North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Whenever a judge begins an order by describing the case at hand as having a “protracted and sordid history,” it’s a safe bet that what follows is not going to be warm-and-fuzzy. After using the line quoted above to open ...

It may not be as flagrantly egregious as swiping a Toys for Tots consignment, but at least one bad-intentioned bandito recently made off with 1,000 Christmas trees shortly after the shipment from North Carolina and Virginia arrived at a Miami ...

HIALEAH, Fla — Talk about some loose change. A Miami-area mayor who is feuding with his local commission tried to use 360,000 pennies and nickels — that’s 28 buckets full of coins — to pay a $4,000 ethics fine. Instead ...

Tagged with: Ethics

MOUNT JOY, Pa. — A central Pennsylvania woman accused of running a prostitution service out of her home says she charged only for massages, and that any sex that occurred with clients afterward was just “free fun.” Thirty-two-year-old Crystal Sweigart ...

A Mississippi lawyer who represents the families of inmates is raising a stink over sky-high prices in prison commissaries. Christi McCoy is drumming up national press over $4.80 boxes of generic Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal and copies of the Quran ...

There is no pocket guide to love and romance; sometimes we just have to go through the fire to master these hard-learned lessons. For 57-year-old Dale Versher, finally discovering the meaning of romance meant another trip to the penitentiary. Versher, ...

Though Sidebar hasn’t personally been there, he’s always heard that Wilmington is a charming place. And apparently at least some of its crooks even have good manners. According to The Star-News, a man in mid-50s to mid-60s, wearing a motorcycle ...

Tagged with: robbery Wilmington

Ricky Coates, owner of the Walden Pond Pet Cemetery in Ogden, is rallying hard for the title of Scrooge of the Year. He wants to develop and sell the cemetery land, which doesn’t sit well with all the people whose ...

If “World’s Greatest Husband” were a formal competition, one man in Mecklenburg County could be safely removed from the running after he got a divorce judgment on the sly and then tried to keep it in his back pocket in ...

Tagged with: Divorce

Beer has been helping white guys dance and unfortunate-looking folks find romance since 1862, according to posters found in dorm rooms everywhere. But the world’s greatest beverage can also serve as an effective palm greaser. That’s one takeaway from the ...

Tagged with: beer Bribery