HAMPTON An armed man was arrested in Hampton on Tuesday and charged with attempting to rob a store on West Mercury Blvd., according to police. Police spokesman Cpl. Jason Price said a man was seen acting suspiciously by a detective at 10:38 p.m. on Tuesday near the E-Z Pick Convenience Store, a business at 3022 [...]

Email Lyle Bio & Post Archive » The military policies of detention and interrogation worked out by the Bush Administration and continued at least in part by the Obama Administration cannot be challenged in damage lawsuits in federal courts, the Fourth Circuit Court in Richmond, Va., ruled on Monday.  The Constitution assigns the making of such [...]

CINCINNATI — The Ryan Widmer jurors didn’t hear about former Hamilton Twp. Lt. Jeff Braley’s false employment records and neither will a jury in another case in federal court. A lawsuit filed by Mary and Edward Pritchard several years ago accuses Braley, former Police Chief Frank Richardson, Lt. Phil Johnson, and former Officer Roger Gilbert [...]

Ministers are considering plans to take away defendants’ rights to jury trial, according to the Magistrates’ Association. The proposal is being considered as part of a cash-saving drive, building on lessons learned from processing offenders following last summer’s riots. Cases known as “either way offences”, where the accused can opt for trial in a magistrates [...]

State police say Clerk of Courts Frank Conaway Sr.’s permit to carry a concealed handgun expired in March, raising the possibility that he could face criminal charges after Monday’s altercation with a blogger. According to city police, Conaway “brandished” a firearm during an altercation with blogger Adam Meister outside his Northwest Baltimore home. Conaway said [...]