*Earlier we reported that former Illinois congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. was sentenced to prison. His wife, former Chicago alderman Sandi Jackson was also sentenced Wednesday. She received a one year term for filing false joint federal income tax returns that understated the income the couple received. Sandra Jackson admitted in a guilty plea earlier […]
*It’s now official. Jesse Jackson Jr. is on his way to prison. Wednesday morning in Washington, Jackson was sentenced to 30 months behind bars using $750,000 in campaign money for living expenses, clothes and luxury items. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson scolded the convicted congressman, saying that he and his wife, Sandi Jackson, […]
An HIV-positive Cincinnati woman who pleaded to four counts of unlawful sexual contact with two minors will only serve one year in prison, the Cincinnati Inquirer reports. Candance Morris (pictured), 32, faced more than 30 years behind bars, when she stood before Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Judge Melba Marsh Monday. The actions that […]
CLEVELAND — Cuyahoga County Sheriff Frank Bova says Ariel Castro will be transferred from Cleveland to the Lorain Correctional Institution Friday afternoon. The transfer comes one day after Castro was sentenced to life without parole plus 1,000 years in prison for abducting three women and holding them captive in his Seymour Avenue home for a […]
*Grammy-winning singer Lauryn Hill began serving a three-month prison sentence in Connecticut on Monday for failing to pay about $1 million in taxes over the past decade. Hill reported to federal prison in Danbury, said Ed Ross, a spokesman for the federal Bureau of Prisons. Inmates at the minimum security prison live in open dormitory-style […]
CLEVELAND – The man a Cuyahoga County judge sentenced to hold an idiot sign for threatening a police officer failed to make his court appearance. Now he’ll spend several months in prison. Richard Dameron, 58, was arrested again this week for being a no show in court. On Wednesday, he appeared before Judge Pinkey Carr […]
After serving a three-year prison stint for tax evasion, actor Wesley Snipes (pictured) is no longer behind bars. The “Blade” trilogy star was reportedly released on April 2, then transferred to the New York Community Corrections Office which will oversee his home confinement for the remainder of his sentence, reports TMZ. SEE ALSO: The Rock […]
Speaking publicly for the first time since the death of her husband, Sue Paterno sat down with Katie Couric for an interview that aired on Monday. Joined for portions of the interview by her children, Sue expressed horror at the crimes of Jerry Sandusky while remaining steadfast in her defense of her late husband, Joe […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – A rogue Amish group convicted in a series of beard cutting attacks was sentenced to prison on Friday. Amish beard bandit leader Sam Mullet was sentenced to 15 years in prison. The judge said Mullet is a danger to the community due to the control he has over his followers. The judge mentioned jail house tapes […]
It seems like jail life is taking its toll on Dr. Conrad Murray, the man who was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in 2011 in connection…
AKRON, Ohio – An FBI agent Tuesday described $40,000 in home improvements performed at the home of former Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora by a company owned by corruption defendant Michael Forlani. The testimony came during a sentencing hearing for Forlani that could result in eight years in federal prison after Forlani pled gullty to […]
CLEVELAND – Former Cuyahoga County Auditor Frank Russo has arrived at and entered a federal prison in Pennsylvania, where he will begin serving a 22-year sentence on corruption and racketeering charges. Russo has remained free on bond for more than two years after he pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate with federal prosecutors. A hearing […]