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• Plea deal for autistic man in school bomb threats

  April 11, 2013 4:15 PM

  GRAND BLANC, Mich. (AP) - A prosecutor says he approved a no-jail plea deal for a 28-year-old man who made bomb threats against Flint-area schools because of the defendant's mental health disability. Jeffrey D. Cox pleaded no contest Wednesday to malicious use of a telecommunications device, a misdemeanor. Defense lawyer... more »

• Trial set for man accused as accessory

  February 27, 2013 3:27 PM

  COLORADO SPRINGS - A man accused of helping a teenage homicide suspect to evade capture will stand trial for his alleged role in the crime. Jerel Couch, 19, is charged with being an accessory to murder for letting homicide suspect Macyo January stay at his apartment. Fourth Judicial District... more »

• Plea hearing Wednesday for ex-Western Slope DA

  October 19, 2011 1:17 PM

  GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) - The former 7th Judicial District attorney is scheduled in court for a hearing where he's expected to enter a plea. Police arrested Myrl Serra in September 2010 on suspicion of unlawful sexual contact with force, criminal extortion, indecent exposure and official misconduct. His trial... more »

• Inmate pleads insanity to escape, hostage-taking

  August 27, 2011 1:29 PM

  STERLING, Colo. (AP) - An inmate who escaped from a maximum-security Colorado prison has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to kidnapping and other charges after he allegedly held a woman hostage before surrendering. The Journal Advocate reported Friday that Douglas Alward entered his plea in state court... more »

• Woman accepts plea agreement in toddler's drowning

  March 12, 2011 4:22 PM

  GREELEY, Colo. (AP) - A woman who told police she was playing games on Facebook when her 13-month-old son drowned in a bathtub has pleaded guilty to negligent child abuse in a plea agreement. Thirty-four-year-old Shannon Johnson of Evans entered her plea Friday in Weld County District Court in... more »

• Jet Blue Flight attendant will be mentally evaluated

  September 7, 2010 1:42 PM

  NEW YORK (AP) - A former JetBlue flight attendant accused of cursing out a passenger and sliding down an emergency exit chute will be mentally evaluated for a possible plea deal. Steven Slater appeared Tuesday in a New York City courtroom for a brief hearing on criminal mischief charges.... more »

• Ex-Fort Carson construction chief pleads guilty

  September 3, 2010 8:24 AM

  The former director of construction at Fort Carson has pleaded guilty to a charge that he failed to disclose several thousands of dollars in gifts from a contractor doing business with the Army. William T. Armstrong pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of making a false statement to the... more »

• Roger Clemens pleads not guilty to charge of lying

  August 30, 2010 2:21 PM

  Baseball great Roger Clemens has entered a not guilty plea to charges of lying to Congress about whether he used steroids or human growth hormone. Clemens entered his plea Monday in U.S. District Court. The arraignment happened a few blocks away from where the retired pitcher swore under oath... more »

• Charlie Sheen to appear in Colorado court today

  August 2, 2010 9:20 AM

  Actor Charlie Sheen is due in court Monday where he's expected to plead guilty to a charge stemming from a Christmas Day dispute with his wife. One of Sheen's attorneys, Yale Galanter, has previously said that Sheen has agreed to plead guilty to misdemeanor assault in exchange for prosecutors... more »

• Plea rejected by judge in fatal accident case

  April 8, 2010 2:15 PM

  Pueblo County Court Judge Steve Fieldman rejected a plea agreement Thursday morning in a careless driving case that resulted in the death of an elderly Pueblo man last September. Virginia Ginn-Weeter of Texas was cited for careless driving in an accident that happened north of Pueblo on I-25. She... more »

• Florida ex-attorney pleads guilty in Ponzi scheme

  January 27, 2010 1:26 PM

  A disbarred South Florida attorney has pleaded guilty to federal charges that he ran a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme using phony legal settlements. Scott Rothstein pleaded guilty Wednesday in Fort Lauderdale federal court to five charges, including racketeering, fraud and money-laundering conspiracy. The 47-year-old faces a maximum of 100... more »

• Alleged Marine impostor pleads not guilty

  November 17, 2009 5:26 PM

  A man who brought attention to homeless veterans in Colorado Springs has pleaded not guilty to charges of lying about being a decorated veteran. Richard Glen Strandlof faces five federal misdemeanor counts under the Stolen Valor Act, which makes it illegal to make false claims of having military decorations. He... more »

• Colorado balloon boy father plead guilty

  November 13, 2009 11:00 AM

  The Fort Collins father accused of pulling a spectacular hoax by reporting his son was aboard a runaway balloon has pleaded guilty to a felony charge of attempting to influence a public servant. Richard and Mayumi Heene appeared in court Friday. Richard Heene entered a guilty plea, and Mayumi Heene... more »

• Former surgery tech will spend 20 years behind bars

  September 25, 2009 8:26 AM

  A plea deal has been struck in the case of a Colorado surgery technician accused of swapping her dirty syringes for ones filled with powerful painkillers meant for patients, possibly exposing them to hepatitis C. Kristen Parker pleaded guilty, Friday, to five counts of tampering with a consumer product and... more »