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Two former county judges accused of taking millions of dollars in kickbacks to send juveniles to private detention facilities are partially immune from civil lawsuits, a federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled Friday. Complete Story...
A panel investigating the "kids-for-cash" scandal in a northeastern Pennsylvania county is to hear from the current Luzerne County district attorney and her predecessor Tuesday.
Recent arson attacks and shootings in this violence-wracked South American nation are the work of a mastermind living in the United States, Guyanese President Bharrat Jagdeo alleged.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed thousands of juvenile convictions issued by a judge charged in a corruption scandal, saying that none of the young offenders got a fair hearing.
A western Pennsylvania man has been charged with bringing a prohibited offensive weapon into a county courthouse: a cane that included a sheathed 17-inch knife blade. Carl Miller Jr., 47, said he bought the cane at a flea market and didn't know it could be pulled open and contained the blade. Miller was freed on bond after his arraignment Thursday.
Prosecutors say a well-dressed robbery suspect who escaped from a New York City courthouse had a fake passport, wigs, phony beards, $4,000 and four gun-shaped cigarette lighters on him when he was captured.
Police are looking for a well-dressed robbery suspect who walked out of a Manhattan courthouse after an officer apparently mistook him for a lawyer.
Authorities said a woman walking through security at the St. Lucie County Courthouse was found to have marijuana in her purse. The sheriff's office reported a 21-year-old woman was entering the courthouse Tuesday morning when a private security officer ran her purse through a scanning device. The scanner found a razor, a knife, scissors and padlock, which led to the officer to emptying out the purse. That's when he found a small bag of what appeared to by marijuana. A field test confirmed it.
The last of three defendants charged with detonating a pipe bomb outside the federal courthouse in San Diego has pleaded guilty.
Two former Pennsylvania judges implicated in a "kids-for-cash" scandal on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to federal racketeering charges.
Images of red swastikas built into tiles in the early 1920s in the Bonneville County Courthouse won't be removed during a remodel of the building, officials said.
Two former Pennsylvania judges charged in the "kids for cash" corruption scandal have withdrawn their guilty pleas after a federal judge rejected their plea deal.
A judge has thrown out charges that a former Tennessee prison guard helped in an inmate's escape that left one guard dead and another wounded in 2005.
The state Supreme Court bowed to pressure and abandoned its plan to destroy the records of thousands of juveniles who appeared before a corrupt judge between 2003 and 2008.
A federal judge has rejected plea agreements for two northeastern Pennsylvania judges in a kickback scheme involving juvenile detention facilities.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ordered the preservation of court records of juveniles who are suing a corrupt judge.
Authorities said a man walking through a security checkpoint at a Pinellas courthouse tried to steal an expensive watch, just feet from deputies. The sheriff's office reported that a man who had emptied his pockets to walk through a metal detector Monday complained that his $1,000 Wittnauer watch was gone.
A lawyer at the center of a $2.5 million kickback scheme involving a pair of corrupt judges and hundreds of juvenile criminal cases pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday.
Federal prosecutors say a Pennsylvania lawyer who allegedly tried to cover up payments he made to a pair of judges in a $2.5 million corruption case will plead guilty.
Flames and smoke Wednesday evening engulfed the 154-year-old Jefferson County Courthouse, which crews had been working to renovate in preparation for Madison's bicentennial next month.
For the first time since a jaw-dropping scandal involving crooked judges and troubled kids, voters in northeast Pennsylvania are getting a chance to assert themselves at the ballot box — and, perhaps, to start fixing the problems that have turned this former hub of coal mining into a hothouse of corruption.
A northeastern Pennsylvania county where judges have been charged in kickback scandals is trying to regain the public's trust by having a new computer system assign civil cases to judges at random.
In a story about a judicial corruption scandal in northeastern Pennsylvania, The Associated Press erroneously attributed a quote to Robert Schwartz, executive director of the Juvenile Law Center. It was Berks County Senior Judge Arthur E. Grim who said, "There are kids who, even though the process may have been tainted, may ultimately have needed the kind of treatment that comes with the juvenile justice system. It may be they had serious drug and alcohol problems and they're getting treatment for the first time in their lives because they were adjudicated and placed."
A Pennsylvania judge who pleaded guilty to corruption is seeking dismissal of a lawsuit filed on behalf of hundreds of children who allege he violated their civil rights by taking money in exchange for sending them to private detention centers.
Federal prosecutors said Tuesday they will not bring charges against Atlanta courthouse gunman Brian Nichols, who avoided the death penalty last year after he was convicted of murdering four people in a shooting spree that began in an Atlanta courthouse.
Man accused of sexual assault inside courthouseDERRY, N.H. -- A New Hampshire man is facing charges after being accused of sexually assaulting at least two women inside a courthouse. Paul Benoit, 55, turned himself into authorities Tuesday. Benoit was working as a security officer at Derry District Court.
Norman woman accused of taking gun into courthouseA Norman woman has been arrested on complaints of carrying a weapon into the Cleveland County courthouse and for disorderly conduct.
Evangelist Alamo found guilty of kid-sex crimesA federal jury on Friday convicted evangelist Tony Alamo on charges he took underage girls across state lines for sex.
Jurors weigh sex-crimes charges against AlamoJurors began deliberating Thursday in the federal sex-crimes case against an evangelist accused of taking underage girls across state lines for sex.
Paid Protesters For Father's Rights?The group of paid protesters outside the Courthouse Annex on Tuesday measured their success not just in dollars, but in honking horns.
Tiller's lawyer tells of fears preceding slayingAs Wichita lawyer Dan Monnat prepared to hear a jury's verdict in late March**, he received notice of the latest threat against his client, abortion provider George Tiller.
'Extremely bored' runaway juror faces jail timeA man who left jury duty after lunch because he was "extremely bored" will be back at the courthouse to be arraigned on a charge of contempt of court.
Angry mother beats molester at courthouseA New Jersey man in court to be sentenced for assaulting and harassing teenage girls was beaten in a corridor by the mother of one of his victims.
Prosecutor's mysterious death still unsolvedIt is one of the most stubborn cases investigators have come ever come across. A popular, charismatic young prosecutor, known for locking up the hardest of criminals, is killed. Were those criminals somehow behind his death?
Felon who fled by storm drain on the run againA felon who escaped jail through a storm drain in 2003 is on the run again in Southern California.
Mice Overrun Courthouse, Fall From Ceiling There are so many mice in one Florida county courthouse that they've been seen falling from ceiling tiles. One judge at the Palm Beach County Courthouse calls it an infestation. Some staffers say they check their handbags for stowaways before leaving the building each day.
Mice scamper, leap, fall from ceilings in the Palm Beach County CourthouseWEST PALM BEACH — Of mice and men, there are tales aplenty at the Palm Beach County Courthouse.
Las Vegas sex workers demand rights, respectStrippers, hookers and academics joined together in front of the courthouse in downtown Las Vegas to call for more legal protection and decriminalization of the world's oldest profession.
Man Charged After Granddaughter Wanders Courthouse AlonePolice arrested a Maineville man accused of allowing his granddaughter to wander the halls of a courthouse while he made a court appearance
Mom charged after kids found wandering courthouseA woman has been charged after her three children were found wandering in a suburban Chicago courthouse and parking lot. Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart's office says 25-year-old Lupita Villasenor of Chicago was charged Wednesday with three counts of child endangerment.
Man threatens to blow up courthouseA $10,000 bond was set for a Tahlequah man who allegedly threatened to blow up the Cherokee County Courthouse. Edward Gandy, 39, was arrested by Nate King, community sentencing coordinator. Gandy came to King's office Tuesday morning and was allegedly verbally abusive.
Death penalty weighed for courthouse gunmanProsecutors urged jurors to recommend the death sentence for the gunman convicted of killing a judge and three others in an Atlanta courthouse shooting spree.
Jury selection begins in Fort Dix plot caseJury selection began under tight security Monday in the federal trial of five men accused of planning an attack on Fort Dix.
3 charged in Calif. federal courthouse bombingThree people have been indicted on federal charges of using a weapon of mass destruction in the bombings of a federal courthouse and a FedEx building, authorities said Wednesday.
'Extreme Makeover' family faces foreclosureMore than 1,800 people showed up to help ABC's "Extreme Makeover" team demolish a family's decrepit home and replace it with a sparkling, four-bedroom mini-mansion in 2005.
Female rapper Remy Ma sentenced to 8 years in prisonThe entertainer, whose real name is Remy Smith, had faced up to 25 years in prison for assault, weapon possession and attempted coercion for shooting Makeda Barnes Joseph last July in a dispute over money.
Auditor: So Far $132 Million Decision Draws 3 Percent Of VotersPolk County Auditor Jamie Fitzgerald said that voter turnout for Tuesday's special election [regarding a Courthouse annex] has been lower than average, so far near 3 percent of registered voters.
Kosovo Serbs seize UN courthouseHundreds of Kosovo Serbs have taken over a UN courthouse in the northern Kosovo town of Mitrovica, raising a Serbian flag to replace the UN's. The protesters broke into the building in the Serb-dominated part of the city, forcing UN police to retreat.
Supreme Court: Taking Care of BusinessNot only are "the people" losing at a rapid clip when they come before the court, but it has gotten much, much harder for the average person to even get into court in the first place.
Powder Mailed in Letter Shuts Down Ft. Oglethorpe Courts BuildingHaz-mat crews were in Fort Oglethorpe after a suspicious letter was mailed to the courthouse. A portion of the courthouse was closed off late Wednesday afternoon when a letter containing white powder was found.
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