Kevin Ricks , the former teacher who molested a Manassas high school student, pleaded guilty Thursday to seven new federal charges of producing and possessing child pornography, ensuring that one of the region’s most notorious sex offenders will spend significant time in prison.

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Ex-Va. teacher Ricks pleads guilty to child porn, gets 25 years

A federal jury found a rambling street preacher guilty Friday of the 2002 kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart.

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Conviction in Elizabeth Smart Case

On this quiet holiday week, the guilty verdict for former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay on charges of money laundering and conspiracy made quite a bit of noise-but could the former Republican leader get off easy? His charges carry a maximum sentence…

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DeLay Could Get Off Easy

On this quiet holiday week, the guilty verdict for former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay on charges of money laundering and conspiracy made quite a bit of noise-but could the former Republican leader get off easy? His charges carry a maximum sentence…

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Tom DeLay Could Get Off Easy

Prosecutors overcame a lack of any scientific evidence to secure a conviction Monday of Ingmar Guandique in the killing of former federal intern Chandra Levy.

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Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr tossed a grenade “with the specific intent of killing or injuring as many Americans as he could” at the end of a July 2002 firefight in Afghanistan, according to a stipulation of facts document Khadr signed as part of his guilty plea.

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Khadr statement: Happy U.S. soldier died

A Polish man convicted of battering and strangling a vulnerable young woman in County Antrim is to appeal the guilty verdict.

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Murderer appeals guilty verdict