Owner of closed funeral home ordered to pay restitution
FLINT (AP) — The owner of a now-closed funeral home in Michigan has been ordered to pay at least $75,000 in restitution for failing to put prepaid funeral contract funds into escrow.
State Attorney General Dana Nessel says O'Neil Swanson II of West Bloomfield pleaded no contest to two felonies. A no-contest plea isn't an admission of guilt but is treated as such at sentencing.
The Swanson Funeral Home in Flint was closed in 2017 after maggots were found in a garage where unrefrigerated bodies were being stored. Officials later determined prepaid funeral contracts were sold without a proper license.
Swanson will receive an 11-month delayed sentence.
Justice Sotomayor pays tribute to mentor Robert Morgenthau
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has paid tribute to her early mentor, former Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau, at his funeral.
About 1,000 mourners attended Morgenthau's funeral Thursday at Temple Emanu-El, the synagogue where he was a trustee for more than 50 years.
Sotomayor said she had been in tears since learning of Morgenthau's death on Sunday at age 99. Morgenthau gave Sotomayor her first job out of law school when he hired her as an assistant district attorney in 1979. She said she would not be the judge she has become without him.
Morgenthau was nearly 90 when he retired in 2009 after 35 years as Manhattan district attorney. He had earlier served as Manhattan's top federal prosecutor.
Judge charged with obstructing ICE rejects plea deal
BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts judge charged with helping an immigrant escape a federal agent waiting to arrest him has rejected a plea deal offered by federal prosecutors.
The Boston Herald reports that federal prosecutors offered the deal to Judge Shelley Joseph and a retired court officer, who have both pleaded not guilty to charges including of obstruction of justice.
Federal prosecutors say they helped a man from the Dominican Republic slip out a back door of Newton District Court while a federal immigration officer was waiting for him.
According to a court memo, both defendants were extended plea offers. The memo says: "Defendant Joseph rejected the offer extended to her." The retired court officer did not immediately respond.
Police: Woman orders food, tells server: ‘This one’s on God’
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico woman is facing charges after police say she ordered food from a Sonic and told a server, "This one's on God," before fleeing.
The Las Cruces Sun-News reports 30-year-old Delila Hernandez was arrested Monday in a felony robbery case.
Police say Hernandez rode her bicycle to a Sonic in Las Cruces and ordered a meal. When the server asked for payment, she allegedly told him, "This one's on God."
Police say the server told her, "That's not how this works," but gave her the meal after she came toward him.
Police later found Hernandez at a nearby park.
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