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Norman Baker, former treasurer of West Seneca Fire District No. 1, could face up to seven years in prison for embezzling $137,866 while keeping the district's books and for failing to pay state income taxes since 2003.
Baker, 60, of Emporium Avenue, pleaded guilty Thursday to felony grand larceny for the thefts and to misdemeanor state income tax charges.
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RELEASED AT THE END OF APRIL, Grand Theft Auto IV (retail price, $60), received a full-blown video game review in the New York Times, which called it a violent, intelligent, profane, endearing, obnoxious, sly, richly textured and thoroughly compelling work of cultural satire disguised as fun. A few weeks before Grand Theft Auto IV made its debut, a British sociologist, Dr. Tanya Byron, produced an official government report which, while noting that the literature is divided on the question of adverse social effects to be expected from young people's consumption of violent images, seemed to come down on the side of warning against the dangers of such consumption. [...] thoroughly have our ideas of reality been molded by movies and TV-in shows like The Wire, which wrapped up its final s...
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DAYTON -- Wednesday's indictment of the Rev. Raleigh Trammell wasn't the first time he's been accused of stealing taxpayer money.
In 1978, Trammell was convicted of larceny and grand theft involving money that was supposed to help the needy.
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Jeremy Light, the husband of the passenger in Brian Good's truck the night he led police on a high-speed chase that culminated in two shooting deaths, was sentenced to up to 20 years in prison on unrelated charges Friday.
In December, Light, 27, pleaded guilty to breaking and entering and grand larceny, admitting that he broke into a Kanawha City residence in May and took several items, including a .22 caliber gun and a television.
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Attempt to swipe statue lands man in hot water
A Buffum Street man faces felony criminal mischief, attempted grand larceny and trespass charges after attempting to steal a brass sculpture on Grand Island, state police said.
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The grand jury indicted Eileen Koranteng on one count of Grand Larceny in the 2nd degree, a Class C felony offense, one count of Forgery in the 2nd degree, a Class D felony offense, and one count of Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument in the 2nd degree, a Class D felony offense. Koranteng, is facing a maximum sentence of up to 15 years imprisonment if convicted of the most serious charge of Grand Larceny in the 2nd degree.
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Murphy explains the hassles endured by complaintants attempting to report a crime to the police. He notes that to report one nonviolent crime he had spoken with four officers, two detectives, two civilian employees, and a lieutenant. Most victims would choose to remain silent rather to put up with the hassle of reporting the crime.
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Joseph Mongelli, the president of the Elmwood Park Borough Council, participated in a real estate scheme that defrauded investors of about $40 million, authorities in New York City charged Wednesday.
Mongelli, 43, turned himself in to authorities at state Supreme Court in Manhattan on Wednesday his 15th wedding anniversary. He was released on $100,000 bail after pleading not guilty to grand larceny and other charges, his attorney, Eric Franz, said.
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Where the defendant allegedly forged a check, she was charged with one count of Forgery in the Second Degree, one count of Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument in the Second Degree and one count of Grand Larceny. The defendant moved to dismiss or reduce the Grand Jury indictment on the ground that the evidence was not legally sufficient to establish the offenses.
Reviewing the facts in People v. Mary Others, Monroe County Court Judge John R. Schwartz dismissed the third count as there was insufficient evidence that the victim sustained any monetary loss.
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A 100-mph chase on Interstate 81 Wednesday morning came to a dramatic and deadly end when the speeding driver abruptly pulled over, leapt from his car, jumped off an overpass and ran onto the highway directly into the path of a southbound 18-wheeler.
The incident occurred shortly before 10 a.m. at the Arcadia exit in Botetourt County, about 25 miles north of Roanoke, Virginia State Police said. It followed a 27-mile chase police that started near Goshen.