Archbishop McCarthy boys win golf tourney
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:35:40 -0700
It wasn't its sharpest performance, but the Archbishop McCarthy boys' golf team came away with a victory Tuesday morning at Biltmore Golf Course in Coral Gables.
Sheriff's Report - September 1, 2010
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:19:16 -0700
KEY MVOP – misdemeanor violation of probation FVOP – felony violation of probation Agg – aggravated Poss – possession Meth – methamphetamine DUI – driving under the influence DWLSR – driving while license suspended or revoked FTA –...
Psychological abuse worse than beatings
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:02:01 -0700
JAMES CITY — Although she wasn’t beaten, Mildred Muhammad was a victim of domestic violence.
Kevin Powell: Who Is Kevin Powell?
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:24:06 -0700
I could not imagine doing anything else with my life now other than being a public servant in some form or fashion.
Pottawatomie County Man Sentenced for Stealing from His Mother’s Trust Fund
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:26:14 -0700
More Than $500,000 was stolen.
Salinas Catholic church to hold prayer vigil for peace starting Friday
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:16:07 -0700
A Catholic church in Salinas has hopes that a 13-hour prayer vigil can help put a stop to the violence in the city.
Earl batters Caribbean, threatens US East Coast
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 23:02:41 -0700
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Hurricane Earl battered tiny islands across the northeastern Caribbean with heavy rain and roof-ripping winds Monday, rapidly intensifying into a major Category 4 storm on a path projected to menace the United States.
Man Sentenced For Stealing From Mother
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:03:28 -0700
Kent Joseph Gockel was sentenced to two and a half years and ordered to pay the money back he stole from his mother's trust fund.
Two teen boys shot in Salinas on Saturday
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:15:17 -0700
Two teenage boys were shot by a male shooter wearing a hooded sweatshirt Saturday morning, Salinas police said.
National briefs: 8/30/10
Sun, 29 Aug 2010 22:43:52 -0700
NEW YORK -- A college student accused of slashing a taxi driver because he is a Muslim was moved from jail to a psychiatric ward, corrections officials said Friday. Michael Enright, 21, of Brewster, N.Y., was accused of using a folding knife to slash the face and neck of the driver, Ahmed H. Sharif, an immigrant from Bangladesh, on Tuesday night after asking whether he's a Muslim. Mr.
Stanford, insurers dispute D&O cover at trial
Sun, 29 Aug 2010 04:14:44 -0700
HOUSTON—A federal judge soon will decide whether directors and officers liability insurers must continue to pay the legal bills for executives accused of running one of the nation's largest Ponzi schemes.
Police briefs: Shooting wounds two Salinas teens
Sun, 29 Aug 2010 02:03:42 -0700
Salinas Police are investigating a Saturday morning shooting — the second in two days — that wounded two juvenile males in front of La Paz Middle School at the intersection of North Sanborn Road and Antigua Avenue.
Stanford Committed No Crimes, Securities Expert Says
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:03:43 -0700
R. Allen Stanford didn’t lead a Ponzi scheme that fleeced investors of $7 billion, a former federal prosecutor who reviewed evidence against him told a U.S. judge in Houston.
Fate of Stanford's legal fees in hands of judge
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:57:10 -0700
Whether jailed Texas financier R. Allen Stanford and two of his former company executives — all accused of bilking investors out of $7 billion in a massive Ponzi scheme — will continue having their mounting legal bills paid for by an insurance policy is now in the hands of a federal judge.
Witness says Stanford reports were ‘fictional’
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:26:20 -0700
Jailed businessman R. Allen Stanford knew that investments he was promoting could not be converted quickly to cash, The Houston (Texas) Chronicle reported Thursday.
Lawyers: Texas financier didn't run Ponzi scheme
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:20:43 -0700
Lawyers for jailed Texas financier R. Allen Stanford and two of his former executives on Thursday tried to shoot down claims by a fraud examiner that their clients took part in the massive Ponzi scheme that authorities say helped bilk investors out of $7 billion.
Lawyers: Texas financier didn't tap investor money
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:20:41 -0700
Lawyers for jailed Texas financier R. Allen Stanford on Thursday tried to shoot down claims by a fraud examiner that the once flamboyant billionaire took $1.7 billion in deposits made to his now defunct Caribbean bank and used them for loans to himself.
Dollar, Wal-Mart, Rite-Aid, Hertz, American Express, EPA in Court News
Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:54:42 -0700
Dollar Thrifty’s board isn’t giving enough credence to a $1.3 billion competing offer from Avis Budget Group Inc. and acceded to Hertz’s demands that it not seek other bids, lawyers for disgruntled Dollar Thrifty shareholders told Delaware Chancery Court Judge Leo Strine at a hearing yesterday in Wilmington.
Witnesses: Execs knew of woes at financier's bank
Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:41:17 -0700
Executives who worked with Texas financier R. Allen Stanford were aware of problems at his now defunct Caribbean bank, including fabricated investment reports and that Stanford secretly used money from investors to fund loans to himself, two financial experts testified Wednesday.
Financier Stanford indicted for $7B fraud
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:10:12 -0700
Billionaire financier Robert Allen Stanford has been indicted on charges of criminal conspiracy to commit mail, wire and securities fraud, actions that earned his company an estimated $7 billion dollars, according to court documents unsealed Friday.
