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Pork Buyers May Be Owed Money In $117M Settlements: See If You Qualify
You might be able to get paid if you bought certain pork products as part of $117 million in class action settlements.
The settlements cover people who purchased qualifying pork products for personal consumption from Saturday, June 28, 2014, through Saturday, June 30, 2018. The lawsuit claims several companies conspired to limit the supply of pork and increase prices.
Eligible consumers must have indirectly purchased raw pork bacon or fresh or frozen pork made from bellies, loins, shoulders, ribs, or pork chops, USA Today reported. An indirect purchase means the pork was bought f…
23 Years After Joshua Crawford Was Murdered On His Birthday, Maryland Man Charged: Sheriff
For 23 years, the killing of Joshua Wayne Crawford never went away.
Now, a Maryland man has been arrested in the cold case murder of Crawford, who was found dead on what would have been his 21st birthday, the Frederick County Sheriff's Office announced on Friday, Sept. 18.
Tavon Jamar Willis, 46, of Frederick, was taken into custody after a grand jury returned an indictment Friday morning connecting him to Crawford's 2003 murder, according to the sheriff's office.
Crawford was found murdered inside his Exeter Court apartment on July 2, 2003.
He would have turned 21 that day.
The Maryland…
Third Floor Of Virginia Motel Became Protected Drug, Sex Marketplace, Feds Say
The third floor wasn't just another place to spend the night.
Federal prosecutors say it became the moneymaker at a Virginia motel, where rooms cost extra for guests who wanted a protected place to buy and sell drugs or engage in commercial sex.
Now, the woman who helped run it is headed to federal prison for more than a decade.
Kosha Sharma, 53, who operated the Red Carpet Inn in Dumfries with her husband, was sentenced on Thursday, Sept. 17, to 10 years and 10 months behind bars for conspiring to distribute fentanyl and managing a drug-involved premises, according to federal prosecutors.…
