Criminal Law

Deputy D.A. Lewis Cope to head San Bernardino County's Public Integrity Unit
Deputy District Attorney Lewis Cope was appointed as the new lead attorney to public integrity unit at San Bernardino County's district attorney's office. Cope has been with the office for 25 years and was the major crimes attorney for the....

King County Washington Deputy Sheriff Brian Bonnar Indicted By Federal Grand Jury After Brutally Beating Woman And Purjury For Lying About It
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - A King County sheriff’s deputy has been charged with a federal civil rights violation and perjury. According to a federal indictment handed up Wednesday in Seattle, Deputy Brian Bonnar assaulted a handcuffed woman in 2005, kneeing her and slamming her head against a cruiser, and then lied about it when questioned before a [...

Shock Video: South Carolina Deputy Charged After Beating Teen
A South Carolina deputy has been fired and charged after a dash camera recorded him punching teenager Jeremy Laquan Rucker, 18, in the face. What is curious is that there is no word on action taken against the other officers who assisted former deputy Brian Tollison...

Coffee County Tennessee Deputy Sheriff Wade Bassett Beaten With His Own Flashlight By A Kid
MANCHESTER, TENNESSEE - Wednesday morning police charged a 16-year-old boy with attempted murder for a brutal attack on a midstate deputy. According to investigators, last Thursday Coffee County Deputy Wade Bassett was taking the 16-year-old to the Juvenile Detention Center in Murfreesboro when the teen allegedly beat him in the head with a flashlight...

Prosecutors justify trying teen as adult for "execution-style premeditated murder"
Ventura County prosecutors provided details of the classroom shooting of 15-year-old Larry King by suspect Brandon McInerney in a document explaining their decision to try the juvenile suspect in adult court...

Bad and Worse steal a car
Bad: Taking your dad's car. Worse: Your dad is a sheriff's deputy, the car is an unmarked, and you decided to pull over other cars for kicks. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Goshel!

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Teen Sues over Lost Homework

King Nut Peanut Butter
Recalled for Salmonella

King Medical Malpractice
Five More Suits Settled for $3 Million

Burger King
Settles Brain Injury Suit for $20 Million

Teen Driver Wins Suit
Convenience stores to pay six-figure settlement to underage alcohol buyer in accident settlement.

Contract Extortion
County Executive Robert Janiszewski ordered to pay Hudson County a $650,000 racketeering settlement.