U.S. : Crime
AP - Two Montana men have been indicted on fraud charges for an investment scam that federal prosecutors say bilked more than 700 people with promises of never-lose trading techniques on the foreign exchange market.
Man charged in Ohio mom's death, son's kidnapping
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AP - An Ohio man accused of killing a mother and abandoning her 4-year-old son on a highway has been charged with aggravated murder, kidnapping and gross sexual imposition involving a child under 13.
Former Okla. sheriff on trial in jail sex case
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AP - A prosecutor said Tuesday six former jail inmates and drug defendants will testify an Oklahoma sheriff used his influence to demand sex from them, while a defense attorney told jurors at the sheriff's trial that those women were lying or consented.
Young Ariz. murder suspect's statement off-limits
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AP - Prosecutors in eastern Arizona have agreed not to use statements made by a 9-year-old boy as they pursue murder charges against him, according to court documents released Tuesday.
Judge sets trial in 2010 for Blackwater guards
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Reuters - A federal judge on Tuesday set a trial for early next year for five Blackwater security guards accused of killing 14 unarmed civilians in a 2007 shooting in Baghdad that strained U.S.-Iraqi relations.
AP - Fugitive director Roman Polanski received a message from prosecutors in a sexually explicit court motion Tuesday that all is not forgiven and they will fight dismissal of a three-decade-old conviction for raping a 13-year-old.
AP - Federal prosecutors intend to charge a former security contractor for Blackwater USA in the killing of an Iraqi guard in 2006, his lawyer said Tuesday.
Man charged in Halloween killing pleads not guilty
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AP - A South Carolina ex-convict accused of answering a knock at his door on Halloween night by spraying the front of his house with bullets and killing a 12-year-old trick-or-treater pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a federal weapons charge.
Rip Torn faces drunken driving charges in Conn.
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AP - Actor Rip Torn has pleaded not guilty to drunken driving charges in Connecticut, nearly two years after being fined and losing his license for similar charges in New York.
AP - New Jersey's highest court is grappling with one of the thorniest issues facing criminal justice today: what to do in cases where witnesses to a crime have been threatened or intimidated by defendants to the point where they refuse to testify in court.
