Word: misdemeanors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...used against the so-called synthetic-heroin drug 3-methylfentanyl. As a result of MDMA's classification, which takes effect July 1, both manufacturers and sellers of the drug would be subject to fines of $125,000 and 15-year prison sentences. Possession would be a misdemeanor...
...women reported seeing the man identified as Gary A Scott, age 21, of 407 Shawmut Avenue, Boston Police confiscated the pipe and arrested him for being disorderly, a misdemeanor...
Despite the widespread acceptance of corruption, though, new laws kept gradually broadening the concept of bribery. In 1881 New York became the first state to make it a misdemeanor to bribe private citizens. During the next half century, 16 other states passed laws against bribing specific kinds of private employees: chauffeurs in Illinois, gardeners in Maryland...
...hardly regretful about his unguided White House tour. Although he admits it was "a mistake," he notes that "it was the high point of being in Washington." If convicted of unlawful entry, Latta could be sentenced to six months in jail. But because the charge is only a misdemeanor, Washington prosecutors would be powerless to extradite him from Colorado if he did not return voluntarily...
...worth of about $4 million, stemming largely from his New York real estate business. But in the glare of the Ferraro campaign, his financial dealings came under harsh scrutiny. Last week Zaccaro was arrested and ushered into Manhattan Criminal Court, where he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge. An indictment accused Zaccaro of scheming to defraud during a deal in which he and a partner tried to buy five Queens apartment buildings. In a plea-bargaining arrangement, Zaccaro admitted to two specific allegations: that he had tampered with a copy of an appraisal and that he had kited...