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| PG&E pleads not guilty in fatal pipeline blast Monday, Apr 21, 2014 11:33 AM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric Co. pleaded not guilty Monday to a dozen felony charges stemming from alleged safety violations in a deadly 2010 natural gas pipeline explosion that leveled a suburban neighborhood in the San Francisco Bay Area. Full Story | Top |
| Minnesota homeowner goes on trial in teens' deaths Monday, Apr 21, 2014 11:24 AM PDT LITTLE FALLS, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota man on trial for killing two teenagers after they broke into his house had planned the killings, and was lying in wait in his basement with a book, some snacks and two guns, prosecutors said Monday. But a defense attorney countered that his client was terrified after several increasingly violent break-ins and hid after hearing a window break and footsteps upstairs. Full Story | Top |
| Man arrested in kidnapping of North Carolina prosecutor's father Monday, Apr 21, 2014 10:37 AM PDT WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) - Federal agents on Monday arrested a man in Pennsylvania wanted in the kidnapping of a North Carolina prosecutor's father, the FBI said. Jakym Tibbs, 20, is among eight people charged with plotting to snatch the prosecutor's father, Frank Janssen, from his home in North Carolina this month and holding him hostage for four days in Atlanta until he was rescued. Janssen's daughter is a Raleigh, North Carolina, prosecutor whose identity has not been disclosed. She helped send Bloods gang member Kelvin Melton, who was also charged in the father's abduction, to prison for life in 2012. Full Story | Top |
| Defense: Man who shot teens 'scared in own home' Monday, Apr 21, 2014 10:34 AM PDT LITTLE FALLS, Minn. (AP) — A defense attorney says a Minnesota man on trial for killing two teenagers after they had broken into his home was frightened after a series of increasingly violent burglaries. Full Story | Top |
| Fugitive in '81 Pennsylvania death nabbed in Texas Monday, Apr 21, 2014 09:48 AM PDT HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — U.S. marshals say an ex-convict wanted in connection with a 1981 Pennsylvania homicide is under arrest after he was found to be living under an alias and serving as a church deacon in Texas. Full Story | Top |
| Bodyguard of singer Chris Brown found guilty of assault Monday, Apr 21, 2014 08:59 AM PDT  By Tom Ramstack WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A judge on Monday found the bodyguard of singer Chris Brown guilty of assaulting a man outside a Washington hotel last October in a judgment likely to influence the trial of the R&B artist on the same charge. Brown and his bodyguard, Christopher Hollosy, were arrested after both men allegedly punched the man, who was taking a photo without their permission. Brown's trial for misdemeanor assault started on Monday minutes after District of Columbia Superior Court Judge Patricia Wynn announced the guilty verdict for Hollosy. During Hollosy's trial, prosecution witnesses testified that on October 27, 2013 Brown punched 20-year-old Parker Adams, who then raised his hands, they said, in a defensive posture. Full Story | Top |
| Hamilton Project Event on Crime and Incarceration Monday, Apr 21, 2014 08:00 AM PDT WASHINGTON, April 21, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On May 1st, The Hamilton Project at Brookings will host a forum and release three new papers focusing on crime and incarceration in the United States. Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin will deliver opening remarks, and Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) will join the forum to discuss the Smarter Sentencing Act of 2014, which was recently passed by the Senate Judiciary Committee with bi-partisan support. ... Full Story | Top |
| New Report Commissioned by Born Free USA Confirms Organized Crime, Government Corruption, and Militia Links to Elephant Poaching and the Ivory Trade Monday, Apr 21, 2014 03:05 AM PDT WASHINGTON, April 21, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Born Free USA and C4ADS released "Ivory's Curse: The Militarization and Professionalization of Poaching in Africa ," one of the most shocking, rigorous and in-depth analyses of elephant poaching and the ivory trade to date. The report examines links to violent militias, organized crime, government corruption, and ivory trade to Asia. According to Adam Roberts, CEO of Born Free USA, a global leader in wildlife conservation and animal welfare, "The elephant poaching crisis has reached historic levels and, shockingly, some elephant populations face extinction in my lifetime. Born Free USA sought to understand in a more robust way how destabilizing and corrupt individuals, as well as organized crime networks across Africa, place human security at risk and traffic in elephant ivory from slaughtered animals. Full Story | Top |
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