Crime, Law and Justice

Gretchen Hammond, who worked for the St. Louis-based Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests, says SNAP referred abuse victims to lawyers and then got kickbacks from lawyers in the form of donations.
Alec Cook says one stalking charge should be tossed because he only called the alleged victim beautiful and repeatedly put his arm around her, which Cook's attorneys compared to the antics of "Fonzie," a character from the old "Happy Days" TV show.
Federal watchdog sues TCF Financial over overdraft fees
Federal consumer finance regulators said Thursday they were suing TCF Financial Corp., alleging the Twin Cities-based bank deceived consumers so it could charge them exorbitant overdraft fees. The lawsuit also alleged extracting fees was a point of pride: TCF chairman William Cooper named his boat "Overdraft."