A man accused of killing a mother and grandmother while being high on crack cocaine had fourteen prior arrests at the time of the fatal crash, claims a police report. The man’s drug abuse was well known to local authorities before the accident in which he struck and killed a…
A father of three children who were removed from his home states that the conditions were all a misunderstanding, according to a reporter. The 30-year-old man, who recently graduated from nursing school and is now seeking employment has sole custody of his three children, aged 6, 4 and 2 following…
A man is filing a wrongful death suit against his estranged wife claiming she was directly responsible for their son’s death, states a report. The man filed the suit in January. The alleged suffocation occurred in June, 2010. The wife has been jailed since being arrested after the incident in…
Federal court authorities plan to move the trial of alleged Tucson gunman Jared Lee Loughner to San Diego due to the extensive publicity following the Jan. 8 shooting that killed six and critically wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz). Among those killed was the state’s chief federal judge, John M. Roll.…
It is fairly common for most people to instinctively hit their brakes when they see a police cruiser sitting on the side of the road, in many cases even when they are going the speed limit. People are by nature, creatures of habit, says a patrolman, and they instinctually react…
In an effort to more easily identify illegal immigrants who have committed crimes, there is a new federal program that uses fingerprinting, using federal databases, to do so, explains a reporter. This program is being adopted by states all across America in an effort to nab illegal immigrants who have…
Taking the law into one’s own hands is never the best way to handle a situation. People tend to get hurt and once the actual legal system gets involved the process may become overwhelming. If you find yourself in a situation in which taking the law into your own hands…
Because women are suppose to be physically weak there are some men who take advantage of this and physically abuse their partners, wives, daughters and others. Disturbing reports are very common, particularly domestic violence issues where the victims are the wives and the children. On March 7, 1997, the defendant…
Driving under the influence of alcohol DWI is not only dangerous, but if you get caught doing it, it will definitely cost you, warns a policeman. Law enforcement agencies across the nation are adopting stronger policies against drinking and driving that are aimed at curtailing impaired motorists and saving lives,…
After a two year legal ordeal in which an Albany bar owner was accused of initiating a vicious assault on a Times Union food critic, a verdict of not guilty has been reached, states a person close to the case. The owner of the bar had been accused of setting…