Judge Sentences Former Prison Transport Guard Who Admitted To Sexually Assaulting Multiple Female Defendants
A Minnesota former prison transport officer received a 30-year sentence Tuesday after sexually assaulting several female defendants. Marquet Johnson, 45, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison following multiple incidents where he sexually assaulted female pretrial detainees under his supervision, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). The sentence also includes five years of […]
Former Marine Chance Brannon sentenced to 9 years in prison for firebombing California Planned Parenthood clinic
A former U.S. Marine who dropped an incendiary bomb on a Southern California family planning clinic and planned other attacks has been sentenced to nine years in prison. Officials claim his “Nazi worldview” was the driving force behind the crime. Chance Brannon, 24, was an active-duty Marine stationed at Camp Pendleton at the time of […]
‘Rust’ Movie Armorer Given 18-Month Prison Sentence For Involuntary Manslaughter
Hannah Gutierrez Reed, a former armorer in the movie “The Last,” listens to the closing argument in a trial held in Santa Fe, New Mexico District Court on March 6, 2024. Gutierrez Reed, who was working as an armorer on the film The Last, was found guilty of manslaughter when actor Alec Baldwin was shot, […]
Rust film armorer sentenced to 18 months in prison for fatal on-set shooting | Rust film set shooting
The chief weapons officer for The Last was sentenced to 18 months in prison for shooting and killing Halina Hutchins, the movie’s director of photography, on set in 2021, when actor Alec Baldwin shot and killed the film’s director of photography, Halina Hutchins. Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was found guilty of manslaughter in March, making her punishment […]
Colorado inmate Ronald Caillier overpowers officers in hospital prison break
A Colorado inmate “overpowered” two police officers, fled a hospital and stole a neighbor’s minivan in a wild prison escape Friday, all while handcuffed. Ronald Caillier, 38, began his daring escape from the emergency room at Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center just before midnight. This was announced by the Bent County Sheriff’s Office. Caillier, who […]
Kristin Smart killer, Paul Flores, stabbed in second attack at California prison
Paul Flores, the 47-year-old convicted of killing disappeared college student Kristin Smart in 1996, was attacked for the second time Wednesday in a California prison. Officials at Pleasant Valley State Prison witnessed another inmate stab Flores in the recreation yard around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) told The Associated […]
Former US ambassador sentenced to 15 years in prison for spying for communist Cuba
The former U.S. ambassador to Bolivia was sentenced to 15 years in prison Friday after admitting decades of espionage against the U.S. government on behalf of communist Cuba. Miami-based U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom accepted Victor Manuel Rocha’s guilty plea on two charges, including acting as an agent of a foreign government, and sentenced him […]
Todd Chrisley ordered to pay tax investigator $755,000 for defamation after losing lawsuit while in prison
Todd Chrisley’s legal and financial woes are compounded because he was convicted of federal bank fraud and tax evasion and is serving a 10-year sentence in federal prison. On April 4, a Georgia court awarded Chrisley, 55, $755,000 after Amy Dougherty-Heinze lost a defamation lawsuit brought by an IRS agent in July 2021. ordered to […]
Former US ambassador charged with spying for Cuba sentenced to 15 years in prison
A former U.S. ambassador charged with spying for Cuba was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison. according to to the Department of Justice (DOJ). Victor Manuel Rocha, 73, who served as the U.S. ambassador to Bolivia from 2000 to 2002, was charged with “conspiring to act as an agent of a foreign government and […]
SC prison supervisor accused of taking bribes, providing contraband phones
A supervisor who controlled security at a South Carolina prison took more than $219,000 in bribes over three years to obtain 173 contraband cellphones for inmates, federal prosecutors say. . Christine Mary Livingston, 46, was indicted earlier this month on 15 charges including bribery, conspiracy, wire fraud and money laundering. Livingston worked for the South […]