Man accused in boy’s death wants trial moved
BAY CITY (AP) — A man charged with killing a four-year-old boy on an Indian reservation in central Michigan wants to move his trial to federal court in Detroit.
An attorney for Anthony Bennett says there’s been too much negative publicity about the case. John Shea says Bennett is unlikely to get a fair jury in Bay City federal court because the public could be “poisoned” against him.
Bennett is charged with the death of Carnel Chamberlain, whose burned remains were found buried last summer outside the boy’s home on the Saginaw Chippewa Indian reservation, about 70 miles north of Lansing. Bennett was living with Carnel and the boy’s mother.
Bennett’s trial is scheduled for January. It’s not known when Judge Thomas Ludington will rule on the request to move it.
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Man faces trial in stolen whiskey case
GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) — The former live-in caretaker of a Pittsburgh-area mansion faces trial on charges he drank more than $102,000 worth of old whiskey that he was supposed to be guarding.
A district judge ordered John Saunders, 62, of Irwin, to trial on theft charges after hearing from the owner of the South Broadway Manor Bed and Breakfast.
The owner found nine 12-bottle cases of whiskey hidden in the century-old mansion built by industrialist J.P. Brennan after she bought it last year. The Old Farm Pure Rye Whiskey was produced in the early 1900s and appraised at more than $2,000 a bottle.
After Saunders moved out last March, the owner discovered 52 empty bottles and police found Saunders’ saliva DNA on some of the bottles.
Saunders’ attorney argued the value of the whiskey was “pure speculation.”
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Claim: Network cheated reality show contestant
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City resident has sued the Food Network, saying its reality show “Giving You the Business” wronged him by failing to award him a promised frozen yogurt franchise.
Kris Herrera says in a lawsuit filed recently in state court in Queens he was told in April along with three other contestants one of them would win a 16 Handles frozen yogurt franchise.
Herrera already worked for a store as a manager.
The lawsuit says he won but instead was given a share of stock in the stores’ parent company, Yogurt City Inc.
He says since the show aired in May dozens of people have congratulated him each week.
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Police: Near-naked woman causes a stir
OLIVER SPRINGS, Tenn. (AP) — Police say a woman they arrested was overserved, underdressed and had an attitude.
The Knoxville News Sentinel reported a police affidavit describing Crystal Jane Wombles, 35, as “extremely intoxicated” and wearing only a T-shirt when police arrived.
Officer Nathaniel Nelson’s report stated neighbors said Wombles was “all naked” on a porch minutes before he arrived. Neighbors sent their kids inside and called police.
Police said Wombles refused to put on her clothes and tried to bite Nelson on the arm as officers tried to clothe her.
Wombles was taken to jail, then made an initial court appearance, but it wasn’t clear whether a public defender had yet been assigned to her case.
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