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Missouri man facing execution for killing 2 jailers in failed bid to help inmate escape in 2000
A man who shot and killed two rural Missouri jailers nearly 23 years ago during a failed bid to help an inmate escape is set to be executed Tuesday evening. Michael Tisius, 42, is scheduled to die by injection at the state prison in Bonne Terre for killing Leon Egley and Jason Acton...
Fire set by man at northwestern Indiana jail extinguished quickly with little damage
CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) — A man walked into a northwestern Indiana jail on Monday, poured an accelerant on the floor and lit it, starting a small fire that was quickly extinguished, a sheriff said. Surveillance video at the Lake County Jail in Crown Point shows the man entering the...
Ex-correctional officer at federal prison in California convicted of sexual misconduct
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A former federal correctional officer was convicted Monday of sexually abusing two inmates at a women’s prison in California where the warden and other employees were charged with similar conduct. A jury found the officer, John Russell Bellhouse, guilty on...
Ex-part owner of Minnesota Vikings gets over six years in cryptocurrency scam
NEW YORK (AP) — A former part owner of the Minnesota Vikings who defrauded a short-lived professional football league known as the Alliance of American Football in a $700 million cryptocurrency scam was sentenced Monday to over six years in prison. Reginald Fowler, 64, of Chandler,...
Guatemala's presidential hopefuls channel heavy-handed tactics of El Salvador's leader
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Candidates to be Guatemala’s next president are taking a cue from the leader of neighboring El Salvador and promising their voters they will build mega-prisons and hammer criminal gangs into submission. The formula of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has...
Iowa teen sentenced to life in prison for killing parents to 'take charge of his life'
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa teenager who said he killed his parents to “take charge of his life” was sentenced Monday to life in prison with a chance of parole in 50 years. Ethan Orton pleaded guilty in February to two counts of first-degree murder in the October 2021...
Former FBI agent Robert Hanssen, who was convicted of spying for Russia, dies in prison
WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert Hanssen, a former FBI agent who took more than $1.4 million in cash and diamonds to trade secrets with Moscow in one of the most notorious spying cases in American history, died in prison Monday. Hanssen, 79, was found unresponsive in his cell at a federal...
Argentine judge dismisses long-running corruption case against vice president
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A judge in Argentina on Monday dismissed a long-running money laundering case against Vice President Cristina Fernández, after prosecutors and state agencies said there was no evidence she was involved in a crime. Federal Judge Sebastian Casanello...
Sharing the sentence: Separation takes toll on incarcerated moms and their kids
LINCOLN, Ill. (AP) — Dressed in her Sunday best — pink ruffled sleeves and a rainbow tulle tutu — Crystal Martinez’s 4-year-old daughter proudly presents her with a multicolored bouquet of carefully crafted tissue paper flowers. With her 5-year-old son nestled on her lap, laughing in...
'Very last warning' for 82-year-old German convicted of dealing drugs
BERLIN (AP) — A German court says it is giving an 82-year-old man a "last warning" to avoid jail after he was found guilty of drug dealing, despite 24 previous convictions. The retired seaman, who said he wanted to improve his meagre 800-euro ($855) monthly pension by selling...
