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Three Texas men have been sentenced to prison for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today. Marvin Charles Collins, 33; Aqunis Marquis Green, 23; and Antonio Thomas Foster, 21, all from the Houston area, each pleaded guilty on…
Read More Texas Men Sentenced To Federal Prison For ATM Burglaries
An Oklahoma man was sentenced Tuesday in federal court for shooting and killing his mother and wounding a second family member. U.S. District Judge Gregory K. Frizzell sentenced Christopher Leo Weeley, 42, to 24 years in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release.…
Read More Oklahoma Man Who Murdered His Mother, Injured Another Sentenced
A Virginia man pleaded guilty to conspiring to engage in dogfighting, and a Camp Springs, Maryland, man pleaded guilty today to advertising a dogfight on the internet. According to court documents, from at least May 2015 through August 2020, Derek Garcia, 41, Ricardo Thorne, 52,…
Read More Maryland And Virginia Man Plead Guilty In Dogfighting Conspiracy On “The DMV” Board
An Oregon couple known for distributing drugs was sentenced to federal prison today after they were linked to the overdose death of a man to whom they had sold drugs to for more than a year. Brian Joseph Ramos, 49, and Christine Marie Ramos, 41,…
Read More Oregon Husband And Wife Sentenced After Man Overdoses And Dies From Their Dope
Several rented vehicles returned by President Joe Biden’s Secret Service detail burned in the parking lot of the Nantucket Memorial Airport in Massachusetts on Monday morning, according to video obtained by the Nantucket Current. “A large car fire involving multiple rental vehicles at Nantucket Memorial…
Read More Five Of Biden’s Secret Service Rental Vehicles Burst Into Flames After He Left Nantucket
Ronnie Legette, an inmate at United States Penitentiary Hazleton, in Bruceton Mills, West Virginia, has admitted to stabbing another inmate, killing him, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. Legette, 39, pleaded guilty on Monday to one count of “Voluntary Manslaughter.” Legette admitted to stabbing Demario…
Read More West Virginia Inmate Admits To Stabbing Fellow Inmate In A “Heat Of Passion”
An Iowa man who sexually abused a sleeping woman was sentenced today to more than fifteen years in federal prison. Robin Roberts, age 67, from the Meskwaki Settlement, received the prison term after a June 1, 2022 jury verdict finding him guilty of sexual abuse.…
Read More Iowa Man Gets 15 Years After Abusing Sleeping Woman
Ryan Odell Oliver, a/k/a “Dre,” “Fame,” and “Foreign,” age 40, of Baltimore, Maryland, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison, followed by 15 years of supervised release, for sex trafficking at least three victims. The sentence was announced by United States Attorney for…
Read More Maryland Man Gets 15 Years For Sex Trafficking At Least 3 Women
The New York City Fire Department is requiring landlords to put up bulletins warning city residents about deadly electric bike (E-bike) battery fires that have “severely damaged” apartments across the city, according to The New York Post. The warning notice, which must be posted by…
Read More NYC Landlords Warn Residents About Spontaneously Combusting E-Bikes