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Former USPS employee sentenced to 27 months in jail for stealing $1.9 million in checks

(CHARLOTTE, N.C.) -- A former United States Postal Service employee in North Carolina was sentenced to 27 months in prison after he allegedly stole over $1.9 million in checks from P.O. boxes, according to federal prosecutors.Dontavis Romario Truesdale, 28, was sentenced Tuesday to 27 ...
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New Orleans jail employee arrested, accused of helping mass escape of inmates

(NEW ORLEANS) -- A maintenance worker at a New Orleans jail where 10 inmates escaped has been arrested and accused of helping facilitate the breakout, officials said Tuesday.Sterling Williams, a maintenance worker at the Orleans Parish Justice Center, was arrested and booked into jail Tuesday ...
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10 men at large after escape from New Orleans jail, considered armed and dangerous: Sheriffs office

(NEW ORLEANS) -- Eleven adult men escaped from a New Orleans jail on Friday and should be considered armed and dangerous, officials with the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office warned.One of the inmates has been apprehended; 10 remain at large, the sheriff's office said.The men ...
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Judge seizes control of New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex

(NEW YORK) -- A federal judge on Tuesday seized control of New York City's notorious jail complex on Rikers Island, which will now be run by an official who reports directly to the court.In a 77-page ruling, Judge Laura Taylor Swain wrote that she ...
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Teen charged with murder in track meet stabbing released from jail after $1 million bond reduced

(FRISCO, Texas) -- The 17-year-old student charged with murder in the stabbing of another student at a Texas high school track meet has been released from jail after his $1 million bond was reduced, online records show.Karmelo Anthony, a student at Frisco Centennial High ...
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Floodwaters Threaten Quitman County Jail as Coldwater River Overflows in Marks

MARKS Miss.--The Quitman County jail is being threatened by floodwaters from the Coldwater River, said the emergency management director there.Flood stage for the river is about 39 ft., and this weekend the river reached 40 ft. at Marks, flooding farmland and overflowing a bayou ...
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Massachusetts county debuts jail program with focus on older adults

(MIDDLESEX, Mass.) -- To step inside the Older Adult Re-Entry unit, or OAR, at the Middlesex County, Massachusetts, jail is unlike entering any jail in the United States.The walls are adorned in a soothing paint color, and there is fitness equipment, specially designed beds ...
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Contraband Sweep at Yazoo County Jail Uncovers Phones, Drugs, and More

YAZOO CITY, Miss.--Cell phones, cigarettes, weed and pills were just a few of the items found during a shakedown at the Yazoo County Regional Correctional Facility this week, said Yazoo County Sheriff Jeremy "Bull" McCoy.McCoy published a picture of the items on the Sheriff's ...
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DeSoto County Inmate Sentenced to Five Years for Tasing Jail Guard

DESOTO COUNTY, Miss.--He was originally facing three months in jail. Now John Riles will spend five years in prison. Riles, who was an inmate at the DeSoto County Jail, used a taser on a guard there.Riles was convicted on the assault charge and was ...
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Steve Bannon pleads guilty in border wall fraud case, avoids jail time

(NEW YORK) -- Steve Bannon, the confidante of President Donald Trump, pleaded guilty Tuesday to defrauding New Yorkers who donated to "We Build the Wall," an online fundraiser for Trump's signature project during his first term, in exchange for a sentence without prison time."The ...
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