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Judgment of Acquittal and Dismissal of Charges Against Seven Members of Hutaree Militia

By Anthony Lake on April 3rd, 2012 Posted in Acquittal, indictment

Last week, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan granted a judgment of acquittal in favor of seven members of the Hutaree militia, dismissing all charges against the defendants following the conclusion of the government’s case against them at trial, as reported by the Detroit Free Press. Tina Stone; David Stone, Jr.;… Continue Reading

Former CEO of Kansas Utility Westar Energy Receives $36 Million Settlement, Plus $3.1 Million in Legal Fees for Dismissed Criminal Prosecution

By Anthony Lake on August 9th, 2011 Posted in Fraud, Mistrial

Westar Energy, the largest electrical utility in the State of Kansas, announced last week that it will pay former Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the Board, David Wittig $36 million as an arbitration settlement relating to Wittig’s compensation contract, as well as $3.1 million in attorney’s fees and $2.7 million in stock compensation,… Continue Reading

Sheriff Deputies Acquitted on Charges of Alleged Leaks and False Statements in Road Dog Cycle Motorcycle Gang Racketeering Investigation

By Anthony Lake on August 30th, 2010 Posted in Racketeering/Organized Crime

Two years ago, Deputy Sheriff David Swanson and Sheriff’s Captain Raul DeLeon of the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department in California were indicted in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California for making alleged false statements to federal investigators regarding leaks during a federal investigation of Road Dog Cycle in Denair, California. The… Continue Reading

Sarah Palin E-mail Hacking Case Goes to Jury

By Anthony Lake on April 27th, 2010 Posted in High Profile Cases

Knoxvillenews.com has been intensively covering here, here, here and elsewhere the trial of David C. Kernell, son of Tennessee State Representative Mike Kernell of Memphis and former University of Tennessee student, who was charged in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee with hacking into the electronic mail account of former Governor of Alaska and Vice… Continue Reading

Assistant United States Attorney Sally Quillian Yates Nominated by President Obama to Be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia

By Anthony Lake on December 29th, 2009 Posted in Fraud, Miscellaneous

Leading the Georgia news today is the nomination of Assistant United States Attorney Sally Quillian Yates by President Barack Obama to be the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia. The President announced Mrs. Yates’ nomination in a Christmas Eve press release. Mrs. Yates has served as the interim head of the U.S. Attorney’s… Continue Reading