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 […]
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 […]
Wisconsin teen sentenced after triggering bonfire explosion that injured 17
An 18-year-old boy who caused a bonfire explosion at a backyard gathering in eastern Wisconsin, injuring more than a dozen people, has been sentenced to one year in prison, suspended for five years. Sam Armstrong appeared in Shawano County Court on Thursday, WLUK-TV reported. Armstrong pleaded no contest in February to 13 counts of causing […]
Wisconsin Man Sentenced For Firebombing Pro-Life Organization Building
Authorities sentenced a male Wisconsinite on Wednesday to a seven-and-a-half-year jail term in federal prison for firebombing a pro-life organization’s office two years ago, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said Wednesday. Hridindu Sankar Roychowdhury, 29, of Madison, “attacked the building with a Molotov cocktail in the wake of the leak of the draft opinion […]
Georgia man who poisoned newborn daughter’s breast milk sentenced to prison
A Georgia father was found guilty by a Fulton County jury and sentenced to 50 years in prison for adding antifreeze to his newborn daughter’s breast milk. The South Fulton Police Department announced Thursday night that Curtis Jack, who was charged with felony attempted murder and first-degree child abuse, was found guilty on all charges. […]
Female Vietnamese Real Estate Tycoon Sentenced to Death in $12 Billion Fraud Case
A Ho Chi Minh City court on Thursday abruptly handed down the death sentence to real estate tycoon Truong My Lan, one of the world’s richest women, for her role in a $12.5 billion fraud case. The verdict and sentence were handed down surprisingly early in the trial, making it the biggest courtroom spectacle in […]
Unlicensed North Dakota daycare operator sentenced to 19 years in baby’s death
A judge sentenced a North Dakota woman Tuesday to nearly 19 years in prison in connection with the death of an infant and injury to another boy that authorities linked to an unlicensed family day care center. Patricia Wick of Jamestown was indicted last year. She pleaded guilty in January to felony counts of murder […]
Former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg Sentenced to 5 Months in Jail
Allen Weisselberg, former chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, was sentenced to five months in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of perjury in connection with former President Donald Trump’s New York civil fraud trial. Mr. Weisselberg stood for a brief sentencing hearing Wednesday in Manhattan Criminal Court and was ultimately sentenced to […]
Reputed NYC gangbanger sentenced to 30 years for mistaken identity killing of basketball star Aamir Griffin in 2019
A prominent Queens gang member who shot and killed 14-year-old high school basketball star Ahmir Griffin in 2019 has been sentenced to 30 years in prison, the Queens District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday. Sean Brown, 21, pleaded guilty last month to manslaughter, conspiracy and weapons charges in connection with the senseless killing, which authorities say […]
Former Trump Organization CFO Weisselberg sentenced to 5 months in jail for perjury in New York AG James’ case
Allen Weisselberg, the former chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, has pleaded guilty to lying under oath during testimony in a civil fraud case brought against former President Trump by New York Attorney General Letitia James. On Wednesday, he was sentenced to five months in prison. Weisselberg, 76, pleaded guilty on March 4 to […]