Crime

Trial begins for former Theranos president Ramesh ‘Sunny’ Balwani

Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, former president of Theranos Inc., was one-half of a business duo that lied to cheat investors and patients out of money, a government prosecutor told a jury Tuesday as the second criminal-fraud trial involving the defunct blood-testing company got under way.

Metals spike jumps catalytic converter thefts

The National Insurance Crime Bureau estimates that owners can pay between $1,000 to $3,000 to replace stolen catalytic converters, in addition to the lost income associated with missing work and finding and paying for alternate transportation.

Florida Dunkin' worker sentenced for fatal punch of customer

Vonelle Cook was irate when he entered the Dunkin' store last May and began yelling about customer service, police and prosecutors said. When Pujols, who is Black, asked him to leave, Cook called him a racial slur, and Pujols punched him.