Indian American doctor convicted for $16 mn tax evasionOctober 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A federal jury has convicted an Indian American cardiologist for evading more than $16 million dollars in income taxes and filing false tax returns. According to prosecution evidence presented at the six day trial, Pradeep Srivastava, 50, of Potomac, Maryland, conducted a huge volume of trading in stocks and stock options.
Texas jurors sentence Mo. man to life in prison, instead of death row, in 3 farmhouse slayingsOctober 6th, 2009 Mo. man gets life for killing 3 at Texas farmhouseLUBBOCK, Texas — A Texas jury spared a Missouri man the death penalty Tuesday, sentencing him to life in prison without parole for the 2005 slayings of a pregnant woman, her husband and son inside their farmhouse. Levi King, 27, pleaded guilty last month to killing Michell Conrad, 35, her husband Brian Conrad, 31, and her 14-year-old son, Zach Doan.
NH woman appealing 35-year-sentence, conviction for home standoffOctober 5th, 2009 NH tax evader appealing sentence, convictionCONCORD, N.H. — A New Hampshire woman is appealing her conviction and 35-year prison sentence for plotting to kill federal agents during a nine-month standoff at her home.
Lawyer says 30-year sentence for NH tax evader convicted of standoff is enoughOctober 1st, 2009 Lawyer seeks lesser sentence for NH tax evaderCONCORD, N.H. — A defense lawyer says 30 years in prison is plenty for tax evader Elaine Brown, who was convicted with her husband of plotting to kill federal agents during a nine-month standoff at their Plainfield home.
'Survivor' winner Hatch appeals ruling denying request to finish tax evasion sentence at homeSeptember 30th, 2009 'Survivor' winner asks to finish sentence at homeBOSTON — "Survivor" winner Richard Hatch is appealing a judge's decision to keep him in a Massachusetts prison until the end of his sentence for tax evasion. Hatch was convicted in 2006 of failing to pay taxes on his $1 million prize for winning the CBS reality show in its first season.
AstraZeneca loses appeal over drug wholesale price inflation lawsuit in MassachusettsSeptember 24th, 2009 AstraZeneca loses price inflation lawsuit appealNEW YORK — An appeals court on Wednesday upheld a lower court's ruling that AstraZeneca inflated the price of expensive drugs in Massachusetts. The First Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals upheld a 2007 ruling by the U.S.
British woman on Texas death row loses federal court appeal, moves closer to executionSeptember 18th, 2009 British woman on Texas death row loses appealHOUSTON — A British woman on Texas death row has lost a federal appeal, moving her closer to execution for the abduction and death of a woman whose child she also had snatched eight years ago in Houston. The court, in a ruling late Thursday, rejected arguments from Linda Carty that her trial lawyers were deficient and she still had appeals issues she should be able to raise in state courts.
Brown begins community labour sentence for Rihanna assaultSeptember 16th, 2009 LOS ANGELES - Singer Chris brown was singing the blues Wednesday as he began his 1,400-hour community labour sentence imposed for his assault of girlfriend Rihanna last year. Pictures on the celebrity website TMZ.com showed Brown in his home state of Virginia wearing a reflective red vest and a red cap stooping to clean up the grounds of a police horse stable.
ACLU asks judge to release 'Survivor' winner from jail, says Hatch punished for chiding gov'tSeptember 14th, 2009 ACLU: 'Survivor' winner's jailtime was retaliatoryBOSTON — Richard Hatch may have won "Survivor," but he's now dealing with his own painful reality — being held in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day, the American Civil Liberties Union said Monday. The ACLU demanded Hatch's release from Barnstable County jail on Cape Cod.
Cuban to be jailed for complaining about food shortageSeptember 11th, 2009 HAVANA - A court of appeals in Havana has upheld the two-year sentence handed down to a man who had protested before television cameras about hunger in Cuba, a dissident told EFE. The court ruled that Juan Carlos Gonzalez Marcos, 48, committed the crime of being a "social danger," said Richard Rossello of the Cuban Commission on Human Rights and National Reconciliation who attended the hearing as an observer.
Defendant says Conn. home invasion trial may need to be moved because of survivor's statementsSeptember 9th, 2009 Defendant: CT home invasion trial may need a moveNEW HAVEN, Conn. — One of two men charged in a deadly home invasion in Connecticut says the trial may need to be moved because the sole survivor of the attack has called him an "animal" and is campaigning for his execution.
Trial set for January on domestic violence charge against Broncos rookie Richard QuinnSeptember 8th, 2009 ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Denver Broncos rookie tight end Richard Quinn has pleaded innocent to harassment and domestic violence charges stemming from a Labor Day quarrel with his girlfriend.
Former Army soldier scheduled to get life sentence in Ky. for rape, murders in IraqSeptember 4th, 2009 Former soldier to be sentenced in rape, murdersPADUCAH, Ky. — A former soldier is scheduled to be sentenced to life in prison without parole for the rape and murder of an Iraqi teenager and the shooting deaths of three of her family members.
Former New York Mets pitcher Jerry Koosman sentenced to 6 months in prison for tax evasionSeptember 3rd, 2009 Ex-Mets pitcher sentenced for tax evasion in Wis.MADISON, Wis. — A federal judge in Wisconsin has sentenced former New York Mets pitcher Jerry Koosman to six months in prison for not paying his taxes.
Ga. man who found family slain in mobile home granted bond after arrest on drug, other countsSeptember 2nd, 2009 Ga. man arrested after family killed granted bondBRUNSWICK, Ga. — A Georgia man who reported "My whole family's dead!" in a frantic 911 call, then was arrested on charges of evidence tampering, lying to police and drug possession, was granted bond Wednesday in his first court appearance.
