JACKSON, Miss. — A former National Football League player and Mississippi businessman has pleaded guilty to wire fraud and tax evasion charges, admitting he used investors’ money for a planned resort area in China and to buy himself a luxury van, boat and other items. Electronic court records show 48-year-old Jeffrey L. Walker pleaded guilty [...]
NEW YORK — An Internet poker company that was blocked from operating in the U.S. in the spring as part of an online gambling crackdown was “not a legitimate poker company, but a global Ponzi scheme,” federal prosecutors said Tuesday. The popular Full Tilt Poker website illegally raided player accounts to fund operations and make [...]
NEW YORK — An Internet poker company that was blocked from operating in the U.S. in the spring as part of an online gambling crackdown was “not a legitimate poker company, but a global Ponzi scheme,” federal prosecutors said Tuesday. The popular Full Tilt Poker website illegally raided player accounts to fund operations and make [...]
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Former World Series MVP Manny Ramirez, a colorful slugger who abruptly retired this year amid allegations of banned substance use, is now facing criminal prosecution on charges that he slapped his wife during an argument. Ramirez, 39, could get up to a year in jail if convicted of misdemeanor domestic battery [...]
Winnipeg Jets enforcer Dustin Byfuglien was arrested on Wednesday for boating while intoxicated in, of all places, the Land of 10,000 Lakes. According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune Byfuglien was arrested on Lake Minnetonka in Minnesota around 8:15 p.m. based on probable cause in relation to boating while intoxicated after refusing to submit to a blood or [...]
AUSTIN, Texas — Cincinnati Bengals running back Cedric Benson was sentenced to 20 days in jail Monday after reaching a deal to settle two misdemeanor assault cases in Texas. Benson said he will surrender to authorities on Oct. 17, which is the Monday of Cincinnati’s bye week. “This was a difficult decision for Mr. Benson,” [...]
ATLANTA — A former NBA player who is accused of shooting an Atlanta woman to death appeared to be retaliating for being robbed of $55,000 worth of jewelry, police said. Javaris Crittenton, who was suspended from the NBA along with his ex-teammate Gilbert Arenas for having guns in a locker room, was arrested late Monday [...]
BATON ROUGE, La. — Authorities say they searched the apartment of LSU starting quarterback Jordan Jefferson in connection with a bar fight last week that injured four people. Baton Rouge Police Sgt. Don Stone says the warrant was obtained Wednesday and Jefferson was home during the search. Stone says Jefferson cooperated while his attorney also [...]
LOS ANGELES — Former New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Lenny Dykstra has been charged in Los Angeles for allegedly exposing himself to women he met on Craigslist. The city attorney’s office said Thursday the 48-year-old former baseball star could face up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine for each indecent [...]
NFL free agent defensive end Antwan Odom was shot in the leg early Monday morning during a home invasion in Mobile, Ala., according to Jessica Taloney of WKRG TV. Taloney tweeted that Odom’s injury was not life-threatening and later added that he was eating breakfast with his family later on Monday morning. She also reported that the [...]
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