David Ross, a former Wellington advisor from New Zealand, pleaded guilty to five charges of false accounting and theft in running a $300 million Ponzi scheme, the country's largest in its history.
Shellie Zimmerman, the wife of the former neighborhood watch captain acquitted in the February 2012 shooting death of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, pleaded guilty on Wednesday morning to a misdemeanor charge of perjury in a plea deal. She was sentenced to serve one year of probation under the deal, which was set up so that she would avoid any sort of a felony conviction
Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, who now faces first degree murder charges, had been reportedly addicted to the PCP drug ('angel dust) for quite some time adding to his history of violence and drug abuse.
Former Chicago Bulls star Scottie Pippen will not face assault charges for allegedly pushing and spitting on a man at Malibu's Nobu restaurant in a fight, which left the other man-Camran Shafighi- unconscious.
