Former Mississippi officers get 10 to 40 years in prison for torture of 2 Black men
A federal judge on Thursday sentenced six white former Mississippi law enforcement officers to about 10 to 40 years after pleading guilty to breaking into a home without a warrant and torturing two black men for an hour, including assault and repeated assaults. He completed his sentence of imprisonment. One of the victims was assaulted […]
Former soccer star Robinho turns himself in to start serving 9-year prison sentence for rape
SAO PAULO (AP) – Former soccer player Robinho turned himself in Thursday to begin serving a nine-year prison sentence in his native Brazil, more than a decade after he was first accused of raping a woman in Italy. Robinho, 40, left his apartment in the seaside city of Santos on the outskirts of Sao Paulo […]
Tennessee ‘Rock Doc,’ Jeffrey Young Jr. sentenced to 20 years in prison for illegally prescribing opioids in exchange for sex, money
A tattooed Tennessee nurse who called herself “The Rock Doctor” tried to launch a reality series about her medical practice and party lifestyle in exchange for sex and money. was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison for illegally prescribing opioids to patients. According to U.S. Department of Justice investigators, nurse Jeffrey Young Jr. administered […]
Idaho prison gang member, accomplice sought after ambush in custody, may have killed 2, police say
Police on Thursday arrested an Idaho prison gang member and an accomplice who went on the run after attacking a correctional officer at a Boise hospital, and investigators are investigating whether they committed two murders while on the run. Escaped inmate Skyler Mead and Nicholas Amphenol, the man who police say shot and killed two […]
Man who helped drag officer into crowd on Jan. 6 sentenced to prison
A Colorado man charged with aiding and abetting a law enforcement officer into the crowd during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol was sentenced Thursday to more than five years in prison. according to To the prosecutor. In addition to his sentence, Jeffrey Sabol, 53, was given three years of supervised release and […]
Washington man pleads guilty for eagle ‘killing spree,’ faces prison time, fines
A Washington man accused of aiding and abetting the killing of thousands of birds was charged Wednesday with federal charges of shooting eagles on an American Indian reservation in Montana and selling the feathers and body parts on the black market. Pleaded guilty in court. Travis John Brunson pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy, […]
Parents of Lacey Fletcher sentenced to 20 years in prison
The parents of a woman found “melted” on a badly neglected, maggot-infested sofa in Louisiana were each sentenced Wednesday to 20 years in prison after pleading no contest to manslaughter last month. Sheila and Clay Fletcher of East Feliciana died after their 36-year-old daughter, Lacey Fletcher, was found dead in a foul-smelling crater of the […]
How Peter Navarro ended up in prison
Former White House trade adviser Peter Navarro made history Tuesday by becoming the first senior Trump aide to serve a prison sentence for actions related to efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. . Navarro was found guilty last year on two counts of contempt of Congress. One count was for failing […]
Navarro on what it’s like reporting to prison: ‘I’m pissed. That’s what I’m feeling right now’
President Trump’s former aide Peter Navarro is headed to prison after he reported Tuesday that he will serve a four-month sentence in Miami for failing to respond to a Congressional subpoena. He said he was “offended” by this. “It came to a head. That’s how I feel right now.” He said. “But there’s one thing […]
Navarro becomes first Trump White House official to report to prison over Jan. 6
Former presidential aide Peter Navarro will begin a four-month prison sentence Tuesday afternoon for failing to respond to a Congressional subpoena in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol in Miami. He turned himself in to prison. “They could put me in jail. They could put me in jail,” Navarro said […]