http://www.mail.com/subjects/1542-indictments.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/1542-indictments.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2098804-judge-tosses-ex-bp-executives-obstruction-charge.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a charge that is the backbone of the case against a former BP executive accused of concealing information from Congress about the amount of oil spewing in 2010 from the company's blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico. Defense attorney Reid Weingarten called it a huge victory for David Rainey, who was BP's vi... Tue, 21 May 2013 00:35:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2098804-judge-tosses-ex-bp-executives-obstruction-charge.html 2013-05-21T00:35:20Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2093832-feds-time-needed-to-indict-tsarnaev.html BOSTON (AP) — Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev won't be indicted within the 30-day period prescribed under the Federal Speedy Trial Act but prosecutors said Friday they would ask for more time. Sunday marks 30 days since Tsarnaev was arrested following the April 15 twin bombing that killed three people and injured more than 260. U.S. Atto... Fri, 17 May 2013 23:08:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2093832-feds-time-needed-to-indict-tsarnaev.html 2013-05-17T23:08:54Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2092554-idaho-man-charged-uzbekistan-terrorism-plot.html BOISE, Idaho (AP) — He was a Russian-speaking truck driver who came to Idaho nearly four years ago to join hundreds of other Uzbekistan refugees for whom the state has become a sanctuary from violence in their home country. But federal officials say in an indictment that Fazliddin Kurbanov also was teaching people to build bombs that would target public t... Fri, 17 May 2013 22:14:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2092554-idaho-man-charged-uzbekistan-terrorism-plot.html 2013-05-17T22:14:33Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2091848-authorities-arrest-man-idaho-terrorism-case.html BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Federal authorities in Idaho said Thursday they have arrested an Uzbekistan national accused of conspiring with a designated terrorist organization in his home country and helping scheme to use a weapon of mass destruction. The U.S. attorney's office said Fazliddin Kurbanov, 30, was arrested at an apartment complex in south Boise on Th... Fri, 17 May 2013 00:49:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2091848-authorities-arrest-man-idaho-terrorism-case.html 2013-05-17T00:49:37Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2088442-apnewsbreak-mailbox-bomb-suspect-to-face-hearing.html IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — More than a decade after a string of mailbox bombings injured people in Midwestern states, a judge will reconsider whether the former college student accused of carrying out the terrifying campaign is mentally competent to stand trial. U.S. District Judge Mark Bennett informed attorneys in March that he intends to order a competency... Wed, 15 May 2013 21:15:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2088442-apnewsbreak-mailbox-bomb-suspect-to-face-hearing.html 2013-05-15T21:15:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2054638-omalley-notes-improvements-jail.html ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland's governor said Tuesday that changes are needed at a Baltimore jail, including a revamped process for hiring corrections officers, after 13 female officers were among 25 people indicted in an alleged contraband-smuggling conspiracy. Gov. Martin O'Malley called the allegations arising from last week's federal indictment ugly ... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:55:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2054638-omalley-notes-improvements-jail.html 2013-04-30T20:55:59Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2032492-woman-hugh-jackman-nyc-stalking-case-indicted.html NEW YORK (AP) — A woman accused of stalking Hugh Jackman and throwing a razor at him has been indicted by a New York City grand jury. The New York Post reports (http://bit.ly/11oD5xr) Kathleen Thurston appeared briefly in Manhattan Criminal Court on Friday. The charges remain sealed until Thurston's next court date May 8. Police say Thurston pulled out a ... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:38:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2032492-woman-hugh-jackman-nyc-stalking-case-indicted.html 2013-04-19T22:38:35Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2023648-feds-ny-russian-mob-celebrity-poker-games.html NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly three dozen people were charged on Tuesday in what investigators said was a Russian organized crime operation that included illegal, high-stakes poker games for the rich and famous and threats of violence to make sure customers paid their debts. Federal authorities in New York City weren't naming names but said the poker players inc... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 22:35:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2023648-feds-ny-russian-mob-celebrity-poker-games.html 2013-04-16T22:35:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2012482-millionaire-marsh-indicted-sex-assault-charges.html AMARILLO, Texas (AP) — A Texas grand jury indicted eccentric millionaire artist Stanley Marsh 3 on charges that he sexually assaulted six teenagers, according to documents released to his attorneys Thursday. Marsh was indicted Wednesday on four counts of sexual assault of a child, eight counts of sexual performance by a child, and two counts of indecency ... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:28:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2012482-millionaire-marsh-indicted-sex-assault-charges.html 2013-04-12T00:28:19Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2011504-34-charged-probe-illegal-sports-betting.html OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A federal indictment unsealed Wednesday accuses 34 people and 23 companies, many of them registered in Central America, of operating an illegal sports bookmaking business that solicited more than $1 billion in bets. The 95-page indictment, handed up by a federal grand jury in Oklahoma City on March 20, accuses the defendants of operat... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:25:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2011504-34-charged-probe-illegal-sports-betting.html 2013-04-10T22:25:37Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1990290-suspicion-da-death-shifts-to-white-supremacists.html KAUFMAN, Texas (AP) — Suspicion in the slayings of a Texas district attorney and his wife shifted Monday to a violent white supremacist prison gang that was the focus of a December law enforcement bulletin warning that its members might try to attack police or prosecutors. The weekend deaths of Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife,... Tue, 02 Apr 2013 02:44:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1990290-suspicion-da-death-shifts-to-white-supremacists.html 2013-04-02T02:44:36Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1987462-3-dozen-indicted-atlanta-cheating-scandal.html ATLANTA (AP) — Juwanna Guffie was sitting in her fifth-grade classroom taking a standardized test when, authorities say, the teacher came around offering information and asking the students to rewrite their answers. Juwanna rejected the help. "I don't want your answers, I want to take my own test," Juwanna told her teacher, according to Fulton County Dist... Sat, 30 Mar 2013 07:15:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1987462-3-dozen-indicted-atlanta-cheating-scandal.html 2013-03-30T07:15:11Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1983288-teen-indicted-ga-baby-slaying-2nd-shooting.html SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia teenager shot a 13-month-old baby in the face while trying to rob the child's mother, according to an indictment returned Wednesday that also charged the suspect with shooting another person in an unrelated robbery attempt earlier this month. The indictment by a Glynn County grand jury charges 17-year-old De'Marquise Elkins ... Thu, 28 Mar 2013 01:48:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1983288-teen-indicted-ga-baby-slaying-2nd-shooting.html 2013-03-28T01:48:16Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1974392-embarrassed-ex-pittsburgh-chief-to-plead-guilty.html PITTSBURGH (AP) — Former city police Chief Nate Harper will plead guilty to charges that he conspired to steal city police funds deposited into unauthorized police credit union accounts and failed to file federal tax returns from 2008 to 2011, his attorneys said Friday. Harper's lawyers made the announcement at a news conference on a day of fast-moving de... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 23:36:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1974392-embarrassed-ex-pittsburgh-chief-to-plead-guilty.html 2013-03-22T23:36:01Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1972604-international-court-detains-rwandan-born-warlord.html THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — African warlord Bosco Ntaganda was taken from the U.S. Embassy in Rwanda on Friday and flown to International Criminal Court in The Hague, where he faces charges including murder, rape and persecution in a rebel group's deadly reign of terror that gripped eastern Congo a decade ago. Ntaganda arrived and was taken to a cell sh... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 23:30:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1972604-international-court-detains-rwandan-born-warlord.html 2013-03-22T23:30:41Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1970832-brother-hedge-fund-founder-indicted-nyc.html NEW YORK (AP) — The brother of a jailed one-time billionaire hedge fund boss has been charged with conspiring with his brother to cheat on Wall Street and earn nearly $1.2 million illegally, federal authorities announced Thursday. Rengan Rajaratnam, 42, of Manhattan, was charged in an indictment returned Wednesday and unsealed a day later with conspiracy ... Thu, 21 Mar 2013 20:33:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1970832-brother-hedge-fund-founder-indicted-nyc.html 2013-03-21T20:33:25Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1955764-reuters-journalist-charged-with-hacking-conspiracy.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal authorities on Thursday charged a journalist with conspiring with the notorious hacking group "Anonymous" to deface a story on the Los Angeles Times' website a little more than two years ago. The federal indictment handed down in Sacramento accuses Matthew Keys of being a "terminated employee" of the Tribune Co. who gave hacke... Fri, 15 Mar 2013 01:55:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1955764-reuters-journalist-charged-with-hacking-conspiracy.html 2013-03-15T01:55:26Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1920078-holdsclaw-indicted-aggravated-assault-charge.html ATLANTA (AP) — Former WNBA player and Olympic gold medalist Chamique Holdsclaw is being indicted in a November 2012 shooting in Atlanta, prosecutors said Wednesday. A six-count indictment charges Holdsclaw, 35, with aggravated assault, criminal damage and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, Fulton County District Attorney's spokeswo... Thu, 28 Feb 2013 02:09:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1920078-holdsclaw-indicted-aggravated-assault-charge.html 2013-02-28T02:09:34Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1913970-prosecutor-seeks-trial-costa-cruise-ship-capt.html ROME (AP) — Italian prosecutors on Monday officially requested an indictment of the Costa Concordia's captain on manslaughter charges in the shipwreck of the cruise liner that killed 32 people last year off the Tuscan coast. Prosecutors based in Grosseto, Tuscany, also are seeking a trial for Francesco Schettino, the captain of the luxury cruise liner, on... Mon, 25 Feb 2013 22:12:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1913970-prosecutor-seeks-trial-costa-cruise-ship-capt.html 2013-02-25T22:12:45Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1905868-feds-indict-4-peanut-butter-salmonella-outbreak.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Four former peanut company employees have been charged with scheming to manufacture and ship salmonella-tainted peanuts that killed nine, sickened hundreds and prompted one of the largest recalls in history. The indictment by a federal grand jury in Georgia is a rare move by the federal government in food poisoning cases. Justice Departm... Thu, 21 Feb 2013 23:05:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1905868-feds-indict-4-peanut-butter-salmonella-outbreak.html 2013-02-21T23:05:26Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1904226-oregon-couple-defends-sales-cure-all-bleach.html MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon couple accused of selling a diluted version of industrial bleach as a cure for cancer, earaches and other maladies claims the federal government can't touch them because the product was sold to a private health association protected by free-speech and other constitutional rights. Prosecutors call such claims misguided, the M... Wed, 20 Feb 2013 21:36:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1904226-oregon-couple-defends-sales-cure-all-bleach.html 2013-02-20T21:36:47Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1903272-lebanese-syrian-officials-indicted-bomb-plot.html BEIRUT (AP) — A Lebanese judge on Wednesday indicted three people, including a former Cabinet minister and a top Syrian intelligence general, in a bombing plot in Lebanon, a move that could raise tension in Lebanon over the civil war in neighboring Syria. The National News Agency said military investigative judge, Riad Abu Ghaida, demanded the death penal... Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:46:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1903272-lebanese-syrian-officials-indicted-bomb-plot.html 2013-02-20T19:46:07Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1891554-jordan-terror-plot-suspects-plead-guilty.html AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Eleven men suspected of links to al-Qaida pleaded not guilty on Thursday to terrorism charges related to an alleged plot to attack the U.S. Embassy and shopping malls in Jordan. It is the first major plot linked to al-Qaida since a triple hotel bombing in Amman that killed 60 people in November 2005. At the time, al-Qaida in Iraq clai... Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:25:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1891554-jordan-terror-plot-suspects-plead-guilty.html 2013-02-14T16:25:42Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1861714-eating-champ-el-wingador-indicted-drug-charge.html WOODBURY, N.J. (AP) — A five-time wing-eating champion known as "El Wingador" has been indicted in New Jersey on cocaine distribution charges. William Simmons is charged with four counts of possession of a controlled dangerous substance and one count of manufacturing or distribution of more than a half ounce of cocaine in June. The South Jersey Times (htt... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 12:41:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1861714-eating-champ-el-wingador-indicted-drug-charge.html 2013-02-01T12:41:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1859612-9-judges-charged-with-philly-traffic-ticket-fixing.html PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Get caught speeding? Running a red light? Leaving the scene of an accident? For years, it was no problem, authorities say — so long as you were in Philadelphia and knew the right people. The city's traffic court was the place where moving violations went to die, according to a federal indictment that charged nine judges with fixing tic... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 02:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1859612-9-judges-charged-with-philly-traffic-ticket-fixing.html 2013-02-01T02:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1860492-nashville-da-grand-jury-foreman-was-felon.html NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville's top prosecutor said Thursday he is expecting a flood of appeals of criminal cases after it was discovered that a grand jury foreman was a felon and ineligible for jury service under state law. The Tennessee grand jury led by Eugene Grayer returned 919 indictments during its three-month term between July and September of... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1860492-nashville-da-grand-jury-foreman-was-felon.html 2013-01-31T22:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1852030-trader-charged-with-defrauding-bailout-fund.html NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A former managing director of an investment bank was arrested Monday on charges he defrauded investment funds the Department of Treasury established in 2009 as part of the federal government's response to the financial crisis. A federal grand jury in Connecticut returned a 16-count indictment charging 38-year-old Jesse C. Litvak of... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 21:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1852030-trader-charged-with-defrauding-bailout-fund.html 2013-01-28T21:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1840796-hate-crime-murder-alleged-philly-basement-case.html PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A paroled killer targeted mentally disabled adults in a scheme to steal their Social Security benefits, confining them like "zoo animals," forcing some into prostitution and causing the deaths of two victims through abuse and neglect, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. Linda Weston, 52, of Philadelphia, was indicted on charges includi... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 21:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1840796-hate-crime-murder-alleged-philly-basement-case.html 2013-01-23T21:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1836888-american-indian-gang-trio-face-racketeering-trial.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Three members of a violent American Indian gang known for terrorizing people from the Twin Cities to reservations in greater Minnesota, Wisconsin and beyond will go on trial Tuesday in what authorities call one of the largest gang cases to come out of Indian Country. Wakinyon Wakan McArthur, 34, — an alleged leader of the Native Mob — a... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 07:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1836888-american-indian-gang-trio-face-racketeering-trial.html 2013-01-22T07:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1832680-indicted-megaupload-founder-opens-sharing-site.html SYDNEY (AP) — Indicted Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom launched a new file-sharing website that promises users greater privacy and defies the U.S. prosecutors who accuse him of facilitating massive online piracy. The colorful entrepreneur unveiled the "Mega" site ahead of a lavish gala and news conference at his New Zealand mansion on Sunday night, the anni... Mon, 21 Jan 2013 00:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1832680-indicted-megaupload-founder-opens-sharing-site.html 2013-01-21T00:27:00Z