A posh South Florida day spa was put on a year probation for hiring unlicensed workers and allegations that a woman was sexually assaulted at the spa. An attorney for the spa argues that the spa didn’t do anything wrong. The State Board of Massage Therapy disagrees. The spa and…
Six former cheerleaders and the former mascot from Morton Ranch High School made their first court appearances last week on hazing charges based on allegations that they pushed junior varsity cheerleaders, bound and blindfolded, into a swimming pool. The misdemeanor charges state the defendants engaged in reckless conduct that endangered…
A jury convicted a woman last Wednesday of three minor offenses in her role in an internet cyber-hoax which likely drove a 13-year old girl to suicide. Although originally charged with felony charges of accessing a computed without authorization to inflict emotional distress, the jury found defendant Lori Drew guilty…
An 8 year old Arizona boy was charged last week with the premeditated killing of his father and another man. The news of the shooting became public when the prosecutors released to the news this week an hour long interrogation which led to the boy’s confession. On the video the…
A former escaped inmate who killed a New York state trooper and wounded two others while on the run in 2006 cannot withdraw his guilty pleas and stand trial, an appeals court ruled Friday. The man, Ralph “Bucky” Phillips told the judge in November 2006 that he was “guilty as…
A woman filed suit Thursday against a Delaware based radio-station after she was set up on a date with a man over the air and was subsequently raped. Attorneys for the victim filed a lawsuit against Travis Harvey, charged in the crime, and Delaware-based NextMedia, parent company of WXLC, claiming…
Victoria’s Secret, the US lingerie firm, is facing the prospect of being sued by dozens of American women who claim their bras brought them out in painful rashes and welts. The original claim was brought by Roberta Ritta, 37, who claims that after purchasing the Angel’s Secret Embrace bra it…
A sex offender had to be restrained from attacking a group of Northern California reporters with a box cutter when they tracked him down for failing to register as a sex offender. Darren Kawamoto, 44, was put in police custody last Tuesday evening after a violent outburst directed at both…
Are red light cameras a help or a hindrance to traffic safety? Are they even constitutional at all? Legal challenges are popping up in several towns all over the country involving this same issue. A town in Ohio was even willing to boot every single member of their own city…
Later this month Michael Vick will appear in front of a Sussex County Judge and is expected to plead guilty to state charges of dog fighting. Vick, the former superstar NFL quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons has been serving his 23 month sentence on federal charges for dog fighting for…