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New Jersey State Ordered to Pay $10 Million for Forcing Correctional Officer with Multiple Sclerosis to Resign

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Hamilton, New Jersey – A state appeals court has upheld a lower court’s order for the state of New Jersey to pay $10 million in punitive damages to a former Juvenile Justice Commission correctional officer. The officer, Shelley Pritchett, was forced to resign in 2011 due to her multiple sclerosis. The three-judge panel agreed with the Mercer County jury’s decision in a 2017 trial, stating that the supervisors who pushed Pritchett into early retirement acted reprehensibly. Pritchett had sued the state for discrimination, accusing her bosses of violating the state Law Against Discrimination by failing … Read more

Habitual Felon Convicted of High-Speed Chase and Multiple Traffic Violations: Sentenced to Prison

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Asheville, North Carolina – A jury has found Ancil Kenny Edmonds, 41, guilty of felony flee to elude arrest and eight related traffic violations after a high-speed chase. The three-day trial concluded with the conviction, which also declared Edmonds a habitual felon. Buncombe County District Attorney Todd Williams announced the verdict. Edmonds was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Nathaniel J. Poovey to serve an active prison term of 64 to 89 months. During the trial, the state presented evidence that on January 17, 2023, North Carolina Highway Patrol State Trooper Dalton Ledford detected Edmonds’ vehicle … Read more

Opposition Leader Lee Jae-myung Faces Disciplinary Action as Lawyer Over Multiple Criminal Charges

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Seoul, South Korea – Prosecutors are requesting the national bar association to consider disciplinary action against opposition leader Lee Jae-myung as a lawyer. They are citing multiple criminal charges that he is currently standing trial for. The application was filed on Dec. 14 with the Korean Bar Association, claiming that Lee’s dignity as a lawyer has been compromised due to these charges. Lee, who is both the leader of the main opposition Democratic Party and a lawyer by profession, is facing indictment and trial for five different cases. Among these cases are corruption charges related … Read more

Former Executive Assistant Accuses Operation Underground Railroad Founder Tim Ballard of Sexual Assault in Multiple Jurisdictions

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Salt Lake City, Utah – Celeste Borys, a former executive assistant to Tim Ballard, the founder of Operation Underground Railroad (OUR), has filed criminal complaints claiming that Ballard sexually assaulted her in four jurisdictions, according to her attorney. Last week, Borys and her lawyer flew to California to make these allegations. Previously, she had filed a criminal complaint with the Lindon Police Department in Utah County. In addition to Utah, Borys has now reported assaults to police departments in San Diego, San Clemente, and the San Jose suburb of Campbell, as well as to Los … Read more