Kansas State

Johnson County, KS

Wisconsin State

Saint Croix County, WI

The Independent

 A Minnesota engineer sobbed as he was sentenced to 20 years in prison for stabbing a high school student to death while tubing on a river, just days after the second anniversary of the attack.Nicolae Miu, 54, was handed two decades behind bars at his sentencing on Wednesday, as well as six years of extended supervision after his release for the stabbings along Apple River in St Croix County in Wisconsin in July 2022.He was convicted by a jury in April of first-degree reckless homicide, four counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety, and one count of battery.The attack killed...

Man sentenced to 20 years in prison for stabbing teen to death in tubing fight

Las Vegas, NV

The Associated Press

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former professional football player was sentenced Tuesday to prison in the April 2019 death of his girlfriend’s 5-year-old daughter at his Las Vegas apartment. The sentencing came after Cierre Wood, a former NFL and Canadian Football league running back, reached a deal with prosecutors and pleaded guilty in April to second-degree murder and felony child abuse, court records show. Wood, 33, was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 10 years for the murder charge. Clark County District Court Judge Jacqueline Bluth also ordered him to serve between 28 months and six years for the child abuse charge. He must serve the sentences consecutively. According to a copy of the plea agreement, prosecutors dismissed the remaining felony counts of child abuse that they initially had filed against Wood. He entered what is known as an Alford plea, a formal admission of guilt in criminal court that allows a defendant to still claim innocence.

Ex-NFL player gets prison time in death of 5-year-old girl in Las Vegas

Chicago, IL

Kansas City, MO

The US Sun

KANSAS City Chiefs star Chris Jones has offered to pay a staggering $1.5 million to free a woman jailed for stealing chicken wings. Chicago school district official Vera Liddell was handed a nine-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to a scam that saw her steal $1.5 million worth of food that was mainly chicken wings. […]

Kansas City Chiefs star Chris Jones offers $1.5m to set free a woman who was jailed for stealing chicken wings

Rapper Blueface has reportedly been sentenced to four years in prison. The ‘Thotiana’ MC’s legal woes began with a 2021 probation violation in connection to the assault of a security guard. Blueface turned himself in to authorities in January and has been battling long-term incarceration from behind...

Blueface Reportedly Sentenced to FOUR YEARS in Prison as Chrisean Rock Faces EIGHT YEARS Behind Bars

Ohio State

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The Lantern

On Tuesday, licensed Ohio dispensaries began legally selling non-medical marijuana to consumers; however, the drug’s possession, growth and/or usage are still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus. Credit: Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times/TNS [Original caption: Four citizen-led petitions with proposals to update Dallas’ charter hit the 20,000 valid signature threshold to make it on the Nov. 5 election ballot, including one that would ban police officers from arresting or citing people carrying less than four ounces of marijuana.] As of Tuesday, students 21 and older can now legally purchase marijuana in Ohio.

Dispensary sales of recreational marijuana began Tuesday; possession and usage still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus

Georgia State

Vinita, OK

XXL Mag

Chrisean Rock is facing eight years in prison following her June arrest and extradition to Oklahoma on drug-related charges. Chrisean Rock Faces Eight Years on Drug-Related Charges. According to arrest documents obtained by XXL, Chrisean Rock is currently detained at the Northeast Oklahoma Community Corrections Center in Vinita, Oklahoma, on...

Chrisean Rock Faces Up to Eight Years in Prison on Drug-Related Charges

Milwaukee, WI

 Prosecutors in Milwaukee have charged four hotel workers with being a party to D'Vontaye Mitchell's murder after scouring video showing them piling on top of the Black man in an incident Mitchell's family says is disturbingly similar to George Floyd's death.Mitchell's family spent weeks pressuring prosecutors to charge the hotel workers in the June 30 death. District Attorney John Chisholm finally filed a count of being a party to felony murder against each of them on Tuesday.Here's what to know about Mitchell's death and the Hyatt workers, who now face sentences of up to nearly 16 years in prison...

Former Milwaukee hotel workers charged with murder after video shows them holding down Black man

Texas State

The Shade Room

Jared James Dicus, a 23-year-old Texas man, has been sentenced after he allegedly decapitated his wife three months after they tied the knot. RELATED: Wayment! Tennessee Store Clerk Arrested For Stealing Customer’s Lottery Jackpot Ticket Here’s What Jared James Dicus Allegedly Did To His Newlywed Wife According to USA Today, Dicus and his wife, Anggy Diaz, [...]
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Say WHAT?! 23-Year-Old Texas Man Sentenced After He Allegedly Decapitated His Wife 3 Months After They Tied The Knot

New Jersey State

Philadelphia, PA

Editor's note: This article was originally published on February 17, 2021. It has since been updated. There is no doubt that the prison system in the United States is archaic and unjust. For evidence of that, we must look no further than America's juvenile "lifers," that is, children under the age of 18 who are sentenced to life in prison without parole. Oftentimes, these individuals do not see the world outside until they are senior citizens. Joe Ligon was a juvenile lifer. He was sentenced to prison when he was 15 years old and last saw daylight when Dwight Eisenhower had wrapped up his first month as President. Ligon was finally released from Pennsylvania’s State Correctional Institution Phoenix in 2021 after a tough trial fought by Bradley Bridge, Ligon’s attorney since 2006. The longest-serving juvenile lifer in the country, he was 83 years old at the time of his release, ABC News reports.

Meet Joe Ligon, the oldest juvenile 'lifer.' He was released after 68 years in prison.

Sullivan, MO

InsideEdition

As his girlfriend kept watch, Tony Charboneau "dug a shallow grave with the tools he gathered, he took out of the wheelchair, and shot and killed" his ex Amy Hogue, according to a probable cause affidavit.

Murdered Grandma Tied to a Wheelchair and Forced to Watch Ex Dig Her Grave Before Being Executed, Say Police

Virginia State

Petersburg, VA

In some parts of Virginia, the problem of whole neighborhoods being left empty is becoming a bigger problem. One example that comes to mind is the Battersea area in Petersburg, which has had a lot of problems because of the number of abandoned homes there. This piece talks about what happens when people leave their neighborhoods, what causes this problem, and what is being done to fix it.

Virginia’s Ghost Town An Entire Neighborhood Left Abandoned

Clark County, WA

Washington state police say a lost 7-year-old girl was found after a fisherman heard her cries. A news report from Clark County deputies says the girl was camping with her grandparents at Lake Merwin Campers Hideaway on August 11. Deputies said she was last seen sitting alone across from her...

7-Year-Old Disappears Overnight During Camping Trip; Angler Hears Crying in Shocking Discovery

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

A historic marker could be erected to honor the victims of the racist mass shooting at the Dollar General store in Jacksonville’s New Town neighborhood nearly a year ago. If approved by the Jacksonville City Council, a marker would be installed at Kings Road and Canal Street on Aug. 25, a day before the first anniversary of the shooting, when a white gunman took the lives of three Black people.

Memorial considered to honor Dollar General victims

Douglas, GA

Daily Coffee Press

Last week, a 32-year-old was arrested on trafficking charges after allegedly fleeing from a traffic stop and abandoning the vehicle with a child in the passenger seat. The chase resulted in the discovery of 230 grams of methamphetamine, which the suspect allegedly threw out while fleeing on foot. According to local detectives, the vehicle the suspect was driving was registered to NFL football player Tyreek Hill.

Man Driving Vehicle Registered to Tyreek Hill Arrested on Drug Trafficking Charges in Douglas

Colorado State

David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

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Herbie J Pilato

It's been eight years since former TV child star Sawyer Sweeten, best known from Everybody Loves Raymond, died tragically by suicide at only 19 years old. Sawyer Sweeten, his twin brother Sullivan Sweeten, and their older sister Madylin, played Ray Romano's TV children on Everybody Loves Raymond, the Emmy-winning sitcom that originally aired on CBS 1996 to 2005.

The Tragic Suicide of Former TV Child Star Sawyer Sweeten ('Everybody Loves Raymond'): 9 Years Later

Houston, TX

CBS News

A Texas man who claimed an intellectual disability in a late attempt at a reprieve was executed Wednesday evening for the killing of a woman who was jogging near her Houston home more than 27 years ago.Arthur Lee Burton, 54, received a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville and was pronounced dead at 6:47 p.m. local time. He was condemned for the July 1997 killing and attempted rape of Nancy Adleman, a 48-year-old mother of three. Adleman had been brutally beaten and strangled with her own shoelace in a heavily wooded area off a jogging trail along a...

Texas man executed for 1997 killing of female jogger

Atlanta, GA

A 40-year-old man has been sentenced to over 28 years in prison for distributing significant amounts of fentanyl and other controlled substances to dealers in the Middle Georgia region. Authorities revealed that investigators uncovered evidence linking the drugs provided by the defendant, 40-year-old Lagary Williams, also known as "Frog," from Atlanta, to a fatal overdose.

Atlanta Man Sentenced to 28 Years for Supplying Deadly Fentanyl Linked to Fatal Overdose

Florida State

Taste of Country

Prank calls used to be part of growing up — you'd pick up the receiver on your landline and call a random number to ask if their refrigerator was running. Yes, they'd say — "Well, then you better go so you can catch it!," you'd respond. But one...

Eleven-Year-Old Arrested, Charged With 29 Felonies for Prank Calls

Salt Lake City, UT

ComingSoon

Disclaimer: The article contains mentions of abduction and rape. Reader discretion is advised. On June 5, 2002, an unknown man kidnapped 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart from her house in Salt Lake City, Utah. Reports indicated that a man named Brian David Mitchell abducted the young girl and took her to a nearby campsite. Mitchell’s wife, Wanda Barzee, was waiting for them at the site. Smart’s sister, Mary Katherine, played an important role in getting the culprits behind bars because she saw Mitchell taking her sister away. Subsequently, police arrested the duo and charged them on several counts, including aggravated sexual assault. The court found them guilty and sent them to prison.

Elizabeth Smart’s Kidnapper: Who Is Wanda Barzee & Where Is She Now?

NewsBreak

Teens Face Criminal Charges in the Death of Kansas Man; Young Female Sentenced to More Than 15 Years

Johnson County, Kansas – In the death of Kansas citizen Jarod Rogers, a 17-year-old was sentenced to more than 15 years in prison by the Kansas...

Teens Face Criminal Charges in the Death of Kansas Man; Young Female Sentenced to More Than 15 Years

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