Author: Jack Bogart

Karen Read’s defense team looked to chip away at a crash expert’s credibility by pointing to eye-watering expenditures and alleged inconsistencies in experiments as the state enters the 11th hour of testimony in their case. Read is accused of killing her then-boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe, by striking him with her Lexus SUV outside a house party at 34 Fairview Road and leaving him to die in frigid temperatures shortly after midnight on Jan. 29, 2022. The state’s expected final witness, Dr. Judson Welcher, a crash reconstructionist with Texas-based Aperture LLC, held firm on his findings that Read’s vehicle allegedly struck…

NEED TO KNOW A former stylist testified that Cassie Ventura once considered jumping off a hotel balcony to escape Sean “Diddy” CombsDeonte Nash said Cassie fled to the hotel after Diddy allegedly pushed her and Nash out of her apartment in a rageWhen Cassie learned Diddy was at the hotel, Nash said she panicked and talked about climbing over the balcony to avoid him Deonte Nash, who worked as a stylist for Casandra “Cassie” Ventura and befriended her, testified at Sean “Diddy” Combs’ federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial on Wednesday, May 28, that Ventura was once so desperate to…

President Donald Trump on Wednesday commuted the 12-year sentence of a major political donor who was serving time for a number of offenses, including obstructing an investigation into Trump’s 2017 inaugural committee, the White House confirmed with Fox News Digital.Imaad Zuberi, 54, was a major Democrat supporter before he backed Trump following his 2016 election victory, The New York Times reported. Before pivoting to Trump on election night, he served as a bundler for Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, including stints on both of their campaign finance committees.Zuberi donated more than $1.1 million to committees associated with Trump and the…

NEED TO KNOW Josh Duggar filed a request for a court-appointed attorney on Tuesday, May 27, amid his fight to overturn his child pornography convictionDuggar claimed in documents obtained by PEOPLE that he cannot afford to hire his own legal counsel to potentially help him file a motion to vacate his convictionIn 2022, Duggar was sentenced to more than 12 years in federal prison on charges of receipt and possession of child pornography Josh Duggar is hoping to pursue another attempt at overturning his conviction. On Tuesday, May 27, the 37-year-old wrote a letter to the judge presiding over his…

NEED TO KNOW Ajay Dev’s 378-year sentence for sexual assault was overturned on FridayThe 58-year-old had 76 convictionsHis trial setting conference and motion hearing date has been scheduled for Friday, June 13 A judge overturned a California man’s 378-year sentence for sexual assault on Friday, May 23. According to Superior Court of California, Yolo County court records reviewed by PEOPLE, Ajay Dev, 58, who had 76 convictions, was released on Friday, May 23, on his own recognizance (OR). A trial setting conference and motion hearing date has been scheduled for Friday, June 13. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that the…

It has been 72 hours since a former Arkansas police chief serving decades in prison for murder and rape escaped from prison on Sunday afternoon.Former Gateway Police Department Chief Grant Hardin, 56, escaped from the North Central Unit on Sunday afternoon in Calico Rock, according to the Arkansas Department of Corrections (ADC).”We have a pretty good idea of the route that he took and some of those circumstances… and what, if any, lapses happened,” ADC Communications Director Rand Champion said during a Wednesday news conference.”Based on the information that we have and the experience of our teams, they feel fairly…

President Donald Trump has pardoned Connecticut’s former Republican Gov. John Rowland, who was convicted in two federal criminal cases, including one that contributed to his resignationTrump also commuted the prison sentence for notorious Chicago gang leader Larry Hoover, a White House spokesman told Fox News Digital. Rowland was released early from federal custody in 2018 after his 2014 conviction for election fraud and obstruction of justice. That was his second stint in prison after his 2004 federal corruption conviction.In July 2004, Rowland resigned less than halfway through his third term as governor instead of testifying before a special House Committee inquiry.…

NEED TO KNOW A 60-year-old woman was severely injured after a break in at the home of Beanie Babies mogul Ty WarnerWarner was present at the time of the break in but was not injuredRussell Maxwell Phay, 42, allegedly barricaded himself in an upstairs bathroom before being apprehended by police A woman was severely injured after a break in at the home of Beanie Babies mogul Ty Warner. Around 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 21, deputies with the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office were called to Warner’s Montecito, CA home after an initial report of a possible vehicle theft or…

A Washington, D.C.-based law firm secured a judgment of more than $20 million against the Syrian Arab Republic on behalf of Sam Goodwin, a St. Louis native held captive in the country’s notorious prison system for 63 days while on a trip to visit every country in the world.U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly awarded Goodwin $20,201,620 in damages, about $10 million each in compensatory and punitive damages, in response to a lawsuit filed under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act’s “state sponsor of terrorism” exception.Roughly half of the judgment is payable through the U.S. Victims of State-Sponsored Terrorism Fund, which is…

NEED TO KNOW The abandoned luggage of traveler Shauna Eburne, 54, was allegedly found to contain around $120,000 worth of cannabis, according to reportsThe discovery was reportedly made at Glasgow Airport in Scotland on Feb. 25, after the suspect flew in from TorontoShe pleaded guilty to importing drugs into the U.K. A woman who reported her bag lost at the airport has reportedly been convicted of using it to smuggle £89,000 ($120,159) worth of cannabis into Scotland. Shauna Eburne, 54, landed at Glasgow Airport after flying in from Toronto via Iceland on Feb. 25. She forgot her suitcase as she…