Prison

12 Arrested In Anti-Guantanamo Protest At Federal Courthouse

A dozen people protesting the holding of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay were arrested Monday as they staged a “die-in” on the steps of the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse Monday.

2013/04/22

Man Gets 27 Years In Prison After Admitting To Deadly Queens Shooting

A Queens man has been sentenced to a total of 27 years in prison for the deadly shooting of teenager last year.

2013/03/20

Bayview Correctional Facility in Manhattan - March 4, 2013 (credit: Peter Haskell / WCBS 880)

State Senator Opposes Closure Of Chelsea Prison

New York State is planning to close a prison in a pricey Manhattan neighborhood and one local politician is against the move.

2013/03/05

40 Years For Triple Bank Robber In New Jersey

A central New Jersey man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for a bank robbery spree that lasted three months.

2013/02/03

Madoff’s Prison-Bound Brother Appears At Granddaughter’s Bat Mitzvah

The prison-bound brother of convicted Ponzi scheme operator Bernie Madoff attended his granddaughter’s bat mitzvah in a space described as “posh” this weekend, after a judge delayed his lockup date for the occasion.

2013/01/20

Serbian Basketball Player Who Beat Brooklyn Classmate Released From Prison Early

The former college basketball player who savagely beat a fellow student from Brooklyn has been freed from jail two months early.

2012/11/26

Corrections Officers Sentenced In Bribery Scheme

Two former corrections officers who smuggled a cellphone to an inmate at a New Jersey prison for sex offenders have been sentenced to prison terms.

2012/07/14

NJ Appellate Court Overturns 2 Convictions In Brian Aitken Case

The two-judge panel upheld another conviction in the case of Brian Aitken, who served almost four months in state prison before Gov. Chris Christie commuted his sentence in December 2010.

2012/03/31

A Jail Cell - File / Photo: JEFF HAYNES/AFP/Getty Images

NJ Corrections Officer Who Allegedly Brought Heroin To Prison Gets Bail Reduction

Nazair Bey, 36, was arrested earlier this month after a seven-month investigation by state and Cumberland County officials.

2012/03/17

NJ Driver Gets 5 Years After Crashing That Injured 2 Children

Justin Bello of Jersey City must serve 85 percent of the term imposed before becoming eligible for parole.

2012/03/11

NJ Man Gets 25 Years In Fatal Botched Gas Station Robbery

Ronnie Fedo of Jefferson Township must serve 85 percent of the term imposed before becoming eligible for parole.

2012/03/03

NJ Teen Gets 30 Years For Fatal Stabbing Of Foster Father

Demetrius Minor of Gloucester Township must serve 85 percent of his term before becoming eligible for parole.

2012/02/26

NJ Man Gets 14 Years For Stabbing Estranged Wife

Thirty-five-year-old Juan Rojas of Edison must serve nearly 12 years of the sentence imposed before becoming eligible for parole.

2012/01/28

Prescription painkillers (file/credit: CBS 2)

Bronx Woman Pleads Guilty To Forging Painkiller Prescriptions

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says the counterfeit prescriptions were filled in 20 counties throughout the state.

2011/12/21

NY Lawyer Jason Goldfarb Sentenced To 3 Years For Insider Trading

U.S. District Judge Richard Sullivan also ordered Goldfarb to pay a $32,500 fine — the amount he was paid for his role in the scheme — and to forfeit more than $1 million, the amount traders made with illegal tips Goldfarb helped to arrange.

2011/08/19

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