NC Woman Sentenced for Dunking Son in Boiling Water
A North Carolina woman has been sentenced to prison for dunking her thirty-three-month-old son in boiling water and burning him with a cigarette. Authorities say that twenty-tw0-year-old Tabitha Rich pleaded guilty to two felony counts of inflicting serious injury to her son, and received a sentence of twenty-five to thirty-nine months for each count. Prosecutors [...]
Porn Star Sentenced to Three Years for Burglaries
A New Jersey male porn star, who police have been calling “Spider-Man” due to his daring escapes, has been sentenced to three years in prison for burglary. Taleon Goffney, who starred in several gay pornographic videos with his twin brother, received his sentence on Monday after he struck a plea deal with prosecutors. Authorities say [...]
Man Jailed for Unregistered Machine Guns
Officials say that a twenty-four-year-old Nebraska man has been jailed after being found with two unregistered homemade machine guns. Aaron Lawless was pulled over for speeding by a Nebraska state trooper, who discovered the two weapons during an inspection of his car. The statement says the guns had no serial numbers and were not registered [...]
Feds Credit Man Facing Prison in Corruption Case
Federal prosecutors have recommended a maximum sentence of eleven months for the sludge-company rep responsible for exposing corruption in the Detroit government. Jim Rosendall is due in court in Detroit on November 30th. He worked for Synagro Technologies in Houston, and helped it win a contract to recycle treated waste. Rosendall admitted to approving bribes [...]
New Jersey Man Sentenced for $1.8M Investment Fraud
A New Jersey broker has been sentenced to eight years in prison for operating an investment scam through which he collected roughly $1.8 million. Jeffery Southard is also being forced to make full restitution, and has to serve three years of supervised release after his prison term. He pleaded guilty to charges of mail fraud [...]
Four Sentenced to Prison in Dogfighting Case
Four Missouri men have been sentenced to terms in prison for federal charges, including dogfighting. The convictions were a result of the largest coordinated multistate raid on dogfighting in United States history. Fifty-year-old Teddy Kiriakidis and thirty-four-year-old Ronald Creach were sentenced on Tuesday to eighteen months in federal prison. Thirty-eight-year-old Michael Morgan and fifty-six-year-old Robert [...]
Indiana Woman Gets 125 Years, Videotaped Molestation
A babysitter from Indiana has been sentenced to 125 years in prison for videotaping herself performing sexual acts with children as young as two months. Samantha Light, age twenty-six, pleaded guilty to three felony counts of child molestation last month. During her sentencing on Wednesday, Light apologized and said that she had been coerced by [...]
Man Gets 75 Years for Mugging 101-Year-Old
A man in New York City who mugged a 101-year-old woman on her way to church has been sentenced to seventy-five years in prison. Jack Rhodes, a resident of Queens, was sentenced on Wednesday after being convicted of victimizing three women. One of the women is Rose Morat, who is now 103. Authorities said that [...]
Ex-bus Driver Convicted in Pedestrian Death
A former bus driver from Cleveland who was on her cell phone when her bus hit and killed a pedestrian in a crosswalk has been found guilty of vehicular homicide. A jury on Wednesday acquitted Angela Williams of a more severe charge of aggravated vehicular homicide – if she had been convicted of that charge, [...]
Former UPS Pilot Gets 25 Years for Child Molestation
A pilot from Bonney Lake, Washington has been sentenced to twenty-five years in prison for using money, alcohol, and manipulation to molest over a dozen boys. Weldon Marc Gilbert was sentenced on Monday by U.S. District Judge Benjamin Settle. The sentencing memo said that, according to prosecutors, Gilbert remains “incapable of real remorse” for the [...]