West New York man who murdered his mother gets 45 years in prison
West New York man gets 45 years for beating his mother to death in 2021 WEST NEW YORK, NJ – A quiet afternoon on 66th …
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FBI probe ends in prison term for hacker forum mastermind
Founder of major hacker forum BreachForums resentenced to three years in prison Alexandria, VA – A New York man who created and operated one of …
Texas man sentenced to 3 years in federal prison for smuggling 24 kilos of cocaine
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX – A 50-year-old man from Orange has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for attempting to smuggle more than 23 …
Johnstown man sentenced to 10 years in prison for fentanyl trafficking
Johnstown, PA – A Johnstown man was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison Friday after being convicted of distributing fentanyl, prosecutors announced. Nathaniel Jackson, …
Ohio man gets life in prison for killing ex-girlfriend and her toddler son
Cincinnati, OH — A 25-year-old Ohio man will spend the rest of his life behind bars after admitting to killing his ex-girlfriend and her 3-year-old …
ICE nabs two illegal immigrant child sex predators released from New York sanctuary state prison
BUFFALO, NY — Two convicted child sex offenders who were in the U.S. illegally were arrested by federal immigration agents Monday just moments after being …
New York thief who robbed 10-year-old boy of babysitting money while sitting on front porch is heading to prison
Newburgh, NY – A Newburgh man has been convicted on all charges stemming from a robbery in which he forcibly took money from a 10-year-old …
Squatter sentenced to prison after claiming Queens home as his own
Queens, NY – A 41-year-old man was sentenced to prison this week after illegally occupying a vacant home in St. Albans, claiming it as his …
Idaho man gets 8 years for threatening to murder federal judge and prosecutor from prison
COEUR D’ALENE, ID – A convicted career offender will serve an additional eight years in federal prison after pleading guilty to mailing graphic threats to …
Former SUNY emergency medicine chief gets prison for $1.44M theft
BROOKLYN, NY — The former chairman of emergency medicine at SUNY Downstate Medical Center has been sentenced to one to three years in prison for …
Manuel Fernandez sentenced to prison for attacking woman and violating restraining order
JACKSON TOWNSHIP, NJ – A Jackson Township man has been sentenced to state prison after pleading guilty to breaking into his estranged wife’s home in …
Port Washington man sentenced to 20 years in prison for years of abuse starting when victim was 4
MINEOLA, NY — It began when the child was just four years old and attending pre-K — now, a Port Washington man has been sentenced …
Corrections officer accused of sex with inmates and ID theft scheme at Pennsylvania state prison
Harrisburg, PA – She was trusted to guard inmates — instead, investigators say she had sex with them and used their identities in a fraud …
A New Jersey prison officer smuggled everything from cash to cold cuts into an inmate’s cell for a price
Trenton, NJ – A former senior corrections officer at Northern State Prison has pleaded guilty to smuggling items for an inmate in exchange for monthly …
A man who targeted a teen in a prolonged online stalking case will now spend 15 years in federal prison.
ROANOKE, VA – A Moneta resident was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to stalking a teenage girl and possessing …
Top New Jersey state corrections official who sold job security for cash sentenced to prison
TRENTON, NJ – A former high-ranking official in the New Jersey Department of Corrections was sentenced Thursday to 46 months in federal prison for extorting …
Ocean County dealer faces prison after admitting to fentanyl fatality
A 32-year-old Ocean Township man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in connection with a fatal drug overdose that occurred in Berkeley Township in late 2023, …
Teen gets up to 4 years in prison for crash that killed 14-year-old passenger in speeding BMW
An 18-year-old from Queens has been sentenced to up to four years in prison for causing a deadly crash in 2023 that killed 14-year-old Fortune …
New Jersey prison guard found guilty of assaulting inmate at South Woods State Prison
BRIDGETON, N.J. — A Cumberland County jury on Thursday convicted a former senior corrections officer of assaulting an inmate at South Woods State Prison in …
Leader of Mexican sex trafficking ring operating in NYC sentenced to over 15 years in U.S. prison
NEW YORK — The leader of a Mexican sex trafficking organization was sentenced to 188 months in federal prison on July 10 for trafficking multiple …
Dog fighting, gang activity lands Jackson man in prison for 17 years
FREEHOLD, N.J. — A Jackson Township man has been sentenced to 17 years in state prison for his role in a racketeering conspiracy that connected …
Queens man arraigned in fatal shooting of estranged wife, faces life in prison
QUEENS, NY — A 62-year-old man has been arraigned on murder and attempted murder charges in the fatal shooting of his estranged wife in St. …
Two gang members sentenced to decades in prison for murder of 10-year-old Makiyah Wilson
WASHINGTON — Two members of the Wellington Park gang were sentenced Friday for the 2018 shooting death of 10-year-old Makiyah Wilson, who was killed by …
DC man gets 37 months in prison for handgun possession after marijuana stop
WASHINGTON — A D.C. man was sentenced Monday to over three years in federal prison after officers found him carrying a loaded Glock handgun during …
Raleigh man sentenced to nine years in prison for fentanyl and cocaine trafficking
RALEIGH, N.C. – A Raleigh resident was sentenced Monday to nine years in federal prison for trafficking fentanyl and cocaine following an investigation that led …
Wake County man sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for meth and gun charges
RALEIGH, N.C. – A Wake County resident who entered the U.S. illegally was sentenced Monday to more than 10 years in federal prison after pleading …
Airmont Man Pleads Guilty to Raping 6-Year-Old, Faces 9 Years in Prison
Airmont, NY – Juan Buezo-Hernandez, a 52-year-old resident of Airmont, New York, pleaded guilty to first-degree rape, a class B felony, on July 3, 2025, …
Trenton Dems Let Life in Prison Bill for Teen Murders Stall in Legislature
TRENTON — A proposed New Jersey law that would mandate life imprisonment without parole for anyone convicted of murdering a child under the age of …
Maurice Hill Sentenced to Prison for 2019 Standoff
PHILADELPHIA, PA — Maurice Hill was sentenced Thursday to 120 to 240 years in prison for a 2019 shootout that injured multiple officers and terrorized …
New York City Man Spent 16 Years in Prison for Murder He did Not Commit
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — The Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday it will move to vacate the conviction of Brian Kendall, a 55-year-old man who served …
Hat Deal Gone Bad Sends DC Man to Prison
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A 32-year-old man will serve more than five years behind bars after stabbing another man during a fight over a hat in …
ICE deports convicted child sex offender to Guatemala after NY prison release
BUFFALO, N.Y. — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Friday removed a convicted child sex offender and Guatemalan national from the United States following his …
Ashland Man Who Tied Child, Let Dog Attack Sentenced to Prison
ASHLAND, Ohio — A jury returned a partial guilty verdict last week in the trial of Robert Michalski Jr., who was accused in connection with …
Disgraced Former NJ Senator Bob Menendez Goes to Prison
Former New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez reported to the Federal Correctional Institution, Schuylkill, in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, to begin an 11-year prison sentence for a …
Huerta-Arias sentenced to eight years in prison for deadly crash that killed Lakewood man
TOMS RIVER, NJ — Alejandro Huerta-Arias, 24, of Toms River, was sentenced Friday to eight years in New Jersey State Prison for vehicular homicide following …
Atlantic City Man Sentenced to State Prison for 2024 Shooting Outside Proud Mary’s Bar
MAYS LANDING, NJ — A 34-year-old Atlantic City man has been sentenced to state prison for his role in a 2024 shooting outside a local …
Teen facing life in prison for murder in multiple Yonkers shootings
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — A 17-year-old Yonkers resident has been indicted for murder, attempted murder, and multiple weapons charges in connection with two separate shootings, …
Two Pennsylvania Men Sentenced to Lengthy Prison Terms for Attempting to Solicit Sex with Minors
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. — Two Pennsylvania men were handed significant prison sentences last week for attempting to engage in sexual activities with minors, only to …
New Jersey Cop Facing Prison Time for Deadly Crash
TRENTON, N.J. — A New Jersey State Police detective has been criminally charged in connection with a high-speed pursuit that ended in a fatal crash …
New Jersey Congresswoman Facing Eight Years in Prison for Assaulting Federal Agent
Federal prosecutors dismiss Newark mayor’s trespass charge, shift focus to Congresswoman McIver NEWARK, NJ — Federal prosecutors have dropped a misdemeanor trespassing charge against Newark …
Trenton man convicted of murder in Bayside State Prison death
BRIDGETON, NJ — A Cumberland County jury found Bruce Duette, 45, of Trenton, guilty of first-degree murder Wednesday in the 2022 killing of fellow inmate …
Woman who ripped off two Long Island businesses, pocketing $1.1 million heading to prison
MINEOLA, N.Y. — A Selden woman has been sentenced to up to four years in prison for embezzling more than $1.1 million from two Long …
New Jersey predator heading to prison for 20 years after horrific kidnapping of young girl
FREEHOLD – An Asbury Park man has been sentenced to 20 years in state prison for luring and kidnapping a then-11-year-old girl off the street …
Valley Cottage man sentenced to seven years in state prison for child sexual abuse
NEW CITY, N.Y. — A Valley Cottage man has been sentenced to seven years in state prison for sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl over a …
Ex-Marine who threatened New Jersey attacks on white people gets 15 months in prison
TRENTON, N.J. – A Trenton man was sentenced Thursday to 15 months in federal prison for posting online threats to carry out a racially motivated …
Teen shot in face during botched carjacking of Supreme Court justice heading to prison
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A 19-year-old man who attempted to carjack a Deputy U.S. Marshal assigned to the security detail of Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor …
New York City cop heading to prison for drunken car crash on Meadowbrook State Parkway
MINEOLA, N.Y. — A former New York City Police Department detective was sentenced to three to six years in prison for driving drunk and causing …
New Jersey man gets 8 years in prison for attacking pregnant fiance
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, N.J. — A Cape May man has been sentenced to eight years in New Jersey State Prison after pleading guilty to …
Lakewood man sentenced to 12 years in prison for heroin distribution and weapons offenses
LAKEWOOD, N.J. — A 28-year-old Lakewood man has been sentenced to 12 years in New Jersey State Prison after pleading guilty to drug distribution and …
Jersey City man sentenced to prison for leading stolen vehicle pursuit in Montville
MONTVILLE, N.J. — A 20-year-old Jersey City man has been sentenced to five years in state prison for his role in a high-speed police pursuit …