Three people were indicted Wednesday on involuntary manslaughter charges after a mentally ill college student was found dead inside a Georgia jail cell.
Jesse Leroy Matthew Jr., the main suspect in the abduction of UVA student Hannah Graham, was indicted by a grand jury today for a separate sexual assault case dating back to 2005.
There's a new twist in the already twisted 1996 murder investigation of JonBenet Ramsey — not only did a grand jury vote to indict her parents for child abuse resulting in the six-year-old's death, but the District Attorney in charge of the case ignored their finding and declined to prosecute.
Awful New York state senator Pedro Espada, known for suckling shamelessly at the public teat, has been indicted (along with his son) for embezzling brazenly from a health care network he controlled. An example, you ask?
Cunning young criminal Colton Harris-Moore, the "Barefoot Bandit" who stole airplanes, boats and credit cards, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Seattle yesterday for "piloting an aircraft without a valid airman's certificate" and many other less fun-sounding crimes.
Three more "Latin King Goonies" have been indicted in the Bronx gay torture case. They're back in court Nov. 23.
Our federal authorities are targeting the very core of American corruption: baseball player Roger Clemens. Clemens reportedly will be indicted for perjuring himself before Congress in a 2008 steroids hearing. Really? A druggy baseball player gets a federal indictment?
Among the first things we learned about bizarre South Carolina Senate candidate Alvin Greene after his fluke nomination was his pending obscenity charge, for sending porn to some college gal. Now he's been indicted, hurting his non-existent prospects for victory.
Failed Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad has been charged with 10 terrorism and weapons counts.
Cancun Mayor Gregorio Sanchez was forced to withdraw his candidacy for governor of the state of Quintana Roo after being arrested on organized crime charges and accused of protecting drug gangs. Bloomberg doesn't seem so bad now, does he? [AP]
A California man has been indicted for "cyber extortion" after he launched a website and threatened to use his social network connections to embarrass New York Life Insurance unless the company refunded his premiums.
Senator John Ensign may be indicted for "structuring," a fancy term for inventing made-up financial transactions to avoid embarrassing disclosures, like paying your mistress $96,000 to go away, which is what John Ensign did.
The Enquirer reports that your mom's former favorite candidate John Edwards will be indicted very soon. Edwards used campaign funds to pay a lady to not talk about how he put a baby in her.
Ever since Raj Rajaratnam was arrested in October for allegedly operating a vast insider trading ring, lawyers for the hedge fund founder have been busy pointing out flaws in the government's case. Now they'll get to see how it plays with a jury. A federal grand jury formally charged Rajaratnam with five counts of conspiracy and six counts of securities fraud this afternoon. [BN]
Bernard Kerik, former New York Top Cop and Homeland Security chief nominee (haaaaaaaaa) just got indicted! Again!
The dumb kid who guessed Sarah Palin's Yahoo Email "security questions" and then posted her password on 4Chan has finally been indicted! David Kernell, 20, turned himself into federal authorities today. According to the indictment, Kernell "intentionally and without authorization accessed a protected computer by means of an interstate communication and thereby obtained information." This apparently comes with a maximum 5 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, should he be found guilty. We still think Yahoo should be indicted for having such dumb security questions. Also: "interstate communication"! Devious! [KnoxNews]
So, yes, Anthony Marshall, the prodigal son of deceased grand dame Brooke Astor, isn't completely getting away with (allegedly!) swindling his own mother out of millions of dollars. Last night, Marshall and his lawyer Francis X. Morrissey Jr were indicted on criminal charges last night based on a grand jury investigation into their treatment of the beloved philanthropist who died last August at age 105. (We liveblogged her funeral!) The specific charges have yet to be announced, but according to the New York Sun, they probably have to do with the nefarious duo's perfidious and wanton manipulation of a senile millionaire's will—including possibly forging her signature on a 2003 amendment to that will.
Federal prosecutors are asking a grand jury to indict Bernie Kerik, the man who personally saved New York and Iraq from all the criminals. You accept one $165,000 bribe and suddenly all your accomplishments mean nothing. Kerik also failed "to report as income more than $200,000 in rent that they say was paid on his behalf to use a luxury Upper East Side apartment," but jeez, who among hasn't forgotten to save an important receipt or two? Let's all pray for a speedy resolution to this whole misunderstanding, so that Kerik's name can be cleared and President Giuliani can once again begin appointing him to various government positions against the recommendations of any sensible people he might still have around him. We kinda like the sound of "Secretary of State Bernard Kerik." We should set up the Kerik Legal Defense Fund so Bernie can start actually paying his lawyers!
U.S. Will Ask a Grand Jury to Indict Kerik [NYT]
Accused serial rapist/fashion designer Anand Jon Alexander —a hyphenate we hope we don't start seeing more of on the celebrity-styling landscape in the months to come—has been indicting by a grand jury for having allegedly lured 20 girls and young women to Los Angeles with promises of modeling opportunities. (That's an impressive gain of 8 more victims and 22 separate counts since he was charged last April.) From the KNBC report:
