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PITTSFIELD — Unsealed documents reveal chaos, conflicting accounts in shooting at Ashley Reservoir

https://www.berkshireeagle.com/stories/unsealed-documents-reveal-chaos-conflicting-accounts-in-shooting-at-ashley-reservoir,566724

U.S. Identifies Key Mozambique Officials in Unsealed Indictment

The U.S. Department of Justice identified a former senior Mozambican intelligence official and an ex-employee in the office of the president in an indictment alleging they used more than $200 million of state funds for bribes and kickbacks.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-07/mozambique-ex-finance-minister-indicted-u-s-justice-dept-says

Ex-Venezuelan vice president accused of aiding drug dealers

Tareck El Aissami and Venezuelan businessman Samark Jose Lopez Bello were charged with violating the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act and U.S. Treasury Department sanctions.

https://www.wral.com/ex-venezuelan-vice-president-accused-of-aiding-drug-dealers/18244544/

WBTV among media coalition seeking to unseal search warrants in NC-9 investigation

CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - A coalition of more than a dozen media outlets, including WBTV, the Washington Post and the New York Times, has filed a petition seeking to unseal three search warrants that have been filed by the Wake County District Attorney as part of the criminal investigation into voting irregularities in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District.

The search warrants seek bank records and phone records related to McCrae Dowless, a Republican political operative who worked for Mark Harris in the 2018 race for the 9th District.

http://www.wbtv.com/2019/03/06/wbtv-among-media-coalition-seeking-unseal-search-warrants-nc-investigation-2/

Explosive New Documents Reveal Andrew Weissmann’s Misconduct In Enron Case

The records expose efforts by special counsel attorney Andrew Weissmann to intimidate witnesses and to interfere in the attorney-client relationship of a cooperating witness.

https://thefederalist.com/2019/03/05/explosive-new-documents-reveal-andrew-weissmanns-misconduct-enron-case/

Former Baltimore police officer from York County charged with planting gun near injured man

https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/news/local/york-county/2019/03/06/former-baltimore-police-officer-york-county-charged-planting-gun-near-injured-man/39156797/

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BOWLING GREEN, KY (KFVS) - Thirteen people have been charged in connection with a string of robberies in North Carolina, Tennessee, Indiana and Kentucky; five of those are also charged in connection with the shooting death of a Bowling Green resident.

The seven count superseding indictment was unsealed on Tuesday, March 5.

Jorge Santos Caballero-Melgar, 34, from Nashville was charged with carrying or possessing a firearm during a crime of violence, interference of commerce by robbery, murder through the use of a firearm during a crime of violence and illegal entry after deportation.

Jonny Alexander Reyes-Martinez, 29, from Nashville was charged with carrying or possessing a firearm during a crime of violence, interference of commerce by robbery, murder through the use of a firearm during a crime of violence and being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm.

Jose Adan Mejia Varela, 31, from Nashville was charged with carrying or possessing a firearm during a crime of violence, interference of commerce by robbery, murder through the use of a firearm during a crime of violence and being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm.

Lillian Yamileth Duron, 31, from Nashville was charged with interference of commerce by robbery.

Estrellita Soto, 35, from Nashville was charged with interference of commerce by robbery.

Elmer Manuel Ordonez Sanchez, 25, from Nashville was charged with carrying or possession of a firearm during a crime of violence.

Elvin Fernando Lopez Sanchez, 26, from Nashville was charged with carrying or possessing a firearm during a crime of violence.

Javier Alexis Mejia Varela, 27, from Nashville was charged with carrying or possessing a firearm during a crime of violence.

Brandon Michael Maldonado-Caro, 25, from Nashville was charged with carrying or possessing a firearm during a crime of violence.

Alex Antonio Maldonado-Rodriguez, 34, from Nashville was charged with carrying or possessing a firearm during a crime of violence.

Junior Esteban Bueso, 39, from Nashville was charged with carrying or possessing a firearm during a crime of violence.

Jose Javier Cedillo-Sales, 28, from Nashville was charged with carrying or possessing a firearm during a crime of violence.

Jamie Cedillo-Sales, 23, from Snow Hill, North Carolina, was charged with carrying or possessing a firearm during a crime of violence.

All 13 are accused of targeting primarily Hispanic-owned convenience stores and markets in the four states. Many of them live in Nashville, Tenn. where they allegedly identified businesses to rob, and organized plans to travel to the targeted businesses.

According to the indictment, they planned and robbed businesses including: Beat the Clock Tax Service in Lexington, Ky., taking about $67,000 in cash; La Despensa in Clarksville, Indiana, taking around $7,000 in cash; Lesly Jewelry and Perfume in Nashville, Tenn., taking about $200,000 in cash and jewelry; La Regia in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, taking about $25,000 in cash; and La Placita in Bowling Green, Ky., taking about $23,500 in cash.

http://www.mysuncoast.com/2019/03/06/charged-violent-robberies-kentucky-tennessee-other-states/

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Key players charged in $200 million psychic mail fraud case

Canadian citizens Maria Thanos and Philip Lett managed the day-to-day operations of  Infogest Direct Marketing, according to the documents. Previous government filings show that this Canadian company used letters allegedly written by French clairvoyant Maria Duval to prey on the sick and elderly. Infogest ran the North American arm of the scam, raking in more than $200 million from more than 1.4 million victims in the United States and Canada.

https://fox61.com/2019/03/07/key-players-charged-in-200-million-psychic-mail-fraud-case/

KQED Sues Attorney General, Seeking Access to Police Misconduct and Shooting Records

KQED joined in a lawsuit against the California Department of Justice and Attorney General Xavier Becerra Tuesday, seeking to compel the release of serious police misconduct and use-of-force records unsealed by a new state law.

https://www.kqed.org/news/11730624/kqed-sues-attorney-general-fighting-for-access-to-police-misconduct-and-shooting-records

Elyria man indicted in connection with triple shooting

http://www.chroniclet.com/cops-and-courts/2019/03/06/Elyria-man-indicted-in-connection-with-triple-shooting.html

Lorain County grand jury indicts former North Carolina man on multiple counts

http://www.chroniclet.com/cops-and-courts/2019/03/06/Man-indicted-on-multiple-counts.html

Publisher of Loudoun news website arrested on wire fraud, gun charges

An indictment unsealed in federal court in Alexandria on Friday alleges that Reynolds created phony advertising contracts, claiming that various companies had …

Woman accused of Owls Head slaying admitted hitting elderly victim with tool, state police say

The affidavit detailing the events that led investigators to charge Sarah Richards with murder in the death of Helen Carver is unsealed in Knox County Superior Court.

ROCKLAND — A South Thomaston woman who has been charged with murder in the death of an elderly Owls Head woman admitted hitting her in the head with a tool, according to a Maine State Police affidavit.

The affidavit filed in Knox County Superior Court was unsealed Thursday, detailing the events that led investigators to accuse Sarah Richards, 37, of killing Helen Carver, 83. The Knox County grand jury indicted Richards on a murder charge Tuesday. Richards also was indicted on a theft charge and has been held at the Knox County Jail in Rockland without bail since her arrest on Feb. 22.

https://www.pressherald.com/2019/03/07/woman-accused-of-owls-head-slaying-admitting-hitting-elderly-victim-with-tool-police-say/