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SF Gate
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The owner of an Oakland factory that produced marijuana candy with names like Buddafinga and Mr. Greenbud has pleaded guilty to conspiring to manufacture and distribute marijuana.
Michael Martin, 33, of El Sobrante entered a guilty plea at a hearing We..
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CNN
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Four men recently pleaded guilty to offenses linked to a plot to kidnap and kill a Muslim member of the British armed forces and send equipment to terrorists.
Parviz Khan, Basiru Gassama, Mohammed Irfan, and Hamid Elasmar entered their pleas several we..
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BBC News
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The acquittal of a US army colonel on charges relating to the abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib means no officers have been found criminally guilty.
The episode stained the reputation of the US military and may well have acted as a recruiting agent for..
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Associated Press
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Disgraced former prosecutor Mike Nifong pleaded not guilty Thursday to criminal contempt charges stemming from his failure to turn over complete DNA testing results during the now-discredited Duke lacrosse rape case.
If found in contempt, Nifong could..
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CNN
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A police officer pleaded not guilty Wednesday to beating a female bartender, and to threatening to arrest bar employees in a failed attempt to suppress a video of the attack that has been viewed around the world.
In a brief hearing, Anthony Abbate's at..
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New York Times
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The company that makes the narcotic painkiller OxyContin and three current and former executives pleaded guilty today in federal court here to criminal charges that they misled regulators, doctors and patients about the drug’s risk of addiction and its..
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FOX News
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A 10-year-old boy is guilty of beating a homeless Army veteran two months ago, a judge ruled Thursday as the child was in court shackled and wearing an oversized white jumpsuit.
Circuit Judge John Watson found the boy guilty of aggravated battery in th..
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Reuters
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The chief executive and part owner of Alaska's largest oil-field services company and one of his vice presidents pleaded guilty on Monday to charges that they tried to bribe Alaska legislators to secure favorable state oil policies.
VECO Corp. Chief Ex..
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SF Gate
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Two women in their 70s pleaded not guilty Thursday to drugging two transient men and killing them with a car so they could collect nearly $3 million in insurance money.
Helen Golay, 76, and Olga Rutterschmidt, 74, pleaded not guilty before Superior Cou..
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CNN
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A cruise line and the captain of a boat that capsized on Lake George, killing 20 elderly tourists, pleaded guilty Monday to a misdemeanor charge.
Shoreline Cruises and Capt. Richard Paris pleaded guilty to not having enough crew members aboard the Etha..
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CNN
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A Roman Catholic priest pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges he beat and sexually assaulted a woman at a parish office, and his attorneys said they intend to show the woman and their client had a close relationship.
No bail was set for the Rev. Georg..
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CNN
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A woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to swinging her 4-week-old son like a bat to hit her boyfriend during a fight, fracturing the infant's skull in the process.
Chytoria Graham, 27, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of a child..
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Yahoo News
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A U.S. Army medic who refused to return to Iraq because of his opposition to the war was convicted of desertion at his court martial Tuesday, and could face as long as seven years in prison.
Spc. Agustin Aguayo, whose case has been closely watched by A..
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MSNBC
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Two teenage brothers each were sentenced to 10 years in prison for torturing a puppy by cooking it in an oven. Joshua Moulder, 17, and Justin, 19, pleaded guilty in January to charges including burglary, criminal damage to property, terroristic threats..
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SF Gate
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A soldier was found guilty Monday of deserting her Army unit on the eve of its deployment to the Middle East and was sentenced to three months in military prison...
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CNN
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Two men pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges they created panic by placing electronic light boards that caused a bomb scare Wednesday in Boston...
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News.com.au
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A FATHER has admitted having incestuous relationships with his three daughters - and offering them to his cousin and a friend for sex - over a 20-year period...
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CBS News
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A woman who claimed God ordered her to make a human sacrifice chose to throw her three children into San Francisco Bay instead of herself, making her guilty of murder, a prosecutor said during closing arguments at the woman's trial...
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Stuff.co.nz
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Ashwin Ellis, 18 and unemployed, was arrested after the September 19 home invasion in which the elderly woman was left bound and gagged in her Pine Hill house...
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CNN
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A jury found an Ethiopian immigrant guilty Wednesday of mutilating his 2-year-old daughter in what is believed to be the first criminal case in the United States involving the ancient African tradition of female circumcision...
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