May 18—The Maine Department of Corrections has named the York County Jail administrator as the next warden of the Maine State Prison. Nathan Thayer has served as jail administrator in York County for the last three years, according to a news release from the Department of Corrections, and will start his new position Monday. The […]
May 17—Two Spokane County corrections officers were treated for fentanyl exposure after a 44-year-old man being booked into jail allegedly tried to dispose of an unidentified white powder by throwing it toward a toilet. Police arrested Jarrell D. Williams on Monday night during a traffic stop in the area of Maple Street and Sharp Avenue, […]
Traveling to the sun-swept Turks and Caicos on vacation? You might want to double-check your luggage for ammo. Five Americans visiting the British dependency this year are facing a mandatory 12 years in prison, charged with possession of ammunition after arriving in the popular tourist destination 600 miles southeast of Miami. The latest arrest happened […]
CAMPBELL, N.Y. (WETM) — A pastor in Steuben County was sentenced to six months in jail followed by 10 years probation after a conviction in February. According to the Schuyler County District Attorney’s Office, 56-year-old Nathan E. Cooper was sentenced on Thursday, May 16, for the charge of incest in the third degree, a class […]
A female maths teacher is facing a lengthy jail term after being convicted of having sex with two schoolboys. Rebecca Joynes, 30, earned the nickname “Bunda Becky” – a reference to her bottom – from students, and blamed being lonely during the Covid lockdown for taking the 15-year-old boys back to her Salford Quays apartment. […]
The man convicted of attempting to kidnap then-House speaker Nancy Pelosi and attacking her husband with a hammer has been sentenced to 30 years in prison in the US. Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley handed down the sentence for David DePape (44), whom jurors found guilty last November of attempted kidnapping of a federal official and […]
Platte County commissioners are weighing a proposal that would triple the size of the Platte County Detention Center. The detention center’s last major expansion, in 1998, added 150 beds. The population of Platte County has since grown by nearly 80%, officials said. The jail now houses 180 inmates, with second beds added to some cells. […]
Since Donald Trump was held in contempt for his 10th gag order violation last week, Manhattan prosecutors haven’t alleged that any other statements by the former president have violated it. But Republican politicians who support Trump have made statements that would violate the court order had the defendant made them himself. And though the order […]
[Source] A woman in China’s Guizhou province was sentenced to prison for growing nearly 1,000 opium poppies on the roof of her apartment building to purportedly use them as a spice for her hot pot. Key points: The woman, identified only by her surname Zhang, received opium poppy seeds from her father last year. She […]
The trial of Donald Trump relating to the payment of hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels could land the former US president in prison, author Salman Rushdie told dpa in Berlin on Tuesday. “Well, I think this trial that’s underway now in New York City has a serious possibility of sending him to jail, […]
German prosecutors called on Tuesday for a jail sentence of three and a half years to be imposed on an officer in the German military with far-right political leanings who has confessed to spying for Russia. “The charges have been confirmed to the full extent,” a federal prosecutor told the Dusseldorf higher regional court. The […]
Two Missouri women vacationing in Florida ended up taking an unexpected detour to jail after a brawl broke out over a golf cart and Disney World tickets, according to arrest records from the Wildwood Police Department. Katherine Northrup, 31, and Gina Danforth, 28, of Missouri, are accused of getting into a physical fight because they […]