BAL HARBOUR, Fla. (AP) — In this upscale seaside village of about 2,500 permanent residents, the main challenges for Bal Harbour’s 30-member police force are thefts from its high-end shopping mall, speeders along Florida’s famed A1A highway and vehicle break-ins. But the department managed to rake in millions of dollars in forfeited drug proceeds by Keep Reading…
On Wednesday, May 8, the South Carolina Supreme Court ended a historic battle in the six-year war over the multi-million dollar estate of music legend James Brown. Four petitions had been filed following the Court’s February 27 decision to overturn a 2008 settlement deal by former Attorney General (AG) Henry McMaster. On Wednesday the Court Keep Reading…
Ninety-one-year-old Sophie Paulos spent three months and more than $30,000 proving to court officials that she was competent enough to run her own life. Two of her daughters had told a local judge that they suspected Paulos was being financially exploited by family members. They said they were worried about her health. They questioned whether Keep Reading…
KISSIMMEE, Fla. — A Kissimmee attorney who was disbarred for ripping off an elderly couple is now facing federal charges for a similar scheme Tuesday night. Channel 9′s Jeff Deal spoke with the woman who tipped off authorities about Linda Littlefield, and asked if there are tougher charges for people who prey on the elderly Keep Reading…
LAWRENCE — After months of no shows, claims of illness and hospitalizations, retired Lawrence police officer William Hale showed up for his arraignment on forgery and larceny charges in Lawrence District Court yesterday. The 33-year Lawrence police officer is accused of stealing nearly $70,000 from Elizabeth Lacey, an elderly Andover Street woman known to friends Keep Reading…
The big-spending mom to twin heirs of the Doris Duke fortune has been ordered to appear in court next month to answer charges that she’s treated their trust funds as a personal piggy bank. Daisha Inman, 52, has blown more than $1 million of her 15-year-olds’ $60 million inheritance since 2010, according to court records. Keep Reading…
Tashia Stuart’s attorneys are asking the Washington State Court of Appeals to overturn a ruling that would allow jurors to hear her mother’s alleged suspicions that Stuart was trying to kill her. Wednesday an appeals court commissioner, Joyce McCown of Spokane, heard arguments about whether the question should be heard by an appeals court panel. Keep Reading…
After hearing that Candace Bednarz had expressed concerns about her deceased mother’s money and jewelry, East Hartford police officers executing a search warrant found $27,500 in cash, jewelry, and documents in a safe deposit box in Bednarz’s name, a police inventory says. The warrant, which was released Wednesday, also details a September 2010 incident when Keep Reading…
NEW YORK (AP) — Harper Lee, who wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “To Kill a Mockingbird,” filed a lawsuit Friday to re-secure the copyright to it. The lawsuit filed in federal court in Manhattan seeks unspecified damages from the son-in-law of Lee’s former literary agent and companies he allegedly created. The lawsuit alleges the son-in-law, Keep Reading…
A Murrieta man was arrested Thursday, May 2, on suspicion of defrauding an elderly woman he met while working at a bank, authorities said. Don Leon Foster, 35, was arrested at his current workplace in San Diego County, Riverside County sheriff’s officials said in a news release. Sheriff’s officials said Foster took advantage of the Keep Reading…
A vicious inheritance fight that apparently has seen a brother send his sister a gift-wrapped bomb took an even more cold-blooded turn Tuesday when prosecutors alleged that Clair Wolf specified the order he wanted his two sisters and one of their husbands killed when he hired a hitman last year. Wolf, 66, believed he would Keep Reading…
SAN JOSE — The two young daughters of a one-time prostitute have a valid claim to the estate of slain millionaire Ravi Kumra, a judge ruled Tuesday, deciding there is “clear and convincing evidence” that the girls are Kumra’s children and are entitled to a family allowance. Whether they are entitled to half his estate Keep Reading…
East Hartford‘s probate judge wants to remove Candace Bednarz as fiduciary of her slain mother’s estate, now that Bednarz has been arrested on charges of tampering with evidence and hindering the prosecution the man police say killed her mother. Probate Judge Allan Driscoll has scheduled a hearing on the matter for May 14 at the Keep Reading…
The State Commission on Judicial Conduct rarely issues public statements. The agency, which disciplines judges, has issued just four in the past decade, limiting them to instances in which “sources other than the commission cause notoriety” that it wants to clear up. This week, the commission issued one such statement, rebutting and thwarting a decree Keep Reading…
The legal fight over the estate of late soul singer James Brown continues, as the Attorney General is asking the Supreme Court to reconsider its decision to throw out a settlement agreement. Attorney General Alan Wilson is asking the S.C. Supreme Court to reconsider throwing out an agreement on the distribution of assets and referring Keep Reading…
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