Posted by Archie Parsons on May 3, 2012
Two men were arrested and charged Wednesday night in connection to a robbery that occurred in the 2000 block of Cunningham Drive, Hampton police said.
Officers received a call at 11 p.m. about a robbery in the area, a police department news release said. Upon their arrival, police were met by a man who told them he was approached by three suspects who brandished a firearm at him and demanded his property. Police arrested two of the three suspects in the 1000 block of Von Shilling Drive, the news release said.
Police charged Hampton residents Marquan Tavelle Hoskins and James Kevin Williams.
Hoskins, 21, who resides in the 100 block of Michigan Drive, was charged with one count of robbery, one count of use of firearm in the commission of felony, one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and one count of possession of stolen firearm, according to the release.
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Posted by Rose Giorza on April 13, 2012
Evidence from a police phone tap in the runup to the operation against Mark Duggan that led to his fatal shooting is at the centre of the growing dispute over his inquest.
Senior Metropolitan police officers have supported calls for changes to the law to allow the Independent Police Complaints Commission to reveal sensitive surveillance information unearthed during its investigation into Duggan’s death at a public inquest.
By law, the existence and content of intercept evidence cannot be disclosed to a coroner or heard in a public court and as a result the inquest into Duggan’s death last August has been delayed until next year and may never be held, leaving his family in the dark about what happened to him.
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Posted by Archie Parsons on April 12, 2012
SANFORD, Fla. — The special prosecutor leading the investigation into the shooting death of an unarmed black teen by a neighborhood watch volunteer is known for her tough tactics aimed at locking up criminals for long sentences and making it difficult to negotiate light plea bargains.
Furthermore, 57-year-old Angela Corey has handled hundreds of homicide cases involving the justifiable use of deadly force — experience that could prove invaluable. It will be up to Corey whether to charge 28-year-old George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer, who says he was defending himself when he fatally shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin during a scuffle.
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Posted by Cameron Heron on April 8, 2012
PASADENA – While the Kendrec McDade shooting has activists questioning whether black youth are safe on the streets, it has fueled distrust of City Hall and left Pasadena grieving over the slaying of a teen by police officers.
The slaying of McDade, 19, a onetime standout football player at Azusa High School, has drawn comparisons to Trayvon Martin, who was fatally shot by a neighborhood watch captain Feb. 26 in Sanford, Fla., from the likes of Earl Ofari Hutchinson, radio host and political activist, who sees several obvious correlations between the two incidents.
“They are both young, they’re both black and they are both male. In the case of McDade, we have a bogus report that they were armed and we have a bogus report of an armed robbery,” Hutchinson said.
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Posted by Archie Parsons on April 7, 2012
Maria Georgievsky, 54, of Mason, pleaded guilty Thursday, March 29, to one count of income tax evasion in federal court.
She was released on bond pending her sentencing, scheduled for July 11 in U.S. District Court in Cincinnati. She faces a maximum prison sentence of five years and a fine of up to $250,000.
According to court documents, between April 2006 and October 2008 Georgievsky was the sole owner of Standard Services Inc., a temporary labor agency in Mason that contracted with businesses to provide employees for housekeeping, laundry and other unskilled labor at area hotels and one high school.
Between April 2006 and October 2008, Georgievsky provided $1,287,453.77 in wages to her employees. However, she failed to file tax forms or pay federal employment taxes (Social Security and Medicare) on behalf of her employees for 2006 and 2007, and later filed false forms through 2008 by claiming herself as the only employee of Standard Services.
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