Fakes, Hoaxes, and Impostors

A woman who authorities say posed as a licensed drug councilor in Glencoe will be sentenced in June on charges that she committed forgery when she deposited insurance company checks to her bank account, even though the checks were made out to the father...

Sentences handed down in Sherburne County: October Jason William Underwood, 40; felon convicted of crime of violence -- firearm violation; sentenced to 60 months in prison, stayed 15 years on conditions including a chemical dependency evaluation and...

GUANGZHOU/CHONGQING (China Daily/ANN) -- Several flights from Chongqing and Guangzhou were forced to land or delayed on Friday after telephone threats were received, airport authorities said. Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport was told by police...

A Waldo County grand jury indicted 51 people this week on charges that included sexual assaults against children, robbery, drug violations and motor vehicle offenses. Indicted were the following people: Bryan C. Gower Jr., 21, Canaan; Daniel L. Green...

A Mississippi woman has been indicted by a Franklin County grand jury on a charge of using a hoax weapon of mass destruction. Prosecutor Ron O'Brien said Gloria Powers, 60, of Natchez, sent an envelope to The Dispatch in June 2011 that contained...

After hearing two days of closed-door testimony this week, a Mason County Grand Jury has handed down 41 indictments, including 14 meth-related indictments, as well as indictments against a Point Pleasant man accused of shooting at his neighbors earlier...

The following people were indicted by the May term of the Monongalia County grand jury, which met last week, according to a list released by Prosecuting Attorney Marcia Ashdown's office. Arraignments will be held May 28 and 29. Defendants' attorneys...

A Beaver County notary public is facing 25 charges relating to felony forgery involving transactions with an automobile and a boat, according to criminal complaints filed this week by state police. Phillip Anthony Tuccinard Jr., 35, of 864 Walnut St.,...

After months of no shows, claims of illness and hospitalizations, retired Lawrence police officer William Hale showed up for his arraignment on forgery and larceny charges in Lawrence District Court yesterday. The 33-year Lawrence police officer is...

A Huntsville teenager is facing third-degree felony charges for his role in a one-vehicle accident last December that left one girl dead and another seriously injured. A Walker County grand jury last week indicted Bryson Richard O'Brien on two counts of...

May 07 (TheWrap.com) - Manti Te'o's girlfriend might have turned out to be fictional -- but she's helped to spark a very real lawsuit. Peteski Productions, one of the producers on syndicated talk show "Dr. Phil," has filed a suit against Gawker Media...

Daniel E. Doyle Jr., who hobnobbed with world leaders and built a youth-sporting empire through his closely run Institute for International Sport, was indicted Friday in Rhode Island on multiple charges of embezzlement, forgery and obtaining money under...