Charge acquitted, another dismissed in Newark aggravated robbery case
NEWARK - A Newark woman was acquitted of one charge and another was dismissed during a jury trial last week.
According to Licking County court records, a single felonious assault charge was dismissed by the state against 46-year-old Samantha Criswell on Tuesday. Court records show Criswell was found not guilty of an aggravated robbery charge after Judge David Branstool granted her attorney s motion for acquittal on the charge.
Court records show Criswell, who lived and attended college in Marion, was found guilty of a misdemeanor falsification charge and sentenced to 13 days in the Licking County Justice Center. Branstool granted Criswell 13 days for time served in jail.
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The American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California has filed a new complaint against the Tulare County Jail for its living conditions during the pandemic, alleging that the jail is failing to adequately test for COVID-19 and that its social distancing policy violates inmates’ constitutional rights. Filed last Thursday in federal court, the supplemental complaint is the latest development in a lawsuit originally brought against the jail last summer.
The initial complaint from July alleged that the jail didn’t provide masks to incarcerated people for months into the pandemic, and that new visitation policies ostensibly prevented inmates from meeting with attorneys. In an interview with FM89 at the time, Sheriff Mike Boudreaux acknowledged that inmates were not given masks until July, but denied that the jail’s legal visitation policy was unnecessarily restrictive.
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Ann Criswell, the Houston Chronicle’s longtime food editor retired from the newspaper in 2000. She joined the Chronicle in 1961 and became food editor in 1966.Betty Tichich / Houston ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Ann Criswell, a resident at The Waterford at College Station, 1103 Rock Prairie Rd., is shown through her room window as she speaks to her daughter, Cathy Lester, who stood outside for their visit Sunday, April 19, 2020, in College Station. A majority of the residents have tested positive for COVID-19.Melissa Phillip, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Ann Criswell, Houston Chronicle food editor since 1966, published seven cookbooks during her more than three decades as the paper’s food editor.Betty Tichich / Houston ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Ann Criswell, the Houston Chronicle’s longtime food editor retired from the newspaper in 2000. She joined the Chronicle in 1961 and became food editor in 1966.Betty Tichich / Houston ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Ann Criswell, a resident at The Waterford at College Station, 1103 Rock Prairie Rd., is shown through her room window as she speaks to her daughter, Cathy Lester, who stood outside for their visit Sunday, April 19, 2020, in College Station. A majority of the residents have tested positive for COVID-19.Melissa Phillip, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Ann Criswell, Houston Chronicle food editor since 1966, published seven cookbooks during her more than three decades as the paper’s food editor.Betty Tichich / Houston ChronicleShow MoreShow Less