Bogus skydiving instructor jailed for lying at facility with 28 deaths
A fake skydiving instructor in California has been jailed for lying for nearly a decade about being qualified to teach at a school where 28 people died in an accident, authorities and news reports said. Robert Pooley, 49, was sentenced to two years in prison on Monday after being found guilty in May of continuing […]
‘People Should Not Be’ Jailed
Vice President Kamala Harris supports marijuana legalization, saying no one should be jailed “for smoking weed,” despite her career overseeing nearly 2,000 convictions for marijuana-related crimes. expressed support for. During an interview with all the smoke podcastwhen asked about her views on cannabis, Harris said it's time to legalize marijuana and that we need to […]
Just Stop Oil activists throw soup at Van Gogh’s Sunflowers after fellow protesters jailed | Just Stop Oil
Just an hour after two others were jailed for similar protests in 2022, climate change activists threw tomato soup at two paintings of Vincent van Gogh's Sunflowers. At 2:30 pm on Friday, the three Just Stop Oil supporters entered the National Gallery in London, where Van Gogh's collection is on display, and visited Heinz in […]
Seven Members of Child Rape Grooming Gang Jailed
Seven members of a Rotherham sex exploitation ring have been sentenced to a total of 106 years in prison for the systematic sexual abuse of two underage girls in the northern English town of Rotherham. Mohamed Amar, 42, Mohamed Siyab, 44, Yaser Ajaibe, 39, Mohamed Zamir Sadiq, 49, Abid Sadiq, 43, Tahir Yasin, 38 and […]
Nigerian brothers jailed in sextortion case that led to Michigan teen’s suicide
A Michigan judge on Thursday sentenced Nigerian brothers Samuel Ogosi and Samson Ogosi to 17 1/2 years in prison for their respective roles in a sex blackmail scheme that victimized 100 people and led to the 2022 suicide of Michigan teenager Jordan DeMay. “I think at the end of the day, this case is a […]
New Jersey woman arrested, jailed over mistaken identity cannot sue due to qualified immunity, court rules
A New Jersey woman who was arrested in a case of mistaken identity and detained for two weeks cannot sue the federal marshals who arrested her because they are protected by qualified immunity, a court has ruled. Judith Maureen Henry was incarcerated at Essex County Correctional Facility in Newark in 2019 after sheriff's deputies mistakenly […]
NJ woman mistakenly arrested, jailed for two weeks can’t sue over error
A New Jersey woman served two weeks in prison for violating someone else's parole, but a federal appeals court ruled that those responsible for her wrongful imprisonment are constitutionally protected from liability. Judith Maureen Henry, from New Jersey, shares a name with another woman who flunked parole after pleading guilty to drug possession in Pennsylvania […]
Russia’s Vladimir Putin backs jailed Telegram CEO Pavel Durov, demands France provide evidence
Russian strongman Vladimir Putin has given his full support to Telegram CEO Pavel Durov following his arrest in France, after the tech tycoon fled his home country a decade ago after a standoff with the Kremlin over freedom of speech. French prosecutors said on Monday that Durov was handcuffed over the weekend as part of […]
Lawsuit: Inmates illegally jailed in Prince George’s County | FOX 5 DC
Prince George’s County inmates have teamed up with an expert team of attorneys to file a lawsuit in federal court saying hundreds … source
Chinese gang jailed for operating £55m money-laundering ring | London
Seven people have been jailed for running a £55 million clandestine money laundering ring that targeted international students trying to circumvent limits on the amount of cash they could take out of China. Four people – three men and one woman – were found guilty of various money laundering offences at Snaresbrook Crown Court on […]