It Figures

$5.25 Million

The city of Barberton, Ohio, has agreed to pay $5.25 million to settle a civil lawsuit filed by a man wrongfully imprisoned for rape and murder, its law director said. The Associated Press reported that a settlement was reached on Nov. 15 in U.S. District Court in Cleveland in the lawsuit brought by Clarence Elkins. Elkins was convicted in 1999 of raping and murdering his mother-in-law, 58-year-old Judith Johnson of Barberton, and raping a 6-year-old relative. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole but was freed in 2005 on the basis of DNA evidence. Johnson’s neighbor, Earl Mann, pleaded guilty to the crimes in 2008. The city agreed to settle on behalf of police who investigated the case. Clarence Elkins previously reached a settlement with the state of Ohio for more than $1 million in 2006. He sued Summit County and Barberton police the same year.

$250,000

The insurance limit carried by celebrity wrestler Hulk Hogan, whose attorneys have added his ex-wife as a defendant to his lawsuit against Wells Fargo Insurance Services for allegedly failing to adequately protect his fortune. Hogan paid more than his policy limit to settle a lawsuit after his son was in a car crash in 2007. The lawyers allege that his wife was responsible along with Wells Fargo for his inadequate coverage because she was also the couple’s business manager.

2 Million

The number of complaints concerning Internet crimes that have been filed with the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) since it became operational in 2000 has reached two million. The majority of filings involve fraud in which the complainant incurred a financial loss. Since its inception in 2000, the IC3 has referred 757,016 criminal complaints to all levels of law enforcement worldwide. The majority of referrals involved fraud in which the complainant incurred a financial loss. The total dollar loss from these referrals so far is approximately $1.7 billion, with a median dollar loss of more than $500 per complaint as of the end of 2009.