Federal judge in NYC concludes piracy suspect is adult, can be tried in open court

September 30th, 2009 Robbery suspect escapes from NYC courthouseNEW YORK — Police are looking for a well-dressed robbery suspect who walked out of a Manhattan courthouse after an officer apparently mistook him for a lawyer. Ronald Tackman was wearing a business suit while waiting to appear before a judge Wednesday morning.

September 8th, 2009 Federal judge: NY violated rights of mentally illALBANY, N.Y. — New York state violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by housing more than 4,300 mentally ill people in large nursing homes rather than integrating them into the community, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

August 5th, 2009 More adult charges sought in Ariz. child rape casePHOENIX — An Arizona prosecutor wants to charge a second child as an adult in the alleged rape of an 8-year-old Liberian girl at a Phoenix apartment complex.

July 29th, 2009 Judge delays detention hearing in NC terror caseRALEIGH, N.C. — A federal judge has delayed the detention hearing for seven North Carolina men accused of plotting violent jihad.

July 17th, 2009 Pa. teen who plotted to bomb family held for trialPITTSBURGH — A 17-year-old boy from suburban Pittsburgh — who police say tried to kill his sleeping family last fall by placing homemade chlorine bombs in their beds — will be tried in juvenile court. The bombs did not go off and no one was hurt.

July 1st, 2009 Mayfield in court to fight NASCAR suspensionCHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jeremy Mayfield is in court trying to get his indefinite suspension from NASCAR lifted by a federal judge.

June 19th, 2009 Mayfield has July 1 hearing before federal judgeCHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jeremy Mayfield's next chance to have his indefinite drug suspension lifted will be at a July 1 hearing in federal court.

May 3rd, 2009 Judge: Mumbai attacks suspect to be tried as adultMUMBAI, India — The only surviving suspected gunman in last year's terrorist attacks in Mumbai will be tried as an adult, which means he could face the death penalty, the presiding judge said. The defense lawyer representing Mohammed Ajmal Kasab said his client was 17 at the time of the November attacks and should be tried by a juvenile court.

April 29th, 2009 Mumbai attacks suspect asks court to allow walksMUMBAI, India — The only surviving suspected gunman in last year's Mumbai terrorist attacks asked a judge Wednesday for permission to take walks outside his prison cell, saying that months of solitary confinement was driving him crazy. Prosecutors say Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, a Pakistani, was one of 10 attackers responsible for killing 166 people and wounding 304 more during the three-day siege in November.

April 25th, 2009 Piracy suspect receiving medical treatment in NYNEW YORK — A Somali teenager held in New York after being charged with piracy has been given a Quran to use in prayer and medical attention for his hand injured during the attack on an American cargo ship. Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse (ab-dee-WAL'-ee ab-deek-ah-DEER' MOO'-say) has been held alone in a federal prison cell since he arrived earlier this week to face charges in the attack on the Maersk (mersk) Alabama, of the Norfolk, Va.-based Maersk shipping company.

April 22nd, 2009 Piracy charge with mandatory life penalty loomsNEW YORK — The sole surviving pirate from an attack on an American cargo ship off the Somali coast will be tried as an adult after he was portrayed Tuesday as the brazen ringleader of a band of pirates who shot at the ship's captain and bragged about prior acts of piracy. The bravado authorities say 18-year-old Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse displayed as the first pirate to board the Maersk Alabama on April 8 had evaporated by the time he entered a federal courtroom to face a piracy charge that carries a mandatory life prison sentence.

April 21st, 2009 Federal judge in NYC says piracy suspect is adultNEW YORK — The sole survivor of a pirate attack on an American cargo ship off the Somali coast was charged as an adult Tuesday with piracy after a prosecutor said he gave wildly varying ages for himself but finally admitted he was 18. U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew J.

April 21st, 2009 Fed judge in NYC closes piracy suspect's hearingNEW YORK — A federal judge in New York has determined that the sole survivor of a pirate attack on an American cargo ship off the Somali coast is an adult. On Tuesday, prosecutors and defense attorneys argued in a New York courtroom over whether Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse is a juvenile or an adult.

April 21st, 2009 Somali suspect charged with piracy, other countsNEW YORK — The sole survivor of a pirate attack on an American cargo ship off the Somali coast has been charged with piracy and other counts. The piracy count carries a mandatory penalty of life in prison.

April 21st, 2009 Piracy suspect is adult, federal judge in NYC saysNEW YORK — The sole survivor of a pirate attack on an American cargo ship off the Somali coast was charged as an adult Tuesday with piracy after a prosecutor said he gave wildly varying ages for himself but finally admitted he was 18. U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew J.