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3 weeks ago |
ocregister.com | Fred Shuster
By FRED SHUSTER | City News ServiceDisgraced former legal heavyweight Tom Girardi was handed a prison sentence of more than seven years Tuesday — his 86th birthday — for ripping off nearly $20 million from clients in a long-running Ponzi scheme. “If there is ever a defendant to cut a break to — this is not the one,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Scott Paetty told the court in downtown Los Angeles.
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3 weeks ago |
pasadenanow.com | Fred Shuster
Former legal heavyweight Tom Girardi is expected to be sentenced to federal prison Tuesday — his 86th birthday — for ripping off $15 million from injured clients in a long-running Ponzi scheme. Girardi is a Pasadena resident. The hearing comes a day after U.S. District Judge Josephine Staton said that despite Girardi’s age-related dementia, she will sentence him to prison rather than placement in a long-term care facility.
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1 month ago |
ocregister.com | Fred Shuster
By FRED SHUSTERLOS ANGELES — A federal judge Tuesday dismissed felony allegations against a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy who was offered a lenient post-conviction plea deal months after a jury convicted him of using excessive force during an encounter with a woman during a shoplifting investigation outside a supermarket in Lancaster. U.S. District Judge Stephen V.
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1 month ago |
presstelegram.com | Fred Shuster
By FRED SHUSTERRoughly two years after an effort began to have Erik and Lyle Menendez released from prison, a re-sentencing hearing got underway Tuesday in the San Fernando Valley with family members testifying that if set free from life prison terms for the 1989 shotgun murders of their parents, the brothers would pose no future risk and could be expected to inspire people with their good deeds. The brothers have spent about 35 years behind bars without the possibility of parole for the Aug.
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1 month ago |
dailynews.com | Fred Shuster
Anamaria Baralt, center, and other family and supporters of Erik and Lyle Menendez arrive at court for a hearing in the brothers’ case Tuesday, May 13, 2025, in Los Angeles.
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