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The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (LDOC) “routinely confines people in its custody” beyond their legally entitled release dates, the Justice Department said this week when announcing the findings of their investigation. Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division said Wednesday that the agency’s investigation had found evidence of “systematic […]
Young Thug might be facing more legal problems. According to WSBTV reporter Michael Seiden, the 31-year-old born Jeffery Lamar Williams is accused of making a hand-to-hand drug exchange during his ongoing RICO trial. Seiden shared court surveillance footage of the alleged transfer between Thug and co-defendant Kahlieff Adams. Investigators say Thug was sitting next to his attorney when Adams approached […]
A Florida man has been sentenced to more than eight years in prison for fraudulently obtaining millions of dollars in coronavirus relief funds. According to the Department of Justice, Don V. Cisternino, 47, of Chuluota has been sentenced to eight years and six months in prison for wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and illegal monetary transaction. The court also ordered Cisternino to […]
On Dec. 23, Nicous D’Andre Spring was supposed to be released from a Montreal jail. Instead, the Montreal rapper, who went by Yk Lyrical, remained detained and died the next day, shortly after police placed a spit hood on him and pepper-sprayed him, according to the Canadian Press. In the wake of Spring’s death, many are calling for […]
The man accused of shooting and killing Takeoff has been released from jail after posting bond. As reported by KHOU and other regional Houston outlets, 33-year-old Patrick Clark was released from the Harris County Jail on Wednesday, notably less than a month after a judge denied his request for a lowered bond amount. Per court documents […]
A Florida man who was arrested and convicted of impersonating a doctor when he was a teen has received another term in prison for defrauding his employer. NBC Miami reports Malachi Love-Robinson, 25, has been sentenced to 28 months in prison after pleading guilty to grand theft and organized scheme to defraud less than $20,000. Circuit Judge Howard Coates, […]
Meek Mill is bringing cheer this holiday season, as the REFORM Alliance co-founder paid the bail of women currently incarcerated in Philadelphia. The women, who were incarcerated at Riverside Correctional Facility in Philadelphia, also received gift cards to buy presents for their families. Five women were released today and will be reunited with their families, with 15 […]
Brooklyn rapper Dusty Locane has found himself behind bars. The drill artist turned himself in on Nov. 30 and has now pleaded guilty to two charges of criminal possession of a weapon, in connection with crimes committed in 2019 and 2020, per Billboard. The charges come with a mandatory minimum sentence of one year and […]
Tory Lanez was found guilty on Friday in his highly publicized assault trial, according the The New York Times. Lanez was found guilty on all three charges, which included assault with a semiautomatic firearm, having a concealed and loaded firearm in a vehicle, and discharge of a firearm with gross negligence. Law & Crime’s Meghann Cuniff, who reported […]
Donnell Russell, a former manager of R. Kelly, has been sentenced to one year in prison for calling in a shooter threat at the premiere of the disgraced R&B singer’s Lifetime documentary Surviving R. Kelly. CBS New reports Russell will serve the sentence concurrently with another 20-month term he received for making threats to one […]
