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Officials: Inmates ran $560K online dating extortion scheme

November 28, 2018 By Meg Kinnard COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Five inmates in the Carolinas extorted more than half a million dollars from military personnel throughout the country, using illegal cellphones to pose as underage women on dating sites, authorities said Wednesday....

Tekashi 6ix9ine Faces Life In Prison For Armed Robbery & Racketeering

November 19, 2018 In his latest in a long string of run-ins with the law, rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine—along with three associates—was arrested Sunday night by federal agents on a number of racketeering, weapons, and drug charges. If convicted, 6ix9ine could face life in prison. The...

Christopher Watts sentenced to life in prison for killing his pregnant wife and young daughters

By Minyvonne Burke The family of Shanann Watts, who was found dead in mid-August with her two young daughters, called Christopher Watts a "heartless monster" during his sentencing hearing Monday, but said they did not want him to get the death penalty. Christopher...

A Former Judge Beat His Wife Years Ago. This Weekend, She Was Killed.

By Andy Campbell A former Ohio judge who served time in prison for brutally attacking his then-wife was arrested Saturday after she was found stabbed to death. Lance Mason, 51 ― who had pleaded guilty to felonious assault in 2015 after punching Aisha Fraser Mason repeatedly in...