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A contrite Willie Hedden, the last of three ex-correctional officers convicted in the beating death of an Illinois prison inmate, was sentenced Wednesday to six years in federal prison after pleading guilty to civil rights violations and obstruction and testifying against his codefendants.U.S. District Judge Sue Myerscough gave Hedden, 44, a sentence nearly one-quarter the length of the 20 years she handed 31-year-old Alex Banta and Todd Sheffler, 54, for a violent attack on Larry Earvin, an inmate at Western Illinois Correctional Center, in 2018.

The onetime elected head of the Bloomingdale Township highway commission was sentenced to 3½ years in federal prison Tuesday for taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in kickbacks from the owner of an excavation company in exchange for approving contracts for roadwork that in many cases was never performed.

Miami Hurricanes and NFL great Frank Gore, who also played for the Miami Dolphins, reportedly agreed to a guilty plea to settle criminal charges he faced after being arrested for domestic violence last summer.According to TMZ, the former star running back pleaded guilty to violating the public health nuisance code in New Jersey and was ordered to pay about $2,000 in fines and court fees.

A former manager at the Cook County Land Bank Authority pleaded guilty Wednesday to using straw buyers to fraudulently purchase and resell blighted properties and secretly setting up a property management company that raked in more than a million dollars in ill-gotten maintenance fees.Mustafaa Saleh, 36, of Woodridge, entered his guilty plea to one count of wire fraud during a hearing before U.S. District Judge Andrea Wood that also served as his first court appearance.

The mystery captivated the book world: For years, someone impersonated authors and agents, editors and publishers, trying to steal unpublished book manuscripts from high profile authors like Margaret Atwood, Ian McEwan and Ethan Hawke, but also from debut novelists and writers of more obscure works.

T ens of thousands of people have signed a petition calling for a tougher sentence for a man who punched and killed a banker in Soho.Paul Mason, 52, was walking home from dinner with a friend at The Ivy when he was set upon by a complete stranger, 34-year-old Steven Allan, who was under the mistaken impression his friend's phone had been stolen.

A teenager has admitted the murder of a 14-year-old schoolboy who was stabbed to death in a fight outside a south London railway station.Victim Jermaine Cools was rushed to hospital after being stabbed multiple times in the incident close to West Croydon station on November 18, 2021, but later died from his injuries.

Court backlogs for rape and sexual offences have hit a record high, with the most desperate victims driven to suicide by devastating waits for justice.The logjam of cases in the crown courts surged to 7,859 sexual offence cases and 1,851 adult rape cases by September 2022, according to the latest Ministry of Justice data.

Mark Anderson at the Marin County courthouse, where he faced charges that he embezzled $1.1 million worth of wine from his clients.Anderson, a Berkeley native, later set a fire at a wine storehouse to cover his tracks.Photo: Marin Independent Journal A Berkeley man who embezzled thousands of bottles of wine from his clients and set fire to a warehouse in 2005, destroying 4.5 million bottles of wine worth $250 million, has died.

A man who suffocated and attacked a four-year-old girl in a cocaine-fuelled bout of violence has been jailed.Sean Lochrie, 33, was jailed for more than six years at the High Court in Edinburgh on Thursday after he admitted to what sentencing judge Lord Arthurson branded a brutal assault on the youngster.

Two married MTA employees, along with a third individual, have pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges in a conspiracy to rig bids for MTA surplus vehicle auctions.The husband-and-wife team of Dzmitry and Marina Yaniuk copped their guilty plea to fraud conspiracy on Feb. 9, the Justice Department announced on Monday.

A gynecologist who molested patients during a decades long career was convicted of federal sex trafficking charges Tuesday after nine former patients told a New York jury how the doctor they once trusted attacked them sexually when they were most vulnerable.A Manhattan federal court jury returned its verdict after deliberating less than a day in the case against Robert Hadden, 64, who worked at two prestigious Manhattan hospitals - Columbia University Irving Medical Center and New York-Presbyterian Hospital - until complaints about his attacks shut down his career a decade ago.

Former Ald.Proco "Joe" Moreno will remain a candidate for 1st Ward alderman despite objections from an opponent who said he should be kicked off the ballot because he pleaded guilty in 2021 to obstructing justice and giving a false report to authorities, the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners ruled Friday.

Braves Franchise History
1995 - Braves replacement player Dave Shotkoski is held up while out for a walk in West Palm Beach during spring training.Shotkoski is murdered by the assailant.Fellow replacement player Terry Blocker will help the police track down Neal Douglas Evans, who was out on parole.

Embattled Rep. George Santos on Friday said he was innocent of an allegation that he had orchestrated a credit card skimming operation in 2017 in Seattle that led to the guilty plea and deportation of a Brazilian man.Innocent, the New York Republican told reporters on Capitol Hill.Never did anything of criminal activity, and I have no mastermind event.

Serving Metropolitan Police officer Chris Lee leaving Isleworth Crown Court, west London, after entering a not guilty plea to a single count of sexual assault (Image: PA) A serving Metropolitan Police officer has appeared in court to deny sexually assaulting a woman.Pc Chris Lee, 38, from Surbiton, south-west London, has been suspended by the force.

A serving Metropolitan Police officer has appeared in court to deny sexually assaulting a woman.PC Chris Lee, 38, a street duties instructor who works with new officers, has been suspended by the force.He appeared at Isleworth Crown Court on Thursday, wearing a dark suit, white shirt and blue tie. Lee spoke to confirm his name before entering a not guilty plea to a single count of sexual assault in November 2021.

Adult film legend Ron Jeremy is suffering from "severe dementia" and will be declared incompetent to stand trial on multiple charges of rape later this month, according to an e-mail obtained by The Times.Jeremy - whose legal name is Ronald Hyatt - was first charged in June 2020 with raping four women he met in West Hollywood bars and clubs.