Hat Bandit suspect scraps plea deal
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The man suspected of being the "Mad Hatter" responsible for 18 bank robberies in New Jersey scrapped a plea agreement Wednesday.
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Just after escaping an attempt to kill him on Wednesday, he said an Iraqi court had dropped charges that could have put him in jail.
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the virginian-pilot  PORTSMOUTH - Matthew Ejma, a former auxiliary deputy indicted Thursday on eight misdemeanor charges in relation with using inmates to do lawn work, has turned himself in to the Sheriff's Office, said spokeswoman Sgt. Amber Whittaker.   He surrendered at 10 a.m.
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Two defendants in the O.J. Simpson robbery case pleaded guilty on Tuesday in Las Vegas to reduced charges as part of a deal to testify against the former football star and others in the theft of sports memorabilia.
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The Thai police sergeant wanted in connection with the murder of two British travellers was yesterday reported to have contacted his superiors and offered to give himself up.
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RICHMOND, Va. -- Former NBA player Ralph Sampson will serve two months in jail for mail fraud as part of a plea agreement approved by a federal judge Thursday.
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A man who tried to extort $1.3 million from Tom Cruise in exchange for stolen photographs of his wedding to Katie Holmes was sentenced to two years probation, The Associated Press reported. Marc Lewis Gittleman was also fined $3,000 after pleading guilty on Sept. 21 to interstate transportation of stolen property. Mr. Gittleman, a computer technician, obtained thousands of photos from a damaged hard drive that was brought to his workplace by a photographer. He then contacted David Hans Schmidt, 47, who was known for peddling nude pictures and sex tapes of celebrities, and sent Mr. Cruise an e-mail message demanding $1.3 million to keep the pictures private. The authorities set up a sting operation to catch the two men. Mr. Schmidt pleaded guilty to transmitting threatening communications with intent to extort and hanged himself in September.
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The man wanted for the murders of a British couple in Thailand is believed to have made contact with police and tried to strike a deal.
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A fired attorney for Maurice Clarett said Friday an assistant prosecutor offered a plea deal in July with a sentence as short as 1 1/2 years if the ex-Ohio State football standout admitted to a robbery charge.
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Two defendants in the O.J. Simpson  robbery case pleaded guilty on Tuesday in Las Vegas to reduced  charges as part of a deal to testify against the former  football star and others in the theft of sports memorabilia.
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EDINA, Minn. - The FBI says it may have reeled in the "Fishing Hat Bandit," a bank robber who has pulled 23 holdups in the Twin Cities area over the past year and a half.
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SHAH ALAM: A police lance corporal claimed trial in the Sessions Court yesterday to soliciting RM600 from a factory worker as an inducement to avoid action in a khalwat case.
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An attorney for Michael Devlin, the former pizzeria manager charged with abducting two Missouri boys, dismissed a plea deal Thursday that was expected to include several life sentences, saying his client could do better before a jury.
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A former crematory operator accused of dumping 334 bodies, including those of Tennesseans, and passing off cement dust as their ashes has struck a plea deal that calls for up
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One-time JonBenet Ramsey murder suspect John Mark Karr rejected a deal from prosecutors that would have freed him on probation in exchange for a guilty plea on child pornography charges, his lawyer said Thursday.
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Officials rescinded a murder charge Tuesday against a sheriff's deputy accused of shooting an unarmed teenager who authorities believed had stolen video game consoles, after a grand jury foreman said he had checked the wrong box on the indictment paperwork.
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia  - A plea bargain in  the assault case against National Hockey League star Todd  Bertuzzi hit a snag on Wednesday when the lawyer for the victim  of a brutal on-ice attack involving Bertuzzi said he wanted to  address the court before a sentence was handed down.