SANFORD, Fla. — After weeks in hiding, George Zimmerman made his first courtroom appearance Thursday in the shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, and prosecutors outlined their murder case in court papers, saying the neighborhood watch volunteer followed and confronted the black teenager after a police dispatcher told him to back off.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The neighborhood watch volunteer who shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was arrested and charged with second-degree murder Wednesday after weeks of mounting tensions and protests across the U.S.
ORLANDO, Fla. — A grand jury will not look into the Trayvon Martin case, a special prosecutor said Monday, leaving the decision of whether to charge the teen’s shooter in her hands alone and eliminating the possibility of a first-degree murder charge.
Attorneys for three Delaware County Sheriff’s deputies Tuesday began arguing a motion to dismiss charges that accuse the law enforcement officers of illegally using a police database that provides background on individuals.
Former Delaware County Commissioner Todd Hanks on Monday pleaded guilty to three misdemeanor ethics charges tied to his former sales job for an engineering firm seeking contracts from the county.
Former Delaware County Commissioner Todd Hanks is expected to appear in court Monday to admit that he illegally used his former office to benefit companies with which he had a private business relationship, according to court documents filed Friday.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Feisty and cagey, ex-President Richard Nixon defended his shredded legacy and shady Watergate-era actions in grand jury testimony that he thought would never come out. On Thursday, it did.
In a courtroom full of their supporters, three Delaware County Sheriff’s deputies accused of illegally using a police database that provides background on individuals pleaded not guilty in separate Delaware County Common Pleas courtrooms Wednesday. Deputies Lyle A. Chasse, Robert E. Curren and James F. Cuccarese II each entered not guilty pleas to fifth-degree felony counts of unauthorized use of property, specifically the Law Enforcement Automated Database System, also called LEADS. Chasse faces three counts; Cuccarese, two counts; and Curren, one count.