Tag: prison

R. Kelly Sentenced To 20 Years For Child Pornography

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CHICAGO, IL—U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber sentenced R&B star R. Kelly, 56, to 20 years in federal prison on Thursday, February 23, for child...

Patrick Joseph Soria Sentenced For Real Estate Fraud Scheme

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WEST HOLLYWOOD—On Monday, August 2, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Patrick Joseph Soria, 35, of West Hollywood, was sentenced to 152 months...

Engineer Sentenced For Conspiring To Export Semiconductor Chips To China

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HOLLYWOOD HILLS—On July 22, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that a Hollywood Hills engineer was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison for...

Edward Buck Found Guilty Of Drug Trafficking Charges

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WEST HOLLYWOOD—On Tuesday, July 27, the United States Department of Justice announced that Edward Buck, 66, of West Hollywood has been found guilty of...

Inmate Phone Call Fees No Longer Permitted

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CALIFORNIA— On July 14, the city of San Francisco's Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to put an end to charging prisoners a fee whenever...

WeHo Man Sentenced To Five Years For Art Fraud

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WEST HOLLYWOOD— On Wednesday, July 15, a West Hollywood man pleaded guilty in a federal court for trying to sell phony paintings he claimed...

Ramsey Orta, Who Filmed Eric Garner’s Death, Is Released From Prison

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NEW YORK─ On Monday, June 8, it was confirmed that Ramsey Orta, 28, has been released from the Queensboro Correctional Facility. The Department of...

Michael Cohen To Be Released From Prison

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NEW YORK— After a slight delay, Michael Cohen will be released from federal prison on Thursday, May 21. The furlough he was granted allows...

Harvey Weinstein Tests Positive For COVID-19

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NEW YORK—Former Hollywood producer, Harvey Weinstein tested positive for the COVID-19 novel virus on Sunday, March 22 while behind bars at the maximum-security Wende...

Former DMV Employee Sentenced To 22 Months

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SHERMAN OAKS—On Friday August 23, Aaron Gilliam, 51, of Sherman Oaks and a former Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) employee was sentenced to 22...

Beverly Hills Man Sentenced For Embezzlement

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BEVERLY HILLS—Adam Reed Zucker, 42, was sentenced to more than 14 years in state prison on charges of embezzling $2.4 million from an El...

Bill Cosby Taken To Jail

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HOLLYWOOD—Comedian and actor Bill Cosby was sentenced on Tuesday, September 25, 3 to 10 years for felony sexual assault. He was found guilty of...

Plastic Surgeon Sentenced To Federal Prison

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BEVERLY HILLS—Plastic surgeon Dr. Marc Edward Mani was sentenced to prison on Monday, September 17, for failing to report foreign income to the Internal...

Serial Killer Charles Manson Dead At 83

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BAKERSFIELD—Criminal and former cult leader, Charles Manson, died on Sunday, November 19. He was 83. Manson, who had been imprisoned in the Protective Housing Unit...

Former NFL Player Aaron Hernandez Commits Suicide

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BOSTON, MA—Massachusetts State Corrections officials disclosed that NFL player Aaron Hernandez, 27, former tight end for the New England Patriots, was found in his prison...

Reseda Man Sentenced To 30 Years For Robbery

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WOODLAND HILLS—On Tuesday, February 28, a Reseda man was sentenced to 30 years in state prison for a string of armed robberies in the...

Man Who Set Fire To Chinese Consulate Sentenced To 35 Months

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SAN FRANCISCO—The Daly City resident who set fire to the San Francisco Chinese Consulate was sentenced to 35 months in prison on Thursday, December 1. On January 1,...

Thomas Snider Sentenced To 64 Years To Life

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LOS ANGELES—Former high school coach Thomas Joseph Snider was sentenced to 64 years to life in prison for vulgar acts against male students. Snider was...

“Suits” Is Back For Season 6!

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HOLLYWOOD—Season five of the USA Network drama “Suits” ended on a massive cliffhanger with Mike Ross taking a plea deal that sent him to...

“PLL” Recap: ‘To Plea Or Not To Plea’

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HOLLYWOOD—I never thought we’d get to see Alison DiLaurentis face the music for all her mischievous deeds, but the time has come. In ‘To...
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