The judge in Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial on sexual abuse has set a verdict date for June 28, but said she is still considering the British Socialite’s request to overturn her verdict due to concerns about a jury’s behavior. Key points: Maxwell faces up to 65 … Read More

(Shutterstock) TAMPA, Fla. (CW44 News At 10) – Anthony Wayne Smith (58, Bradenton) has pleaded guilty to producing counterfeit currency. He risks a maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison. A verdict is scheduled for April 6, 2022. According to the appeals agreement, Smith … Read More

ST.PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) – A federal judge has sentenced a Rochester man to 10 years in prison for his role in burning down a pawn shop in Minneapolis during the riots following George Floyd’s assassination. The U.S. Attorney’s Office District of Minnesota said 26-year-old Montez … Read More

An Illinois judge is facing heat for reversing an 18-year-old man’s conviction for sexual assault at the teenager’s verdict last week – and said the 148 days he spent in jail since his arrest were enough, reports say. Adams County Judge Robert Adrian issued the … Read More

An Illinois judge is facing heat for overturning an 18-year-old man’s conviction for sexual assault at the teenager’s verdict last week – and said the 148 days he spent in jail since his arrest were enough, reports say. Adams County Judge Robert Adrian issued the … Read More

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A Minneapolis woman has been sentenced to more than eight years in prison for her role in a series of Twin Cities car crashes in the summer of 2020. Krisanne Benjamin, 25, pleaded guilty in September to aiding and abetting a car … Read More

US prosecutors have offered to drop two perjury charges pending against British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell on one condition: that her conviction on sexual abuse charges stands. Maxwell, 60, was found guilty on Dec. 29 of grooming teenage girls to be sexually assaulted by Jeffrey Epstein, … Read More

Colorado Governor Jared Polis reduced judgment of truck driver Rogel Aguilera-Mederos from 110 years to 10, after more than 5 million people signed a petition calling for leniency. In his commuter letter, signed on Thursday, Polis said the 26-year-old driver would be eligible for parole … Read More

A Texas man was sentenced Monday to nine years in prison for fraudulently obtaining COVID-19 aids, which he used to buy a Lamborghini and other expenses. Lee Price III, 30, who pleaded guilty in September to charges of fraud and money laundering, received $ 1.6 … Read More

The lawyer for a man who rappelled out of an Adelaide jail a year ago has told Adelaide District Court that his client has been in solitary confinement since his escape and is a “good man” when he is not taking methamphetamine. Key points: Jason … Read More