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Today's Crime and Trials News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Hitchhiker sentenced in Montana shooting hoax Nanny cam home invasion suspect pleads not guilty Defense: Ice cream photo taken before testimony Prosecutors want inquiry into ice cream photo Judge enters not guilty plea for Fort Hood suspect CEO of Calif. firm sentenced in Ponzi scheme Financial adviser sentenced for investment fraud Fugitive Snowden's options narrow as asylum requests spurned Russian tycoon sentenced to community service San Diego chalk protester acquitted of vandalism Jurors hear Zimmerman's account of killing Trayvon Martin Not guilty verdict for San Diego chalk protester

Hitchhiker sentenced in Montana shooting hoax  Tuesday, Jul 02, 2013 11:43 AM PDT BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A hitchhiker who falsely claimed to be the victim of a drive-by shooting received a four-year deferred sentence and was ordered to pay more than $7,500 in fines and restitution by a Montana judge, authorities said Tuesday. Full Story	Top
Nanny cam home invasion suspect pleads not guilty  Tuesday, Jul 02, 2013 11:30 AM PDT NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A man charged with brutally attacking a New Jersey woman as she watched cartoons with her 3-year-old — a beating captured on a hidden camera — pleaded not guilty to multiple charges Tuesday. Full Story	Top
Defense: Ice cream photo taken before testimony  Tuesday, Jul 02, 2013 11:20 AM PDT SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — Prosecutors have asked a judge in the George Zimmerman trial to conduct an inquiry into an Instagram photo of a defense attorney eating ice cream with his daughters, but the lawyer said Tuesday that it was unrelated to testimony in the case. Full Story	Top
Prosecutors want inquiry into ice cream photo  Tuesday, Jul 02, 2013 10:13 AM PDT SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — Prosecutors have asked a judge in the George Zimmerman trial to conduct an inquiry into an Instagram photo that was posted by the daughter of a defense attorney. Full Story	Top
Judge enters not guilty plea for Fort Hood suspect  Tuesday, Jul 02, 2013 10:08 AM PDT FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — A military judge has entered a not-guilty plea for the Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage. Full Story	Top
CEO of Calif. firm sentenced in Ponzi scheme  Tuesday, Jul 02, 2013 09:16 AM PDT The CEO of an California-based mortgage services firm has been sentenced to over three years in prison for running a Ponzi scheme that bilked more than $6.7 million from more than two dozen investors. ... Full Story	Top
Financial adviser sentenced for investment fraud  Tuesday, Jul 02, 2013 07:36 AM PDT A New Jersey-based financial adviser who operated a scheme that defrauded investors out of $9.8 million has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Acting State Attorney General John Hoffman says Maxwell ... Full Story	Top
Fugitive Snowden's options narrow as asylum requests spurned  Tuesday, Jul 02, 2013 07:26 AM PDT By Alissa de Carbonnel and Alexei Anishchuk MOSCOW (Reuters) - Countries in Latin America, Asia and Europe spurned asylum requests by Edward Snowden on Tuesday, despite a call by Venezuela for the world to protect the former U.S. spy agency contractor wanted by Washington for espionage. Snowden, who revealed the secret U.S. electronic surveillance program Prism, has applied for political asylum in more than a dozen countries in his search for safety from prosecution in the United States. ... Full Story	Top
Russian tycoon sentenced to community service  Tuesday, Jul 02, 2013 06:43 AM PDT MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian tycoon who financed a newspaper critical of the Kremlin was found guilty Tuesday of assault for punching a talk show guest and sentenced to 150 hours of community service. Full Story	Top
San Diego chalk protester acquitted of vandalism  Monday, Jul 01, 2013 06:13 PM PDT A jury on Monday acquitted an activist of vandalism charges for chalking anti-bank slogans on San Diego sidewalks, delivering a swift verdict on a prosecution that the city's own mayor said was "stupid." ... Full Story	Top
Jurors hear Zimmerman's account of killing Trayvon Martin  Monday, Jul 01, 2013 04:53 PM PDT By Barbara Liston SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - Jurors on Monday heard George Zimmerman say he never tried to identify himself as a neighborhood watch volunteer to Trayvon Martin before fatally shooting the unarmed black teenager. "I was scared," Zimmerman said in a taped police interrogation three days after the killing in this central Florida town, which was replayed at his murder trial. ... Full Story	Top
Not guilty verdict for San Diego chalk protester  Monday, Jul 01, 2013 03:35 PM PDT A jury on Monday acquitted an activist of vandalism charges for chalking anti-bank slogans on San Diego sidewalks, delivering a swift verdict on a prosecution that the city's own mayor said was "stupid." ... Full Story	Top

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