NEW ESTATE FRAUD CASE IN SOUTH CAROLINA

June 29, 2023 Edmund Burke 0

HANNA ESTATE FRAUD IN THE SPOTLIGHT July, 2023  |  By Brett Darken  A new estate-fraud case is center-stage in South Carolina’s courts. The Palmetto state has been a hotbed of probate, trust and conservator fraud […]

COLORADO DA INDICTS ELDER-THIEF

November 6, 2022 Edmund Burke 0

CHARGES  FILED IN THEFT AND ELDER ABUSE CASE November 21, 2022 Denver, Colorado | By Brett Darken Colorado District Attorney John Kellner (shown at left) has indicted Geraldo “Gerry” Salcedo for one count each of theft […]

DETROIT CHIEF PROBATE JUDGE CHARGED

January 19, 2022 Edmund Burke 0

By NICK MORDOWANEC | The Oakland Press Kathleen Ryan, Oakland County’s chief probate judge, has been charged with domestic assault. A press release issued Thursday by the Wixom Police Department stated that Ryan, who was […]

FAILED JUDGES KEEP PRIVILEGED JOBS

March 28, 2021 Edmund Burke 0

By MICHAEL BERENS and JOHN SHIFFMAN in MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA Filed June 30, 2020, noon GMT (Reuters) Judge Les Hayes once sentenced a single mother to 496 days behind bars for failing to pay traffic tickets. The sentence was so stiff it exceeded the jail […]

MASSACHUSETTS JUDGE ARRESTED

September 28, 2019 Edmund Burke 0

Judge Shannon Frison screams at police: ‘I’m a superior judge, you can’t arrest me,’ By Scott J. Croteau | scroteau@masslive.com The Massachusetts judge arrested for allegedly grabbing her wife by the hair and yanking her […]

COURTS A TOOL FOR ABUSE?

March 20, 2019 Edmund Burke 0

GREENWICH TIME (GREENWICH CONNECTICUT) By Emilie Munson Victims of domestic violence often turn to the court system for justice and safety. But sometimes that system — the quintessential symbol of fairness — is weaponized by […]