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Video of Alcohol-Sipping Hawk Earns Man Jail Time

Judge also imposes ban on firearms and caring for animals, counseling on Cesar Gustavo Diaz, 25

(Newser) - Handing a boozy drink to a young hawk just landed a Los Angeles man behind bars. A judge sentenced Cesar Gustavo Diaz, 25, to 45 days in jail and a year of probation after footage showed him offering alcohol to a juvenile Cooper's hawk at a park in the...

Home Improvement Actor Is Going to Jail

Zachery Ty Bryan gets 16 months in jail for repeated DUI convictions

(Newser) - Zachery Ty Bryan's legal troubles just translated into real time behind bars. The former Home Improvement child star has been sentenced to 16 months in a California county jail after pleading guilty to a felony DUI charge stemming from a February 2024 arrest in La Quinta, California, one of...

South Korea's Ex-President Appeals His Life Sentence

Lawyers cite 'errors in fact-finding and misinterpretations of the law'

(Newser) - South Korea's ex-president, Yoon Suk Yeol, has appealed the life sentence he received over his brief imposition of martial law, which lasted about six hours in December 2024. Yoon faces multiple trials over what a court has called a "self-coup," and is appealing the sentence he received...

Au Pair Thought She'd Walk Free. Judge Gave Her 10 Years

Juliana Peres Magalhaes gets maximum in Virginia double-murder case

(Newser) - A Brazilian au pair who admitted her role in a convoluted double-murder in Virginia might have walked free on Friday under a deal struck with prosecutors. Instead, a judge rejected the lenient offer and sentenced Juliana Peres Magalhaes to 10 years in prison, the maximum allowed, reports WTOP . "Let'...

Astronaut's Ex-Wife Sentenced Over Space Crime Lie

Summer Heather Worden gets 3 months over false allegations about her ex

(Newser) - The ex-wife of a NASA astronaut is going to prison over a sensational lie about her ex. A judge in Texas on Thursday sentenced Summer Heather Worden, 51, to 3 months in federal prison and ordered her to pay $210,000 in restitution, reports People . Worden admitted lying when she...

Her Last Hit-and-Run Was Fatal. She's Out in Under 3 Years.

SoCal mom outraged as frequent offender who killed her son in 2020 to gain early release

(Newser) - A California mother who lost her son in a hit-and-run crash is watching the repeat offender who killed him prepare to walk free years ahead of schedule. Kellie Montalvo says she was stunned to learn that 28-year-old Neomi Velado, sentenced in 2023 to nine years in prison for felony vehicular...

Home Alone Inspired Drug Dealer's Booby-Trap Defenses

Officers found homemade flamethrower, pipe bombs, stun guns, and more

(Newser) - A drug dealer who turned three homes into what prosecutors likened to a real-life Home Alone set has been sent to an English prison for seven years. Ian Claughton, 60, was convicted of drugs and firearms offenses after police uncovered a network of three fortified properties in the village of...

Illinois Deputy Who Shot Sonya Massey Gets 20 Years

Sean Grayson killed Massey in her own home after she called 911

(Newser) - The former deputy in Illinois who fatally shot Sonya Massey in her own home after she called 911 is going to prison. Sean Grayson, 31, was sentenced to 20 years on Thursday after his conviction of second-degree murder, reports the AP . While that was the maximum sentence, Grayson might serve...

Man's 'Chilling' Plot to Kill for Iran Gets Him 15 Years

Carlisle Rivera schemed to assassinate Iranian American writer Masih Alinejad

(Newser) - A federal judge gave a would-be assassin the maximum 15 years in prison on Wednesday for plotting to kill an Iranian American writer on behalf of Tehran, after hearing the woman who was targeted describe multiple attempts on her life. Judge Lewis J. Liman said Carlisle Rivera's written conversations...

Caroline Ellison Leaves US Custody After 14 Months

Cooperating witness in FTX fraud case had received a 2-year sentence

(Newser) - Caroline Ellison is out of federal custody, roughly a year after she helped prosecutors take down Sam Bankman-Fried. Federal prison officials confirmed the 32-year-old former head of Alameda Research—FTX's sister trading firm and a key player in its collapse—was released Wednesday from "community confinement," meaning...

South Korea's Ex-PM Sentenced in Martial Law Case

Han Duck-soo gets 23 years in prison for his role in then-President Yoon Suk Yeol's martial law decree

(Newser) - South Korea just handed down a tough political ruling, and it landed on a former prime minister. The Guardian reports that Han Duck-soo was sentenced on Wednesday to 23 years behind bars for helping then-President Yoon Suk Yeol push through an unconstitutional martial law decree in December 2024—an attempt...

Ex-Navy Sailor Gets 200 Months Behind Bars

Jinchao Wei, 25, was convicted of selling ship manuals to a Chinese intelligence officer

(Newser) - A former US Navy sailor convicted of selling technical and operating manuals for ships and operating systems to an intelligence officer working for China was sentenced Monday to 16-plus years in prison, prosecutors said. A San Diego federal judge sentenced Jinchao Wei, 25, to 200 months, reports the AP . A...

Brigitte Macron's Cyberbullies Get Up to 8 Months in Prison

8 men, 2 women convicted in French court

(Newser) - A Paris court on Monday found 10 people guilty of cyberbullying France's first lady Brigitte Macron by spreading false online claims about her gender and sexuality, including allegations that she was born a man. The court convicted all defendants to sentences ranging from a cyberbullying awareness training to 8-month...

Brian Walshe Sentenced to Life in Prison, and Then Some

Lawyer blasts 'excessive' sentence for convicted wife killer

(Newser) - A Boston-area man was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for the murder of his wife, who disappeared nearly three years ago and whose body has never been found, per the AP . Brian Walshe was convicted Monday of first-degree murder in the killing of Ana Walshe. The sentence carries no...

At UK Parade, He Drove Into 'Person After Person After Person'

Man gets 21+ years in prison for ramming Liverpool soccer fans in May, injuring more than 130

(Newser) - A driver who injured more than 130 people when he plowed his car into soccer fans celebrating Liverpool's Premier League championship was sentenced on Tuesday to more than 21 years in prison. Paul Doyle rammed his minivan through a sea of fans on May 26 in two minutes of...

Teen Sentenced After Friend Tips Off FBI to Shooting Plan

FBI says tip may have prevented Indiana school shooting plot

(Newser) - A 19-year-old Indiana woman pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder after a friend turned her in, telling authorities she was plotting a mass shooting, People reports. Trinity Shockley, who police say planned to carry out shooting at Mooresville High School, was sentenced on Friday to 20 years in prison...

UVA Shooter Hears Fate Over Football Players' Murder

Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. is handed 5 life sentences for 2022 murders

(Newser) - A Virginia judge on Friday issued five life sentences, plus 23 years, to Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., the former University of Virginia student who opened fire on a charter bus in November 2022, killing three UVA football players and wounding two other students, reports WTVR . Jones, 26, pleaded guilty last...

Mexican Woman Gets 20 Years in Killing of 3 Tourists

Australian brothers and their American friend were killed for their truck tires

(Newser) - A 23-year-old woman has been sentenced to two decades behind bars for her role in the murders of three tourists who vanished while on a surfing trip in Baja California, Mexico, last year. Ari Gisell pleaded guilty to setting in motion the chain of events that led to the deaths...

Driver Kills 3, Then Asks, 'Why Should I Apologize?'

Miriam Yarimi, who was doing 68mph in a 25mph zone with a suspended license, gets 3 to 9 years

(Newser) - A Brooklyn driver who killed a mother and her two young daughters while barreling through a red light in March was sentenced Wednesday to three to nine years in prison. Miriam Yarimi, 33, pleaded guilty to three counts of second-degree manslaughter in the deaths of 34-year-old Natasha Saada and her...

Man Named JD Vance Threatened to Kill VP

Michigan man who also threatened Trump, Musk sentenced to 2 years in prison

(Newser) - JD Vance is going to prison for threatening to kill JD Vance. A Michigan man with the same initials and last name as the vice president was sentenced Monday to two years in prison for online threats to kill President Trump and Vice President JD Vance, whose full name is...

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