felony
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Surgery resident Hassan-James Abbas was indicted in December by a Lucas County, Ohio, grand jury, which accused him of unlawful distribution of an abortion-inducing drug and five other felony counts.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
She spent eight years — five in the Hardcore Gang Investigation Unit — conducting serious felony trials, primarily in Compton.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
The mother of the 14-year-old was arrested this month and faces felony charges related to her child’s use of an electric motorcycle.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026
A federal judge on Tuesday delayed until next week the sentencing of Purdue on three felony charges related to paying kickbacks to doctors and reckless sales of its opioids.
From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026
Contrite, he copped a plea to a single felony count and on October 10, 1990, some two weeks after McCandless arrived in Carthage, began serving a four- month sentence in Sioux Falls.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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