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A federal magistrate allowed Laura Jean Arvelo to remain free on a personal recognizance bond Thursday, just two days after she and a former Bergen County financing agency chairman were indicted on fraud charges.
The 53-page indictment alleges that Arvelo and former Bergen County Improvement Authority Chairman Ronald O'Malley committed fraud and conspired to commit fraud.
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Common pleas court did not abuse its discretion by setting petitioner's bail amount at $40,000, no ten percent, even though municipal court had released petitioner on a personal recognizance bond.
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BLOOMINGTON - A Chenoa woman held on child endangerment charges related to the April 29 death of her 3-year-old daughter was denied a personal recognizance bond Thursday.
Candis Ethridge, 25, must post $25,025 to be released on charges accusing her of leaving Destiny Cox with David Gharrett, an action which authorities said contributed to the child's death.
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The former chairman of Bergen County's financing agency made his first appearance in federal court Friday, three days after being indicted on fraud charges.
Ronald O'Malley, who oversaw the Bergen County Improvement Authority from 2004 to July of this year, remained free after a federal magistrate released him on an unsecured $250,000 personal recognizance bond. He was not required to enter a plea.
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A federal judge ordered a twice-convicted batterer held without bond Monday after he was charged with illegal possession of a gun.
Earlier this month, a Kanawha County magistrate released Nathan A. Oxley, 28, on a personal recognizance bond.
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A St. Albans man and a Charleston man were arrested in separate cases of alleged sexual abuse of children, including one incident that left an 11-year-old girl pregnant. Michael Duane Lacy, 36, of Ferrell Road in St. Albans was taken into custody Saturday after a woman told Kanawha County Sheriffs deputies that the man had impregnated her 11-year-old daughter. The girl is related to Lacy and also lives in the St. Albans area. The incident occurred May 14 at Lacys apartment, said Lt. Bryan Stover, a spokesman for the sheriffs department. The victim had been spending the night with Lacys child, who is believed to be about the same age as the girl, when the assault allegedly occurred. Lacy had sexual intercourse with the girl, according to a complaint filed in Kanawha Magistrate Court. Sto...
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The indictment alleges that [Raphael Lora], a New York City Police Officer, "with intent to cause serious physical injury to Fermin Arzu, did cause the death of Fermin Arzu by shooting him with a handgun." Manslaughter in the 1st degree is a Class B felony offense punishable by a maximum sentence of up to 25 years imprisonment. Lora was arraigned before State Supreme Court Justice Steven Barrett who set bail at $50,000 in the form of a personal recognizance bond.
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PARIS - The following were booked recently at the Oxford County Jail:
Michael Moore, 22, Rumford, theft by unauthorized taking, personal recognizance bond, Sept. 27, Oxford County Superior Court.
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BLOOMINGTON - A 19-year-old Bloomington man was sentenced to 18 years in prison Friday for his role in a string of Twin City burglaries last year.
Nicholas Evans, of the 2500 block of East Washington Street, was charged in April with 16 counts of residential burglary and one count of possession of a stolen vehicle. While released on a personal recognizance bond on those charges, Evans was arrested in August on six additional residential burglary charges and another count of possession of a stolen vehicle.
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West Bend Former Grafton Village Trustee Frank Knetter told a Washington County judge on Tuesday that he may seek to be represented by a public defender on charges that he sexually assaulted a group of boys while playing basketball last fall.
Judge Andrew T. Gonring found probable cause for the new charges against Knetter during his initial appearance Tuesday. Gonring allowed Knetter to go free on a $1,000 personal recognizance bond and scheduled a hearing for June 28.