Tag: charge
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Russian court jails U.S. citizen, 72, for nearly seven years on Ukraine mercenary charge
MOSCOW — A Russian court on Monday sentenced 72-year-old American citizen Stephen James Hubbard to six years and 10 months in prison after convicting him in a closed-door trial of serving as a mercenary for Ukraine, a Reuters reporter in the courtroom said. Investigators said Hubbard, a native of Michigan, was paid $1,000 per month…
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Ex-Virginia officer who killed shoplifting suspect acquitted of manslaughter, guilty of firearm charge
FAIRFAX, Va. — A jury on Friday acquitted a former police officer in Virginia of involuntary manslaughter after he fatally shot a shoplifting suspect outside a busy shopping mall. But the jury did convict the former police sergeant, Wesley Shifflett, of reckless handling of a firearm in connection with the shooting. Prosecutors argued that Shifflett,…
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Mayor Adams urges judge to dismiss bribery charge brought by ‘zealous prosecutors’
Lawyers for New York Mayor Eric Adams asked a federal judge on Monday to dismiss the bribery charge included in his federal indictment, saying the government’s allegations are “extraordinarily vague” and failed to prove Adams broke the law. Adams was charged last week with five criminal counts, including bribery, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and…
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Harvey Weinstein pleads not guilty to additional sex crimes charge ahead of retrial
Harvey Weinstein was arraigned on an additional sex crimes charge in a New York City courtroom Wednesday, roughly two months ahead of a retrial in the disgraced Hollywood producer’s landmark #MeToo case. Weinstein, who arrived at the Manhattan courthouse in a wheelchair, pleaded not guilty to one count of criminal sexual act in the first…