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Woman gets 12 years in prison for shooting up Connecticut police department lobby
Suzanne Laprise walked into the Bristol police department in October 2023 distraught, under the influence of alcohol and carrying a 9 mm pistol, police said.
NYC man who killed pregnant ex-girlfriend in front of kids hours after baby shower sentenced
"Soriano committed this horrific shooting in front of four children, including Ms. Young's own daughters, who helplessly watched their mother die right before their eyes."
Naked Florida man who killed veteran deputy just hours away from retirement slapped with decades-long sentence
The veteran deputy was just one shift away from retirement after more than 30 years on the force when he was killed.
NYC woman who fatally tortured special-needs teen learns fate
“I’m still waiting for a phone call to hear, ‘Hey, Sis, I miss you,' " the victim's sister told the judge before sentencing.
‘Law & Order�actor learns his fate for ‘calculated,�revenge-fueled murder
Isaiah Stokes, who appeared on “Law & Order�and “Boardwalk Empire,�was sentenced to 25 years to life behind bars for the “calculated,�revenge-fueled murder of another man in 2021.
White couple who forced adopted black children to work as 'slaves' sentenced to hundreds of years in prison
"May God have mercy on your souls. Because this court will not," the judge said.
Thief whose crew drugged drunk NYC clubgoers in deadly robbery scheme silent as judge sends him to prison
A thief whose crew drugged drunk Hell’s Kitchen clubgoers said nothing as he was sentenced Thursday to eight years behind bars for the fiendish scheme that left two people dead....
Bonnano soldier -- who put on 50 pounds in jail -- sentenced for forcing turncoat to strip to prove he wasn't wearing wire
John Ragano aka "The Maniac" was slapped with a three-year sentence in Brooklyn Federal Court on charges he threatened to "slap the s--t out" of mob informatnt Vincent Martino and...
NYC art 'adviser' to stars -- including Leonardo DiCaprio -- learns her fate after $6.5M fraud
A Manhattan art advisor, whose celebrity clients included actor Leonardo DiCaprio, was sentenced to over two years in prison for swindling at least a dozen people out of nearly $6.5...
Father who shot youth football coach over son’s playing time learns his fate
A father in Missouri was sentenced to 13 years in prison on Thursday for shooting and wounding a St. Louis youth football coach over his son’s playing time while 9-...
Illegal migrant begs for forgiveness at sentencing for heartless Airbnb murder of friend on her birthday
An upstate New York judge called the 2024 murder of 21-year-old Joselyn Jhoana Toaquiza "inexplicable" before sentencing her migrant killer to prison.
NYC maid collapses in court as her impact statement is read about 'evil monster' who raped her
"Don’t be fooled by this monster, your Honor," the victim warned in her statement. "He isn’t a human being. ... He likes to make people suffer, and he enjoys it....
Fearless NYC mom taunts daughter's 'disgusting' stalker in court during sentencing
Adriana Alvarez said her piece inside the Queens County Criminal Court Thursday prior to the sentencing of George Vassiliou, who tried kidnapping her 18-year-old daughter, Lex.
Brute who sexually assaulted, bludgeoned and permanently disfigured Calif. mom walks free: 'Justice was not served'
“My daughter and my little cousin, both 13 at the time, had to witness the whole thing…I cannot even put into words the feeling of not being able to protect...
NYC stepdad who strangled stepson gets slap on wrist as teen's mom rips 'taunting' ex as 'child killer'
"You are the reason I had to bury my child, which no mother should have to do," Corde Scott's grieving mom charged.
Georgia man learns fate for bombing house of woman he met on dating app, planting python to eat her daughter
He is also required to pay $507,781 in restitution to the two victims, prosecutors said.
Julia Fox's brother gets prison time in 3D ghost gun case �as his dad calls him 'harmless'
Thomas Fox said his son wouldn't "even hurt a bug on the floor."
Drunk driver who killed two Long Island teens learns his sentence in wrong-way crash
“Instead of picking up my son at school, I had to identify him at the morgue. It’s inhuman torture,�Drew’s father, Mitch Hassenbein, said in court �calling Singh “the...
Drunk driver who killed mother and daughter in 130-mph Florida crash sentenced to 40 years
“You have the Ellis and Hughes families that lost a mother and daughter �leaving behind great-grandchildren, grandchildren, children and more. And that’s forever."
Twisted NYC financier dreamed about getting away with abuse, DA says -- as he learns his fate for preying on teen girls
Journals Michael Olson kept following his release on $1 million bond revealed his "hidden intent" to continue terrorizing young girls.