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 the world’s largest online marketplaces for stolen…
Pennsylvania Man Sentenced to State Prison for Luring and Recording Children Online
LANCASTER COUNTY, PA – An East Earl Township resident, Kenneth Lee Schmidt, aged 46, has been sentenced to two and a half to 10 years in state prison following his guilty plea…
Jackson man sentenced to 20 years in prison for aggravated assault and firearm possession
TOMS RIVER, N.J. – A Jackson Township man was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in state prison for aggravated assault stemming from a 2023 car crash and an unrelated firearm charge, according…
Roxborough High School shooting defendant sentenced to 30-60 years in prison
PHILADELPHIA — Zyheid Jones, 19, was sentenced Thursday to 30-60 years in prison for his role in the 2022 Roxborough High School shooting that killed 14-year-old Nicholas Elizalde, injured four other children,…
Brooklyn Man Sentenced to Decade in Prison for Attempted Sex Trafficking of a Minor
Brooklyn, NY – Deandre Lee, a 29-year-old resident of East New York, Brooklyn, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for attempting to sex traffic a 15-year-old girl, according to an…
Inmate death at Northern State Prison under investigation by attorney general’s office
TRENTON, N.J. – The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) is investigating the in-custody death of an inmate at Northern State Prison in Newark following an encounter…
Corinth babysitter sentenced to life in prison for murder of toddler, child abuse
CORINTH, Miss. — A 25-year-old woman from Corinth has been sentenced to life in prison without parole, plus an additional 40 years, after pleading guilty to the capital murder of a two-year-old…
Illegal Migrant Sentenced to Prison for Trafficking Meth and Cocaine in U.S.
BATON ROUGE, La. — A Honduran national was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison after being convicted of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine, according to U.S. Attorney Ronald…
Mexican Drug Dealer Gets 15 Years in Prison for Trafficking in South Carolina
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — A Mexican national residing in the United States illegally was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison on Friday after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute cocaine…
Judge Orders Second Toms River Murder Suspect to be Held in Prison During Trial
TOMS RIVER, N.J. — Two Lakewood men accused of murdering Rondell Proctor in 2010 will remain detained in the Ocean County Jail as they await trial, judges ruled this week. Jerron Evans,…
Ohio man sentenced to life in prison for triple murder and dismemberment in drug deal robbery gone wrong
COLUMBUS, OH — Larry J. “J Streets” Williams Jr., 43, was sentenced to life in federal prison after being convicted on 16 counts related to a violent drug conspiracy that left three…
Oscar Oberlino Gomez-Miralda Assaulted 5-Year-Old Girl, Captured on Mother’s Nanny Cam Now Heading to Prison
MAYS LANDING, NJ — Oscar Oberlino Gomez Miralda, 43, of Atlantic City, was sentenced on Monday to 25 years in New Jersey State Prison for the first-degree aggravated sexual assault of a…
Cat Eating Ohio Woman Gets Year in Prison, Mental Health Evaluation
This is one of those headlines that stops you in your tracks and leaves you questioning everything you thought you knew about human behavior. Allexis T. Ferrell, a 27-year-old from Canton, Ohio,…
Connecticut man sentenced to 2 years in prison for $2 million embezzlement scheme
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Evan Bobzin, 39, of Chester, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison Wednesday for stealing nearly $2 million from his employer, Hoffman’s Gun Center in Newington, over the…
Death of inmate at Alleghany County prison ruled a homicide
ALLEGHANY COUNTY, MD — Authorities are investigating the death of a 28-year-old inmate at the North Branch Correctional Institution, which has been ruled a homicide following an autopsy. Maryland State Police identified…
Maryland prison inmate’s death ruled homicide, investigation underway
CUMBERLAND, MD — Maryland State Police are investigating the death of a 28-year-old inmate at the North Branch Correctional Institution in Cumberland, which has been ruled a homicide. The inmate, identified as…
Appeals court upholds murder conviction for Ohio man sentenced to life in prison
ATHENS, Ohio — The Fourth District Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction of Justin Anthony Pennington, 37, of Guysville, Ohio, who is serving a sentence of 27 years, 11 months to…
Wyoming man sentenced to 40 months in prison for flagpole assault on officer during Jan. 6 Capitol riot
WASHINGTON – A Wyoming man was sentenced Wednesday to 40 months in prison for assaulting law enforcement officers with a flagpole during the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Douglas…
Maryland man sentenced to 18 months in prison for role in Capitol riot
WASHINGTON — A Maryland man was sentenced Friday to 18 months in prison for forcibly obstructing law enforcement during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol, which disrupted Congress’s certification…
Dominican national sentenced to 9 years in prison for fatal human smuggling in Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO — A Dominican national was sentenced Friday to nine years in federal prison for his role in a human smuggling operation that resulted in the death of a…
Meth trafficker linked to Mexican drug cartel sentenced to 40 years in prison
DALLAS — A Mexican national tied to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) was sentenced Wednesday to 40 years in federal prison for her role in a major methamphetamine trafficking and money…