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• Bieber Superfan Charged for Trespassing - A young woman named Qianying Zhao was arrested in Atlanta, GA after being found sleeping in a bedroom of a house that at the time was being rented by the pop star Justin Bieber.


• LulzSec Hacktivist Sentenced in Federal Criminal Case - Political hacktivist Jeremy Hammond was sentenced recently to 10 years in federal prison for his hand in several attacks on large government related websites.


• Female Serial Killer Caught and Detained in Pennsylvania - Miranda Barbour was detained for stabbing a man. During her time in jail, Barbour had admitted that she had murdered over 22 people.


• Instagram Selfies Lead To Criminal Charges - After obtaining a search warrant for the man's home, authorities found the guns shown in the Instagram photos. They would go on to find in excess of $250,000 of stolen goods, including jewels, electronics, and other weapons.


• Notorious Hackers Arrested in New York - Members of the online hacker groups “Anonymous” and “LulzSec” were detained and charged after a large investigation into their cybercrimes.


• Ariel Castro to Use Not Guilty Plea as Criminal Defense - Ariel Castro, the former Ohio bus driver accused of kidnapping three women and holding them captive for a decade, will have to come up with a criminal defense for his trial which is set to commence on Aug 4, 2013.


• Wisconsin Farmer’s Criminal Defense Bolstered by Raw Milk Advocates - Vernon Hershberger, a Sauk County, WI farmer has two distinct possibilities on which to base his criminal defense for the sale of raw milk from his farm.


• Candace Duran’s Criminal Defense Strategy Based on Self-Defense - Candace Duran, charged with the stabbing and murder of Howard Villanueva, has based her criminal defense strategy on the claim that the victim tried to rape her and what she did was self-defense.


• Baltimore Cop Opts for Not Guilty Criminal Defense Strategy -Adam Lewellen, a Baltimore police detective currently suspended without pay, has opted for a not-guilty criminal defense strategy to save himself from felony charges in three separate cases.


• Facebook Defrauder Bases Criminal Defense on Constitutional Right to Sue - Paul D. Ceglia, arrested on federal charges of attempting to defraud Facebook, is basing his criminal defense on the constitutional right to sue.


• Jodi Arias’ Criminal Defense Strategy Based on Domestic Violence - Jodi Arias, who is facing the death penalty if convicted for the murder of her boyfriend Travis Alexander, is basing her criminal defense strategy on proving that her relationship had turned abusive and the murder was nothing more than self-defense as a reaction to domestic violence.


• CA Day Care Needs Criminal Defense For Baby Manslaughter Charges - The owner and two employees of the Magic Place Children Center in Terra Linda, San Rafael, California are in need of a criminal defense strategy to counter charges that have been filed over the death of a 4-month-old baby in their care.


• Criminal Defense Attorney for Reggae Singer Buju Banton Seeks Mistrial - Convicted Jamaican reggae singer Buju Banton’s criminal defense attorney is asking the Tampa federal court in Florida to declare a mistrial on the grounds of juror misconduct.


• Dennis Tribble Prepares Criminal Defense for Third Murder Trial - Dennis Tribble, 62, and formerly a resident of Wolcott, VT, has been granted a third opportunity by the Vermont Supreme Court to put up a criminal defense in the same murder case.


• BP Pleads Guilty, Avoids Criminal Defense for Death of 11 Workers - BP has reached a $4.5 billion settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice that will help the company avoid having to put up a criminal defense for 11 manslaughter counts in the deaths of 11 workers who died in the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico.


• 10-year-old Needs Criminal Defense For Murder of Neo-Nazi Father - On May 11, 2011, 10-year-old Joseph Hall from Riverside, CA shot and killed his own neo-Nazi father who was sleeping at home. He now needs a criminal defense for a murder trial in Riverside County Superior Court.

• U.S. judge permits criminal charges against Megaupload to proceed - The U.S. government's criminal case against the  website Megaupload will proceed for now, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.


• Goldman Programmer Plans Double Jeopardy Criminal Defense - In a strange turn of events, a former Goldman Sachs programmer is planning a double jeopardy criminal defense in a state court in Manhattan because he has already been acquitted for the same felony charges by a federal appeals court.


• Sandusky Trial Sideshow: Insurance Payouts for Criminal Defense - Disgraced former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky, while awaiting sentencing after his criminal defense failed to convince a jury, has a lot more to worry about.


• Criminal Defense Law Regarding Chicken Heart Attacks - By next month, Joy C. McDonald of Lafayette County, Missouri has to come up with a criminal defense strategy for combating charges of causing a chicken to die of a heart attack.


• George Zimmerman's Criminal Defense Stands Its Ground - The media have already decided George Zimmerman is guilty and should be charged and arrested for shooting Trayvon Martin, a 17 year old African-American teen, inside a gated community in Sanford, Fla. on Feb 26, 2012


• Chris Brown Facing Criminal Charges - A woman has accused Chris Brown, who's currently on probation until 2014 for assaulting Rihanna, of taking her iPhone out of her hand outside a Miami nightclub last Sunday.


• Suspect Arrested in Connection with Violent Crime - One of three individuals in a videotaped attack of a homosexual man has been taking into police custody, Atlanta police said Saturday.


• Ohio Craigslist Murders: One Suspect’s Extensive Criminal Record Revealed - Rich Beasley, age 52, and co-conspirator 16-year-old Brogan Rafferty were arrested on Nov. 16 after committing a Craigslist murder spree in Ohio.


• Dr. Conrad Murray Sentenced to Four Years in Prison - After a long and emotional trial regarding the death of pop star Michael Jackson, the jury found Dr. Conrad Murray guilty of involuntary manslaughter.


• Michael Jackson’s Chef and Bodyguard Testify in Court - Michael Jackson’s terrified physician told a bodyguard to bag up vials of medications as the King of Pop struggled for his life, a court was told yesterday.


• Criminal Investigation Underway After Teen Commits Suicide - Law enforcement officials have launched a criminal investigation after 14-year-old Jamey Rodemeyer of Buffalo, New York has committed suicide after being bullied online and bombarded with comments harassing him because of his sexual orientation.


• 84-Year-Old Inmate Confesses to Killing Nearly a Dozen People - Edward Harold Bell, a 72-year-old prison inmate serving a life sentence in Texas, is claiming to have killed eleven girls throughout the 1970’s.

Have you been charged with a criminal offense and seeking legal help? If so, contact a criminal defense attorney in your area to discuss your legal options today.