Crime in Florida is not prevalent, but it is definitely not wiped out either. Being a victim of crime can be traumatizing and upsetting, and most victims cannot afford the post-crime formalities to make themselves secure. However, the Florida law has certain rules and guidelines that ensure ... Read more

San Diego officials are facing a problem of teachers and school officials bringing weapons to work. Most teachers who are engaging in this act state they want to be prepared to defend themselves if something happens at school. A middle school teacher  in San Diego is being accused of ... Read more

Following the recent school attacks in Connecticut, cities around the world are trying to figure out how to protect students. San Diego is in the process of announcing a comprehensive plan to prevent gun violence on district campuses. The Board President John Lee Evans states, “Our ... Read more

A foreign exchange student accused of attempting to blow up the Federal Reserve Bank in New York was indicted on charges of providing material support to members of the terrorist group Al Quaeda and using a weapon of mass destruction. The indictment, handed down on November 15, followed the ... Read more

Police in St. Cloud, Florida recently arrested two individuals they suspect of being part of a car burglary ring. These individuals are allegedly part of a group that has been roaming the state of Florida, cruising parking lots and busting into vehicles to steal things. Police were ... Read more

On February 24, 2011, a blaze in a home day care facility in Houston, Texas killed four of the children and injured three others. The fire started in the kitchen where a pan of oil cooked on an unattended stove. The day care operator, 22 year old Jessica Tata, had left the seven children ... Read more

It seemed like more of a movie storyline than something out of the headlines.   A Florida teen charged with two counts of practicing medicine without a license. As interesting as the headline is, the story is even more so. Mathew Scheidt was convicted in August of those two counts ... Read more

In Washington DC, a councilmember is proposing a task force that will be dedicated purely to determining ways to lower fines for traffic violations.  According to councilmember Tommy Wells (D-Ward 6), he will soon establish a task force that consists of a number of auto safety ... Read more

An unlicensed cosmetic surgeon who injected a questionable mix of chemicals into the body of a woman, who wanted buttock implants, has been charged with manslaughter.  Oneal Ron Morris delivered the deadly chemical cocktail to Shatarka Nuby in 2007 and 2008.  According to her ... Read more

Opening statements are soon expected to be made in the trial of Drew Peterson, who is on trial on the murder of his 3rd wife.  The trial comes 5 years after his fourth wife went missing.  Her disappearance ultimately raised murder suspicions involving the death of his 3rd wide, and ... Read more

Illinois recently became one of the few states in the country that makes dog fighting punishable under RICO laws, which are typically used to target organized crime.  In this state, dog fighting is now a crime that is subject to much stiffer penalties than before. It's a move ... Read more

A memorabilia company that sold celebrity memorabilia even though there were doubts about the authenticity of some of these items is under investigation by federal prosecutors.  The memorabilia was auctioned by Mastro Auctions, a successful sports memorabilia auction house.  The ... Read more

Charges of insider trading are extremely serious, and can arise when an individual makes use of information that he or she is privy to, and uses these to manipulate share markets.  The head of an investment firm in Oregon is pleading guilty to charges of insider trading and securities ... Read more

The governor of Delaware recently signed a bill that would strengthen that state’s penalties for certain crimes, like health care fraud, theft and embezzlement.  Gov. John Markell signed the bill, which was introduced as a response to several recent high-profile cases of ... Read more

An upcoming election for a vacant seat on the Alameda County Board Of Supervisors will attract more than the usual amount of attention.   The seat is being vacated by a woman who had to give up her seat after a highly publicized sex scandal, and the assemblywoman who is on the list ... Read more

  The actual number of identity theft crimes that were reported in California fell in 2011, compared to 2010.  However, there was an increase in losses as a result of such theft. In 2010, victims of identity fraud are reported to have lost as much as $82 per person.  ... Read more

A shipyard worker at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard has been charged with arson, for his role in starting a fire that raged through a submarine causing more than $500 million in losses.  24-year-old Casey James Fury was charged with 2 counts of arson for allegedly starting two ... Read more

The ongoing investigation into charges of phone hacking at Rupert Murdoch's tabloid newspapers in the United Kingdom has now been expanded to include allegations that much of the data was obtained from cell phones that were stolen from their owners. Scotland Yard has confirmed that it ... Read more

Authorities in New York have cracked down on a motorcycling and gun trafficking ring that they say was involved in lifting expensive motorcycles off the streets of New York and selling them at throwaway prices. A jury in Manhattan has indicted a total of 33 defendants in a massive ... Read more

Three men were who found guilty of attacking an African-American man at a bus stop in Houston, Texas last summer have been sentenced.  The sentences range from 2 ½ years to more than 6 years.  This is the first case in the state of Texas that has been decided under a new ... Read more

Investigations into bribery charges involving the mayor of a New Jersey city are currently on.  The Federal Bureau of Investigation is currently seeking evidence into allegations of bribery, extortion, fraud and money laundering involving the mayor of New Jersey’s capital, Trenton. ... Read more

Penn State's woes after the conviction of former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky, who was convicted on charges of child molestation and abuse, have not ended. In fact, if anything, the future is increasingly dim for the celebrated team. The National Collegiate Athletic Association recently ... Read more

It will not be an easy few months ahead for the criminal defense team that is currently representing James Holmes, the 24-year-old man who has been accused of gunning down 12 people at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado. For obvious reasons, this is not likely to be a typical defense ... Read more

With speculation rising that the legal defense team for James Holmes will probably enter an insanity plea, it is likely that the young man who is at the center of the shooting tragedy, will be subjected to a psychiatric evaluation. Experts will be brought in, and the psychiatrists will not ... Read more

Any chance that James Holmes has at all of walking away from the Aurora shooting tragedy without the death penalty depends on whether his lawyers are able to prove that there was no premeditation involved in this crime. However, the chances of that happening are slim to none. There seems to ... Read more

The state of Colorado does not allow people like James Holmes to plead insanity all that easily. The state has some of the tougher laws against insanity pleas in the country. In Colorado, a person who wants to plead insanity in defense of the crime must be proved to have been suffering from ... Read more

After the Colorado shooting in which 12 moviegoers were killed by a lone gunman, questions are once again being asked about a possible association between an individual's introverted nature and possible psychopathic tendencies. Similar questions had been raised after the Virginia Tech ... Read more

According to new research conducted in the UK, one in every 8 soldiers who returns home from combat has been involved in a domestic violence incident. The research was conducted by the King's Center for Military Health Research, and involved 13,000 British army veterans returning from Iraq ... Read more

Expungement of your records will allow you to "eliminate" traces of any criminal conviction in your past. Having even a DUI conviction on your record, can possibly interfere with your prospects for future employment, or further studies. Getting your record expunged, in many states, allows ... Read more

Insurer State Farm is upset at having to pay out millions of dollars worth in legal fees arising out of the sexual abuse case involving former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky. State Farm has moved to ensure that it is exempt from Sandusky's legal bills, which are mounting. State ... Read more