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A decade on, Fla. missing girl trial to begin

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 4th

By CURT ANDERSONAP Legal Affairs Writer MIAMI (AP) - More than a decade after foster child Rilya Wilson's disappearance shook up the state's child welfare system, the caregiver accused of killing the girl is finally set to go on trial in a highly circumstantial case hinging on jail

Soldier, accomplice guilty in murder-for-hire case

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 1st

By JUAN CARLOS LLORCAAssociated Press EL PASO, Texas (AP) - A U.S. soldier was convicted Thursday in a murder-for-hire scheme in which prosecutors say he agreed to help kill a man for undercover agents posing as members of a Mexican drug cartel in exchange for drugs and cash. A federal jury in

Court eyes limits on detention powers in searches

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 1st

By MARK SHERMANAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court reacted skeptically Thursday to the government's argument that police may detain residents of a home to be searched even if they are away from home when the search takes place. Liberal and conservative justices said they

Louisiana parolee set to die in Texas Wednesday

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 30th

By MICHAEL GRACZYKAssociated Press HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - When Louisiana parole violator Donnie Lee Roberts was arrested for fatally shooting his girlfriend at her East Texas home nine years ago, he had an immediate request: the death penalty. Roberts, 41, is scheduled for lethal injection

NY drug raid nets 640 marijuana lollipops, cash

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 27th

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Just in time for Halloween, New York police say a drug raid in Buffalo turned up 640 marijuana lollipops that had been obtained in California where medical marijuana is legal. The Buffalo News reports (http://bit.ly/RWXFke ) that police raided a party on Thursday attended by

US Supreme Court upholds stay of execution in Fla.

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 24th

By CURT ANDERSON and TAMARA LUSHAssociated Press STARKE, Fla. (AP) - Following a slew of conflicting court rulings, a federal appeals court has blocked the scheduled execution of a mass killer convicted of eight killings that jolted South Florida in the 1970s. The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the

US Supreme Court upholds stay of execution in Fla.

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 23rd

By CURT ANDERSON and TAMARA LUSHAssociated Press STARKE, Fla. (AP) - Following a slew of conflicting court rulings, a federal appeals court Tuesday night blocked the scheduled execution of a mass killer convicted of eight slayings that jolted South Florida in the 1970s. The U.S. Supreme Court

Baggage handler at NYC airport gets life in prison

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 16th

By TOM HAYSAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - The testimony at a federal drug trafficking trial was chilling: Jurors heard how bribed baggage handlers at John F. Kennedy International Airport concealed cocaine on commercial jets inside sensitive wing assembly compartments. Saying the tactic

Ex-Colombian prosecutor pleads guilty

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 15th

By FREDERIC J. FROMMERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A former Colombian prosecutor has pleaded guilty to providing sensitive law enforcement information to a drug trafficking organization in exchange for money. In the plea deal filed in U.S. District Court Monday, Ramiro Anturi Larrahondo

Sentences put on hold over Mass. drug lab scandal

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 15th

By DENISE LAVOIEAssociated Press BOSTON (AP) - One at a time, the prison inmates sat down at a wooden table, linked by videoconference to a Boston courtroom, where their attorneys and prosecutors explained the role a disgraced chemist played in their criminal cases. One by one, the judge agreed