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Pair sentenced to prison in NBA gambling scandal
Fears about physical abuse in jail and kudos for kicking a drug habit weren't enough to save two Pennsylvania gamblers from federal prison for their roles in corrupting an NBA referee in a betting scandal. James Battista, 42, was sentenced to 15 months...Tags: Punishment, National Basketball Association
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Ex-Con Gets Life in Horrific Torture, Rape
Associated PressNEW YORK -- An ex-convict was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for the sadistic, 19-hour rape and torture of a Columbia University graduate student. Robert Williams was convicted last month in Manhattan of attempted murder, rape, kidnapping and...Tags: Columbia University, Abusive Behavior, Assault, Rape
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Police capture convict released by mistake
Sun reporterBaltimore County police have arrested the man who state corrections officers mistakenly released from jail a day after he was convicted of attempted murder, according to a spokesman for the state prison system. A Baltimore County police officer pulled...Tags: Assault, Theft
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Ocean City hotel robbery suspect pleads guilty
The Associated PressA Stockton man has pleaded guilty in an armed robbery of the Grand Stowaway hotel with his girlfriend, Ocean City police said. Police said today that 23-year-old Michael Taylor pleaded guilty and was sentenced to two years in jail earlier this week....Tags: Trials, Ocean City, Hotels and Accommodations, Punishment, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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Anne Arundel girl who put baby in trash released
Sun reporterAn Anne Arundel County teenager who was sentenced last year to a juvenile detention facility for throwing her newborn baby in the trash was ordered released Thursday after serving eight months. The former Broadneck High School student, who is now 19, was...Tags: Illnesses, Juvenile Delinquency, Therapies, Punishment, Court Administration
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Ex-con gets life in prison for student torture
An ex-convict has been sentenced to life in prison for the sadistic, 19-hour rape and torture of a Columbia University graduate student. Robert Williams was convicted last month in Manhattan of attempted murder, rape, kidnapping and arson. The victim...Tags: Columbia University, Abusive Behavior, Assault, Rape
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Getaway Driver In Robbery Spree Gets 12 Years
NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (AP) - A Hartford man who was the getaway driver in a series of armed robberies in central Connecticut has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. Thirty-two-year-old Hector Barreto was accused of helping a Farmington man in eight...Tags: Trials, Southington, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Punishment, Plainville
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Newport News man spared jail time in public masturbation case
757-247-4741A man will be spared jail time for masturbating in public. Eric E. Houk, 23, of Newport News, was charged with two counts of indecent exposure dating from two incidents in March. In both cases, women reported Houk approached them in his vehicle while...Tags: Punishment, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), House
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Monroe man faces kidnapping charge
A 21-year-old Monroe County man is in jail today under $100,000 bail for allegedly kidnapping his 8-month-old son so authorities could not take custody of him. Nickolaos V. Kapsis of Stroudsburg allegedly fled with his son Tuesday when Monroe County...Tags: Infants, Kidnapping, People
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McHenry County driver in fatal DUI sentenced to 6 years in prison
A man charged with drunken driving after a crash that killed a former McHenry County resident who had returned to the area to attend his 30-year high school reunion was sentenced Thursday to 6 years in prison. Jason Gedzyk, 28, who lived in Woodstock...Tags: McHenry County, Trials, Punishment, Crystal Lake, Road Accidents
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