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There are three classifications of crime: felonies, misdemeanors and infractions. Felonies of which are the most serious of the three. Crimes considered a felony can include: aggravated assault and/... more
Written by attorney Jeremy Geigle, about 1 month ago.
South African track star, Oscar Pistorius, was the first amputee to compete at an Olympics in the 2012 London games, and was named one of the worlds 100 most-influential people by Time magazine the... more
Written by attorney Jeremy Geigle, 4 months ago.
Jerome Isaac, 48, of Brooklyn pleaded guilty to the horrific murder of 73-year-old Deloris Gillespie. Surveillance video reveals Isaac spraying liquid from a hose into an elevator where Gillespie was... more
Written by attorney Jeremy Geigle, 4 months ago.
31-year-old Erika Menendez is facing charges for second-degree murder as a hate crime after she pushed 46-year-old Sunando Sen in front of an oncoming subway train in Queens. Sen died of multiple... more
Written by attorney Greg Hill, 4 months ago.
Jesse Gonzalez was convicted of first degree murder with special circumstances for killing a police officer on duty. The conviction arose after he used a shotgun when Los Angeles Sheriffs... more
Written by attorney Jeremy Geigle, 4 months ago.
45-year-old Radcliffe Haughton was found dead with a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the Azana Salon Spa in Brookfield, WI after he shot 7 women, killing three of them. Haughtons estranged wife,... more
Written by attorney Jeremy Geigle, 4 months ago.
Elzbieta Plackowska first came to the United States from Poland on a tourist visa 12 years ago, and has since become a wife and mother. Her and her husband, Artur, suffered a home foreclosure in 2007... more
Written by attorney Greg Hill, 10 days ago.
On January 19, 2008, at least 428 people attended an eighteenth birthday party at a Masonic Lodge in Lakewood, California. The party was for twin brothers Randall and Carlton Hook, African-... more
Written by attorney Jeremy Geigle, 7 months ago.
Maricopa County Superior Court convicted 22-year-old Jose Luis Marquez of robbery and first-degree murder. Marquez attempted to steal the purse of 21-year-old Kyleigh Sousa outside of an... more
Written by attorney Jeremy Geigle, 7 months ago.
49-year-old Los Angeles chef, David Viens has been a suspect in his wifes disappearance for many years. Dawn Viens was last seen on Oct 18, 2009, as she was walking away from the restaurant that she... more
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