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Attorney withdraws motion to reduce suspect’s bond for NYE Uptown shooting

There’s new evidence in a mass shooting that happened on New Year’s Eve in Uptown Charlotte.

In a court hearing Friday, 19-year-old Daevion Crawford’s attorney learned the district attorney had received new evidence from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department. That evidence was recently given to Crawford’s defense attorney.

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Crawford’s attorney had filed a motion on Feb. 29 asking for a lower bond. But because he wanted time to review the new evidence, the attorney withdrew his motion on Friday.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said Crawford shot into a busy crowd at Romare Bearden Park just after 11:30 pm on New Year’s Eve. Five innocent victims were shot below their knees and were expected to recover, police said.

After the New Year's Eve chaos in Uptown Charlotte, several parents are facing charges for their children's alleged actions.After the New Year's Eve chaos in Uptown Charlotte, several parents are facing charges for their children's alleged actions.

After the New Year’s Eve chaos in Uptown Charlotte, several parents are facing charges for their children’s alleged actions.

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Chicago attorney faces new charges for witness tampering

CHICAGO – A Chicago attorney is facing new charges for allegedly attempting to influence a witness in his federal tax fraud case.

Michael Abramson, originally suspected in 2018 on federal tax charges, now faces additional counts including witness tampering and contempt of court. The charges stem from allegations that Abramson filed false individual and corporate income tax returns, with the original indictment accusing him of providing over $1 million for personal expenses to a woman he was romantically involved with, mischaracterizing the funds on corporate books and tax returns.

The new indictment renews the previous tax charges and adds accusations of witness tampering. According to the indictment, Abramson attempted to script the testimony of a witness – who had worked for his companies for several years – in his favor by providing her with a copy of her previous court testimony annotated with handwritten notes altering her answers.

Abramson’s trial was supposed to begin on Feb. 5, but has now been postponed to July 1, 2024, following the alleged witness tampering. His bond has been revoked and he will remain in federal custody pending his trial.

Abramson, 74, of Wilmette, is set to be arrested on the new indictment on

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Attorney for man killed outside Waterbury court stunned by the shooting – NBC Connecticut

The search is on for the person who shot and killed a man outside the Waterbury courthouse. The gunshots ranged out Thursday morning just after the victim finished court proceedings.

It started as a typical morning for attorney Ioannis Kaloidis with Kaloidis Law Firm, representing his client at the Waterbury courthouse.

“My client and I were in front of the judge moments earlier. He got a new date, his case was continued. I shook his hand and told him I’d see him in a couple weeks,” he said.

As he was in the courtroom for another case, Kaloidis said a marshal sprinted out and everyone was told to stay inside.

“There was a sense of shock around the building as news spread that there was a shooting outside,” he said.

Waterbury police swarmed the area and found a 26-year-old Waterbury man shot outside on State Street. Officers say he was taken to the hospital where he died. Kaloidis later learned the victim was his client and couldn’t believe the news.

“He was not a witness in any upcoming trial. He was not cooperating in any way where you would think he was being targeted,” he said.

Officers say the shooter

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Prince Harry’s lawyer implicates Rupert Murdoch in cover-up by tabloids

LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry’s lawyer leveled explosive new allegations Wednesday that Rupert Murdoch was aware of cover-ups at his British tabloids that used unlawful techniques to spy on the Duke of Sussex and others.

Attorney David Sherborne said Murdoch was among the executives who were aware that public statements made about phone hacking and other unlawful information gathered at News Group Newspapers were untrue.

Harry and other claimants, including actor Hugh Grant, sought during the first of a three-day hearing in the High Court to amend their lawsuit against the publisher to include allegations that executives were part of an effort to conceal and destroy evidence of wrongdoing.

“It is inferred that they would not have carried out this extensive concealment and destruction strategy without the knowledge and approval of Rupert Murdoch,” Sherborne said in a court filing.

Defense lawyer Anthony Hudson said the proposed changes to the case were unnecessary and seemed aimed at “campaigning against the tabloid press” and as a “substitute for a public inquiry.”

“They appear to be designed to grab headlines,” Hudson said.

FILE - Rupert Murdoch talks with the media after he held a meeting with the parents and sister of murdered school girl Milly Dowler in London, Friday, July 15, 2011. Murdoch, whose 93rd birthday is next week, is planning to get married for the fifth time, wedding Elena Zhukova, her representative said Saturday, March 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

Harry’s lawsuit against News Group Newspapers is one of three he’s brought against Britain’s biggest tabloids over alleged unlawful activity carried

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No charges will be filed in nonbinary teen Nex Benedict’s death, Oklahoma district attorney says

An Oklahoma district attorney declined to file charges in connection with the death of nonbinary teenager Nex Benedict, officials said Thursday.

Benedict, a 16-year-old student at Owasso High School near Tulsa, died by suicide on Feb. 8, one day after a fight in a high school bathroom.

“Based upon the investigation of the Owasso Police Department, I am in agreement with their assessment that the filing of juvenile
charges are not warranted,” Tulsa County District Attorney Stephen A. Kunzweiler said in a statement.

“From all of the evidence gathered, this fight was an instance of mutual combat,” Kunzweiler wrote. “I do not have a reasonable belief that the State of Oklahoma could sustain its burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt if charges were presented for prosecution.”

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Nex Benedict.

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Benedict, who identified as nonbinary and used they/them pronouns, was sent to a hospital by a school nurse immediately following the fight. Benedict, while in the hospital, spoke to police officers and told them the bathroom fight had started when three girls harassed them. Benedict responded by throwing water at the girls, which sparked the fight.

Owassa police during their investigation discovered brief notes written by Benedict that appeared

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Juvenile cases are big business for a handful of lawyers in Cuyahoga County

This article was published in partnership with The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system. Sign up for their Cleveland newsletter and follow them on Instagram, TikTok, Reddit and Facebook.

The juvenile court system is supposed to ensure that young people accused of crimes have legal representation, even if their families can’t afford a lawyer.

But in Cuyahoga County, some courtrooms resemble hiring halls for favored attorneys who get hundreds of assignments yearly, while others get none.

According to the most recent year of invoices submitted between October 2022 through September 2023, the juvenile court paid at least 60 attorneys to represent hundreds of children accused of crimes. Of those, judges steered more than two-thirds of the work to just 10 of the lawyers, according to a Marshall Project – Cleveland analysis of the most recent case data and state reimbursement filings.

Traffic lights are on in front of the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Justice Center at dusk.

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In one year, the court paid at least 60 attorneys to represent children accused of crimes. Of those, judges at the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court steered more than two-thirds of the work to just 10 of the lawyers.

Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court’s system

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O’Neill Burke, Harris too close to call – NBC Chicago

Many races in Tuesday’s election have been called, although some races and referendums remain outstanding. You can see live election results from the Illinois Primary here.

One day after the Illinois primary election, the race for who will be the Democratic Party’s nominee for Cook County State’s Attorney remains too close to call.

As of 5 am Wednesday, Eileen O’Neill Burke had a narrow lead over Clayton Harris. With 99% of precincts reporting, they’re separated by roughly 9,000 votes.

The Chicago Board of Elections noted that mail-in ballots are continuing to be processed.

“Per Illinois election code, all late-arriving but properly postmarked (by March 19th) vote-by-mail ballots have a two-week period to be counted – and that would bring us to April 2nd,” CBOE director of public information Max Bever said.

Bever noted however that the vast majority of vote-by-mail ballots came back on election day or night, and the immediately Wednesday and Thursday following.

“By the time those are processed and included into the unofficial results, we may have a much clearer picture by this weekend,” Bever said, of the race.

Earlier in the day, Bever noted that Chicago’s voter turnout was “shockingly low,” saying that only 20% of

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No prosecution warranted for Lima critics, attorney says | News

NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI — An independent counsel has repudiated an attempt by Democratic Party leaders and school board Chairwoman Erin Earle to prosecute someone for making critical social media posts against School Committee member Jen Lima.

In a report issued Monday, Special Counsel Maria F. Deaton said that while Lima might feel “annoyed and alarmed,” there’s no evidence that the comments were cyberstalking or went beyond protected free speech under the US Constitution.

In addition, Deaton determined that Lima “in her public capacity, on her public social media accounts discussed matters involving different topics (public policy, political matters, etc.). It can be argued that the public has a right to comment on those public posts and the comments can be shown to be legitimate.”

The town’s Democratic Party’s top leaders, in a February letter to Town Manager Ralph Mollis, suggested that the police department had failed to do enough to investigate and prosecute Lima critic Alexander Cesaro.

At the time of the letter, a special counsel had already been hired because Lima and other school officials had complained of foot-dragging in the matter.

Deaton’s report and law enforcement officials’ chronology of events both show ongoing investigation of her claims of

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NY attorney general takes step toward seizing Trump assets

The New York attorney general’s office has filed judgments in Westchester County, where former President Trump’s golf resort and private estate known as Seven Springs is located — a first step toward seizing the assets.

The judgments were filed with the Westchester County clerk’s office March 6, public records show. Judge Arthur Engoron, who oversaw the sweeping civil fraud trial against Trump and his business, formally entered his multimillion-dollar judgment just a week earlier.

Engoron ruled that Trump, the Trump Organization and top executives, including two of Trump’s sons — Eric and Donald Jr. — were liable for fraud after conspiring to change the former president’s net worth for tax and insurance benefits. He ordered them to pay $464 million, plus interest, in total.

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Trump has just four days to find the cash to post a surety bond for his portion of the judgment — a whopping $454 million, plus interest — before New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) can begin seizing his assets. If Trump posts the bond, the judgment would be automatically paused while the former president appeals Engoron’s ruling.

James has said that if

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