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Investigators suspect Utah doctor killed wife
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2011/04/29 10:17
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A search warrant shows authorities suspect a Utah doctor and lawyer killed his wife by giving her a lethal combination of drugs days after she underwent surgery. The Deseret News reports that the search warrant filed in 4th District Court earlier this month shows authorities believe Martin MacNeill, who is serving time for identity fraud, had the motive and opportunity to kill his wife, Michele, in 2007. An investigation is ongoing and he has not been charged in her death. An initial autopsy attributed Michele MacNeill's death to natural causes after she was found dead in a bathtub in her home. The new warrant states recent information led a medical examiner to believe drugs found in her system could have been lethal and question if she took the medications willingly. |
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Ohio man pleads guilty in abortion-gunpoint case
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2011/04/28 10:38
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A man charged under an Ohio fetal homicide law with trying to force his pregnant girlfriend at gunpoint to get an abortion pleaded guilty Thursday to attempted murder, weapons and abduction counts.
Dominic Holt-Reid pulled a gun Oct. 6 on girlfriend Yolanda Burgess, who was three months pregnant, and forced her to drive to an abortion clinic, police said. Burgess, who was 26 at the time, did not go through with the procedure but instead passed a note to a clinic employee, who called police.
Prosecutors had brought their case against Holt-Reid using the state's 1996 law that says a person can be found guilty of murder for causing the unlawful termination of a pregnancy.
Holt-Reid, 28, faces up to 20 years in prison and a $40,000 fine. A presentencing investigation was ordered, and the next hearing was scheduled for June 9.
Holt-Reid had previously pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted murder, kidnapping, improper handling of a firearm and carrying a concealed weapon. His guilty pleas in Franklin County Common Pleas Court came a day after Prosecutor Ron O'Brien told The Associated Press in a statement that a plea deal was in the works. |
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Ind. school shooting suspect to be tried as adult
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2011/04/26 10:17
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A judge on Monday bound over to adult court a 15-year-old boy accused to trying kill another teen by shooting him at a central Indiana middle school just minutes after posting "today is the day" on his Facebook page.
Michael Phelps, bound by shackles, was led from Morgan Superior Court by sheriff's deputies as members of his family hugged each other and his grim-faced mother left his side and headed for the exits without saying a word.
Phelps was expected to face six felony charges including attempted murder and aggravated battery in the March 25 shooting of 15-year-old Chance Jackson at Martinsville West Middle School, about 30 miles south of Indianapolis.
"The evidence presented would indicate to a reasonable person that is was a cold, calculated and planned act of violence with intent to kill," Morgan Superior Court Judge Christopher Burnham said, reading his 10-page ruling.
Defense attorney Steven Litz had argued that Phelps, who will turn 16 on May 5, should be tried as a juvenile. Litz contended that the teen had a troubled childhood and would emerge from prison far worse than when he entered if convicted as an adult. |
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Dallas steak house founder pleads guilty to theft
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2011/04/20 11:35
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The founder of a Dallas steak house has pleaded guilty to swindling an investor out of $300,000. Bob Sambol, founder of Bob's Steak & Chop House, pleaded guilty late Monday to felony theft. Sambol has agreed to repay the investor over money the restaurant operator received in 2007. Sambol faces 10 years of deferred adjudication probation. No sentencing date was immediately set. The Dallas Morning News reports the charges stem from an investment Sambol accepted to expand one of his restaurants. Sambol originally said the indictment was about "a business deal gone bad." |
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Fla. man pleads guilty to gouging wife's eyes
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2011/04/20 09:35
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A man who gouged out his eyes while in Miami-Dade County jail has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for gouging his wife's eyes after he was released. Eugene Roman pleaded guilty Monday to aggravated battery and kidnapping charges in the May 2006 attack. Roman's estranged wife was left blind in her right eye and partially blind in her left. Roman was also sentenced to 10 years probation. The 50-year-old cried in court and asked for forgiveness. His wife told The Miami Herald she wanted him kept away from her and her children. Roman gouged out his eyes while serving a 364-day sentence for attacking his wife and police officers inside the couple's home in 2005. He was released early when his wife agreed to take him back. |
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Navy contractor to plead guilty in kickback scheme
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2011/04/18 13:22
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A Navy contractor has agreed to plead guilty in federal court in Rhode Island to his part in a multimillion-dollar kickback and bribery scheme.
Anjan Dutta-Gupta entered a plea agreement Monday.
The U.S. attorney's office in Rhode Island says the 58-year-old has agreed to admit to paying $8 million in bribes to civilian Navy employee Ralph Mariano and his family members in exchange for increased funding to $120 million worth in Navy contracts held by Dutta-Gupta's company. Prosecutors also say Dutta-Gupta funneled $1.2 million through subcontractors to another company he owned.
Dutta-Gupta's attorney didn't immediately return calls for comment.
The company, Advanced Solutions for Tomorrow, was based in Georgia, and had offices in Middletown, R.I.
Mariano has also been charged and has not pleaded guilty. |
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