Man Pleads Guilty to 1982 Murder
A Vermont man has admitted to killing an 18-year-old girl in 1982 in a plea deal with prosecutors. Forty-seven-year-old Theodore Caron of Barre was arrested in February in the strangulation death of Pamela Brown. A DNA sampled linked Caron to the slaying. Caron initially pleaded innocent to first-degree murder. On Wednesday, he pleaded guilty to [...]
Slain Casino Official Planned to Quit
The wife of the California casino official killed by an ex-employee says her husband was about to leave his job because he didn’t like being ordered to fire people. Raymundo Casillas Jr. was the head of the Barona Gaming Commission in San Diego County. He was killed Tuesday when Donnell Roberts went to his office [...]
Massachusetts Fire Deaths Ruled Homicides
The deaths of two men in one of a string of fires last weekend have been ruled homicides by the Massachusetts Medical Examiner’s office. Dr. Andrew Sexton on Wednesday “presumptively” identified the victims in the Sunday fire in Northampton, Mass., as 81-year-old Paul Yeskie Sr. and his son, 39-year-old Paul Yeskie Jr. Family members had [...]
Bait Farmer Sentenced in Illegal Importation Case
A Wisconsin bait farming business that pleaded guilty to illegally importing fish has been sentenced to probation. Gollon Bait & Fish Farm was sentenced Wednesday to three years probation, fined $6,000 and ordered to pay the cost of additional monitoring of the health of bait fish by U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb. The business pleaded [...]
Retired Army Officer Sentenced for Contract Scam
A retired U.S. Army major must serve 57 months in prison for accepting $245,000 in bribes from companies in exchange for awarding military supply contracts in Kuwait. Judge Clay D. Land of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia also ordered Christopher H. Murray, 42, to pay $245,000 in restitution to the [...]
Man Arrested, Used 911 Call to Get Ride to a Bar
Authorities say a Florida man who called 911 claiming he’d been beaten and shot at was hoping the tale would get him a ride to a bar. Instead, 37-year-old Gregory J. Oras is facing charges of misusing the 911 system and battery of a law enforcement officer. An arrest report says Oras called 911 three [...]
Pastor Contacted Police After Taking In Runaway Convert
A Florida pastor who took in an Ohio runaway after she converted from Islam to Christianity says he was never told he was breaking the law. Pastor Blake Lorenz says in an affidavit filed in Ohio juvenile court that he contacted authorities about 17-year-old Rifqa Bary at least four times. He says police didn’t pick [...]
UnitedHealth Group’s Profit up Thirty Percent
Managed care company UnitedHealth Group says its fourth-quarter profit rose 30 percent, on higher premium revenue, despite a continued decline in commercial enrollment. The Minnetonka, Minn., insurer says it earned $944 million, or 81 cents per share, in the three months that ended Dec. 31. That’s up from $726 million, or 60 cents per share, [...]
KeyCorp Narrows Losses
The regional bank holding company KeyCorp narrowed its loss in the fourth quarter while setting aside $756 million for bad loans. KeyCorp, based in Cleveland, said Thursday it lost $224 million, or 30 cents per share, in the fourth quarter on revenue of $1.1 billion, helped by improved interest margins and fewer delinquencies. Analysts surveyed [...]
Southwest Airlines Posts Profits
Flying against the headwinds of a recession and volatile fuel prices, Southwest Airlines Co. made money in the fourth quarter and extended its string of annual profits to 37 years. Southwest said Thursday it earned $116 million in the quarter, which was enough to lift the company to a full-year profit of $99 million after [...]