FILE – Defense attorney Mitchell Polay talks with Howard Steven Ault on Aug. 13, 2007 during opening arguments in Ault’s sentencing phase. Candace West Miami Herald Staff Ault’s resentencing, which is now his third with the death penalty on the table, will begin with jury selection on Feb. 5. Fein […] Read More
Patty Cummings, District 4 Politics, not any attempt to obtain elective office illegally, is the root cause of the charges Cape Coral City Councilmember Patty Cummings is now facing, her attorney said this morning. Paul M. Sisco, Esq., said Cummings was targeted by political adversaries and […] Read More
The State attorney’s Office has charged Cape Coral City Councilmember Patty Cummings with three third-degree felonies related to the 2022 election. The state attorney issued an arrest warrant Monday, Nov. 13, after it was approved by a judge. Why did Patty Cummings get arrested? Cummings faces charges of fraudulent application […] Read More
Former President Donald Trump’s attorneys moved for a mistrial in the ongoing civil fraud case on Wednesday morning, alleging an “appearance of bias” by the presiding judge and his principal law clerk. The mistrial motion hit the docket on Wednesday, as Trump’s defense witnesses continue to testify in a civil […] Read More
Staff report Kentucky attorney General-Elect Russell Coleman has named NKY’s Wil Schroder, former Kentucky State senator, to his senior executive team as Senior Counsel. Schroder served as his Transition Team co-chair with Rob Duncan, former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky who will also join Coleman’s executive team […] Read More
Janet Grigg leaves an Oklahoma County District Court courtroom with her attorneys after a hearing Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023. (Bennett Brinkman) Support Journalism Former Seeworth Academy Superintendent Janet Grigg waived her right to a preliminary hearing today in Oklahoma County District Court, and her attorney claimed afterward that the shuttered […] Read More
Chippewa County District attorney Wade Newell said the county’s investigation into Sheriff Travis Hakes has not yielded enough evidence to support criminal charges against the embattled sheriff. In a letter to County Administrator Randy Scholz, Newell stated that his findings “should not be taken as a determination that there is no merit to […] Read More
The two Shelby County jailers that were indicted Tuesday for assaulting an inmate punched, kicked and hit him repeatedly with mace cans until he passed out, attorneys for the inmate told The Commercial Appeal on Tuesday evening. Attorneys for that inmate, Damian Florez-Ramirez, also say the narrative written in an […] Read More
William Ofria speaks during a hearing to determine whether he and other defendants who are still waiting for an appointed attorney are being held in jail unlawfully. Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer He couldn’t understand the case against him. Timothy York has been at the Aroostook County Jail since Oct. 11 […] Read More
ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia district attorney who charged former President Donald Trump over his efforts to overturn the state’s 2020 election said Tuesday that she expects his trial will be underway through Election Day next year and could possibly stretch past the inauguration in 2025. Fulton County District attorney […] Read More
