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NW Ind. woman pleads guilty in molestation of toddler
VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) — A northwestern Indiana woman has pleaded guilty to molesting a 2-year-old boy and sending photographs to her boyfriend. Twenty-three-year-old Tara Tryon would be sentenced to 10 years in prison if a Porter County judge...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Sex Crimes, Abusive Behavior, Judges, Justice System
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Cancer, rape fraud case bowls over Michigan community
LEXINGTON, Mich. (AP) — Carol Connell remembers well the gift she gave Sara Ylen, a friend seemingly forced to bear too much misery. Ylen, a Michigan mother of two young boys, said she was battling cancer just a few years after a man was convicted...Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Auction Service, Periodicals, Prosecution, Prisons
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Chicago man gets 145-day sentence for LaPorte Co. beach fight death
LAPORTE, Ind. (AP) — A 20-year-old Chicago man has been sentenced to 145 days in jail after pleading guilty to fatally punching a 17-year-old boy on a LaPorte County beach. James Malecek apologized for the 2011 punch that killed Kevin Kennelly Jr....
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Travis sues to block DWI patrol car video release
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Country star Randy Travis has filed a lawsuit to prevent two state agencies from releasing a patrol car video of his 2012 DWI arrest in North Texas. The Austin American-Statesman (http://bit.ly/108QQ5x ) reported Thursday that...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Justice System, Litigation, Trials
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Berrien Co. teen accused of killing boyfriend could get to undo guilty plea
BERRIEN COUNTY – Destiny Coulson, 18, who was convicted and sentenced for the murder of her boyfriend, could get a chance to undo her guilty plea. According to Coulson’s trial attorney, Lanny Fisher, a motion has been filed to have the...
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Pa. abortion doctor gets third life sentence
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia doctor was sentenced Wednesday to a third life term for killing an aborted baby that he described as so big it could "walk to the bus." Dr. Kermit Gosnell was convicted this week of first-degree murder in the...
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Judge sentences Wash. inmate to death for killing guard in prison chapel
EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state judge has sentenced an inmate to death for killing a state corrections officer in a prison chapel two years ago. Byron Scherf is a convicted rapist who already was serving life in prison when he attacked...Tags: Lawyers, Murder, Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution, Judges
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Jurors find Jodi Arias eligible for death penalty
PHOENIX (AP) — The same jury that convicted Jodi Arias of murder one week ago took less than three hours Wednesday to determine that the former waitress is eligible for the death penalty in the stabbing death of her one-time lover. The swift...
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Ex-NE Ind. college football player sentenced in rape
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — A former University of Saint Francis football player who pleaded guilty last month to the rape of an incapacitated woman at a party has been sentenced to six years in prison. The Journal Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/...Tags: Rape, Crime, Law and Justice, Sex Crimes, Judges, Justice System
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Ex-FBI agent strikes child porn plea deal in Ind.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A former FBI agent who was involved in the investigations of the Oklahoma City bombing and "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski has petitioned to plead guilty to charges of possessing and distributing child pornography. U.S. Attorney...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Justice System, FBI
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90-year sentence issued following Webb retrial
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- During the last few seconds of her life, Cherlyn Reyes was aware she was facing imminent death as she crouched in the bathroom facing a gun, the judge told the court. "Unfortunately, she saw what was coming," St. Joseph Superior Court Judge...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Murder, Crimes, Prisons, Judges
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Former Mr. Blossomtime sentenced for drunk driving and fleeing police
NILES – 180 days in jail! That was the sentence handed down Monday to former southwest Michigan Mr. Blossomtime Agape Mpamira. Mpamira was arrested last November for drunk driving and resisting police and last month pleaded guilty to the...
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