Urbana jury finds defendant not guilty for gun charges

Thursday, February 6, a Champaign County jury acquitted 28-year-old Andre Winters of two counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm. Winters was accused of shooting at 43-year-old Ernest Moseley on Oct. 12, 2013 in east Urbana. Plaintiff Ernest Mosley, 43, claimed that Winters tried to shoot him after a brief altercation. The attorneys at the...

Murder

February 8th, 2014

Man who murdered own mother found not guilty due to insanity

Thirty-two-year-old Champaign, Illinois resident Terry Lee Brownlee was found not guilty by reason of insanity for murdering his mother, 61-year-old Sharon Brownlee last year on Friday, January 31 by Champaign County Judge Heidi Ladd. Brownlee said he also caused a fire that was discovered by the authorities at around 6:10 a.m. He was charged with murder,...

Sex Crimes Defense

January 30th, 2014

New report investigating sexual abuse in schools released; Attorney Tom Bruno referenced

According to a report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and an article published by NBC News on January 30, the number of children who are abused in schools by teachers, administrators, and other school employees may actually be much greater than statistics show. The GAO states that this is likely due to improper reporting...

Criminal Defense

January 18th, 2014

Beanie Babies founder could be jailed for tax evasion

Sixty-nine-year-old Beanie Babies creator H. Ty Warner pleaded guilty to tax evasion charges on Tuesday, January 14 in a Chicago, Illinois federal court room for evading $25 million in taxes on income that he kept in Swiss national bank accounts. Warner is facing up to five years of imprisonment. He joins the list of high-profile...

Criminal Defense

December 16th, 2013

Man who sexually attacked University of Illinois student sentenced to 60 years in jail

Judge Richard Klaus sentenced 33-year-old Urbana, Illinois resident Gregory Hayes, Jr. to the maximum term of 60 years in prison after being convicted of aggravated criminal sexual assault when he followed a University of Illinois student and sexually attacked her. The lengthy sentence was due in part to a previous conviction in 1996 for the...

Criminal Defense

December 15th, 2013

Aron Ralston in jail for suspicion of domestic violence

Thirty-eight-year-old Aron Ralston, the man whose inspiring story of cutting his right forearm off to save his life after being caught by a boulder in a Utah canyon, prompting the movie 127 Hours, has been incarcerated in the Denver County jail since the night of Saturday, December 7 on suspicion of domestic violence. A Denver Police Department...

Criminal Defense

December 2nd, 2013

Mahomet man guilty of child porn and sexual exploitation sentenced to jail

A sexual predator who took pictures of nude or partially clothed young women in secret for several years was sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment in a federal jail on Monday, November 25. Fifty-nine-year-old Mahomet resident Michael Denight admitted his guilt to possessing child pornography and in sexually exploiting a minor last May. Denight’s case was...

Criminal Defense

November 21st, 2013

Boston crime boss sentenced to life imprisonment

On Thursday, November 14, notorious Boston crime boss, James “Whitey” Bulger, was sentenced to life in prison. Judge Denise J. Casper of Federal District Court handed him two consecutive life sentences plus a five-year jail term. Last August, Bulger, 84, was convicted of an array of crimes including 31 counts of racketeering, 11 murders, extortion,...

Criminal Defense

November 4th, 2013

Chris Brown faces felony assault charges after DC fight

Grammy award-winning R&B singer Chris Brown appeared in court Monday, October 28 after being charged with felony assault for his involvement in an altercation near a Washington, D.C. hotel the weekend prior. Brown and another person were given felony assault charges on Sunday, October 27 for engaging in a fight that began at around 4:30...

Criminal Defense

October 23rd, 2013

Cleveland murder suspect pleads not guilty

Accused rapist and murderer Elias Acevedo, 49, was arraigned on October 21, and has entered a not guilty plea before Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Joseph Russo. Acevedo was charged with a 293-count indictment Thursday, October 17 for the kidnapping, rape, and murder of Christina Adkins and Pamela Pemberton almost 19 years ago on Cleveland’s near...

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