Investigators won’t know until next week the cause of death of Thierry de la Villehuchet, a hedge fund adviser whose firm reportedly lost .5 billion investing with Bernard Madoff.
Archive for December, 2008
Madoff investor’s autopsy results due next week
‘Sopranos’ actor acquitted in cop killing
Lillo Brancato Jr., an actor who appeared in “The Sopranos,” was acquitted of the 2005 killing an off-duty New York City police officer but found guilty of attempted burglary.
Manslaughter charged in NY firefighter deaths
A construction company and three supervisors were indicted on manslaughter and related charges in the deaths of two firefighters battling a 2007 blaze at the Deutsche Bank building in lower Manhattan. Joseph Graffagnino and Robert Beddia were trapped in a smoke-filled stairway.
Five guilty of plot to kill Fort Dix soldiers
Five of six men were found guilty Monday of plotting to kill U.S. soldiers at Fort Dix in New Jersey.
Search for Caylee turns to prosecution
Now that Caylee Anthony’s remains have been identified, the search for the Florida toddler turns into a prosecution of her mother. Although Orange County, Florida, Medical Examiner Jan Garavaglia said Friday she could not determine how Caylee died, she concluded the death was a homicide.
Lawyer: O.J. evidence headed to eBay
O.J. Simpson may be sitting in a Nevada prison, but the drama continues with hearings today in two states. It’s all about sports memoriabila. Witness Al Beardsley is ordered to surrender a Hall of Fame ring Simpson gave him. Was it a bribe? A lawyer calls the saga ‘Lord of the Rings in an Orange [...]
Palin’s future in-law arrested on drug charges
Sherry Johnston, whose son is having a baby with the daughter of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, was arrested Thursday on drug charges, Alaska State Police said.
Caylee case tipster first called in police in August
The meter reader who led authorities last week to remains believed to be those of Caylee Anthony called police four months ago, directing them three times to same site, authorities said today.
$54M traveling pants suit unravels again
A court Thursday rejected an appeal filed by a former administrative law judge who sued a dry cleaners for million over a missing pair of pants. The Chungs, who own Custom Cleaners, are relieved. But no one really believes it’s over. The ex-judge, Roy Pearson, could take it all the way to the Supreme Court.
Trump calls Madoff a ‘sleazebag’
Voluble real estate mogul Donald Trump called accused Wall Street scam artist Bernard Madoff a “sleazebag” and “a total crook” Thursday in an interview on CNN. Madoff, 70, was charged last week with running a million Ponzi scheme. Some of Trump’s friends are among the victims of the alleged scheme.
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