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LANCASTER, Wis. - An arraignment hearing is scheduled for 9:45 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 15, in Grant County Circuit Court for the operator of a motorcycle that crashed on Aug. 27, resulting in the death of a Cassville woman.
Thomas C. Sweet, 20, of Lancaster, is charged with two counts of vehicular homicide. Sweet was driving the motorcycle southbound on Wisconsin 133/Amelia Street after 3 a.m. on Aug. 27, when he lost control, according to authorities. Sweet and passenger Laura Tennessen, 20, both were thrown from the motorcycle. Neither was wearing a helmet.
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What was originally an arraignment hearing about a man trying to represent himself against three charges of first-degree theft turned into a question of whether a man diagnosed with bipolar disorder and an IQ of 70 is in fact competent enough to go to trial by himself.
Janesville, Wis., resident Joseph William Murphy, 45, is charged with misappropriating the funds of three tri state-area residents, two of which went through a company named American Disability Entitlements, a Social Security disability advocate.
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JUVENILE - Because trial court did not obtain a valid waiver of the Appellant's right to counsel at his arraignment hearing, we vacate his plea of admission and the subsequent disposition of the case and remand accordingly.
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WEST COVINA - A former Covina Police Department civilian records clerk pleaded guilty Friday to charges of stealing more than $100,000 dollars from the agency and hiding her son-in-law's crime report to prevent his prosecution, authorities said.
Mary Louise Wasilchin, also known as Louise Vance-Wasilchin, 58, of Upland, admitted to stealing at least $140,000 from the police department and hiding the records during an arraignment hearing in West Covina Superior Court, Los Angeles County District Attorney's officials said.
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WEST COVINA - A former Covina Police Department civilian records clerk pleaded guilty Friday to charges of stealing more than $100,000 dollars from the agency and hiding her son-in-law's crime report to prevent his prosecution, authorities said.
Mary Louise Wasilchin, also known as Louise Vance-Wasilchin, 58, of Upland, admitted to stealing at least $140,000 from the police department and hiding a police record during an arraignment hearing in West Covina Superior Court, Los Angeles County District Attorney's officials said.
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Four criminal defendants in a far-reaching county corruption probe were released from custody Thursday evening after a San Bernardino Superior Court judge lowered their bails from a collective $16 million to $1.1 million.
During a scheduled bail hearing and arraignment earlier in the day, Judge Brian McCarville reduced bail for former San Bernardino County Supervisor Paul Biane; former county Assistant Assessor Jim Erwin; Mark Kirk, director of Intergovernmental Relations for the county; and Rancho Cucamonga developer Jeffrey Burum.
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Four criminal defendants in a far-reaching county corruption probe were released from custody Thursday evening after a San Bernardino Superior Court judge lowered their bails from a collective $16 million to $1.1 million.
At a bail hearing and arraignment earlier in the day, Judge Brian McCarville reduced bail for former San Bernardino County Supervisor Paul Biane; former county Assistant Assessor Jim Erwin; Mark Kirk, the director of intergovernmental relations for the county; and Rancho Cucamonga developer Jeff Burum.
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MORGANTOWN - A Fairmont man has been charged in the beating death of a woman found in January along Chestnut Ridge Road.
Before his arraignment hearing, Dallas Davis had a question about his girlfriend, 45-year-old Kimberly Gregory, who died in a hospital 10 days after the beating.
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A 19-year-old Herbert Hoover High School student was charged Wednesday with making threats to commit a terrorist act after leaving a note at school saying he would kill 23 people.
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The four men indicted on corruption charges Tuesday were still in custody Wednesday evening, awaiting arraignment and a bail hearing today in San Bernardino Superior Court.
Experts and attorneys say the bail is remarkably high and that the men might have trouble making bail.