Arkansas State

Washington County, AR

Mississippi State

Jackson, MS

A former Mississippi police officer was sentenced to a year behind bars followed by a year of supervised release along with fines and assessments for forcing a man who he arrested to lick urine off the holding cell floor.

Former police officer sentenced for making an arrestee lick urine off the holding cell floor

Boston, MA

Fox News

Three inmates accused of beating notorious Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger to death in prison in 2018 are slated to appear in court Monday for a plea hearing and sentencing.

3 inmates charged in prison killing of Boston gangster James 'Whitey' Bulger set for plea hearing, sentencing

Newark, NJ

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Morristown Minute

Ali Carney, 46, of Newark, received a 65-month prison sentence for conspiring to distribute narcotics, including fentanyl and heroin, and possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl, according to U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger.

Gang Member Sentenced to 65 Months for Drug Trafficking

New Jersey State

NEWARK, N.J. – Naiem Moore, 34, of Newark, admitted to possessing cocaine and heroin for distribution and illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Moore entered his guilty plea before U.S. District Judge Madeline Cox Arleo in Newark federal court.

Man Admits Drug Trafficking & Illegal Firearm Possession

Texas State

An American man was executed Wednesday in Texas for the 2001 murder of a woman. Gonzales' attorney had appealed for a stay on his execution to the US Supreme Court, but it was rejected on Wednesday. 

US death row inmate executed in Texas

Georgia State

In a tragic incident at Smith State Prison in rural southeast Georgia, an inmate shot and killed a 24-year-old female food service worker in the prison’s kitchen before turning the gun on himself. The fatal shooting occurred around 4:30 am on Sunday, involving inmate Jaydrekus Hart and food service worker Aureon Shavea Grace, an employee of Aramark.

Georgia inmate fatally shoots food service worker in prison kitchen

Louisiana State

CBS News

Jackson, Miss. — A Louisiana woman was found dead in her home Thursday and her two young daughters were abducted and found hours later in Mississippi — one dead and the other alive, police said.A Louisiana resident who'd dated the woman was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, in connection with the deaths and abductions, investigators said.The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office in Louisiana identified the suspect as 36-year-old Daniel Callihan."He had the victim's car along with her alive-and-well 6-year-old child," said office Chief Deputy Jimmy Travis.The body of the other child, a 4-year-old, was found near the car in a wooded area...

Suspect arrested after woman killed, her 2 daughters abducted and 1 killed

Coffee County, GA

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Daily Coffee Press

Last month, more than twenty individuals were indicted on felony charges in Coffee County. Several of them have recently made local headlines, including Guillermo de la Cruz-Morales, the sole person charged in connection with the disappearance of Maria Diaz, and Cornelius Jamison, accused of cocaine trafficking.

Grand Jury Indicts Over Twenty Individuals on Felony Charges in Coffee County

New York Post

A Georgia inmate somehow got hold of a gun and shot dead a prison kitchen employee before turning the weapon on himself, according to officials. 

Jaydrekus Hart, who was facing at least another 19 years in Smith State Prison for voluntary manslaughter, gunned down kitchen worker Aureon Shavea Grace at around 4:30 a.m. Sunday, the state’s Department of Corrections said. 

The agency provided few details, including how Hart got the weapon or why he targeted the kitchen worker, who was identified by friends as a 24-year-old mom.



“The weapon is in GDC custody at this time, and a complete and thorough...

Violent inmate manages to get gun, fatally shoots young mom working in prison kitchen before killing himself

Missouri State

Jefferson City, MO

The Mirror US

Missouri man David Hosier has been on death row for the past 11 years and in prison for 15. On Tuesday, he's slated to be executed for a crime he insists he didn't commit — after a conviction based almost entirely on circumstantial evidence

'I've been on death row for 10 years — tomorrow, Missouri is killing me for a crime I didn't commit'

NEWARK, N.J. – Eight individuals associated with the "793 Bloods" street gang, a subset of the national Bloods gang, have been charged for their roles in a Newark-based drug trafficking organization, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Eight '793 Bloods' Gang Members Charged in Newark Drug Network

Dublin, CA

Dozens of women were assaulted at the Federal Correctional Institute in Dublin, California, before it was shut down. Now, prisoners are facing “mass retaliation and bullying”. This story was produced in partnership with Rolling Stone. Jennifer was freezing. She was dressed in a brown T-shirt and scrubs. Chains, wrapped...

Feds Closed a Prison Notorious for Abuse. Things Only Got Worse

The Independent

The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday set a Sept. 24 execution date for Marcellus Williams, even as the inmate awaits a court hearing on his claim that he was not involved in the murder that landed him on death row.The state Supreme Court set the date hours after it ruled that Republican Gov. Mike Parson was within his rights last year when he dissolved a board of inquiry convened six years earlier by Parson's predecessor to investigate Williams' innocence claim.Williams, 55, was convicted of first-degree murder in the 1998 death of Lisha Gayle during a robbery of her suburban St....

Execution date set for Missouri inmate, even as he awaits hearing on claim of actual innocence

Huntsville, TX

CBS DFW

A Texas man who admitted that he kidnapped, sexually assaulted and fatally shot the 18-year-old girlfriend of his drug dealer was set to be executed on Wednesday — what would have been the victim's 41st birthday.The remains of Bridget Townsend weren't found until October 2002, nearly two years after she vanished, when Ramiro Gonzales, having received two life sentences for kidnapping and raping another woman, led authorities to the spot in Southwest Texas where he left her body.His execution by lethal injection was planned for Wednesday evening at the state penitentiary in Huntsville.Patricia Townsend, the victim's mother, told USA Today...

Texas inmate set to be executed on teen victim's birthday

Oklahoma State

The discovery of Rachel Wilson and Heather Vaughn's bodies in a buried freezer has intensified a custody battle in Oklahoma. Wilson and Williams' relationship deteriorated after raising a child together. Police discovered the bodies following a tip-off. The discovery of two women’s bodies in a freezer has intensified an already...

Bodies of Two Women Found in Buried Freezer Amid Oklahoma Custody Battle

Saint Johns County, FL

Hastings, FL

Jacksonville Today

Eight people have been arrested on drug charges stemming from an undercover investigation at a convenience store in Hastings, according to the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office.

8 arrested in Hastings drug and gambling bust

A Missouri man convicted of killing a woman he had an affair with and her husband has been executed despite his previous claims of innocence.David Hosier was killed by lethal injection in a Missouri prison on Tuesday evening. He had his request for clemency denied by Governor Mike Parson.Hosier, 69, was found guilty in 2009 of killing Angela and Rodney Gilpin. Investigators said that Angela and Hosier were having an affair, but she ended it."Ms. Angela Gilpin had her life stolen by David Hosier because he could not accept it when she ended their romantic involvement. He displays no remorse...

Missouri executes death row inmate David Hosier over double murder he claimed he did not commit

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Washington County inmate pleads guilty to threatening to murder U.S. judge and federal officer

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — A Mississippi man and current inmate at the Washington County Detention Center pleaded guilty to threatening a United States judge and a federal...

Washington County inmate pleads guilty to threatening to murder U.S. judge and federal officer

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