Posted by Archie Parsons on December 9, 2011
LEBANON — Three men accused of setting a Franklin restaurant on fire after taking items and breaking into a safe Oct. 3 were indicted Friday by a Warren County grand jury on arson and other charges.
Caleb Ward, 19, of Franklin, Steven Dean, 19, of Miamisburg, and Terry Cragg, 23, of Franklin, were each indicted on charges of aggravated arson, a first-degree felony; burglary, a second-degree felony; safecracking and tampering with evidence, both fourth-degree felonies.
The indictments were made public on Monday.
Cragg and Ward bond are being held in the Warren County Jail without bond. In addition, Cragg is slated for a two-day jury trial to begin Dec. 1
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Posted by Rose Giorza on December 5, 2011
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The Supreme Courts move on Friday night into the midst of the political and legal turmoil over how Texas is going to run its elections next year very likely will add to the uncertainty, rather than sorting things out, at least in the short term. The Court became the third tribunal to take on a piece of the controversy over how Texas is to divide up its election districts for the elections in 2012 of members of its state legislature and its 36-seat delegation in the U.S. Hous
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Posted by Cameron Heron on December 4, 2011
HOUSTON – Police are searching for a group of armed robbers who took over a game room in southwest Houston and held a security guard hostage.
It happened Friday morning in the 14000 block of South Post Oak Boulevard.
The security guard told police he was talking to a customer when three men came through the door.
He said one of the men forced him on the ground and took his gun from his holster. They then made one of the workers go get money.
“They said, ‘don’t move. If not
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Posted by Cameron Heron on December 2, 2011
A thief or thieves have destroyed the 24-year-old Constitution Bicentennial Monument at City Park, apparently in order to steal and recycle the brass plaques that adorned it, authorities said.
The stolen plaques measure about four feet by two feet and bear the preamble to the U.S. Constitution and its articles. The monument was installed to commemorate the bicentennial of the Constitution in 1987.
The theft was discovered by a city employee early Monday at the park at 1301 W. Whittier Blvd.
“This crime is senseless and disrespectful,” Montebello 
Public maintenance worker Thom Hubert looks at damage to the Constitution Bicentennial Monument at City Park in Montebello on Tuesday.
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Posted by Rose Giorza on December 2, 2011
The biggest trial of police officers in British legal history has collapsed after a judge ruled they could not receive a fair hearing.
Eight former police officers and two civilians had been accused of fabricating evidence leading to the wrongful imprisonment of the “Cardiff Three”, who were jailed for the murder of Lynette White, who had worked as a prostitute in the docks area.
Mr Justice Sweeney discharged the jury at Swansea crown court and formally recorded not guilty verdicts.
He told the jury: “When a trial has become irredeemably unfair it must stop.” Sweeney said there had been a “number of problems in relation to the conduct of the prosecution” and its “duty of disclosure”.
The director of public prosecutions, Keir Starmer, had supported the decision and backed a full review into the circumstances leading up to the collapse, the court was told.
The Crown Prosecution Service said Starmer was “extremely concerned” about the collapse of proceedings.
The investigation into the former police officers and trial, which began in July, has cost millions of pounds.
White was stabbed more than 50 times at the flat where she worked in 1988.
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