PETRAEUS-SENTENCING
Petraeus sentenced to 2 years’ probation for military leak
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Former CIA Director David Petraeus, whose career was destroyed by an extramarital affair with his biographer, has been sentenced to two years’ probation and a $100,000 fine for giving her classified material while she was working on the book.
Thursday’s sentencing came two months after Petraeus agreed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor count of unauthorized removal and retention of classified material.
The plea agreement carried a possible sentence of up to a year in prison. In court papers, prosecutors recommended two years of probation and a $40,000 fine. But the judge was not bound by that.
The agreement was filed in federal court in Charlotte, where Paula Broadwell, the general’s biographer and former lover, lives with her husband and children.
JOHN HINCKLEY
Government wants strict conditions for man who shot Reagan
WASHINGTON (AP) — Government lawyers are arguing that if the man who shot President Ronald Reagan is allowed to leave a mental hospital for good, he should have to live under strict conditions. Prosecutors want John Hinckley Jr. to wear an ankle monitoring device and drive a car with a GPS tracking device.
Lawyers were discussing those and other potential conditions Thursday during the second day of a multi-day hearing on whether Hinckley should be allowed to live full-time at his mother’s Virginia home. Hinckley’s attorney Barry Levine says his client is ready and that the mental illness that drove Hinckley to shoot Reagan has been in remission for more than two decades.
But Levine and prosecutors disagree about the conditions he should have to live under if allowed to move to Virginia.
SHAKESPEARE UNREQUIRED
Report finds few colleges have a Shakespeare requirement
NEW YORK (AP) — As Shakespeare would say, “We have seen better days.”
The American Council of Trustees and Alumni has found that less than 8 percent of the nation’s top universities require English majors to take a course focused on Shakespeare.
The study, “The Unkindest Cut: Shakespeare in Exile 2015 ,” found that only four of the nation’s 52 highest-ranked universities and colleges by U.S. News & World Report have a Shakespeare requirement.
The schools that still ask English majors to study the Bard are Harvard University, the University of California-Berkeley, Wellesley College and the U.S. Naval Academy.
The report says: “The Bard, who is the birthright of the English speaking world, has no seat of honor.”
TUBERCULOSIS-CATONSVILLE
Tuberculosis case at Baltimore County high school probed
CATONSVILLE, Md. (AP) — Baltimore County health officials are investigating after a case of tuberculosis was confirmed in the Catonsville High School community.
Health officials announced Thursday that the patient is being treated and poses no risk to the community.
Officials say they have identified a small number of people who had significant contact with the patient and need to be tested. They say the Department of Health will follow up with anyone else who needs testing and the process is on-going.
Tuberculosis is a disease caused by bacteria that usually affect the lungs. It is spread from person to person through the air, but officials say a person needs to be in close contact for an extended period to become infected.
TRAFFIC STOP-DRUGS FOUND
Man arrested after 6,900 bags of heroin found in car
SMYRNA, Del. (AP) — Delaware State Police have arrested a Philadelphia man after thousands of bags of heroin were found in a car during a traffic stop.
It happened about 10:50 p.m. Wednesday on SR 1 near Smyrna. Authorities say a trooper saw a minivan speeding south and ordered it to stop. Officials say the trooper saw an ammunition round on the minivan’s floor and ordered the driver out.
Police say a search of the minivan turned up more than 6,900 bags of heroin, two handguns and $56,000.
The driver, 31-year-old Victor Mota Garcia, was charged with numerous weapons and drug offenses.
HUNTING PROBE
Police charge 4, seize 50 guns in illegal hunting probe
DOVER, Del. (AP) — Police say they’ve charged four men and seized more than 50 guns as part of illegal hunting investigation.
Division of Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Cpl. John McDerby says the probe of hunting by people prohibited from possessing deadly weapons was sparked by anonymous tips months ago.
McDerby says more than 250 pounds of venison, seven crossbows and many deer racks and mounts also were seized in the investigation focused in New Castle County.
Police say 53-year-old Michael Dewey and 24-year-old Christopher Griffin of Wilmington, 53-year-old Jeffrey Callahan of Newark and 50-year-old Gary Grose of Townsend have been charged with possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. Each faces a variety of other charges.
McDerby says he can’t release further details because the investigation is continuing.
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