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Who is Tina Peters? Gold Star mother sentenced to prison amid election controversy | World News

[ad_1] On Memorial Day 2025, posts on X trended demanding the release of Tina Peters, a 70-year-old Gold Star mother and former Mesa County, Colorado, Clerk and Recorder, sentenced to nine years in prison. Convicted in 2024 for her role in a 2021 election security breach involving voting machine tampering, Peters has become a polarising […]

Cat in custody: Kitty caught smuggling crack cocaine and weed into Costa Rican prison

[ad_1] Kitty caught smuggling crack cocaine and weed into Costa Rican prison (Video credit: @nexta_tv) In a bizarre incident (what can be a crime movie), prison guards in Costa Rica recently apprehended an unexpected drug mule, a black-and-white cat strapped with crack cocaine and marijuana, attempting to smuggle the stash into a jail.The kitty was […]

New Orleans prison break: Two women arrested for aiding fugitives, bringing food and driving them around

[ad_1] Two women have been arrested for aiding and abetting the escaped NOLA prisoners. They face up to 5 years in prison if convicted. (Photo: X) Two women have been arrested for allegedly helping inmates who escaped from the Orleans Justice Center in a daring jailbreak last week, Louisiana State Police said on Wednesday, according […]

New Orleans prison break: 10 inmates cut through bars and escape; 5 recaptured, 5 still on the run – Who are they?

[ad_1] In what resembled a scene from a crime thriller, ten inmates pulled off a daring prison break last week at the Orleans Justice Center in New Orleans.The prisoners escaped by cutting through steel bars behind a metal toilet and sink unit in their cell, squeezing through a small hole to freedom. Before fleeing, they […]

New Orleans prison break: How did 10 inmates escape through a small hole behind a toilet?

[ad_1] In a shocking lapse of security, ten inmates escaped from the Orleans Parish Justice Center in New Orleans by crawling through a tiny space.The prisoners disappeared into the night and left behind taunting graffiti for the police, reports the New York Post.The jailbreak occurred around 1 am Friday. The incident sparked serious concerns about […]

Who is Grigory Melkonyants? Russian election watchdog leader sentenced to five years in prison | World News

[ad_1] Who is Grigory Melkonyants? Russian election watchdog leader sentenced to five years in prison (Photo: AP) A Moscow court on Wednesday sentenced Grigory Melkonyants, co-chair of the independent election monitoring group Golos, to five years in prison on charges of organizing the activities of an “undesirable” organization, a charge widely condemned by human rights […]

Menendez brothers resentenced: Parents’ murder convicts eligible for parole after 35 years in prison

[ad_1] Attorney Mark Geragos, center, representing Erik and Lyle Menendez, speaks in front of family and supporters of the brothers after their resentencing hearing in Los Angeles. (Picture credit: AP) Lyle and Erik Menendez, convicted of the 1989 shotgun murders of their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, were resentenced on Tuesday, making them eligible for […]

‘Wrongly jailed’ Indian-origin man in Georgia says he read the Gita in prison

[ad_1] Indian-origin engineer Mahendra Patel who was arrested on charges of attempt to kidnap said he read Bhagavad Gita in prison. Mahendra Patel, the Indian-origin man who was accused of trying to abduct a child at a Georgia store, said he read the Hindu scripture Bhagavad Gita inside jail. After spending 47 days Cobb County […]

Sweden’s ‘Queen of Trash’ risks prison in toxic waste crime trial

[ad_1] Representative Image (AI-generated) Prosecutors called Thursday for Sweden’s self-proclaimed “Queen of Trash” and four others to be jailed for six years for illegally dumping toxic waste, as the country’s biggest environmental crime trial ended.The once-acclaimed waste management company Think Pink is accused of dumping or burying some 200,000 tonnes of waste from the Stockholm […]

Upstate New York prison guard pleads guilty to manslaughter in an inmate’s 2024 beating death | World News

[ad_1] Upstate New York prison guard pleads guilty to manslaughter in an inmate’s 2024 beating death (Photo: AP) A correctional officer pleaded guilty to manslaughter Monday in connection with the December death of inmate Robert Brooks, whose brutal beating at the Marcy Correctional Facility was recorded by officers’ body cameras. Christopher Walrath, 36, was one […]