#criminal-charges

#criminal-charges

A South Bay school district agreed to pay $5.75 million to settle claims that a teacher impregnated a 15-year-old student at Leigh High School during a long-running illegal sexual relationship, and then forced her to have an abortion. The Campbell Union High School District's payout comes nearly two years after the allegations surfaced against Shawn Thomas, a physical education and social science teacher who also worked as a football and track coach at Los Gatos High School.

Philip Young, 49, formerly from Swindon but now living in Enfield in north London, has been charged with 56 sexual offences. They include multiple counts of rape, administering a substance to overpower his victim to allow sexual activity, voyeurism, possession of indecent images of children and possession of extreme images. The alleged victim, Young's now ex-wife, Joanne Young, 48, has waived her right to anonymity.

The bus driver, a Wilmington man, is being summonsed to Woburn District Court, and police are seeking two charges against him: assault and battery and indecent assault and battery on a child under 14. "The defendant is not being identified at this time since he faces a criminal summons instead of arrest," the department explained in a release. "He will be identified at a later time if a criminal arraignment is scheduled." Back on Monday, Dec. 8, police were notified of "potentially inappropriate social media activity" by the driver and began investigating.

A woman is facing felony charges in Evansville, Indiana over a DoorDash delivery in which she allegedly sprayed the food with a substance that made the customers vomit. In a press release, the Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office said that it was contacted on December 7 by a man who said that he and his wife vomited and experienced a burning sensation in their mouth, nose, throat, and stomachs after eating fast food ordered through DoorDash. The man told NBC News that he noticed something red had been sprayed on the delivery bag, so he checked footage from their doorbell camera. According to the sheriff's department, the footage shows that after dropping off the food and taking a photo, the woman appeared to spray a substance towards the food from a small aerosol can attached to her keychain.

"Still processing that like a lot of people, I'm sure," Harbaugh said Friday, adding that he found out about Moore's firing by an equipment staffer after practice Thursday. Harbaugh, who spent nine years at Michigan, hired Moore to be the Wolverines' tight ends coach in 2018. Moore eventually rose to the position of offensive coordinator and helped lead the team to the 2023 national championship.

Almost a year ago now, the couple began the ascent of Austria's highest mountain, the Grossglockner (3,798 m or 12,461 ft), via its southwest ridge a long, complex route with sections that are especially treacherous in winter. They began their ascent at 6:45 a.m., and shortly after 1:00 p.m. they were less than 250 meters from the summit. At that point, coinciding with the most difficult section of the route, their progress stalled, and nightfall soon overtook them.

BBC Two men have been charged in connection with a suitcase robbery where pepper spray caused injuries at London's Heathrow Airport. Tyrone Richards, 31, and Anton Clarke-Butcher, 24, have both been charged with two counts of robbery and two counts of administering a noxious substance, HM Courts and Tribunal Service staff said. The charges follow an investigation into an assault at the multi-storey car park at Terminal 3 on Sunday.

Riot charges against seven pro-Palestine protesters who were arrested at an Oct. 7 rally that turned violent have been dropped, court records show.

A 17-year-old girl known in court records as Jane Doe had been missing for roughly six weeks when her pictures turned up on an online prostitution advertisement based in the Bay Area, authorities said. So on Nov. 13, an Oakland police investigator went undercover and responded to the ad, posing as a potential sex buyer, and arranged to meet the teen at the hotel in the 1800 block of Embarcadero in Oakland, court records show.

The victim had met and befriended a woman known as Chris while in Mexico about a month and a half before the incident, prosecutors said. The relationship between the two, which was non-romantic, continued after they returned home to East Palo Alto, with the pair meeting at a local McDonald's and talking over social media, prosecutors said. Chris confided in the victim about domestic issues she was having with her ex-partner.

Jillian Lauren has filed for divorce for from Weezer bassist Scott Shriner after 20 years of marriage, according to TMZ. She cited irreconcilable differences as the reason for their separation. Back in April of this year, Lauren was arrested and charged with attempted murder after allegedly firing a gun at police who were pursuing three suspects in a hit-and-run chase in Los Angeles.

Mangione, 27, was arrested in December 2024 and charged with fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a sidewalk in Midtown Manhattan. Public officials condemned the shocking assassination. Mangione became a folk hero to some Americans who decry steep healthcare costs. He has pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges and is expected to face trial next year. Mangione has pleaded not guilty in a separate federal case where prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty.

Sean McGovern, who was extradited from the United Arab Emirates last summer to face charges of murder and directing a criminal organisation, has been granted legal aid to cover a team of four barristers by the Special Criminal Court.

Prada-loving Pei Chung, 34, was cut loose on supervised release at her arraignment Sunday by Brooklyn Criminal Court Judge Jevet Johnson - despite prosecutors seeking to lock up the accused stingy diner for scamming two more hot spots over the weekend. Brooklyn prosecutors sought $1,500 cash bail or $3,500 bond to keep Chung, a wannabe influencer, behind bars after she allegedly noshed on pricey plates at a pair of posh Williamsburg restaurants Friday into Saturday, then couldn't, or wouldn't, pay.

A Braintree High School student was charged with with carrying a dangerous weapon on school grounds and resisting arrest, among other charges, after allegedly bringing an airsoft gun to school on Monday. Another student reported to the School Resource Officer early on Monday that they had seen a student with a handgun, according to Braintree Police. The school went under a shelter-in-place so the officer and school staff could approach the student allegedly in possession of the gun, police say.

These are extremely disturbing allegations involving repeated sexual abuse of a young female victim. Our office will provide this young woman and her family all the support they need as the court process moves forward.

Turkish prosecutors have charged Istanbul's jailed mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu with 142 offences that could carry a penalty of hundreds of years in prison if he is convicted, court documents show. The nearly 4,000-page indictment charges the popular opposition figure, who was arrested on 19 March, with offences including running a criminal organisation, bribery, embezzlement, money laundering, extortion and tender rigging.

The three men and one woman were arrested on Thursday following the incident at a concert at the Paris Philharmonic hall. The visit by Israel's orchestra had drawn criticism from several groups protesting Israel's conduct during its two-year military offensive in Gaza. Several individuals repeatedly interrupted Thursday's concert by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the venue said. Videos posted on social media show a protester holding a red flare inside the concert hall with smoke billowing.

Kawtar Boudad Dupont, 31, said she was travelling with her two daughters, aged two and eight, on 30 October when she went into a baby changing room in the South Terminal to feed one of her children. She said the room was so small she was forced to leave their luggage outside, but when she came out a few minutes later their belongings were gone.

They have dismissed the misdemeanour charges as groundless. Marinakis was not in the packed courtroom at Athens' high-security Korydallos prison on Wednesday and was represented by his lawyer. Masked police officers guarded a few defendants still in detention. More than 210 people will testify before the three-member bench during the trial, which lawyers estimate could last more than a year.

Scott Stafford, of Dublin, was charged with contacting a minor with intent to commit a sex crime. He was arrested in late September after an undercover sting by a San Ramon officer who posed as a boy on Grindr, a dating application geared toward LGTBQ individuals, according to court records. At the time of his arrest, Stafford was working as a delivery driver for UPS, authorities said.

So if you engage in a criminal conspiracy to obstruct the enforcement of federal immigration laws or to unlawfully order your own police officers or your own officials to try to interfere with ICE officers or even to arrest ICE officers, you're engaged in criminal activity. Different types of crimes would apply. There is obstruction of justice. There is harboring illegal aliens. There is impeding the enforcement of immigration laws.