New England Sun-Times

The Texas teenager who killed four people and injured nine in a drunk driving crash and then avoided jail will by running off to Mexico will spend another two years in jail as he faced justice for the first time as an adult. Affluenza teen Ethan Couch, who turned 19 on Monday, appeared in adult court on Wednesday where State District Judge Wayne Salvant said he will review recommendations from prosecutors as well as Couch's attorney.  'You're not getting out of jail today,' Salvant told the bearded Couch in the courtroom. Couch wore a red prison  jump suit and had a shaggy hair cut. Couch was sentenced to 720 days of custody comprised of four consecutive terms of 180 days – one for each of the four lives he horrifically snuffed out in a 2013 drunk driving crash. The coddled DW killer turned 19 Monday inside the maximum security jail where he has spent the past three months languishing in solitary confinement. The birthday meant Couch was no lon...

Georgia freshman football players Julian Rochester and Chad Clay were jailed Tuesday morning, each accused of two felonies, on charges related to shooting and possessing a BB gun. Rochester and Clay were each charged with having a weapon in a school zone, and criminal damage in the second degree, according to the online booking site for Athens-Clarke County. Both were booked at 12:13 a.m., and remained in jail as of 7 a.m. The weapon in a school zone charge carries no bond. The criminal damage charge carries a bond of $5,000. Chad Clay is a freshman defensive back from Marietta. “I’m disappointed with the poor judgment of Julian and Chad,” Georgia head coach Kirby Smart said in a statement. “We expect full compliance with the policies of the University and of our football program from all our student-athletes. Information is still being gathered but they will be disciplined in an appropriate manner.” Both Rochester and Clay are early enrollees. Rochester, a defensive l...

A hit-and-run may have sparked a deadly road rage shooting that killed retired Saints player Will Smith during a night on the town in New Orleans. Surveillance footage obtained by WVUE-TV captures what appears to be the former defensive end’s SUV bumping into a Hummer at 11:21 p.m. — eight minutes before the assault. Smith and his wife Racquel Joseph Smith had just left a Garden District restaurant  in a Mercedes Benz before the fatal confrontation . Suspected shooter Cardell Hayes, seen below, was driving a Hummer H2 at the time of Saturday’s shooting, police said.   After the minor fender-bender, the Hummer’s driver pulled over expecting the  other driver to do the same, but instead, the video shows the driver speeding away  and the Hummer following in pursuit. The video bears similarity to a narrative described by defense attorney Jay Fuller on Monday, when he said Hayes called 911 while chasing another vehicle after a hit-and-run....

The Rev. Nicholas Hood Sr., a former Detroit City Councilman and pastor in the city, died Sunday at the age of 92, his son Steve Hood confirmed via social media. Hood’s careers in politics and the ministry both spanned decades. On Sept. 1, 1958, Hood took over as pastor of the Plymouth United Church of Christ on Warren Avenue, a post he would hold until July 1, 1984. In 1965, just short of a decade before Coleman Young became the city’s first black mayor, and two years before the 1967 Riots, Hood was elected to the Detroit City Council, a post he would hold through his retirement in 1994. Hood was only the city’s second black city councilman at that point. At both the church and the city council, his son, Nicholas Hood III, took over for him. Hood III gave up the council seat in 2001 to run for mayor in a losing effort in a field that included then-House Minority Leader Kwame Kilpatrick and Gil Hill. The ministry, though, he never left. Hood Sr. served in an emeritus role...

Black radio is mourning the loss of syndicated on-air personality, Doug Banks, a longtime radio veteran who died early this morning. Bans has dealt with a long battle with diabetes and continued to advocate to his listeners on the importance of getting updated doctor check-ups. The Doug Banks show thrilled and entertained Chicago listeners from Monday thru Friday from 2pm-6pm on WVAZ-FM/iHeartradio for the past few years. The Philadelphia-born, Detroit-raised Doug Banks began his radio career as an on-air personality for his high school’s radio station. Local station WDRQ took note of his talent and hired him for a temporary late-night weekend disc jockey spot. Even though he was the youngest DJ, he quickly earned a permanent position. After high school, Doug turned a six-week trial into a multi-year position at KDAY in Los Angeles. His next LA stop was KFI, which was the stepping-stone to his first Morning show slot in Las Vegas at KLAV-AM. Next was KDIA-AM in San Francisco, followed ...

The divorce process is usually very difficult and trying for anyone experiencing it. These difficult times often cause a person to act or react irrationally and in ways that detrimentally affect his or her case. You should be aware prior to court proceedings that the court will evaluate your behavior in its entirety throughout the proceedings and always behave accordingly. Below are some of the factors judges consider when making a child custody determination along with the 10 most common mistakes made by men during custody battles. Best Interest Of The Child Standard To determine how not to behave during this process it is helpful to review the criteria used by the judge (“court”) to determine appropriate placement of the children. The court is charged with the responsibility of evaluating the situation to determine what placement and parenting time is in the child’s best interest. Some of the considerations include but are not limited to: a) The length of time that ...