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New York City’s fiscal watchdog issued a report Tuesday refuting the claims of police leaders, unions and some politicians that bail reform is driving crime...

A judge on Thursday imposed a longer prison term than prosecutors requested on a Dallas man accused of posting inflammatory social media messages inciting people to violence at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 even though he did not himself participate directly in the rioting. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan sentenced Troy Smocks, 58, to 14 months incarceration and three years supervised release after he entered a guilty plea to a charge of making threats in interstate communication. Smocks, who i...

Aug. 6—The alleged leader of a Dayton narcotics drug ring accused of distributing thousands of dollars of fentanyl and methamphetamine was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Crawford P. Bogle, 35, also will spend 10 years on supervised release once he is out of prison, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office Southern District of Ohio. "Bogle and his group poured thousands of unit dosages of ...

Jun. 25—BOSTON — A Georgetown woman was sentenced Wednesday in federal court in Boston for embezzling over $419,000 from her employer, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Michelle Higson, 46, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns to 27 months in prison, five years of supervised release and ordered to pay over $419,000 in restitution. In September 2019, Higson ...

Court documents and sources said Chi Ngo, 52, had tried to pull off a heist at a Chase Bank a day after he was released for attempting to rob a different branch.

Judge Greenlights Early End To Blagojevich’s Court Supervision After all the years of a sometimes circus-like atmosphere surrounding him and his legal problems, it looks like the judicial system is done with former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich as of yesterday. Heres a quick refresher on the story of how Blagojevich got to where he is right now, which is basically a guy who has paid his debt to society and is looking for work. According to the Associated Press (AP), Rod Blagojevich first...

CHICAGO — A federal judge on Tuesday granted former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich an early end to his two-year period of supervised release, marking an official end to a criminal case that rocked the state when the FBI knocked on the governor’s door 12 1/2 years ago. The one-sentence order from U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis stated simply that “early termination of supervision is granted as to ...

May 31—MACON — The primary supplier of a heroin distribution ring operating between Atlanta and Macon, which funneled up to 30,000 doses of heroin into the region over a three-month span, has pleaded guilty to his crime in federal court. Michael Duffy, 43, of Sandy Springs, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin recently. Duffy faces a maximum 20 ...

May 26—PORTLAND — An Auburn man who stabbed a man in Lewiston in 2019 while on federal probation was back in court Tuesday, charged with violating the terms of his release. Carlos Torres, 42, pleaded guilty in 2008 to having crack cocaine with intent to distribute. He was sentenced to 16 years in prison. But a judge reduced that sentence in March 2019 to less than 14 years under the First Step ...

He reportedly told investigators he lit a pair of jeans on fire and it “got out of control.”