Larry Nassar files another appeal
CHARLOTTE (AP) — Attorneys for imprisoned sports doctor Larry Nassar have appealed his other sentence for sexually assaulting women and girls who sought treatment for injuries.
The Lansing State Journal reports that the former Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics doctor’s attorneys filed a motion in Eaton County Circuit Court seeking a new judge and sentencing hearing for Nassar on three sexual assault charges he pleaded guilty to in November.
They recently made a similar request in a separate case in Ingham County, where dozens of Nassar’s accusers spoke during a televised sentencing earlier this year of the harm he caused them. The judges in both cases sentenced Nassar to a minimum of 40 years behind bars.
Nassar also has a pending appeal of his 60-year federal prison sentence for possessing child pornography.
College student who improperly changed grades gets probation
GLASSBORO, N.J. (AP) — A college student who broke into a school office four times so he could steal passwords and change his grades has been spared a prison term.
Kaustubh Shroff, 22, instead was sentenced to two years of probation.
The Deptford Township man pleaded guilty earlier to a computer crimes charge as part of a deal with Gloucester County prosecutors.
Authorities have said the biological sciences major broke into the Rowan University registrar’s office and installed software on computers there in order to steal staff login credentials. He later returned to retrieve the data, then used it to access his professors’ files and change his grades in some classes.
He eventually was expelled from the university.
Man playing disc golf struck by random bullet
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — A man grazed by a bullet while he was playing disc golf says he’s lucky to be alive.
Lewiston resident Cameron Hart says he plays disc golf several times a week, and never imagined he could have been shot during a game. WGME-TV reports Hart believes he overheard rounds being shot off near the course, and says he believes he was hit by a ricocheting bullet.
Hart says the bullet grazed his upper lip, and was told if it hit anywhere else he might have been killed.
Hart’s family looked over the scene with state police to try and figure out how the bullet hit him. Police are investigating the shooting.
Bronze Archie statue honors artist for hometown anniversary
MEREDITH, N.H. (AP) — A life-size bronze statue of a red-haired, freckle-faced Archie is now greeting visitors at a New Hampshire town in honor of a local man who drew the comic book character and his group of wholesome teenage friends.
Bob Montana illustrated Archie, Betty, Veronica and Jughead from 1942 until his death in 1975 at age 54. He lived for 35 years in Meredith, a town of about 6,000 residents in the heart of the state's Lakes Region.
The statue of Archie sitting on a park bench was commemorated last week in Meredith's Community Park to coincide with the town's 250th anniversary.
Montana brought the Archie Andrews character to life when he drew the first "Archie" comic strip while renting a cottage on Lake Waukewan in 1942.
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