The Associated Press reports: A Chicago-area man accused of taping surreptitious nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews in a hotel room was arrested at Chicago’s O’Hare airport Friday night, the FBI said. Michael David Barrett faces federal charges of interstate stalking for taking the videos, trying to sell them to celebrity Web site TMZ…
Category: Court
D.A. won’t negotiate plea in Tesoro computer hacking case
Scott Martindale reports: Former Tesoro High School student Omar Khan is likely to face a jury trial in an elaborate school burglary and computer hacking case, unless he accepts the plea deal that was offered to him last year, the leading prosecutor on the case said today. Orange County Deputy District Attorney Charles Lawhorn said…
Judge: Reveal who posted comment about Buffalo Grove official
Jamie Sotonoff reports: It’s a decision that might make people think twice about what they post in online “reader comments” sections. Cook County Circuit Court Judge Jeffrey Lawrence ruled the Daily Herald and Comcast must reveal the identity of a person who posted a comment on dailyherald.com directed toward the teenage son of Buffalo Grove…
Lawsuit against Amazon over Kindle deletion settles
Remember the student who sued Amazon.com after it deleted his annotated copy of George Orwell’s 1984 from his Kindle? Amazon subsequently offered to re-deliver the e-books to users’ Kindles with any notes,, or in the alternative, provide them with a $30 coupon to be used for futher purchases, but the lawsuit filed by Justin Gawronski…