Criminal Law

Former Kipton Officer Police Officer Lt. Robert Wolfkill Sentenced To Just 10 Days In County Jail After Pleading Guilty To Attempted Theft From An Elderly Person - Chief Pablo Cruz Remains Suspended After Indictment
KIPTON, OH - Former Kipton police Lt. Robert Wolfkill used to put criminals behind bars, now he?s headed for a stint in jail himself...

Refco boss Phillip Bennett jailed for 16 years by US judge
Phillip Bennett, the British former chief executive of Refco, was sentenced to 16 years in an American prison yesterday after pleading guilty to criminal charges over a scheme to hide the commodities broker's financial problems.

Ex-police chief guilty of incest
Ex-police chief guilty of incestA former chief superintendent of Humberside Police has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after being found guilty of raping his daughter.

Taser Caper Results in Prison for Father-Son Team
On June 20, Paul Crowell of Waukesha, Wisconsin, was sentenced to two years in prison after pleading guilty to "possession of an electric weapon," namely a Taser that he had stolen from a police officer...

Private police chief found not guilty www.privateofficer.com
Private police chief found not guilty of assault www.privateofficer.com CASHIERS NC April 18 2008 By: Bryan Hill Security News Magazine www...

Former NBA Referee Sentenced to 15 Months
As reported by The New York Times here, former NBA referee Tim Donaghy was sentenced on Tuesday to 15 months in prison by U...

Case Law Development: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Finds Domestic Violence Police Response Case Admissible
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, in the case of Jess...

Baltimore Police Officer Suspended Over YouTube Video Showing Him Manhandling Teenager
Baltimore Police Officer Salvatore Rivieri was suspended this week...

Municipal Police Powers Trump Reverse Spot Zoning Claim
Topics: Zoning, Amendment of by-law or ordinance, Validity, Spot z...

Municipal Police Powers Trump Reverse Spot Zoning Claim
Topics: Zoning, Amendment of by-law or ordinance, Validity, Spot z...

Injury Verdict Upheld in Chicago Police Department Auto Accident
A verdict awarded from a personal injury case in Chicago against t...

How can I get my parents away from my bulling brother?
First of all, if you are paying your lawyer, you should not be on the back burne...

How do you recover money from a stop payment placed on a personal check given to you?
you can always take them to small claims court and sure them for 3 times the amo...

Can driving accident be cause for termination?
If your state is an at-will state, the company can fire you for any reason or fo...

My fiance's check is DD into a local credit union. Bank seems to have a pattern of "invisibly holding" charges from the debit card until just HOURS before his DD is processed (and this is after hours, of course). Over th
Have your fiance take the information you've collected and go into the bank...

I feel deceived by my landlord. They quoted MUCH lower utilities that I actually pay and I pay the gas for a dryer in my basement they use! I rent a small home next door to theirs. They go into my basement through a smal
Move out. nowe! If the place is unsafe you can move immediately. You can also ge...

Suspended and Fired
Town of Alton agrees to pay former police chief $10,000 wrongful termination settlement.

Police Chief Whistleblower
Argentine Township agrees to pay former employee $650,000 harassment and retaliation settlement.

Arkansas Nucor Plant Guilty of a Racially Hostile Work Environment
Nucor Guilty Of Racially Hostile Work Environment Must Pay $1.2 Million Settlement

Hitachi Guilty
Must Pay $31 Million for Price Fixing

Pfizer, Pharmacia
Found Guilty of Medicaid Fraud

Sharon Collins
found guilty of conspiring to kill her partner