A D.C. vehicle owner who was wanted in connection with a videotaped collision involving a cyclist in August turned himself in Friday after learning last week there was a bench warrant for his arrest. The case against John W. Diehl, a retired Metropolitan Police Department officer, has stalled for several months as authorities were apparently unable to serve him a judicial summons ordering him to show up in court.
A Dayton store owner, implicated in a food stamp fraud case and accused of selling a handgun to a police informant, apparently remains overseas in the Middle East while a federal judge has a issued a bench warrant for his arrest. Mohammed Zaid, the owner of A&M Meats at 1069 Gilsey Ave., has failed to appear for two court hearings before U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Black, according to court documents.
A retired D.C. police officer is due in court Thursday on assault and other charges stemming from a videotaped collision last year between the man's truck and a bicyclist. The case languished for more than nine months after the collision, with no charges brought against the truck's owner, John Diehl, because officials had been unable to serve a judicial summons on him. After being informed by a reporter of a bench warrant for his arrest in the case, Mr. Diehl turned himself in and was indicted last month on four criminal charges from the August 2011 incident.
An appeals court questioned today if health inspectors for the City of Kansas City have the authority to enforce the city's smoking ordinance. An employee of JC's Sports Bar was ticketed in April 2009 for allowing patrons to smoke indoors. A Health Department inspector demanded her license and issued her a ticket. Failure to appear in court on the $50 ticket could result in a bench warrant for her arrest.
A Paterson man who was charged with animal cruelty when a pit bull in his care was found dead missed a court appearance Friday, prompting a judge to issue an unusually harsh arrest warrant, a city official said. The judge set a $2,500 bail to be enacted upon the arrest of Gerald Cody, owner of a pit bull that city animal control officers found dead and chained to a pole at his Jasper Street residence. The bail, issued with a bench warrant for Cody's arrest, is severe considering most such warrants are for about $250, said John DeCando, the city's chief animal control officer. As of late Friday afternoon, Cody had not been arrested.
An Elkview man accused of running a funeral home without a business license appeared before a Kanawha magistrate Tuesday. Rick Myers, 58, of Verna Drive answered a bench warrant issued for his arrest in Kanawha Magistrate Court.
The only way a former Fayette County attorney accused of stealing about $99,000 in mortgage-settlement claims from two elderly couples can avoid going to trial on Jan. 3 is if he is hospitalized, according to the trial judge. Judge Steve Leskinen on Tuesday told Mark Morrison's attorney that if Morrison fails to appear for trial in the four-year-old criminal case, a bench warrant will be issued for his arrest unless Morrison is "confined to a hospital.
FAIRFIELD, Ill. - The aggravated battery trial of Ricky D. Garner of Fairfield got off to a rocky start this week when a potential juror walked out without being excused. Then a seated juror was booted from the panel after it was discovered he was wanted on a warrant. On Monday, Wesley A. Cone, 29 of Fairfield reported for jury duty along with dozens of other potential jurors. According to the court security officer, Cone became restless and decided to leave. Circuit Judge Joe Harrison was notified Cone left without being excused and issued a bench warrant for his arrest.
Sixty people took advantage of the first day of bench warrant amnesty week Monday at Topeka's Municipal Court, said administrative Judge Vic Miller. Miller announced last week that from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. from Monday through Friday of this week, anyone with an outstanding bench warrant for his or her arrest may come to the court clerk's office and arrange to reschedule any court appearance he or she may have missed.
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