http://www.courtnewsreport.com/ CRIMINAL AND CIVIL COURT NEWS en-us 2012-01-23T04:10:52-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.courtnewsreport.com/archives/014823.html 14823@http://www.courtnewsreport.com/ 2012-01-23T04:10:52-05:00 http://www.courtnewsreport.com/archives/014822.html Peter Jackson's "West of Memphis" documentary reveals fresh allegations in the 1993 murder case of of three young boys in Arkansas. In the documentary, screening at Sundance Friday, three new witnesses undergo polygraph tests. They declared under penalty of perjury... 14822@http://www.courtnewsreport.com/ 2012-01-21T01:04:35-05:00 http://www.courtnewsreport.com/archives/014821.html Elizabeth Smart, the Utah woman who was kidnapped at age 14 and held captive for nine months, is engaged, a spokesman said. The 24-year-old Smart accepted the proposal last weekend and plans to marry this year. No details about the... 14821@http://www.courtnewsreport.com/ 2012-01-21T01:04:18-05:00 http://www.courtnewsreport.com/archives/014820.html Coroner's officials on Friday identified a man whose dismembered head, hands and feet were found in a Hollywood park as a 66-year-old from Los Angeles, and police continued to hunt for his killer. The victim's name is Hervey Medellin, coroner's... 14820@http://www.courtnewsreport.com/ 2012-01-21T01:03:58-05:00 http://www.courtnewsreport.com/archives/014819.html A missing 9-year-old girl escaped an apparent kidnapper and called 911 herself from a convenience store in Colorado Springs, police said. The Pueblo girl was reported missing after she failed to return home from school. The car of the man... 14819@http://www.courtnewsreport.com/ 2012-01-21T01:03:40-05:00 http://www.courtnewsreport.com/archives/014818.html A Florida teen charged with impersonating a doctor's assistant has been arrested again -- for pretending to be a policeman. Matthew Scheidt, 18, of Orlando, was arrested in Miami Beach driving a car designed to look like an unmarked police... 14818@http://www.courtnewsreport.com/ 2012-01-21T01:03:01-05:00 http://www.courtnewsreport.com/archives/014817.html Sentencing for former baseball great Lenny Dykstra on multiple counts of grand theft auto was postponed to March after a judge said he is making progress in a drug and alcohol program. "He is enrolled in a drug and alcohol... 14817@http://www.courtnewsreport.com/ 2012-01-21T01:02:45-05:00 http://www.courtnewsreport.com/archives/014816.html Two days after pleading guilty to killing a 7-year-old Georgia girl at the apartment complex where he lived and worked, a 20-year-old maintenance man has apparently taken his own life. Ryan Brunn reportedly hanged himself in his cell at Jackson... 14816@http://www.courtnewsreport.com/ 2012-01-20T01:05:07-05:00 http://www.courtnewsreport.com/archives/014815.html A Southern California woman has been sentenced to death for smothering her two young sons with a pillow and killing her husband with a sword. Prosecutors say 32-year-old Manling Tsang Williams killed her family so she could be with a... 14815@http://www.courtnewsreport.com/ 2012-01-20T01:04:50-05:00 http://www.courtnewsreport.com/archives/014814.html An investigation unfolding near the iconic Hollywood sign in Los Angeles is playing out like a gory movie script, as police worked to identity a man whose body was found in parts over the past two days -- first a... 14814@http://www.courtnewsreport.com/ 2012-01-20T01:04:33-05:00 http://www.courtnewsreport.com/archives/014813.html A Scotsman released from an American prison after spending two decades on Ohio's death row has been accused of leaving a threatening phone message at the courthouse where he was sentenced to death nearly 25 years ago. Ken Richey was... 14813@http://www.courtnewsreport.com/ 2012-01-20T01:04:16-05:00 http://www.courtnewsreport.com/archives/014812.html Florida sophomore defensive tackle Leon Orr was served with a notice to appear on two marijuana-related charges during the first week of spring semester, according to a University Police report. The arrest report describes a scene on the night of... 14812@http://www.courtnewsreport.com/ 2012-01-20T01:03:55-05:00 http://www.courtnewsreport.com/archives/014811.html An Alaska fishing captain who led a crew on the program that spawned the cable TV show "Deadliest Catch" will serve five years in prison for a fatal crash. The Peninsula Clarion that 60-year-old Clarence "Ole" Helgevold Jr., of Soldotna,... 14811@http://www.courtnewsreport.com/ 2012-01-20T01:03:33-05:00 http://www.courtnewsreport.com/archives/014810.html After consulting with Michael Jackson's family, prosecutors have decided not to seek restitution against the personal physician who was found guilty of the legendary pop singer's death. Deputy District Attorney David Walgren withdrew the request for restitution from Conrad Murray... 14810@http://www.courtnewsreport.com/ 2012-01-19T01:55:42-05:00 http://www.courtnewsreport.com/archives/014809.html A judge has denied a request by convicted murderer Joshua Komisarjevsky for a new trial in the home invasion killings of a woman and her two daughters. New Haven Superior Court Judge Jon Blue denied motions for a new trial... 14809@http://www.courtnewsreport.com/ 2012-01-19T01:55:26-05:00