#sentencing

#sentencing

"By stealing from a charity she was entrusted to serve, the defendant shamefully diverted resources from those in need to line her own pockets," U.S. Attorney Joseph Nocella Jr. said in a statement. "Today's sentence makes clear that those who exploit nonprofits for personal gain will face the loss of their freedom and serious financial penalties. Our Office is committed to protecting nonprofit organizations and the communities that rely on them from fraudsters."

The fatal crash happened around 4:25 a.m. on October 17, 2021, when Nolasco sped southbound in a white Mercedes on Third Avenue. NYPD officers attempted to pull him over, but he refused to stop, running multiple red lights as police chased him at speeds up to 80 miles per hour. At the intersection of 60th Street, Nolasco blew through another red light and T-boned a Nissan Altima driven by 42-year-old James Lopez, who was driving lawfully through the intersection.

According to court records, Robinson and two accomplices broke into a family home on a January night in 2012. The burglars restrained the family with zip ties, pistol-whipped the father, and threatened to kill a three-year-old child while attempting to steal money and jewelry. Police arrived during the burglary, leading to a shootout in which one accomplice fatally shot himself. Robinson was found hiding inside the house and arrested after resisting officers.

The stalking was uncovered when his ex-wife found a tracking device attached to her car She later noticed a strange plug behind her TV linked to an Amazon device and realised it was part of a covert surveillance system A man whose "appalling behaviour" saw him cable-tie a tracking device to his wife's car and install a covert camera in her home during a two-month stalking campaign escaped jail today.

Daniel Schatt, 55, of San Mateo, and Joseph Podulka, 53, of Palo Alto, each pleaded guilty on May 13 to one count of wire fraud conspiracy in connection with their roles in defrauding customers of Cred, a San Francisco-based firm that provided financial services to holders of cryptocurrency and other assets. Schatt, who co-founded Cred, served as the CEO and Podulka served as the company's CFO.

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) A California man was sentenced Friday to 27 years to life in prison for making racist threats against a pregnant Black woman after prosecutors appealed an earlier, lighter sentence, officials said. Tyson Mayfield, 49, pleaded guilty in a court-offered deal in 2019 to get a five-year sentence that the Orange County District Attorney's office opposed and later appealed. An appeals panel rejected the decision, and Mayfield was retried and convicted of making criminal threats with an enhancement for a hate crime.

After his conviction, Lu moved to schedule a new trial, asking the court to delay sentencing due to allegedly "surprise" evidence he wasn't prepared to defend against during the initial trial. The DOJ opposed the motion for the new trial and the delay in sentencing, arguing that "Lu cannot establish that the interests of justice warrant a new trial" and insisting that evidence introduced at trial was properly disclosed.

The Nov. 13, 2022, footage, which was released Friday by the Moscow Police Department, captured the instant that police drew their guns and swept the residence to make sure the perpetrator had left the premises. As they moved through the house, police can be heard counting the bodies before they cordoned off the scene with yellow tape. The video also showed paramedics arriving at the scene, then being turned away.

On Aug. 15, 2023 at 3:18 p.m., Schaal was driving a 2012 Toyota Prius on Willoughby Street when he turned sharply onto the sidewalk, striking a 38-year-old woman standing on the corner, prosecutors said.

Brittney Mae Lyon, 31, was sentenced to 100 years to life in prison after pleading guilty to multiple counts of lewd acts upon children, including non-verbal special-needs girls.

Erick Baudelio Sanchez Ovelle was sentenced to four years and eight months in state prison for assaulting a peace officer with a deadly weapon and other felonies.

Sean 'Diddy' Combs intends to become an anti-domestic violence advocate as part of his efforts to avoid prison time following his conviction for prostitution-related offenses.