Virginia Tech fined $55,000 in 2007 shooting rampage.
Virginia Tech will be fined $55,000 for waiting too long to provide timely warnings about a shooter on the loose during a 2007 rampage in which 32 people died, the U.S. Department of Education said Tuesday. The school said it will appeal. A December 2010 report said the school did not notify students in a “timely manner” — as dictated by what is known as the Clery Act — after a shooting that left two people dead at West Ambler Johnston residence hall on the morning of April 16, 2007. The same shooter, identified as Cho...
read moreLindsay Lohan cleared in rehab fight probe.
Lindsay Lohan has one less legal problem to worry about after a prosecutor decided not to charge her in connection with an altercation while she was in a substance abuse rehab program in December. Lohan, who faces a preliminary hearing on a felony grand theft charge April 22, could also go back to jail on a probation violation charge on the same day. But the Riverside County, California, district attorney decided Tuesday not to pursue a possible assault charge against the actress for a December 12, 2010, incident with Dawn Holland, a Betty...
read moreVince Neil Caught on DUI Charges
After pleading guilty to misdemeanor driving under the influence, Motley Crue singer Vince Neil has been sentenced for two weeks in prison and two weeks on house arrest, TMZ reported, citing the Clark County District Attorney’s Office in Nevada. Neil, 49, was arrested in June 2010 while driving his black Lamborghini on the Las Vegas strip. Police said he was driving erratically at 60 mph in a 45 mph zone. Neil failed a Breathalyzer test, blowing almost three times the legal limit. He pleaded not guilty to the charges in October. Neil has...
read moreCelebrity Legal News: Michael Phelps
After the 2008 Summer Olympics, images of swimmer Michael Phelps and his eight Olympic gold medals were everywhere – magazine covers and multi-million dollar sponsorship deals. Companies that made anything from cereal to watches rushed to create ads to show off their “golden boy.” Fast forward five months. A British newspaper published a picture of Phelps smoking marijuana at a party in South Carolina. People began to ask: Would the Sheriff of Richland County, S.C. prosecute Phelps? Would USA Swimming punish Phelps? Would...
read moreCasey Anthony’s brother: ‘Maybe’ I lied to Casey
The brother of Florida child murder suspect Casey Anthony acknowledged Thursday that he tried to coax information out of his sister during jailhouse visits, but denied police put him up to it. During a videotaped jailhouse conversation shortly after his sister’s arrest, Lee Anthony promised to keep secret any letter she sent him while she was being held in connection with the disappearance of her 2-year-old daughter Caylee. “(Did) you tell your sister that if she gives you a letter through this letter system, that you won’t...
read moreDoctor accused of giving drugs that led to deaths of 6 men
A Massachusetts doctor and his nurse face charges that they conspired to distribute controlled substances, a practice that authorities claimed led to the deaths of six patients, according to a criminal indictment released Thursday. Dr. Joseph Zolot and Lisa Pliner — both of whom practiced in Needham, about 15 miles southwest of Boston — appeared in a federal court Thursday. They will be charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute methadone, oxycodone and fentanyl, as well as seven counts for the distribution of controlled...
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