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Criminal Financial Government 

Ex-San Francisco Employee Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering

March 9, 2021March 10, 2021 NICHOLAS IOVINO
conspiracy, corruption, money laundering, pleas, San Francisco

An ex-city employee will plead guilty to conspiring to launder money for a former city department head in the latest twist of an ongoing San Francisco public corruption scandal, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday.

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Criminal Education 

Charter School Fraud

February 26, 2021March 1, 2021 BRIEF
California, Fraud, pleas, schools

Sean McManus and Jason Schrock pleaded guilty to misappropriating public funds and stealing more than $500,000 each in connection with the A3 Charter School scheme that defrauded California out of $50 million in education funds. The defendants are assisting the state in the return of more than $210 million.

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Criminal International 

Singaporean Admits Killing Maid After ‘Inhumane’ Abuse

February 24, 2021February 24, 2021 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
murder, pleas, Singapore

A Singaporean woman has admitted to starving, assaulting and ultimately killing her domestic worker from Myanmar in what prosecutors called one of the worst cases of maid abuse in the city-state.

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Criminal International Media 

Man Admits Murder of Malta Journalist, Jailed for 15 Years

February 23, 2021February 23, 2021 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
journalists, murder, pleas

VALLETTA, Malta (AFP) — One of three men accused of planting a car bomb that killed Maltese anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana

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Criminal Government International Trials 

2 Plead Guilty as Leading Hong Kong Activists Go on Trial

February 16, 2021February 16, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
China, Hong Kong, pleas, protests

HONG KONG (AP) — Two former Hong Kong lawmakers pleaded guilty to illegal assembly charges Tuesday, as a trial opened

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Criminal Health Regional 

Wisconsin Pharmacist Admits He Tried to Ruin Vaccine Doses

February 9, 2021February 10, 2021 JOE KELLY
conspiracy theories, coronavirus, hospitals, pleas, vaccines, Wisconsin

A Wisconsin pharmacist charged with attempting to spoil hundreds of doses of a coronavirus vaccine pleaded guilty to two tampering counts in Milwaukee federal court on Tuesday.

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Criminal Entertainment 

R. Kelly Friend Pleads Guilty to Offering Victim Hush Money

February 2, 2021February 2, 2021 NINA PULLANO
bribery, celebrity, pleas, sexual assault, witnesses

Richard Arline Jr. offered half a million dollars to stop a woman from telling investigators about her relationship with the jailed R&B star.

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Criminal International Media Religion Trials 

Australian Media Companies Admit Breaching Pell Gag Order

February 1, 2021February 1, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Australia, Catholic, contempt, Journalism, pleas, sex abuse

Australian media companies admitted in court Monday they breached a gag order in publishing references to Cardinal George Pell’s since-overturned convictions in 2018 for child sexual abuse. The plea agreement avoids any journalist being sent to prison.

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Criminal Government Regional 

Michigan Man Pleads Guilty in Plot to Kidnap Governor

January 27, 2021January 27, 2021 ANDY OLESKO
conspiracy, governors, kidnapping, Michigan, pleas

A man who was part of a group that prosecutors say planned to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer pleaded guilty Wednesday to a conspiracy charge.

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Criminal 

Defendant in Deadly Ghost Ship Fire Dodges Second Trial With Guilty Plea

January 22, 2021January 25, 2021 MATTHEW RENDA
Fire, Ghost Ship, Oakland, pleas

Derick Almena, a man who converted an Oakland warehouse into an artist collective where a 2016 fire killed 36, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter Friday.

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Criminal Entertainment 

Sex Trafficking

January 21, 2021January 22, 2021 BRIEF
California, conspiracy, pleas, pornography, sex trafficking

Cameraman Theodore Wilfred Gyi pleaded guilty in federal court in California to conspiracy to commit sex trafficking for working with the operators of the website GirlsDoPorn to coerce young women to appear in porn videos.

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Criminal Environment Government 

Former Michigan Governor Pleads Not Guilty in Flint Water Case

January 14, 2021January 14, 2021 ANDY OLESKO
contamination, Flint, governors, Michigan, pleas, water

Former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder appeared in court Thursday morning to plead not guilty to state charges of willful neglect stemming from the contaminated-water crisis in Flint that began during his time of office.

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Criminal 

Mass Shooting

January 7, 2021January 7, 2021 BRIEF
Guns, Mass Shooting, pleas, Texas

A Texas man pleaded guilty to unlicensed firearms dealing for selling the AR-15 used to kill seven people in a mass shooting in Odessa and Midland in 2019.

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Civil Rights Criminal Regional 

Illinois Teen Pleads Not Guilty in Kenosha Protest Shooting

January 5, 2021January 5, 2021 JOE KELLY
murder, pleas, protests, Shooting, Wisconsin

An Illinois teenager charged with shooting three people and killing two at a protest in Wisconsin last August pleaded not guilty Tuesday to murder charges during an arraignment hearing in Kenosha.

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Civil Rights Criminal International 

Hong Kongers Charged in China Plead Guilty, Relatives Told

December 29, 2020December 29, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
China, Hong Kong, pleas, protests

Relatives of the 10 Hong Kongers accused of fleeing the city by speedboat during a government crackdown on dissent say they’ve been informed that their family members pleaded guilty, according to a support group.

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Criminal Government Politics Regional 

Suspects in Michigan Kidnapping Plot Plead Not Guilty to Federal Charges

December 17, 2020December 18, 2020 ANDY OLESKO
conspiracy, governors, kidnapping, Michigan, pleas

Five of the six men accused of scheming to kidnap Democratic Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer pleaded not guilty before a federal judge Thursday after a grand jury found the night before there was enough evidence to indict them.

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Criminal Entertainment 

Lil Wayne Pleads Guilty to Possessing Gun as Felon

December 11, 2020January 15, 2021 IZZY KAPNICK
eldMain, Florida, Guns, pleas, rappers

Rapper Lil Wayne is facing another prison stint after pleading guilty to a gun charge in Florida federal court Friday.

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Business Criminal Health 

OxyContin Maker Purdue Pharma Pleads Guilty to Federal Criminal Charges

November 24, 2020November 25, 2020 ERIKA WILLIAMS
conspiracy, FDA, Fraud, kickbacks, opioids, pharmaceuticals, pleas

Purdue Pharma pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal criminal charges related to the OxyContin manufacturer’s role in the nation’s deadly opioid crisis.

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Civil Rights Criminal International Politics 

Hong Kong’s Joshua Wong Taken Into Custody After Guilty Plea

November 23, 2020November 23, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
China, Hong Kong, pleas, protests

Prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong and two other activists were taken into custody Monday after they pleaded guilty to charges related to a demonstration outside police headquarters during anti-government protests last year.

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Criminal Politics 

Florida Businessman Is First in Giuliani-Linked Scheme to Plead Guilty

October 29, 2020October 29, 2020 JOSH RUSSELL
Fraud, GOP, pleas, Rudy Giuliani

A South Florida business partner of Rudy Giuliani’s indicted Ukrainian associate pleaded guilty Thursday to counts of wire fraud conspiracy and making false statements in a federal affidavit.

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