Man Sentenced For Intentionally Spreading HIV To Dozens
Alexander Louie, a 34-year-old man, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for intentionally spreading HIV to dozens of men, a press release from the Idaho prosecutor’s office announced Monday. Idaho’s Ada County District Judge Derrick O’Neil ensured that Louie would not be eligible for parole until 16 years of the sentence had passed, the […]
American accused of breaking into children’s library sentenced, held in Russian prison
An American who is in Russia on a six-month tourist visa as an English teacher has been sentenced to 10 days in prison for allegedly breaking into a children’s library while under the influence, state news agency RIA Novosti reported on Tuesday. was sentenced. William Nykum was discovered Friday at the library after breaking a […]
Milwaukee mayor ousts election commission executive director a week after former deputy director sentenced for election fraud
The executive director of the Milwaukee Board of Elections is currently out of office, just one week after one of his former colleagues on the board was found guilty of election fraud. On Monday, Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson (D) announced the firing of Claire Woodall, also known as Claire Woodall-Vogg, as the commission’s executive director. […]
Detroit man sentenced to 80 years for fatal shootings of 2 West Virginia women
A Detroit man was sentenced Monday to 80 years in prison for the murders of two West Virginia women. Marquis Jermaine Goodman, 24, was arrested in February for the 2021 shooting deaths of Briar Nicole White, 26, and Kitiana Belcher, 22, in Charleston, West Virginia. Pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder. Detroit man […]
Jonathan Peña sentenced in reckless driving death of Portland mom Ashlee McGill
A grieving mother was sentenced after an Oregon court handed down a “light” sentence to her daughter’s killer for speeding, losing control and crashing into her daughter, who was waiting for a bus, near Portland. He is complaining. Jonathan Peña became the latest driver to benefit from a new Oregon law that gives reckless drivers […]
Killer nurse sentenced to hundreds of years behind bars for deaths of 17 patients
A Pennsylvania nurse who administered lethal or potentially lethal doses of insulin to numerous patients was sentenced Thursday to life in prison after pleading guilty to three charges, including murder. Heather Presdy, 41, was sentenced at a hearing in Butler, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) north of Pittsburgh, to three consecutive life sentences and additional […]
Scuba boat Captain Jerry Boylan sentenced to four years in prison
A federal judge in Los Angeles on Thursday sentenced the captain of a scuba diving boat to four years in prison and three years of supervised release for criminal negligence after a fire on board killed 34 people. The September 2, 2019, fire was the deadliest maritime disaster in recent U.S. history, sparking changes in […]
Convicted Sex Trafficker Who Had Victim’s Teeth Pulled Out Sentenced
A California man was sentenced to life in prison and a lifetime of supervised release Tuesday for sex trafficking, conspiracy to commit sex trafficking and interstate transportation for purposes of prostitution, the Department of Justice said in a press release. Michael Deon Fulcher, 54, of Gardena, was found guilty in January 2024 after abducting an […]
Sex Offender Sentenced Over ‘Deepfaked’ Explicit Images Of Child Celebrities
A Pittsburgh court sentenced 57-year-old James Smelko to 14 years and seven months in prison for possessing deepfake child abuse material depicting child stars, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office of Political Affairs says in a press release. Court documents and physical evidence were presented at trial, noting that Smelko “possessed and accessed” images that […]
Ex-Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao sentenced to 4 months prison for crypto crimes
Binance’s former chief executive Qiao Changpeng was sentenced to four months in prison on Tuesday after pleading guilty to violating U.S. money laundering laws at the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. The sentence was handed down by U.S. District Judge Richard Jones in Seattle, who requested a three-year prison sentence for Mr. Chao, 47, after prosecutors […]