Crimes and Trials News

Bob Marley's daughter pleads guilty to drug charge
AP – Wed Sep 8, 9:05 am ET

WEST CHESTER, Pa. - The youngest child of reggae legend Bob Marley has admitted growing marijuana in her Philadelphia-area home. Full Story »
John Lennon's killer is again denied parole in NY
AP – Wed Sep 8, 5:52 am ET

AP

BUFFALO, N.Y. - John Lennon's killer was again denied parole in New York, nearly 30 years after gunning down the ex-Beatle outside the musician's New York City apartment building. Full Story »
Philippine massacre 'carefully planned': witness
AFP – Wed Sep 8, 5:02 am ET

AFP/File

MANILA (AFP) - A powerful Muslim clan carefully planned and carried out the killings of 57 people -- including 30 journalists -- in the Philippines' worst massacre, a witness said Wednesday as the landmark trial began. Full Story »
Judge calls Nicollette Sheridan lawsuit "annoying"
Reuters – Wed Sep 8, 4:16 am ET

Reuters

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - ABC suffered a few pre-trial setbacks on Tuesday related to former "Desperate Housewives" actress Nicollette Sheridan's $20 million wrongful-termination lawsuit against the network and series creator Marc Cherry. Full Story »
Sect leader Jeffs fights extradition to Texas
AP – Tue Sep 7, 9:02 pm ET

AP

SALT LAKE CITY - Polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs on Tuesday refused to sign a waiver that would have allowed his extradition to Texas, where he faces bigamy, aggravated sexual assault and assault charges over alleged incidents with underage girls at a church ranch. Full Story »
Feds: Army base gunman threatened to kill Obama
AP – Tue Sep 7, 5:16 pm ET

SAVANNAH, Ga. - A former soldier accused of demanding mental treatment as he took hostages at gunpoint at a Georgia Army hospital later told investigators he planned to kill President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton, federal prosecutors said in court documents filed Tuesday. Full Story »
Colorado couple in court in Russian adoption abuse case
Reuters – Tue Sep 7, 5:12 pm ET

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (Reuters) - Court proceedings for a Colorado couple accused of abusing three girls adopted from Russia were postponed on Tuesday after a defense lawyer told a judge that plea negotiations were under way. Full Story »
Authorities: Ohio man ignored maggots on sick wife
AP – Tue Sep 7, 4:16 pm ET

CINCINNATI - A grand jury has indicted an Ohio man in the death of his ailing wife, who was found with rotting bedsores on her body and maggots that apparently had been on her before she died. Full Story »
Lennon's killer denied parole for 6th time
AFP – Tue Sep 7, 2:19 pm ET

AFP/NYPD-HO/File

NEW YORK (AFP) - John Lennon's killer was denied parole Tuesday for the sixth time since he was locked up for murdering the Beatle superstar in New York three decades ago. Full Story »
Kansas man charged with murdering burned teen
AP – Tue Sep 7, 3:36 pm ET

AP

GREAT BEND, Kan. - A 36-year-old factory worker who spent much of his adult life in prison was charged Tuesday with sexually assaulting and murdering a 14-year-old girl whose badly burned body was found behind gravel piles at the asphalt plant where he worked. Full Story »
Mr. Gay UK Denies Rape Charge
The Advocate – Tue Sep 7, 7:52 am ET

Los Angeles - Mark Carter, a former Mr. Gay UK and Yorkshire police officer, appeared in court Monday to deny sex offenses including the rape of another man. Full Story »
Appeals court panel denies stay for Wash. inmate
AP – Mon Sep 6, 10:26 pm ET

YAKIMA, Wash. - A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has denied a Washington state death row inmate's request for an emergency stay of his execution. Full Story »
Suriname leader: Drug conviction 'almost a joke'
AP – Mon Sep 6, 7:07 pm ET

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Former Surinamese dictator Desi Bouterse shrugged off questions about his past during his first overseas trip as elected president, saying Monday that he will not interfere in his ongoing murder trial and dismissing a 1999 drug conviction as "almost a joke." Full Story »
Bahamas drops charges in Travolta extortion case
AP – Mon Sep 6, 6:40 pm ET

AP

NASSAU, Bahamas - A judge in the Bahamas dismissed charges Monday against two people accused of trying to extort money from John Travolta after the actor decided he no longer wanted to face the pain of a new trial stemming from the death of his teenage son on the island chain. Full Story »