Providers’ Employees Convicted in Scheme

Two licensed professional counselors f

The defendant appeals his conviction for second degree murder in a case where the victim’s body never was found. The defendant argues the trial court erred in: (1) denying his motion for judgment of acquittal; and (2) denying his motion in limine to prohibit evidence of his pre-arrest refusal to submit to a DNA swab. We conclude without further discussion that the first argument lacks merit. H

Appellant worked as the bookkeeper for Desert Rock Company, Inc., a family-owned
landscape stone business. As part of his duties, Appellant was authorized to pay himself, and
many of the Desert Rock employees, by electronically transferring the payroll payments from
Desert Rock’s bank account directly into the employees’ bank accounts. About three years after
Appellant becam

David Bradley was charged with one count of theft by deception
(Class B), 17-A M.R.S. § 354(1)(B)(1) (2015) on June 12, 2013, and pleaded
guilty on April 21, 2015. The State alleged, and the court (Kennebec County,
Mullen, J.) found there was sufficient evidence to support, that Bradley had
2 submitted hundreds of fraudulent claims to MaineCare, totaling at least
$40,21

Appellant was indicted for burglary of a habitation and a jury convicted him of the offense. Appellant elected to have the court assess punishment, which the court set at ten years’ confinement. The court suspended this sentence and placed appellant on community supervision for a period of ten years, conditioned on his compliance with certain terms and conditions. These conditions included avoi

This certified appeal requires us to construe the scope of the public safety exception to Miranda1 as articulated in New York v. Quarles, 467 U.S. 649, 657, 104 S. Ct. 2626, 81 L. Ed. 2d 550 (1984). Thedefendant,DanteSmith,appealsfromthejudgment oftheAppellateCourtaffirmingthejudgmentofconviction, renderedafter ajury trial,of two countsof assault in the second degree in violation of General Statut

Camden, NJ - South Jersey Man Admits Hiring Illegal Immigrants, Failing To Collect Payroll Taxes

A Sicklerville, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a conspiracy to evade payroll taxes on cash wages paid to illegal immigrants employed at his dry cleaning business, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

Phillip Hui, 37, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Robert B