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Concluding the prosecution failed to commence the defendant's preliminary hearing within the 144 hours required under CPL 180.80, a Watertown City Court judge released the defendant on his own recognizance.
In People v. Christopher Slocum, Judge James Harberson was asked to determine whether the 144 hour time period outlined in CPL 180.80 began when the defendant was taken into custody or when he was arraigned. The judge concluded the clock began to run when the defendant was taken into custody.
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Michael A. Bergeson wanted to plead guilty and get his whole legal thing over with right away.
District Court Judge Darvin J. Zimmerman wasn't so sure. The man who prompted 17 complaints of aggressive driving this year alone needed a lawyer, Zimmerman told him. But Bergeson persisted.
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The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently took the unusual step of slapping two St. Louis business owners in jail for OSHA violations.
Brian Andre and Regina Shaw were arrested Dec. 28. They since have been released on their own recognizance, according to court documents.
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DAYTON -- A Northmont Middle School assistant principal is facing charges of misdemeanor drunken driving and felony improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle after being arrested late Monday by University of Dayton police.
Ronald K. Rowland, 49, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to the drunken driving charge in Dayton Municipal Court and was released on his own recognizance.
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By Rachel Marsden A judge has lifted former International Monetary Fund seducer-in-chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn's house arrest, releasing him on his own recognizance, but retaining his passport until the end of proceedings.
While the sexual assault charge still stands against Strauss- Kahn, it is unknown how long that will be the case.
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Airline passenger freed after arrest
BOSTON (AP) -- A passenger on a flight departing from here has been released on his own recognizance after being arrested when other passengers reported that he had placed a suspicious package in the overhead bin.
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PASADENA - A Winnetka man was sentenced Friday to one year in county jail and three years formal probation after pleading no contest to assault charges stemming from a fight outside the Rose Bowl before a December USC-UCLA football game that left two men with stab wounds.
Arthur Cisneros, 26, who was out on his own recognizance, was cuffed and taken into custody before Pasadena Court Judge Darrel Mavis.
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Two suspended members of the Barker Volunteer Fire Company were arrested Thursday on felony charges for allegedly sending the company out on a false alarm call in the middle of the night.
Andrew J. Steel, 26, of Palister Road, and Travis E. McKenna, 23, of Townline Road, were released on their own recognizance after they were arraigned Thursday evening before Somerset Town Justice Donald P. Martineck on the felony charge of second-degree falsely reporting an incident, the Niagara County Sheriff's Office reported.