Law Education

PHOENIX (AP) — A man who pleaded guilty to child abuse after his infant son nearly drowned in a Tempe motel bathtub has been sentenced to six months in jail and 10 years’ probation.

Maricopa County prosecutors say 26-year-old Jasen Anchondo was sentenced Tuesday.

He and the child’s mother, 23-year-old Summer Dawn Angelly, both pleaded guilty to one count of child abuse in November.

Authorities say the 11-month-old boy was left in the tub unsupervised Aug. 5 because he had soiled his diaper and the couple had run out of clean ones. They had been living at the motel for weeks after moving to Arizona from California.

Tempe police say the baby was revived with CPR. H

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Job applicants sought but only if they don’t need work.

The message in some job advertisements these days is pretty blunt: Don’t bother sending a rsum if you’re not bringing home a paycheck already.

The ads list current or recent employment as an eligibility requirement, a screen to narrow the pool of candidates in a rocky economy that often leads to dozens of applicants for a single job.

A random search of online job listings last year by the National Employment Law Project, a nonprofit advocacy group, found 150 ads nationwide that excluded applicants based on employment status.

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“He told them lie, after lie, after lie,” prosecutor Gregg Costa told the jury at the start of Stanford’s trial on criminal fraud charges in federal court in Houston.

“Really, that is the perfect name for the bank, because the bank was there to enrich Mr. Stanford.”

Stanford sat rocking in his chair, listening intently.

Earlier, Stanford pleaded not guilty to a 14-count indictment. “I plead not guilt to every count,” the former billionaire said in an emphatic voice.

His attorneys have said that Stanford is unfit for trial after a severe beating in jail and because of an addiction to anti-anxiety medication.

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Two Newbury Park residents were arrested after an attempted robbery at a Thousand Oaks bookstore, authorities said Tuesday.

Thousand Oaks police said a patron was sitting inside the Barnes & Noble bookstore at 160 Promenade Way about 2:30 p.m. Friday when someone grabbed her purse and started to flee. The woman hung on to her purse, and the person ran out of the store empty-handed before jumping into a waiting car, police said.

Numerous people called 911, and police arrested Krista Claxton, 24, a few hours later, authorities said. Chadwick Fontana, 25, was arrested Saturday, police said.

Monica Kim was thrilled to gain a spot in Protess’
class and taken aback to learn he would not be
leading it. “I was under the impression that I
would be working with Professor Protess. It was
kind of a surprise for everyone in the class.”
Photo by Len Irish.

Last spring Monica Kim, a Northwestern University journalism student, ventured into some of Chicagos roughest and most impoverished neighborhoods as part of a class project to investigate whether a man was wrongfully convicted of murder.

Kim was a little nervous at first as she knocked on doors to locate witnesses on the citys West Side, but she pressed on because she believed she was doing important work.

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