She instead faces a tawdry list of a dozen counts of theft, perjury, fraudulent misappropriation and misconduct, including allegations that she spent gift certificates intended for needy families on herself. The perjury charges were initially dismissed,
Walsh then dumped her body and abandoning her car on the side of the Seaford- Oyster Bay Expressway near Plainview road exit, attempting to make it appear as she was carjacked. That isn’t the end of it. For two days to come William Walsh attempted to beg and plea to the public for information of his Wife’s location which was aired by the local news stations. He cried on Television and said that she would never do this to him and his children. She must be found. On October 29, 2008 William Walsh was arrested when his wife’s body was found. A Department of Transportation crew spotted Walsh running into his mustang and feeling. After he was brought to the precinct he later confessed to murdering his wife in a very long seven-page confession. During Sentencing William’s attorney, William Petrillo, from Rockville Centre objected to the prosecutions Statement that it was indeed premeditated. Petrillo states, that the crime occurred in the heat of passion. He also referred to probation report that stated Walsh prays for Leah’s family and he will never be able to find peace within himself. He also stated that His remorse was completely sincere and
During the course of the investigation the victim’s girlfriend Richanne Bagley was interviewed. Richanne Bagley stated the victim had been robbed by Sammy Bethea (aka POP) and several other black males were present during the robbery. Richanne Bagley stated Bethea had taken the victims marijuana during the robbery. It was also learned the victim had ongoing issues with Richanne Bagley’s ex-boyfriend Deyzaun Ford, who is also a friend of Bethea and
In spite of being reassigned, the harassment continued whenever Williamson and McLeod were in the same room. Two months later the supervisor reassigned Williams and McLeod to work together. Williamson objected to having to work with McLeod again and even requested to be transferred out of the Criminal Division because of the persistent problems with McLeod. It should be noted that Williamson never used the term sexual harassment to describe McLeod’s behavior during the complaint until after her reassignment with McLeod. The supervisor advised Williamson to write down her complaint and take it to the Internal Affairs Division which she did. Williamson was immediately transferred out of the Organized Crime Division after the complaint was given to IAD. Williamson filed a complaint against her supervisor alleging retaliation against her for filing the original complaint against McLeod. The HPD internal investigation found the allegations made by Williamson against both McLeod and the supervisor to be not
Bath, N.Y. (WENY) -- Another thorough day of testimony in Michael Beard's murder trial. Monday morning, Brian Lang the owner of ServPro, the company Thomas Clayton worked for, took the stand.
Ways to mitigate potential damages include: quickly settling outside of court before the public gets a hold of the information and going to trial, spending lots of money on a defense and being found not liable for damages against Ms. Lawson. Settling outside of court could be costly and portrayed by the public as guilty, while on the other hand, defending in court could be just as costly in attorney fees and even more costly if ultimately being found guilty. Would she risk it for a chance at winning in court, or would she settle outside of court for a sum of money? Ms. Lawson knows for a fact that she violated a breach of confidentiality agreements with Greene’s by letting Howell in on the plans for Ever-gold which allowed Howell to create a lookalike Ever-gold product and bring it to the marketplace, so Ms. Lawson should be careful with her approach to the matter at
To be wrongfully convicted is an innocent man’s darkest nightmare. For Adnan Syed this nightmare happened to become his future. In Adnan Syed vs. People, the jury ruled in favor of the DA’s case. Nonetheless, supporters of Adnan haven’t stopped speculating on who actually holds the culpability. After analyzing the case, two main suspects appeared, Adnan’s best friend Stephanie and her boyfriend Jay. Although Stephanie McPherson and Jay Wilds had different motives for killing Hae Min Lee, they succeed to falsely incriminate Adnan Syed in spite of all the evidence that clears the defendant of this crime.
Hunt’s friend Sammy Mitchell was constantly at odds with the police, and although Hunt had no previous criminal record he was considered a prime suspect. Had a phone call not come to 911 operators the day of the crime, claiming to be a witness by the name of Sammy Mitchell, Hunt no doubt wouldn’t have been a suspect at all. The caller had the power to alter the attention of the police towards Sammy Mitchell, and along with him, Daryl Hunt. Actual caller and witness Johnny Gray had identified two suspects. One of which was Daryl Hunt, and a man who was supposedly locked up. Police were determined to calm the masses by convicting Daryl Hunt of the murder and rape of Debora Sykes. Nevrmind having rookie defense attorneys, but against all logic and evidence, Hunt was sentenced to life in prison. Hunt would be wrongly placed in prison for almost 20 years. No matter how many times the defense attorneys had tried, it was not possible to give Hunt his freedom. The only exception being that the true criminal was
The complaint sought damages for civil theft, fraud, conspiracy to commit fraud, conversion, conspiracy to commit conversion, constructive trust, unjust enrichment, fraudulent transfer, conspiracy to effect a fraudulent transfer, and equitable lien (FindLaw's). Once the criminal charges were resolved, Therma Builders moved for summary judgment in the civil action, contending that Peterson was stalling her liability to Therma Builders in the civil action. Then on November 1, 2005 the trail court granted final summary judgement in favor of Therma Builders in the civil action. Peterson appeals this final summary judgement, challenging both the finding of liability and the amount of damages awarded. The final summary judgment contains no findings as to the amount of damages for which Peterson is civilly liable to Therma Builders. In addition, the final summary judgment contains no set off for the amount of the restitution ordered. Further, there is nothing in the record to establish that the damages awarded in the final summary judgment compensate Therma Builders for damages not already awarded in the restitution order (FindLaw's). The final summary judgement was affirmed in part; reversed in part; and remanded for further
He came home from one of his jobs and noticed he had a friend request on Facebook; the name that has haunted him was in his inbox, Wanetta Gibson. He contacted her asking why she would want to be his friend and she simply responded “let bygones be bygones” and that they should “hook up” (Myers, 2015). He decided to take things into his own hands and hire a private investigator, hoping she would confess and let the truth be told. When the investigator asked if Banks had raped her, she replied, “Of course not. If he raped me, I wouldn’t be here right now. We were just young and having a good time, being curious, then all these other people got involved and blew it out of proportion.” What she didn’t know what that Banks had recorded the confession. Once she admitted it, he took the tape to The California Innocence Project, which got his case appealed (Almendrala, 2012). In one year, his record was wiped clean. Due to the confession, Gibson was ordered to repay $750,000 and $1 million to in damages to the school district. For the rest of her life, the school district will receive money from her future wages and property (Kandel,
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Shirley Kinge was a 54 year old mother who was accused of helping her son burn down a house. In the house, a couple and their two children were found with pillowcases on their heads with gunshots to the back of their heads. Her son Michael Kinge killed the family and then set the house on fire. There was a tip that he was the one who committed the crime and when the police showed up to arrest him, he proceeded into firing at the cops. He was killed in the gunfire. Shirley was then convicted of helping her son burn down the house as well as using stolen credit cards from the victims. She admitted to using the cards but not committing the arson. A NY State Police Trooper by the name of David Harding testified that he found he print on a gasoline
theft.”(Biography p. 2) Casey was in and out of jail throughout the whole trial; proving that she
A case was reported in the California civil courts where Dawn Diaz sustained injuries after she was hit by a car that geared of the freeway after colliding with a truck. Diaz sued Karen Tagliaferri, the car driver and Jose Carcamo the truck driver, working for Sugar Transport for the damages. Besides, Carcamo’s employer was also sued on the basis that the employer was vicariously liable for the damages, and the company was negligent for hiring and retaining Carcamo. The jury ruled that the defendant was guilty and would meet a fee of $22,566,373 for damages sustained by Diaz and fault was apportioned to Tagliaferri, Carcamo, and Sugar Transport Company. Based on tort principles in the contract law, damages caused by an employee
Person would not agree with his actions if he wasn’t one of the people receiving these cash payments because he would be compelled to look at the immoral aspects of his actions and the trust he shattered with his players. These NBA-bound players have the brightest futures ahead of them and are looking to their superiors for guidance. If Person were to turn the circumstances on himself and remember the time he entered the NBA, he would be enraged if his success and talent was taken for granted in order for his coach to make a little extra cash. He should’ve reflected on this situation when choosing to accept the payments and participate in these immoral acts. Person’s lack of a moral compass and his inability to differentiate between right and wrong has been the main cause of his decline as a leader and a