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2 hrs ago | Reno Gazette-Journal

Vegas man sentenced in Idaho drug conspiracy

BOISE, Idaho - A 62-year-old Las Vegas man has been sentenced to 121 2 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to his role in a drug and money laundering conspiracies.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Boise, ID, Prison, Coeur d'Alene, ID

6 hrs ago | SignOnSanDiego.com

A few US cities hope to host Gitmo transplants

In this Nov. 13, 2005, photo maintenance employees replace a burned out light in a hallway inside the United States Penitentiary in Marion, Ill.

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Related Topix: Prison, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, United States Penitentiary, Marion, Marion, IL, US News, Camp Delta, US Politics, Barack Obama, US Senate, Democrat

10 hrs ago | The Progressive | Peace and social ju...

This July 4th, let's be true to our principles

It's the Fourth of July in America, and a U.S. citizen sits in solitary confinement in New York - and he hasn't even been convicted of a crime.

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Related Topix: Prison, Metropolitan Correctional Center, New York, Activism, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp

15 hrs ago | WBOY-TV

Troopers Stop Heroin From Getting Into Hazelton Federal Prison

A Washington, D.C. woman is facing charges after allegedly trying to deliver heroin to an inmate at the Hazelton Federal Prison, in Preston County.

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Related Topix: Prison, Preston County, WV, Kingwood, WV

Fri Jul 03, 2009

Flathead Beacon

Bigfork Man Faces Life in Prison for Sex Crimes

A Bigfork man, who already faces 110 years in federal prison for sex crimes, has pleaded guilty to molesting two young sisters in Flathead County.

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Related Topix: Bigfork, MT, Prison, Flathead County, MT

Holtville Tribune

Tribal Leader Evelyn James Pleads Guilty to Theft of Tribal Funds

Evelyn James, 54, of Tuba City, Arizona and a Tribal Council member of the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe in Arizona, pleaded guilty today to False Statements, Theft from a Tribal Government Receiving Federal Funds and Money Laundering.

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Holtville Tribune

Mexican Citizens Sentenced to Federal Prison for Heroin Trafficking

Alfonso Valdez-Cota, 24, and Kaven Alfonso Chavez-Aguirre, 25, both citizens of Mexico, were sentenced on June 29, 2009, by U.S. District Judge Neil V. Wake to five years in federal prison after both defendants pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Possess With the Intent to Distribute Heroin.

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LA Daily News

Myspace case ruling reversed

A federal judge in Los Angeles tentatively decided today to reverse a jury's verdicts and acquit a Missouri woman who had been convicted of computer fraud charges stemming from an Internet hoax that prompted a teenage girl to commit suicide.

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Related Topix: Computers, Suicide, Prison, Criminal Defense Law, Law

WLKY.com

Man Sentenced For Assaulting Police Informant

A Richmond man was sentenced to more than 12 years in federal prison for drug possession and hitting a police informant during a drug deal.

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Thu Jul 02, 2009

Free Republic

Goose Creek (SC) Credit Union Robbers Sentenced to Federal Prison

United States Attorney W. Walter Wilkins stated that Eric Robinson, age 19 and Joshua Stokes, age 23, both of North Charleston, were sentenced today in federal court for armed bank robbery and firearms charges.

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Related Topix: Prison, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Charleston Metro, North Charleston, SC

KWWL-TV Waterloo

Former IA restaurant owner pleads guilty to illegal immigration

A former owner of a Cedar Falls restaurant has pleaded guilty to failing to appear for sentencing on illegal immigration charges.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, Illegal Immigration, Cedar Falls, IA, Prison

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Ruth Madoff gets booted from swanky NYC penthouse

It's not clear where Ruth Madoff will live after having her Manhattan penthouse seized.

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Related Topix: New York, NY, Manhattan, NY, Prison

KTUL

Former Doctor Sentenced To More Than 9 Years

A former Oklahoma City doctor has been sentenced to nine years and one month in federal prison for illegally distributing prescription drugs.

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Related Topix: Prison, Healthcare Law, Law

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Ex-Royce City pastor gets 17 years in federal child porn case

A former Royse City minister was sentenced Monday to 17 years in federal prison after pleading guilty in March to possessing and sending child pornography from his computer to others via the Internet.

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Related Topix: Prison, Richardson, TX, Dallas Metro

Wed Jul 01, 2009

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B.C. gang leader moved to Illinois jail for posing 'risk' to Washington jail

United Nations gang leader and convicted international drug smuggler Clay Roueche was whisked away from a Washington state jail this month because he posed a risk to the "orderly running" of the institution, a judge said.

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Related Topix: Prison, United States Penitentiary, Marion, Marion, IL

NBC Action News

Overland Park Man Gets 20 Plus Years In Prison

" A 20-year-old Overland Park man will spend the next decade plus in federal prison with no possibility for parole.

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Related Topix: Prison, Kansas City, MO

EDGElosangeles.com News Feed

Cops Raid Lesbian-Hosted Fundraiser for California Pol

The Sheriff's Department in Encinitas, a town outside of San Diego, reportedly responded to a June 26 noise complaint regarding a political fundraiser attended by middle-aged Democrats, many of them women, and hosted by a lesbian couple, by dispatching more than a half-dozen deputies, one of whom allegedly proceeded to throw the 60-year-old hostess ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Randy Cunningham, Prison

WTNH

Man sentenced for growing pot in Bolton

A 31-year-old Connecticut man has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for a marijuana growing operation in Bolton.

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CourierPostOnline

Former Camco man gets 30 years for defrauding area investors

A former South Jersey man has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for a fraud that took more than $6 million from area investors.

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Related Topix: Prison, Haddon Heights, NJ, Camden, NJ

Tue Jun 30, 2009

Desert Sun

Valley Madoff victim: 'It's a life sentence, for sure'

"Let him rot in jail." Such was the reaction from La Quinta resident Sandy Blake on Monday to the sentencing of Bernard Madoff.

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Related Topix: Bernie Madoff, Personal Finance, Retirement, Prison

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