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Steven Allen, 42, of Detroit was arraigned Monday on four felony charges — embezzlement, using a computer to commit a crime, forgery of bank bills/promissory notes and stealing or retaining without consent a financial transaction device, according to a release Tuesday.
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Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 24 Jan. 2024
To be clear: Your former boss did not commit a crime.
—Roxane Gay, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2024
Whether Trump changed the status of the documents as president and therefore didn't commit a crime later is a question for a jury, Schultz said.
—Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2024
But when fugitives who commit a crime in the United States cross the southern border, the U.S. government requires some external help in tracking them down.
—Zach Fannin, ABC News, 25 Jan. 2024
The researchers asked the participants questions about how these scenes, and their attendant emotions, influenced cognitive factors known to sway decisions on whether to commit a crime.
—Ingrid Wickelgren, Scientific American, 21 Feb. 2024
In trying to dismiss the burglary charge, Tibbs also argued Ferguson did not go to the home with the intention to commit a crime and that the woman had not asked Ferguson to leave at any point.
—Rachel Smith, The Courier-Journal, 18 Jan. 2024
Mui is facing seven counts of identity theft, a five-year felony, one count of conducting a criminal enterprise, and one count of using a computer to commit a crime, both 20-year felonies.
—Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 4 Jan. 2024
Forster argued that testimony was admissible, despite being hearsay, because evidence suggesting a defendant didn’t commit a crime shouldn’t be trumped by evidentiary rules.
—Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun, 11 Jan. 2024
Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 24 Jan. 2024
To be clear: Your former boss did not commit a crime.
—Roxane Gay, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2024
Whether Trump changed the status of the documents as president and therefore didn't commit a crime later is a question for a jury, Schultz said.
—Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2024
But when fugitives who commit a crime in the United States cross the southern border, the U.S. government requires some external help in tracking them down.
—Zach Fannin, ABC News, 25 Jan. 2024
The researchers asked the participants questions about how these scenes, and their attendant emotions, influenced cognitive factors known to sway decisions on whether to commit a crime.
—Ingrid Wickelgren, Scientific American, 21 Feb. 2024
In trying to dismiss the burglary charge, Tibbs also argued Ferguson did not go to the home with the intention to commit a crime and that the woman had not asked Ferguson to leave at any point.
—Rachel Smith, The Courier-Journal, 18 Jan. 2024
Mui is facing seven counts of identity theft, a five-year felony, one count of conducting a criminal enterprise, and one count of using a computer to commit a crime, both 20-year felonies.
—Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 4 Jan. 2024
Forster argued that testimony was admissible, despite being hearsay, because evidence suggesting a defendant didn’t commit a crime shouldn’t be trumped by evidentiary rules.
—Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun, 11 Jan. 2024
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