Manslaughter charge allowed in George Zimmerman charge

On July 11, Judge Debra Nelson has allowed jurors in the George Zimmerman trial case to consider a manslaughter charge against 29-year-old George Zimmerman, who is accused of killing neighbor Trayvor Martin. Prosecutor Richard Mantei said Zimmerman should also be tried for third-degree murder because Zimmerman’s shooting of Martin, who was 17 years old at...

Criminal Defense

July 9th, 2013

50 Cent says he didn’t attack ex-girlfriend

Thirty-seven-year-old Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson is facing five criminal charges – one count of domestic violence and four counts of vandalism – for allegedly attacking an ex-girlfriend and causing damage to her home during an argument in Los Angeles on June 23. He was not arrested for said charges, according to report from CNN, until...

Criminal Defense

June 21st, 2013

International cyber crime ring busted

Eight people who were allegedly members of an international cybercrime ring that aimed to steal $15 million were charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and conspiracy to commit identity theft. Thirty-three-year-old Kiev, Ukraine resident Oleksiy Sharapka was the leader of the syndicate that tried to steal millions from customer...

Criminal Defense

June 13th, 2013

Robert Kraft recently claims that Putin stole his super bowl ring

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft told his side of the story behind Russian President Vladimir Putin’s acquisition of his Super Bowl ring worth more than $25,000 in a statement on June 13. According to Kraft, he took out the ring and showed it to Putin, who proceeded to admire the ring and put it...

Sex Crimes Defense

April 27th, 2013

Man charged for sexual abuse of a minor

A man is being held currently at the Champaign County Jail on a bond of $75,000 for allegedly touching a six-year-old girl inappropriately. Thirty-five-year-old Gregory Allen Pruett of Thomasboro, Illinois claimed he was innocent of charges of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a victim under age 13 last Tuesday, April 23. Police investigations revealed that...

Gun Crimes

April 21st, 2013

Concealed weapon ban rules dismissed by state prosecutors, judges

Although the 7th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in December 2012 that the state law against carrying a gun in public violates the Second Amendment right to bear arms, Illinois authorities continue to enforce this ban, leaving citizens confused as to which ruling to follow. Among those whose future lies in jeopardy is Deafalla...

Drug Crime Defense

March 27th, 2013

Medical condition saves drug cartel member from prison sentence

A 25-year-old Saybrook resident, who was a defendant in a McLean County drug trafficking case, was kept from getting almost a decade in prison due to a serious medical affliction that he has had since childhood. Dustin Pulliam, who was involved in a massive marijuana shipment operation from California to multiple sources in McLean County,...

Assault and Battery Defense

February 22nd, 2013

Urbana felony witness shot before being able to testify in the trial

An Urbana local set to testify in a Champaign County aggravated battery trial was shot Monday, February 4, inside his apartment. The 29-year-old victim, Curtis L. Mosley, was resting in his apartment at 1101 E. Colorado Ave at about 8:30 p.m. when an unidentified man broke into his apartment and fired a round of shots...

Criminal Defense

February 1st, 2013

Indiana Woman Dies due to Accidental Gun Shot Wound

20-year-old Sydni Kay Blackwell succumbed to a lone gunshot wound after allegedly being shot accidentally by her boyfriend at a Super 8 Motel along W. Marketview Drive Friday morning. Officers of the Champaign Police Department said that Antonio Brown, 20, was improperly using his gun when it went off and hit his girlfriend Sydni Kay...

Drug Crime Defense

November 7th, 2012

Drug charges filed against Champaign man

Over the weekend, a 47-year-old Champaign man was arrested after police responded to a call regarding shots being fired near Fourth and Hill streets. According to the report, several shots were fired in the area, and two groups of men dispersed from the area before police arrived at the scene. Once police arrived, they evacuated...

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