#criminal-sentencing

#criminal-sentencing

Duane Taylor, 50, entered the Reading, Pa. home of his ex-girlfriend in the early hours of Aug. 31, 2022, abducted the girl, and took her to his Brooklyn apartment, prosecutors said. The victim's mother told investigators that she had last seen her daughter around 10:30 p.m. before going to bed. When she woke up on the morning of Aug. 31, she realized the back door of the home was wide open. Police also found that the door's chain lock was broken.

Together, they obtained homeowners' reverse mortgage funds under the pretense of financing home repairs but ultimately diverted the money. Bohn held a mortgage loan originator license from 2012 to 2018 and pleaded guilty to mail and wire fraud. He entered a plea agreement in January 2024, and his state license was revoked in July of that year. According to court documents, Bohn's sentence announced Wednesday was shorter than the 28 months requested by federal prosecutors.

Barack Obama weighs in on capitulating law firms. [ The Hill]

The proceedings around Sean "Diddy" Combs' criminal case have wrapped up, but his problems are far from it. In a hearing on Friday, he was sentenced to 50 months behind bars for the two prostitution-related charges for which he was found guilty in July. The image of the rapper leaving the courtroom escorted by two US Marshals marked the criminal case coming to a close, a continuation of his life behind bars, and a future of legal challenges and reputational damage.

In news that probably surprises no one, Clarence Thomas has said that U.S. Supreme Court precedent isn't "the gospel" and can be overturned as the court weighs whether or not to revisit marriage equality.

On Monday (22 September), Greene took to X, formerly Twitter, to condemn the former New York representative's prison conditions after he was placed in solitary confinement following a death threat the FBI is investigating. Santos claimed in a 16 September post he was "forced into solitary confinement while behind bars" but months earlier on 5 April he posted he would demand to be kept in solitary for the duration of his sentence to because he refused "to lose my dignity in anyway shape or form".

Qingzhou Wang, 37, principal executive of Amarvel Biotech, a company based in Wuhan, and Yiyi Chen, 33, the firm's marketing manager, were convicted in New York in February of fentanyl precusor importation and money laundering. District judge Paul Gardephe sentenced Wang to 25 years in prison on Friday. Chen was sentenced to 15 years in prison on 22 August. These executives turned a Chinese chemical company into a pipeline of poison,

A US court sentenced a former developer at power management biz Eaton to four years in prison after he installed malware on the company's servers. Davis Lu, 55, spent a dozen years at Eaton and rose to become a senior developer of emerging technology, before the company demoted him after restructuring. Lu unwisely responded to that setback by installing a "kill switch" that would activate if the company revoked his network access.

Sean Kingston was sentenced to 42 months in prison for participating in a federal wire-fraud scheme involving multiple businesses, including a jewelry store and car dealership. His mother, Janice Turner, received a five-year sentence for her involvement.

Prosecutors detailed how Truong Nguyen, 50, evaded deportation and accountability for other alleged crimes for the better part of two decades, in part by using the stolen identity.

Navarro's defense attorney argued that he built the crash pad to foster productivity, claiming he was dedicated to his role at Caltrain, which gave him respect among coworkers.

Judge Martin Picton described Kieron Goodwin as 'a highly manipulative, deviant misogynist and selfish narcissist,' emphasizing the evil nature of his crimes.

Jacinto Correa Cruz, a 56-year-old man, received a five-year prison sentence for operating a large illegal cannabis grow that harmed federal lands.

Aglibot was sentenced to 30 years in prison for domestic violence against Jane Doe 1, involving severe physical assault and ongoing witness intimidation.