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Court of appeals upholds telecommunications fraud conviction
A Fifth District Court of Appeals panel affirmed the conviction of a man on telecommunications fraud and theft charges after he transferred more than $36,000 to his own bank account from the Newark business employing him.
The three-judge panel overruled John Abraham’s assertion that the evidence was insufficient to convict ... (full story)
Gilgo Beach serial killer case a key test in use of advanced DNA techniques in criminal trials
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — When Maureen Brainard-Barnes' skeletal remains were found hidden in the roadside scrub near Long Island's Gilgo Beach in the winter of 2010, there was hardly any physical evidence that might help investigators find her killer, save for a single stray hair.
But at the time, extracting DNA evidence fro ... (full story)
The Ohio Supreme Court rejects challenge to AEP Ohio electric service plan
The Supreme Court of Ohio recently rejected an industrial power company’s claim that state regulators improperly approved AEP Ohio’s current electric service plan.
A unanimous Supreme Court found that One Power Company failed to prove the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) wrongly allowed Ohio Power Company, ... (full story)
What to know about Guatemalan migrant children and efforts to send them home
WASHINGTON (AP) — Over Labor Day weekend, the Trump administration attempted to remove Guatemalan children who had come to the U.S. alone and were living in shelters or with foster care families in the U.S.
Advocates who represent migrant children in court filed lawsuits across the country seeking to stop the government fr ... (full story)
ICE is showing up to interview parents hoping to reunite with their children who entered US alone
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration has started requiring parents looking to reunite with their children who crossed into the U.S. alone to show up for interviews where immigration officers may question them, according to a policy memo obtained by The Associated Press.
Legal advocacy groups say th ... (full story)