http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/felony/ en-us Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:28:41 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2277165/posts Chris Brown has copped a plea in his assault case. He won't do jail time, but he will spend 6 months doing things like road cleanup. He's also been ordered to stay 50 yards clear of Rihanna.He'll spend 180 days doing community labor (8 hours a day -- 1440 hours total) -- which is, in effect, hard labor. He'll do his service in Virginia which is where Brown lives. A Virginia law enforcement officer told us Brown will be picking up trash, pulling weeds and washing fire trucks. He gets 5 years probation for FELONY assault -- he pled guilty.... TMZ.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2277165/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:28:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2143585/posts Four votes. That's how many votes the Franken campaign just said they're leading Norm Coleman by, with the hand recount now officially finished. In other words, with every single precinct in Minnesota now done counting (except for the one where they're still searching for the missing votes), the Franken campaign is claiming the lead. An extremely slim lead, but a lead nonetheless. "We are not declaring victory -- we are moving into the next stage of the process," said Franken's lead recount lawyer Marc Elias, in a press briefing going on now with reporters. "But we are going into that... Talking Points Memo-Election Central http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2143585/posts#comment Fri, 5 Dec 2008 19:42:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2089771/posts Teen Pees In Teacher's Drink, Police SayUPDATED: 5:16 pm PDT September 23, 2008 CASTLE ROCK, Wash. -- Police in Washington said they've arrested a teenager for urinating in his teacher's drink. Investigators said officers arrested the 13-year-old at Castle Rock Middle School on Friday, and he's now facing a felony charge. Castle Rock police said the victim was a woman who was teaching four eighth-grade boys Friday when one of them peed in her drink. The teacher walked into her class just in time to catch the boy zipping up and discovered urine in her plastic drink bottle, officers said.... KPTV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2089771/posts#comment Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:53:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2089689/posts BERKELEY - -- A woman was arrested today after she ran over a Berkeley police officer's foot when she tried to leave while being cited for a parking violation, authorities said. . . . Berkeley police Officer Griselda Ferrera stopped the motorist near the corner and told her to wait while the ticket was being written, authorities said. Instead, Markeysha Bilal-Fields, 47, of Richmond tried to leave the scene in her black Mazda, police said. The car ran over Ferrera's foot, authorities said. San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2089689/posts#comment Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:30:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2089194/posts KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) _ A judge has decided the best punishment for a man found guilty of stealing should be to take his son's words to heart — and wear them on his sleeve. baltimoresun.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2089194/posts#comment Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:52:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2053194/posts A 9-year-old Edgemoor Gardens, Delaware boy was arrested on Friday and charged with setting a kitten on fire. According to New Castle County Police the 9-year-old was among a group of boys who poured lighter fluid on the kitten and then set it ablaze. Now the young boy is facing a felony count of cruelty to animals because the kitten died. Police are still looking for the other boys involved in the incident. transworldnews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2053194/posts#comment Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:13:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2053087/posts “Can’t we all just get along?” I hear my father ask at the breakfast table to no one in particular. He’s deep into a story about kidnapping, extortion and grand theft. Must be he’s reading the Wall Street Journal again, right? Not so, this story is out of Palm Beach and involves a cat, a dog and two humans. (A woman from Wellington and a man from Greenacres have been going at it like cats and dogs. Now the man from Greenacres has both the cat and the dog, and the woman from Wellington has been charged with grand theft... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2053087/posts#comment Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:03:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030988/posts DETROIT (AP/WXYZ) - Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick will be conspicuously absent when Barack Obama makes his first campaign stop in the city since effectively wrapping up the Democratic presidential nomination. The embattled mayor, facing criminal charges and public scrutiny in an embarrassing text-messaging sex scandal, has decided not to attend Monday night's rally at Joe Louis Arena. Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030988/posts#comment Sat, 14 Jun 2008 10:48:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021902/posts The businessman was meeting with clients for lunch at Mimi's Café when he noticed the woman. Sitting a few tables over with her 4-year-old boy, she seemed groggy — yet she was drinking a mimosa. It got worse. The woman ordered a glass of white wine, then another. She was so out of it, the businessman would later write in a statement to police, that she looked ready to fall asleep at the table. When the woman paid her bill and left the restaurant, the businessman was right behind her, cell phone in hand. When she ran a stop sign... Phoenix News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021902/posts#comment Tue, 27 May 2008 14:56:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019834/posts FORMER LAPD VETERAN CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND CHILD ANNOYANCE AFTER TAKING SEXUAL PICTURES OF YOUNG GIRLS AT 2007 STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL GARDEN GROVE – A former Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) veteran was arrested and charged today with felony possession of child pornography and multiple counts of child annoyance following an extensive joint investigation by the Orange County District Attorney (OCDA) and Garden Grove Police Department (GGPD). Ralph Cameron Lakin, 53, La Palma, was charged with one count of felony possession of child pornography involving Jane Doe #10, eight counts of misdemeanor child annoyance involving Jane Does #1... Orange County DA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019834/posts#comment Thu, 22 May 2008 19:19:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2009552/posts DETROIT -- Newly released text messages in the City Hall scandal surrounding Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick show that the mayor had handpicked and promoted the head of Internal Affairs, the guy who would be in charge of investigating him if corruption charges ever surfaced. ClickOnDetroit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2009552/posts#comment Thu, 1 May 2008 05:00:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2004840/posts Dr. Paul has praised non-violent civil disobedience as an honorable and effective means of dealing with runaway federal power, including taxation. You should, nevertheless, know what you're doing and count the cost before you begin. Taxpayer or Non-Taxpayer? Has such a question ever even occurred to you? Have you even heard of a "nontaxpayer" before? Wouldn't it be unpatriotic not to "pay your taxes" like everyone else? Taxpayer? Nontaxpayer? Which are you? Is there an unequivocal reason that you "voluntarily comply" with the world's most obscure, deceptive, and fraudulently administered tax law, Title 26 of the US Code? Are YOU... Nolan Chart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2004840/posts#comment Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:52:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2003966/posts LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Lexington eighth-grader has been charged with wanton endangerment after allegedly putting crumbled peanut butter cookies in the lunchbox of another student with a severe allergy to peanuts. The allergic student, also an eighth-grader, did not eat the cookies and did not suffer a reaction. Fayette County schools spokeswoman Lisa Deffendall says the incident occurred Thursday on the Morton Middle School running track, where students had gone to eat lunch and enjoy the warm weather. She says it was well known the other student suffered from severe peanut allergies. She says there was no known history of... www.fortmilltimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2003966/posts#comment Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:36:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2002266/posts Some are calling it a big waste of Detroit tax dollars. FOX 2 cameras were rolling as city employees went door-to-door escorted by a fire engine and a police car. As Brad Edwards explains, they weren't fighting crime or a fire. Instead, they were working for Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=6317458&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=3.2.1 www.fox2detroit.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2002266/posts#comment Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:23:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1990359/posts Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick did not attend Easter services at his church this morning. www.wxyz.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1990359/posts#comment Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:41:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1975164/posts Will Rezko Blow Up Obama?By Larry Johnson on January 28, 2008 at 7:53 PM in Current Affairs Today’s arrest of slumlord Tony Rezko could be very bad news for Barack Obama’s presidential ambitions. Rezko was arrested because he lied to the Feds–he claimed in November 2006 he had no assets and was virtually broke, but in April 2007 he received $3.5 million from a company owned by an Iraqi billionaire who also happens to be a convicted felon . The man’s name? Nadhmi Auchi. So what does this have to do with Obama? Well, buried in a footnote in the... No Quarter USA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1975164/posts#comment Sat, 23 Feb 2008 22:02:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957742/posts 'HOT TOPIC': Performing the procedure would become a felony. JUNEAU -- A House committee approved a proposal Monday that would make a medical procedure widely known as a "partial birth abortion" a felony in Alaska. The House Judiciary Committee passed a bill to revise the current law so it conforms to federal standards. A floor vote -- and a spirited debate -- is expected later in the legislative session. No one spoke out against the bill during a brief public comment period. The Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957742/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:27:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1949096/posts CONNELLSVILLE, Pa. -- Police said a Fayette County man claimed he sexually assaulted a 5-year-old by accident. WTAE-TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1949096/posts#comment Sun, 6 Jan 2008 10:46:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1927711/posts A veteran political activist is facing 10 years in prison and a hefty fine for attempting to petition government for redress of grievances. The latest news from Pakistan? No, this is happening in Oklahoma. Last month Paul Jacob, the former head of U.S. Term Limits and current head of Citizens in Charge, was led out of an Oklahoma City courtroom in handcuffs after pleading not guilty to charges that he conspired to defraud the state. Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson, who's overseeing this bizarre prosecution, has accused Mr. Jacob and two fellow petition organizers--Rick Carpenter of Oklahomans in Action and... OpinionJournal.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1927711/posts#comment Mon, 19 Nov 2007 06:16:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1916798/posts After King Middle School moves to offer birth control, the District Attorney says schools must report anyone under age 14 who's having sex. Portland's school-based health centers have not been reporting all illegal sexual activity involving minors as required by law, but they will from now on, city officials said Thursday. Cumberland County District Attorney Stephanie Anderson questioned the health centers' reporting practices after the Portland School Committee decided last week to offer prescription birth control at the King Middle School health center. The King Student Health Center has offered comprehensive reproductive health care, including providing condoms and testing for... Portland Press Herald - Maine Today.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1916798/posts#comment Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:25:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1909412/posts If Sen. Hillary Clinton is to chart her own course independent of her husband, why did she choose Sandy Berger to give her advice on foreign policy? This suggests reunion time for cronies. In 2003, Mr. Berger took several highly classified documents about the Clinton-era Millennium terror plot from the National Archives while "aiding" the September 11 commission. Mr. Berger successfully negotiated a plea bargain and received only two years probation, along with a security-clearance suspension and a $50,000 fine. Were he anything less than a member of the permanent Clinton establishment, he would be in sitting in a prison... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1909412/posts#comment Wed, 10 Oct 2007 21:34:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1897481/posts LAS VEGAS (AP) - O.J. Simpson was arrested Sunday and faces multiple felony charges in an alleged armed robbery of collectors involving the former football great's sports memorabilia, authorities said. BRIETBART.COM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1897481/posts#comment Sun, 16 Sep 2007 20:14:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1892920/posts At a New York restaurant overlooking Central Park in April 2006, the governor of Pennsylvania sat down to dinner with about a dozen Democratic supporters. The 10-course meal in a private room at Per Se, including dishes like Nova Scotia Lobster Tail "Cuite Sous Vide," cost about $18,000, says a diner who was there. The host, Norman Hsu, was a businessman that the crowd admired but knew little about. In the past few weeks, much more has become known about Mr. Hsu: That he had filed for bankruptcy twice, including a time in 1990 when he said he had no... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1892920/posts#comment Sat, 8 Sep 2007 02:32:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1880278/posts • He's charged, too: Police say she was seeking revenge after he abused her A West Dundee woman faces felony charges in Kane County after attacking her husband's pet lizards, killing one and severely injuring the other, authorities said Friday. A grand jury this week indicted Sara Tinsley, 37, of the 500 block of South Second Street, with one count each of cruelty to animals and aggravated cruelty to animals for allegedly throwing one of the reptiles against the wall and stabbing the other with a butcher knife. Authorities say it was an act of vengeance against her husband, who... surburbanchicagonews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1880278/posts#comment Mon, 13 Aug 2007 01:19:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1878985/posts Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson is turning up the rhetoric in a fight with Lansing over a proposal to reclassify 200 felonies as misdemeanors. If it happens, he says, "everybody should go out and buy a gun. I recommend an Uzi." www.wxyz.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1878985/posts#comment Fri, 10 Aug 2007 00:11:20 GMT