Criminal Law News: DUI, Internet Spam, Criminal Lawsuits

Criminal Law Articles from Online Lawyer Source with a focus on lawsuits in the daily news.

Criminal Law News Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:00:00 EDT

FBI Agent Killed While Serving Warrant  A man, suspected of being involved in the death of an FBI agent in Indianola, Pennsylvania is facing felony charges. According to reports, the FBI agent, Sam Hicks, was shot and killed while serving a warrant, Nov. 19. Suspect Indicted for Drug Trafficking... Hit and Run Leaves Man Injured  New York police are still on the search for the person responsible for a hit and run accident that left a pedestrian severely injured Nov. 4. According to reports, Antonio Romano, 55, was either getting in or out of his parked car in Staten Island, NY when an unknown dri... Vermont Man Arrested on Drug Charges  A man living in Bennington, Vermont is facing life in prison for drug charges. Jerry E. Merrow, who was charged with a felony count of possession of marijuana in September, was arraigned Oct... Policeman Arrested on DUI Charges  A Florida police officer was arrested Oct. 28 on a charge of fleeing the scene of an accident and on DUI charges. According to reports, Officer Christopher John Sutherlin was speeding down a Florida... Drug Arrests Don't Hold Up in Court  Two people arrested on drug charges in Maryland have been convicted of misdemeanors, rather than felonies, due to lack of investigation prior to their arrests. A third person arrested on drug charges was f... Man Convicted of DUI Involuntary Manslaughter  A 22-year-old Fairfax man was sentenced to three years in prison after being found guilty of DUI involuntary manslaughter. Christopher Plaiser crashed his car Nov. 28, 2007 after having drinks with his buddies at a few local ba... Biker Gang Arrested for Criminal Violence  More than 60 members of the Mongol Motorcycle Club, a Southern California-based biker gang, were arrested on murder, torture and drug charges. While the members argue they are nothing more than a so... Former Actor Faces the Death Penalty  Former child actor, Skylar Deleon, 29, is facing the possibility of the death penalty for his role in the murders of Tom and Jackie Hawks, a middle aged couple from Arizona. Deleon is known for having briefly acted on the 1990s children show entitled the "Mighty Morphin Powe... Man Convicted of Killing 5 at Texas KFC  Darnell Hartsfield, a 47-year old Texan, was recently convicted on five counts of murder for slayings that occurred at an East Texas Kentucky Fried Chicken in 1983. After the two weeks it took to present both sides of this case, it took less than two hours for th... Ex-CIA Official Pleads Guilty to Taking "Gifts"  Kyle "Dusty" Foggo, 53, the former third-highest ranking officer of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud on Sept. 29 as part of his...