Arizona Man Pleads Guilty to Exporting Tech
An Arizona man has pleaded guilty to charges of attempting to export technology to Iran without the proper authorization, federal prosecutors say. Forty-year-old James Larrison of Avondale, Ariz., entered the plea on Thursday in U.S. District Court in Wilmington. No sentencing date has been set. According to court documents, Larrison tried to export from the [...]
Two Convicted in Mortgage Fraud
A federal jury convicted two New Jersey men who were involved in a mortgage fraud scheme. The two were convicted following a six-week trial. Prosecutors say they conspired with others to obtain millions of dollars of mortgage loans for unqualified borrowers from 2002 to 2005. They were convicted on charges including wire fraud and money [...]
Man’s “Fat Defense” Fails, Faces Sentencing
A Florida man whose attorney claimed that he was simply too fat to have shot his son-in-law and escaped will be sentenced in New Jersey. A jury convicted Edward Ates of shooting and killing Paul Duncsak in the latter’s New Jersey home. Ates’ defense was focused on the idea that he was not in sufficient [...]
Teen Convicted in Michigan Homeless Killings
A jury recently convicted a fifteen-year-old boy of two counts of felony murder after the beating deaths of two Michigan homeless men. The jury deliberated for five hours before delivering the verdict for Thomas McCloud. McCloud had been charged for the deaths of Wilford Hamilton and Lee Hoffman. The homeless men, both age sixty-one, died [...]