Prosecutor: Warehouse a Buffet for Rats
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A federal prosecutor launched the trial of a cold storage company accused of unsanitary conditions Wednesday by describing a warehouse stocked with millions of pounds of meat as "an amusement park for rats and a house of horrors for the City of Chicago."
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To prosecutors, Robert "Roy" van de Hoek is a vandal with pruning shears. To supporters of native California shrubs and trees, he's a martyr. Once again, he's in court.
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A prosecutor told jurors Tuesday that city officials violated a ban on patronage hiring and &quot;handed out 5,000 jobs&quot; in their zeal to build an army of campaign workers.
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By RICHARD BURGESS  LAFAYETTE - Prosecutors are considering a push to shut down a grocery store and an apartment complex for allegedly not carrying through with agreements to install security cameras linked to the City Police Department.
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Â· Company accused of circumventing bribery lawÂ·  Firm accuses ex-manager of taking kickbacks
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. AP) &#151; Missouri's attorney general is seeking a court order to oust the director of the Carthage Humane Society and disband its board over allegations of missing money and poor animal care, including euthanizing kittens and cats by putting them in a freezer.
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BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - A former state worker has been charged with second-degree stalking, accused of mailing dead rats, dead birds and used condoms as part of a pattern of harassment against 14 people.
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When he was indicted in May, former Democratic Gov. Don Siegelman called fraud charges against him "Republican politics at its worst." But prosecutors argue their case is about cash, not votes.
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The first criminal trial involving former Enron Corp. executives &quot;is a case about cheating and lying&quot; with Wall Street&#39;s help, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
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JACKSON TOWNSHIP, N.J. - An Ocean County woman who police say tried to poison her live-in sister and her sister's boyfriend by putting rat poison in their sandwiches has been charged with two counts of attempted murder.
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Special prosecutors are investigating accusations that the companyâs chairman, Lee Kun Hee, had amassed slush funds to bribe politicians, prosecutors and government officials.
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Kirk Radomski, a former drug distributor who is at the heart of the Mitchell Report will appear in a federal courtroom in San Francisco on Friday to be sentenced for his illegal activities.
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A deputy investigating neighbors' latest complaint that a reclusive homeowner fed rats and didn't take out the garbage found a decomposing body in the home with rats feeding on it.
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The prosecutor called it "one of the most chilling plots imaginable." But the rhetoric may not match the charges
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A man charged in the killing of an Upper East Side therapist interrupted his arraignment with demands for food and complaints about his lawyer.
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A prosecutor in Frankfurt believes that illicit dealings have helped to create the success of German exporters.
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WARREN, Pa. - A woman tried to kill her husband by sneaking rat poison into his food, but was arrested after the man reported finding a strange substance in his lunch, police said.  State police arrested Cheryl M.