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Task Force to Probe Mass. Fires

December 29, 2009 · Leave a Comment

A task force of state, regional and federal officials is investigating a string of suspicious weekend fires in Massachusetts, including one in which two people died. At least nine fires were reported early Sunday in houses and cars within a half-mile radius in the college town of Northampton, Mass. Authorities say they suspect arson. Officials are returning to the sites Monday, including the home in which two men died. Their identities were not immediately released. Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has announced a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. State and local officials are... [Read the full story]

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Manhattan DA Uses Sting to Stop Blackmailing of Letterman

October 3, 2009 · Leave a Comment

An employee of CBS News was recently indicted on charges of blackmail in a plot against David Letterman. Manhattan’s District Attorney, Robert Morgenthau, reported the indictment against Robert Halderman on Friday, telling authorities that he had used an undercover sting operation to reveal the plot. Letterman reported that he had discovered a package filled with embarrassing photographs and e-mails in his limosine. Letterman’s attorney delivered the evidence to the prosecutor’s office, which set up a sting operation at a hotel. New York police detectives set up recording and... [Read the full story]

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Task Force to Probe Mass. Fires

December 29, 2009 · Leave a Comment

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Lawyer Charged in Fraud Gave $6M to Non-Profits

December 29, 2009 · Leave a Comment

A defunct South Florida law firm run by an attorney now charged with operating a huge Ponzi scheme gave more than $6 million in the past year to charities and nonprofit groups. A federal bankruptcy court filing details contributions by the firm Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler to more than 100 organizations. Former firm CEO Scott Rothstein has pleaded not guilty to racketeering and other charges stemming from what prosecutors say was a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme involving legal settlement investments. The biggest amount was more than $2.5 million to Rothstein’s own Rothstein Family Foundation. Big... [Read the full story]

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Teens to be Arraigned in Hate Crime Case

December 29, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Two Pennsylvania teenagers are scheduled to appear in federal court for the first time since being charged with a hate crime in the death of an illegal Mexican immigrant. Eighteen-year-old Brandon Piekarsky and 19-year-old Derrick Donchak will be arraigned Tuesday in Wilkes-Barre on charges stemming from the July 2008 beating death of 25-year-old Luis Ramirez. A jury had previously acquitted Piekarsky and Donchak of the most serious state charges in the case, angering Hispanic leaders and civil-rights groups. The decision prompted Gov. Ed Rendell to ask the Justice Department to pursue civil-rights... [Read the full story]

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Sex Offender Charged in Girl’s Disappearance

Maryland authorities are searching Christmas Eve for an 11-year-old girl last seen wearing red fuzzy Christmas pajamas, and they say a registered child sex offender has been charged in her disappearance. Sarah Haley Foxwell went missing from her home on Maryland’s Eastern Shore late Tuesday or early Wednesday....

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