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BELLEFONTE -- As soon as the preliminary hearing for Jerry Sandusky began this morning in Centre County, it ended with the former defensive coordinator for Penn State's football team waiving this step and agreeing to go straight to trial.
We're waiting for the right opportunity to present our side," said Sandusky, 67, as he left the courthouse flanked by family and friends.
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ALHAMBRA - Prosecutors and defense attorneys Tuesday agreed to hold a preliminary hearing in January for a man who posed as Clark Rockefeller and is suspected in the 1985 killing of a San Marino man and the disappearance of his wife.
Rockefeller, whose real name is Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, a 50-year-old German national, will return to court on Oct. 17. Gerhartsreiter spoke briefly to Judge Carlos Uranga.
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A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for a 55-year-old Salina man whose three-county driving rampage last week left four people with minor injuries, Pottawatomie County Attorney Sherri Schuck said Friday.
Robert Lee Smith was charged Tuesday with attempted second- degree murder, possession of methamphetamine, aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, aggravated battery, two additional counts of aggravated assault, felony fleeing and eluding, possession of drug paraphernalia, two counts of criminal damage to property and reckless driving, Schuck said.
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Saying he doesn't want his 11-year-old son exposed to the "stress and emotional trauma" of testifying during a preliminary hearing, capital murder defendant Kraig Kahler wants to give up his right to such a hearing on charges tied to the shooting deaths of the boy's mother, two sisters and great-grandmother.
Kraig Kahler
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A St. Albans man facing murder charges after he allegedly shot and killed two men last week waived his right to a preliminary hearing in Kanawha County Magistrate Court on Tuesday.
Charlie Booker, 41, is accused of gunning down two men during a struggle on Wilson Avenue and Vine Street in St. Albans. Booker says he shot the men in self-defense.
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BELLEFONTE, Pa. - Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky stunned a packed courtroom and backed out of a preliminary hearing at the last minute Tuesday, avoiding a face-to- face confrontation with accusers who his lawyer said were just trying to cash in by making up stories of child sex abuse.
Sandusky pleaded not guilty and vowed afterward to "stay the course, to fight for four quarters.
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Preliminary hearing looks at circumstances in May 12 killing
By Jason Auslander
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A preliminary hearing for former San Bernardino County sheriff's Deputy Nathan Gastineau was postponed this morning until November so attorneys can have more time to review evidence.
Gastineau, 30, of Redlands, is charged with three counts of committing lewd acts with a minor and three counts of unlawful sexual intercourse. He is accused of having sex with a teen police Explorer.