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Ohio to Execute Man for Killing Fellow Jail Inmate
By not in system - AOL NewsCOLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio plans to put a man to death Tuesday who killed a fellow Cincinnati jail inmate over the changing of a TV channel as he awaited sentencing for the aggravated murder of a fellow drug trafficker over stolen money, drugs and incriminating documents. Clarence Carter, 49, is to be executed by lethal injection at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville. He is to be the second inmate killed using the surgical sedative pentobarbital as a stand-alone execution drug. AP Clarence Carter, who beat to death a fellow Cincinnati jail inmate, is scheduled to be ...
Grandmother Who Stole to Feed Five Grandkids Faces Prison
By Lauren Frayer - AOL NewsA 67-year-old widow struggling to feed her five grandkids may now be going to prison for Social Security fraud she claims was necessary to keep her family afloat. Mary Alice Austin lives in Detroit and has custody of her grandchildren: four from her daughter, who's battling drug addiction and couldn't care for them herself, and one child from her son, who's been in prison for the past 20 years. As a nursing home aide, her salary of $8,000 to $10,000 a year wasn't enough to cover the family's expenses. So she broke the law. Austin is being sentenced on Friday for Social Security fraud. Court ...
Former Israeli President Sentenced to Seven Years for Rape
By not in system - AOL NewsTEL AVIV, Israel - An Israeli court ordered former Israeli President Moshe Katsav to prison for seven years Tuesday following a rape conviction, rejecting his attorneys' request for leniency and making him the highest-ranking Israeli official ever sentenced to jail. The silver-haired Katsav remained stoic throughout most of the reading, but he broke down in tears upon hearing his sentence and screamed at the judges: "You made a mistake! It is a lie! The girls know it is a lie!" As he exited the courtroom, two of his grown sons scuffled with security guards. "I saw you! You hurt my boy!" ...
Strange Confessions: Inmate Allegedly Admits Hiding Pills in Her Privates
By Ben Muessig - AOL NewsHonesty is the best policy -- except when you're trying to sneak drugs into a jail. Corrections officials in Florida say inmate Sara King openly admitted she was carrying contraband in her vagina while being strip-searched before beginning a 30-day drug possession sentence Feb. 23. According to a police report obtained by the The Smoking Gun, when a deputy at the Manatee County Jail asked "if she had anything on her she was not suppose [sic] to have," the 25-year-old inmate offered this response: "Just my pills in my vagina." ...
Zen in the Pen? Taxpayer-Funded Jailhouse Yoga on Shaky Legs
By Ben Muessig - AOL NewsIs it a stretch for taxpayers to fund yoga classes for jail inmates? That's the question in New Mexico, where officials are considering budget cuts that might leave prisoners without a leg to balance on. Yoga, tae bo, tai chi and art therapy classes are on the chopping block at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Albuquerque, where deputy county manager of public safety Tom Swisstack plans to make some cuts. Getty Images Officials in New Mexico might cut a taxpayer-funded yoga program at a detention center in Albuquerque. "I imagine in the next 60 days, you're not going to see ...
Mexico's Alleged Drug Queen Gets Botox Treatment in Prison
By Mara Gay - AOL NewsPrison officials in Mexico are in hot water today as authorities investigate how an alleged drug cartel "queen" was able to receive Botox treatments from behind bars. Sandra Avila Beltran, the so-called "Queen of the Pacific," is accused of operating as a senior member of the powerful Sinaloa cartel and has been jailed since 2007 on charges of conspiracy to commit drug trafficking and engage in organized crime. At this stage in her life, though, Mexico City prosecutors say Avila Beltran has turned to smuggling of a very different kind. They say top officials at the Santa Martha Acatitla ...
Corrections Officer Accused of Sneaking Pot-Filled Sandwich Into Jail
By Ben Muessig - AOL NewsHere's a fast way to submarine your career. A Florida corrections officer is accused of cavorting with inmates and attempting to smuggle eight grams of marijuana into a Marion County jail inside a submarine sandwich. Master corrections officer Joseph Jones, 31, was arrested on Jan. 12 after guards discovered drugs -- instead of meat -- inside a hoagie, according to Ocala.com. Two inmates and their girlfriends were also charged in the smuggling case. ...
Patrice Tierney: 5 Facts About the Congressman's Wife Sentenced to Jail for Tax Fraud
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsPatrice Tierney, the wife of U.S. Rep. John F. Tierney, D-Mass., received a 30-day jail sentence today for tax fraud. She will begin serving time on Feb. 28, and when she leaves jail, she will spend five months under house arrest and 19 months in supervised release. Tierney was charged with aiding and abetting the filing of false tax returns for her brother, Robert Eremian, a notorious fugitive who is wanted on numerous charges of money laundering and illegal gambling. She pleaded guilty to the charges in October. Surge Desk has five facts about the congressman's wife who has family ties to ...
Officials: Former Inmate Goes Shopping -- Using Jail's Checking Account
By Ben Muessig - AOL News
(Nov. 18) -- Some people get out of jail free. Others get out of jail and rack up thousands of dollars of charges on the detention center's dime. That's what investigators say happened in New Mexico, where a recently released inmate used a check issued to him by the jail to make dozens of fraudulent purchases. Like all inmates incarcerated at Albuquerque's Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center, Thomas Stegall was given upon release a check equivalent to the amount of cash he was carrying when he got locked up. ...
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