(The Center Square) – Eight men have now been indicted by a federal grand jury for charges related to an alleged plot targeting the UFC cage-fighting event at the White House in June.
A recent study of trials involving multiple plaintiffs shows combining claims in a single trial puts defendants at a disadvantage and often drives higher verdicts.
The Illinois-based company that operates an aluminum processing facility in The Dalles, Hydro Extrusion USA, has been charged with violating the Clean Air Act by negligently releasing a hazardous air pollutant from its facility, endangering employees and nearby community members, according to the U.S. District Attorney’s office in Oregon.
After a two-hour long release hearing on Thursday, Judge John Olson ruled to significantly reduce bail for Donna J. Pilcher and Debra L. Jones, two of the three women indicted on charges related to the death of four-month-old Cyrus Macioroski at the illegally-operated Mama Shell’s Daycare this May.
On Wednesday, the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon unsealed a nine-count indictment charging drug trafficking offenses against 22 members of an alleged criminal organization responsible for trafficking large quantities of methamphetamine, heroin and cocaine in Oregon and Washington.
Dufur track coach Ty Lee Wyman, 27, pleaded guilty last week to sex abuse charges involving two female students and was sentenced to 40 months in prison. “It was a difficult case for the victims, for the school staff and for the defendant’s family,” said Wasco County Chief Deputy Leslie Wolf.