Major International Hacker Pleads Guilty for Massive Attack on U.S. Retail and Banking Networks
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US DOJ.gov/opa - Press Release ^
| December 29, 2009 | n/a
Note: The following text is a quote: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, December 29, 2009 Major International Hacker Pleads Guilty for Massive Attack on U.S. Retail and Banking Networks WASHINGTON- Albert Gonzalez, 28, of Miami, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to hack into computer networks supporting major American retail and financial organizations, and
to steal data relating to tens of millions of credit and debit cards, announced Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Lanny A. Breuer, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts Carmen Milagros Ortiz and Director of...
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Second Texas deputy pleads guilty in meth ring
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Associated Press ^
| 12/23/09 | Associated Press
A former West Texas chief deputy sheriff has pleaded guilty to his part in a methamphetamine trafficking ring. Gordon
Clark Bohannon pleaded guilty to a conspiracy count Monday in federal court in Lubbock. Under terms of his plea deal, the 53-year-old former Hockley County chief deputy faces 10 years in prison and no fine. Bohannon and 27 others were named in a July indictment that alleged a motorcycle gang took cash to Modesto, Calif., bought methamphetamine in bulk, the brought it to Levelland, about 30 miles west of Lubbock, for distribution. The U.S. Justice Department says Bohannon and 39-year-old fellow...
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(41 y/o) Miami-Dade psychologist pleads guilty in lover's overdose death (18 y/o)
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Miami Herald ^
| 12/22/2009 | David Ovalle
A Miami-Dade clinical psychologist pleaded guilty Tuesday to manslaughter for supplying his young lover -- a one-time patient -- a lethal dose of painkillers and then failing to call 911 as she lay dying on his bed. Adam
Feder, 42, will serve six years in prison for manslaughter and illegal trafficking of the addictive painkiller Oxycodone. After that, Feder will serve four years of probation and 384 hours of community service, according to his plea deal. ``It's a good resolution because Mr. Feder accepts responsibility for Rachel's death. He forfeits his license to practice psychology and pays for his crime...
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Political activist pleads guilty in window-smashing ( Democrat )
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Denver Post ^
| 12/22/2009
Activist Maurice Joseph Schwenkler, 24, pleaded guilty Monday to a second-degree misdemeanor for smashing windows at the Colorado Democratic Party headquarters last summer. Anarchist
websites across the country raised money for Schwenkler's $5,000 bail, and identified him as "a transgendered anarchist" using the name Ariel Attack. Authorities have consistently identified him as male. The gay, lesbian and transgender protest group Denver Bash Back characterized Schwenkler as one of its "friends and comrades." Initially, Democratic Party officials blamed conservative ... Then it became known that Schwenkler had previously worked for a Democratic candidate.
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AK: Alleged leader of sex ring pleads not guilty; faces life in prison (Sabil Mumin Mujahid)
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Anchorage Daily News ^
| 12/22/2009 | Richard Mauer
The alleged ringleader of a three-year sex-trafficking operation in Anchorage pleaded not guilty this morning to charges that could send him to federal prison for the rest of his life. Sabil
Mumin Mujahid, 52, already in jail on a federal conviction in June as a three-time felon in possession of a Smith & Wesson .44 magnum handgun, was ordered held without bond by U.S. Magistrate Judge Deborah Smith. Two other defendants in the sex-trafficking case, Sidney Lamar Greene, 30, and Rand Hooks, 50, pleaded not guilty Friday. Police and FBI are searching for the fourth person in the alleged conspiracy,...
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$4.2M Medicare fraud: Three Detroit-area residents plead guilty
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News-Medical.net ^
| 12/19/09
$4.2M Medicare fraud: Three Detroit-area residents plead guilty19. December
2009 06:15 Jackson, Mich., resident Terrence Hicks and Detroit residents Muhammed Al Mahdi and John Saunders pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Michigan this week for their roles in a $4.2 million Medicare fraud scheme, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division, Acting U.S. Attorney Terrence Berg of the Eastern District of Michigan, Special Agent in Charge Andrew G. Arena of the FBI's Detroit Field Office and Daniel R. Levinson, Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today....
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Vatican guilty of unholy compassion for paedophiles
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the post.ie ^
| 20 December 2009 | Vincent Browne
In 1922, the Vatican promulgated an instruction to do with what it called crimen solicitationis (the crime of solicitation within the confessional) and what it called the ‘‘worst crime’’ - the sexual abuse of children. The
document was issued in Latin. No authoritative version was produced in English. The document was circulated only to bishops and under terms of strict secrecy. A new version of the guidelines was produced in 1962, but this, according to the Murphy Commission, was unknown within the Dublin diocese until some time in the 1990s. Desmond Connell, the former archbishop, told the commission he had...
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Vatican guilty of unholy compassion for paedophiles
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the post.ie ^
| 20 December 2009 | Vincent Browne
In 1922, the Vatican promulgated an instruction to do with what it called crimen solicitationis (the crime of solicitation within the confessional) and what it called the ‘‘worst crime’’ - the sexual abuse of children. The
document was issued in Latin. No authoritative version was produced in English. The document was circulated only to bishops and under terms of strict secrecy. A new version of the guidelines was produced in 1962, but this, according to the Murphy Commission, was unknown within the Dublin diocese until some time in the 1990s. Desmond Connell, the former archbishop, told the commission he had...
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Jury finds Roderick Scott not guilty (indicted for self-defense shooting)
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Copyright © 2006–2009 GateHouse Media, Inc. Some Rights Reserved. ^
| Dec 19, 2009 @ 10:29 AM | By Staff reports
Rochester, N.Y. —After nearly 20 hours of deliberating, a jury has found Roderick Scott not guilty of manslaughter. Scott
says he never meant to shoot and kill 16-year-old Christopher Cervini in April, when he caught the teenager and two others breaking into cars in his neighborhood. Scott faced a charge of first-degree manslaughter. His trial in state Supreme Court began Nov. 30. Scott says Cervini threatened him — and he fired his gun in self-defense.... Assistant District Attorney Julie Finnochio said she respects the verdict and recognizes that it was a difficult case. "I just hope it's not a message...
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Leftist Lawyer Guilty of Leaking Classified US Documents
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Israel National News ^
| December 20, 2009 | Tzvi Ben Gedlyahu
An American lawyer and linguist, who was born in Israel, has plead guilty to leaking highly classified FBI document to an Internet blogger and agreed to a prison sentence of 20 months. The
final sentence will be decided by the courts.
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Mass. state senator pleads guilty in hit-and-run
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Boston Globe ^
| 12/18/09 | Boston Globe
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—A Massachusetts state senator who injured two people in a hit-and-run accident has pleaded guilty and been sentenced to six months home confinement. Sen.
Anthony Galluccio, a Democrat from Cambridge, pleaded guilty Friday to leaving the scene of an accident in the Oct. 4 crash in Cambridge. The 42-year-old has said he made a "serious error in judgment" when he drove away after his SUV rear-ended another vehicle. A 13-year-old boy and his father received minor injuries. In Cambridge District Court Friday, Galluccio said he deeply regrets his actions. The judge ordered Galluccio to surrender his driver's license for...
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Luzerne Commissioner Skrepenak resigns and will plead guilty (mistakes, not crimes)
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Citizens Voice (Wilkes Barre PA) ^
| 12/18/2009 | Michael R. Sisak and Dave Janoski
Former Luzerne County Commissioner Greg Skrepenak said Thursday the "legal issues" that drove him to resign from office and sign a plea agreement with federal prosecutors stemmed from a clash between longtime cultural practices in county politics and the higher standards of public office and the law. In
an interview at his Jenkins Twp. condo, cluttered with boxes of ornaments and unwrapped gifts, the former NFL lineman said the ongoing federal investigation that has shaken the courthouse means the end of the pay-to-play atmosphere that has pervaded political life in the county. "There's just a fine line of what you...
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Woman pleads not guilty to abortion clinic knife assault
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Duluth News ^
A Superior woman accused of holding a knife close to the neck of an anti-abortion demonstrator outside of Duluth’s Building for Women last month pleaded not guilty to an assault charge today in St. Louis County District Court. Mechelle Tallulah Hall, 26, is charged with second-degree assault in the alleged Nov. 24
incident. At her initial appearance, last month, Hall told the court, “I know what I did was wrong.” Hall waived a hearing to challenge evidence against her. Judge John DeSanto scheduled Hall’s next hearing for Feb. 16 with a trial scheduled for Feb. 23. The defendant is accused...
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Flashing teen found guilty after being hit by car
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AP ^
| 12/17/09
Flashing teen found guilty after being hit by car The Associated Press Posted: 12/16/2009 01:24:17 PM MST WELLINGTON, New Zealand—A New Zealand teen who was flashing her breasts at passing cars has been found guilty of disorderly behavior for the prank, which ended with her in a hospital after a distracted driver
ran into her. Cherelle May Dudfield, 18, pleaded guilty to the charge when she appeared in Invercargill District Court, the Southland Times newspaper reported Wednesday. Dudfield, egged on by her friends, was flashing passing motorists from a traffic island in the middle of a four-lane road in the...
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Monfort, accused cop killer, pleads not guilty
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SEATTLEPI.com - SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER ^
| Last updated Monday, December 14, 2009, 8:37 pm PT
Note: Photos included. Last updated 8:37 p.m. PT “Monfort, accused cop killer, pleads not guilty” KOMO-TV SNIPPET: “Investigators said DNA evidence found at the scene of Brenton’s slaying and the earlier arson at a police maintenance yard were a match to Monfort. His DNA was found on identical American flag bandannas dropped
at both scenes as “calling cards,” according to court documents. In addition, a rifle found in Monfort’s apartment is an identical ballistic match to the weapon used to kill Brenton and wound his partner, Britt Sweeney, according to investigators. Prosecutors accused Monfort of placing bombs at the scene...
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Martinez grad guilty of wearing bogus medals
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San Francisco Chronicle ^
| 12/16/9 | Henry K. Lee
RIVERSIDE, CALIF. -- A Palm Springs man who surprised former classmates at his high school reunion in Martinez when he showed up in a Marine Corps uniform has pleaded guilty to wearing military medals that he never earned. Steven
Douglas Burton, 39, entered his guilty plea Monday in U.S. District Court in Riverside to a misdemeanor count of unauthorized wearing of military medals or decorations, averting a trial that had been scheduled for January. He will face as much as a year in prison and up to a $100,000 fine when he is sentenced March 1. He remains free on...
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(IL/Chicago Way) -Monk,Guilty plea background,Obama, Blagojevich,Rezko,Levine,Kelly,Harris,Cellini..
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Citizen Wells ^
| 11-2-09
Alonzo Monk, Guilty plea background, Obama, Blagojevich, Rezko, Levine, Kelly, Harris, Cellini, Indictment, Rezko trial transcripts, Chicago IL corruption, Crime, Board rigging, Evelyn Pringle articles ### Lest we forget about crime and corruption in Chicago and the involvement by Rod Blagojevich Tony Rezko Stuart Levine Christopher Kelly William Cellini John Harris Alonzo
Monk et al and Obama’s ties to these corruption figures Alonzo Monk Guilty Plea Part II In part I of this two part series on Alonzo Monk’s guilty plea, the Citizen Wells blog presented background on Monk’s involvement in corruption and how it impacted health care in Chicago...
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Creba shooter expected to plead guilty [gunfight in the midst of Boxing Day shoppers]
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National Post ^
| 2009-12-16 | Shannon Kar
TORONTO -- The man accused of firing the shot that killed Jane Creba during a gunfight in downtown Toronto on Boxing Day 2005 is expected to plead guilty next week in Ontario Superior Court. Justice Gladys Pardu was informed of the "resolution" during a brief submission in court yesterday. A
"resolution" means there has been a plea agreement between the Crown and defence. Details of the agreement were not disclosed in court and there is a temporary pretrial publication ban imposed by Judge Pardu earlier this month on naming the man and his two co-defendants. The surprising twist in the...
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"SOLDIER OF ISLAM" GUILTY IN SEATTLE JIHAD MURDERS
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(SEATTLE TIMES) via JIHAD WATCH.org ^
| December 15, 2009 | n/a
SNIPPET: "A King County jury this morning found Naveed Haq guilty of eight counts, including aggravated first-degree murder, in the 2006 shootings at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle." SNIPPET: "Haq opened fire in the federation offices on July 28, 2006, killing employee Pamela Waechter, 58, and wounding Cheryl Stumbo, Carol Goldman,
Dayna Klein, Christina Rexroad and Layla Bush..."
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Finch Guilty of Murder in Hit-and-Run Deaths
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84 WHAS ^
| Dec. 15, 2009 | Staff
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A jury has found Kenielle Finch guilty of two counts of murder in the hit-and-run deaths of two young girls in 2008. Finch
was speeding away from police when he hit 5-year-old Claudia Wadlington and 4-year-old Riley Lawrence as they crossed Floyd Street in July 2008. Finch faces a maximum sentence of life in prison with a possibility of parole after serving 20 years.
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