Federal court prosecutors have issued new information regarding the securities fraud allegations made against an ex-Tiki Island resident and nine of his accomplices. Harris Dempsey “Butch” Ballow faces charges related to a seven-year multimillion-dollar stock sale scam. Ballow, 67, was indicted in 2003 for alleged money laundering and fraud. He…
Love and marriage apparently go together like drinking and driving. The State Patrol says it arrested a husband and wife for drunken driving on Sunday. The 21-year-old husband, who is stationed at Fort Lewis, was seen driving erratically on northbound Interstate 5 early Sunday morning. He and his wife had…
New York (CNN) — Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani was acquitted Wednesday of all but one count of conspiracy-related charges in a landmark civilian trial involving the first Guantanamo detainee to be tried in civilian court. Ghailani was convicted by a federal jury on a charge of conspiracy to destroy buildings and…
Mario “Sammy” Levis, a member of the family that founded Puerto Rican bank-holding company Doral Financial Corp., was sentenced to five years in prison for securities fraud when he worked as Doral’s treasurer. Levis was convicted in April of one count of securities fraud and two counts of wire fraud,…
A money manager from Brooklyn, New York, was found guilty of running a $45 million Ponzi scheme that defrauded hundreds of investors. Philip Barry, 53, a resident of the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn, began accepting money in 1978 from investors, guaranteeing fictional annual profits, according to prosecutors in the…
Seattle defensive end Raheem Brock was arrested for investigation of driving under the influence just hours before the Seahawks traveled to Arizona to face the Cardinals. Washington State Patrol Trooper Julie Startup confirms Brock, a former Temple standout and Dobbins graduate, was arrested early Saturday morning in Seattle. KCPQ-TV in…
After defending sales of a self-published book on pedophilia, online retail giant Amazon last night reversed course and pulled the book from its Kindle store. The electronic book, “The Pedophile’s Guide to Love and Pleasure: a Child-lover’s Code of Conduct,” by Philip R. Greaves II, went on sale on Oct.…
JACKSON, Miss. — A man who was declared dead 16 years ago is now under arrest and facing kidnapping charges. 53-year-old Thomas Steven Sanders was transported to Alexandria, La., after being arrested in Mississippi over the weekend. Officials believe Sanders kidnapped 12-year-old Lexis Roberts, whose body was found in Louisiana…
A former Yankee hero caught a break Thursday when a judge tossed out one of two manslaughter charges and told jurors they could even convict him of simple drunken-driving. It was an emotional day for Jim Leyritz, 47, who is charged with killing 30-year-old Fredia Ann Veitch in a 2007…
Troubled Yankees hero Jim Leyritz played defense on Monday, claiming he was sober during a 2007 crash that killed a 30-year-old woman. Leyritz lawyer David Bogenschutz said video and phone records will show Fredia Ann Veitch was speeding and ran a red light. Leyritz, 46, best known for a dramatic…