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The Right Coast
San Jose thieves steal duffel bag, apparently unaware it’s full of snakes – SFGate
Reptile breeder Brian Gundy had just given a talk and animal presentation Saturday at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library in downtown San Jose. While going to get his…
Legal Profession Blog
Iowa Ratchets Up Sanction For Law Firm Thefts
Theft from an employer drew a suspension without possibility of reinstatement for four months from the Iowa Supreme Court.The court announced a prospective stringent rule for stealing from an attorney's…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
2 Oregon Women Accused of Stealing from a Dead Mouseketeer
In Oregon, the Jackson County District Attorney's Office charged Wanda Garcia and Lori Declusin with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle for allegedly taking a 1990s Ford Escort station wagon…
Birdsong's Law Blog
Weird Criminal Law Stories # 559: Crime of Mammoth Proportions
ALASKA: The headline read, “It’s a crime of mammoth proportions.” We learn that an estimated 10,000-year-old mammoth tusk weighing 100 pounds has been stolen from a Campbell Creek Science Center.…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Stan Lee’s Former Manager Charged with Theft and Elder Abuse
Los Angeles prosecutors have filed charges of theft, embezzlement, forgery or fraud against an elder adult, and false imprisonment of an elder adult against Keya Morgan, 43, the former manager…
Trade Secrets Trends
Two Men Indicted for Alleged Theft of GE Trade Secrets for Turbine Technology
By Astor Heaven, Robert B. Kornweiss
On April 18, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York unsealed an indictment accusing Zheng Xiaoqing, a former senior engineer for steam turbine design at GE,…
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Weird Criminal Law Stories # 547: “Ono she didn’t”
CANADA: The headline read, “Ono she didn’t.” A woman was caught on camera stealing a $17,500 rock signed by Yoko Ono from a museum in Toronto. The woman is accused…
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Weird Criminal Law Stories # 544: Hey, where’s the beef?
MISSOURI: Hey? Where’s the beef? A thief has been swiping cuts of meat from St. Louis restaurants. We learn that the beef bandit has already hit two area eateries since…
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Weird Criminal Law Stories # 543: Ripped off the wrong fellow
CONNECTICUT: Could he have ripped off the wrong fellow. We learn that in January of 2018 a man stole a rookie police officer’s personal vehicle and went on a buying…
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Weird Criminal Law Stories # 531: What a Circus…
FLORIDA: The headline read, “What a circus.” A man dressed as a clown robbed a Waffle House restaurant in Ocala, with an accomplice, who was wearing a goat mask. The…