New Jersey mother pleads guilty to killing infant son, faces 5-year prison sentence
RIVER EDGE, N.J. — A River Edge woman has pleaded guilty to second-degree reckless manslaughter in the death of her 3-month-old son, a case that revealed signs of prolonged abuse, according to…
Nearly a sixth of Ecuador’s prisoners held without sentence -census
QUITO (Reuters) – Nearly a sixth of the inmates in Ecuador’s prisons have not been sentenced, a national census showed on Monday, as President Guillermo Lasso urged the judicial system to be…
Forty-Year Sentence for Asbury Park Man in Child Abuse Case
FREEHOLD, NJ – Julian B. Hart, 39, of Asbury Park, received a 40-year sentence for sexually abusing a child over multiple years, announced Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago on Wednesday. Hart…
Purse Snatchings Result in Eight-Year Sentence for Manhattan Man
QUEENS, NY – Supreme Gooding, a 19-year-old resident of West 41st Street in Manhattan, was sentenced to eight years in prison on Thursday following a series of purse snatchings targeting older women…
Double Homicide Suspect Given 50-Year Sentence in Erie County
BUFFALO, NY – Charles L. Jones, a 28-year-old Buffalo resident, was recently sentenced to 50 years in prison on Thursday by Erie County Court Judge Sheila A. DiTullio. Jones was found guilty…
Hamilton Man Gets 12-Year Sentence in Hotel Incident Involving Young Woman
MORRIS COUNTY, NJ – Earl Kelly, a 38-year-old man from Hamilton, NJ, was sentenced to 12 years in New Jersey State Prison by the Honorable Stephen J. Taylor, PJCr, on Thursday. The…
Coram Man Receives Ten-Year Sentence for Gun and Drug Charges
SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y. – Lavon Dawson, a 27-year-old resident of Coram, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison by Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney. This follows his conviction in…
Former Teacher Begins Sentence After Conviction for Contact with a Student
HARRISBURG, PA – Robert Sines, a former teacher at Hope for Hyndman Charter School, has been recently taken into custody to start serving his sentence for inappropriate sexual contact with a sixth-grade…
Bedford County Woman Gets Prison Sentence for Cleaning Murder Scene, Moving Body
HARRISBURG, PA – Courtney S. Boden, 25, of Bedford County, received a sentence of 2¼ to 12 years from a Bedford County Court Judge after pleading guilty to abuse of a corpse,…
German tax fraud mastermind handed further 8-year jail sentence
WIESBADEN, Germany (Reuters) – Hanno Berger, a former tax inspector turned legal tax expert, was sentenced on Tuesday to eight years and three months in jail by a court in Wiesbaden, as…
Mount Vernon Man Receives Life Sentence for Murder
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NY – A Mount Vernon man was recently sentenced to 25 years to life in state prison for the murder of 28-year-old resident Kashawn Smith, according to District Attorney Miriam…
Muncy Man Receives Maximum Sentence in Child Predator Case
LOCK HAVEN, PA – Gregory Scott Person, a 51-year-old resident of Muncy, received the maximum sentence permitted by the Pennsylvania Sentencing Guidelines on Tuesday. The sentence handed down by President Judge Craig…
Hempstead Man Receives 14-Year Sentence for Attempted Murder and Narcotic Sales from Unlicensed Daycare Center
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Lex Lloyd, 26, from Hempstead, was sentenced on Monday to 14 years in prison for running a narcotics operation out of an unlicensed daycare center and attempting to murder…
White Plains Resident Receives Eight-Year Prison Sentence for Child Sex Offenses
WHITE PLAINS, NY – On Monday, May 9, 2023, a resident of White Plains, David Rivera, aged 35, was handed an eight-year prison sentence by the Westchester County District Attorney’s office. This…
Jury Convicts Man of Gun Charge, Hands Down 12.5-Year Prison Sentence
NEWBURGH, NY – On Tuesday, Nicholas Palm, a 29-year-old resident of Newburgh, was sentenced to twelve and a half years in prison following a jury trial. The sentence, handed down by the…
Man Receives Life Sentence for Murdering Girlfriend and Stealing Her Benefits
BROOKLYN, NY – On Thursday, the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office confirmed the sentencing of Ricky Gonzalez, 39, of Beacon, New York. Gonzalez received 25 years to life in prison for the murder…
Budd Lake Man Gets 12-year Prison Sentence for Fatal Drug Overdose
MOUNT OLIVE TOWNSHIP, NJ – John P. Rowe, a 30-year-old man formerly of Budd Lake, New Jersey, has been recently sentenced to 12 years in New Jersey State Prison for first-degree Strict…
East Flatbush Resident Receives Sentence for 2017 Murder of Brooklyn Rapper
BROOKLYN, NY – James Oliver, 44, of East Flatbush, was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison on Thursday for the fatal shooting of Brooklyn rapper, Darnell Pettway, aged 30. The…
East Flatbush Man Receives 15 Years to Life Sentence for Killing Brooklyn Rapper
BROOKLYN, NY – A local resident of East Flatbush, 30-year-old Quanell Offley, has been recently sentenced to 15 years to life for the 2013 murder of the aspiring Brooklyn rapper Kenneth Dunn,…
State College-area Contractor to Begin Prison Sentence for Wage Theft
HARRISBURG, PA – State Attorney General Michelle Henry announced today that Scott C. Good, a contractor from the State College area, will begin serving his prison sentence for stealing over $64,000 from…
DeSantis signs bill to lower bar on death sentence in Florida
By Tyler Clifford (Reuters) – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill on Thursday ending a requirement that juries need to vote unanimously to recommend capital punishment before a judge in a…
Biden DOJ Seeks Quarter-Century Prison Sentence For Jan. 6 Rioter
Biden DOJ Seeks Quarter-Century Prison Sentence For Jan. 6 Rioter Trevor Schakohl on April 18, 2023 The Justice Department (DOJ) urged a federal court Monday to sentence a convicted Jan. 6 rioter…
Queens Man Receives Sentence for Reckless School Bus Heist
BROOKLYN, NY – District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced today that Anthony Reyes, 44, from Jamaica, Queens, was sentenced to seven years in prison for stealing a school bus and driving recklessly across…
Monmouth County Man Receives 10-Year Sentence for Online Enticement of a Minor
NEWARK, N.J. – Angelo N. Curato, a 30-year-old man from Manalapan, New Jersey, was sentenced to 120 months in prison for using online chat applications to entice an adolescent to engage in…
Rahul Gandhi to appeal jail sentence
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi will appeal a two-year jail sentence in a defamation case brought against him by lawmaker from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),…
Hate Crime Leads to Prison Sentence for Staten Island Man
BROOKLYN, NY – Today, Aaron Richard, a 33-year-old Staten Island man, has been sentenced to up to four years in prison after pleading guilty to third-degree assault as a hate crime. The…
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