Man spared jail time for raping 13-year-old girl because he is blind
By Clark Minndock A 36-year-old man has been spared from jail time after being convicted on rape charges, in part because he is legally blind. Benjamin Lawrence Petty, of Oklahoma, was sentenced to 15 years probation for raping a 13-year-old while he was a cook at a summer...
DMX Has Been Taken Into Custody For Violating The Probation Terms Of His Tax Evasion Case
By Andre Gee Things were looking up for DMX on his recent road to managing his substance abuse issues, but unfortunately a turn for the worse has occurred that has once again cost him his freedom. ABC News reports that the 47-year-old rapper was taken into custody after...
Federal inmate busted while reentering Texas prison with alcohol, tobacco, home-cooked meals
Inmate's arrest sheds light on pattern of escapes from federal prison complex A federal inmate escaped from a minimum security prison in Beaumont overnight and has been captured. The inmate is 25-year-old Joshua Randall Hansen. He'd been at the minimum security federal...
Gymnastics doctor sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison
By Davis Eggert and Mike Householder The former sports doctor who admitted molesting some of the nation's top gymnasts for years was sentenced Wednesday to 40 to 175 years in prison as the judge declared: ''I just signed your death warrant.'' The sentence...
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