A killer who beat his 2-month-old daughter to death and threw her body into a trash compactor in the Bronx was sentenced Thursday to 19 years in prison.
Juan Rodriguez, 35, avoided a life sentence by cutting a deal with prosecutors and pleading guilty to manslaughter.
"His own daughter's life meant nothing to him," said Eddie Rosario, Rodriguez's uncle. "I…
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Reality star Amber Portwood is sitting in an Indiana jail cell after being arrested on domestic violence charges, TMZ.com reported.
Portwood, who appeared on the MTV series "Teen Mom," was charged with two felony counts of domestic violence and one misdemeanor count of battery last month, stemming from three separate incidents with Gary Shirley, the father of her…
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Added by WORLD WRAP FEDERATION on December 28, 2010 at 12:07pm —
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A skinny Tennessee prisoner has shocked authorities after he apparently escaped jail by shimmying his way through the bars in his cell earlier this week.
After being on the run for 15 hours, Kristopher Allen White, 23, was caught by authorities and sent back to Haywood County jail in Brownsville, Tenn.
White, who is 5-feet, 11-inches tall and weighs about 160 pounds, squeezed through the bars covering a window opening, which were four…
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Added by WORLD WRAP FEDERATION on November 27, 2010 at 2:04pm —
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A New Zealand man looking to get back at his ex-girlfriend by posting a naked photo of her on Facebook is heading to jail.
Twenty-year-old Joshua Simon Ashby will serve four months in jail after he pled guilty to a charge distributing indecent material on Friday, an act which was described as one of "irresponsible drunken rage" by presiding judge, The Dominion Post reports.
The act of online revenge was one of several charges to which…
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Added by WORLD WRAP FEDERATION on November 15, 2010 at 10:25am —
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Willie D, a rap icon from The Geto Boys, has been sentenced to one year and a day in federal prison after he was convicted on wire fraud charges stemming from the false sale of Apple iPhones.
Willie D, real name William Dennis, was caught in a sting operation in May 2009 after fronting a company called Texas One Wireless and selling purported iPhones, but never sending the product to customers, according to an FBI report.
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Added by WORLD WRAP FEDERATION on November 3, 2010 at 10:33am —
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New court documents have just been filed in an attempt to keep T.I. out of the slammer -- and instead move him into a rehab program ... problem is, T.I. has absolutely no idea who made the request.
Neither T.I.'s people nor the prosecution have any idea what the group is ... besides being an organization of some kind that failed geography class.
T.I.'s lawyer, Steve Sadow, tells TMZ that…
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Added by WORLD WRAP FEDERATION on October 23, 2010 at 11:21am —
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Superstar rapper T.I. is facing serious jail time if a judge revokes his federal gun case probation next week because of a drug bust.
A probation officer is asking for eight to 14 months, though T.I.'s lawyers claim the guidelines call for no more than five to 11 months, say court documents filed Friday.
The recording artist and his new bride, Tameka Cottle, were pulled over Sept. 1 after his Maybach allegedly made an illegal U-turn on…
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Added by WORLD WRAP FEDERATION on October 8, 2010 at 10:11pm —
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Lil Wayne may be in jail, but that's not stopping him from celebrating his birthday.
The 28-year-old rapper, who is in the slammer on Rikers Island weapons charges, released his eighth album, "I Am Not a Human Being" online on Monday.
"My family, I like to do things for him for his birthday, you hear me?" rapper and Weezy collaborator Birdman told MTV.com. "This the first time we not gonna get a chance to do that. But he is putting a…
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Added by WORLD WRAP FEDERATION on September 27, 2010 at 11:45am —
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A fed-up judge tossed troubled actress Lindsay Lohan back into jail Friday for failing a drug test.
The "Mean Girls" starlet was immediately taken into custody after a morning hearing before no-nonsense Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Elden Fox.
No bail was set, and Lohan's next court date is Oct. 22.
"May I be heard?" Lohan's lawyer Shawn Chapman Holley asked the court.
"Nope," the fed-up judge…
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Added by WORLD WRAP FEDERATION on September 24, 2010 at 2:01pm —
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Rapper Foxy Brown, demure and without her customary posse, pleaded not guilty Friday to violating an order of protection against her neighbor - including an alleged mooning incident.
Brown, whose real name is Inga Marchand, faces one year in prison on a misdemeanor count of criminal contempt, according to an indictment voted by a grand jury following her arrest in July.
"I'm happy," she said outside the Brooklyn courtroom, referring to…
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Added by WORLD WRAP FEDERATION on September 11, 2010 at 12:07pm —
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Pharrell posted this photo of himself and T.I. in the studio from the night of Clifford’s arrest for riding dirty. It was all good a week ago but officials are already looking into what kinds of consequences and repercussions he’ll suffer for violating his probation…
It ain’t looking good for the two-time felon right now!
According to TMZ reports:
TMZ has learned … federal officials are “in the process” of determining if they…
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Added by WORLD WRAP FEDERATION on September 3, 2010 at 12:05pm —
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Incarcerated South Side Baton Rogue rap star Lil Boosie will drop his fifth album, titled Incarcerated. The album, which will drop on Asylum Records, will feature guest appearances by Foxx, Webbie, Lil Trill and others, while producers include B.J. and Mouse on Tha Track. The album is the followup to Boosie's critically acclaimed album Superbad: The Return of Boosie Bad Azz and is due in stores on September 28. The news comes as Boosie sits in jail…
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Added by WORLD WRAP FEDERATION on August 24, 2010 at 3:30pm —
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Former NBA star Jayson Williams just got sentenced to a year behind bars for his DWI case ... but that sentence will have to wait until AFTER he finishes his current 5 years hard time for the shooting death of his limo driver.
Williams was arrested for DWI back in January after he slammed his Mercedes-Benz into a tree in New York City.
Moments ago in Manhattan Criminal Court, Williams -- through his lawyer -- plead guilty to DWI and was…
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Added by WORLD WRAP FEDERATION on August 20, 2010 at 9:03pm —
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DMX has just been released from an L.A. jail ... after serving 18 days of a 90-day sentence stemming from a reckless driving conviction in 2002.
Before X began his sentence, the rapper said he was dedicated to taking "steps toward regaining everything I've lost."
Added by WORLD WRAP FEDERATION on August 13, 2010 at 10:49am —
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LOS ANGELES -- Rapper DMX surrendered to a judge Monday to begin serving a 90-day jail sentence for a 2002 reckless driving conviction.
Los Angeles City Attorney spokesman Frank Mateljan said the 39-year-old rapper turned himself in at a downtown courthouse. He said a judge ruled that the rapper cannot be freed on electronic monitoring, work release or home detention.
DMX, whose real name is Earl Simmons, was originally charged with…
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Added by WORLD WRAP FEDERATION on July 27, 2010 at 12:51pm —
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LYNWOOD, Calif. - Whisked away to a women's jail in an unmarked sheriff's car after a brief hearing, Lindsay Lohan reported Tuesday for a 90-day sentence that the troubled actress likely will serve in isolation, and which may be significantly shortened.
Wearing dark denim jeans, a gray top, black corset belt and black jacket, the 24-year-old Lohan showed up at the Beverly Hills courtoom about 10 minutes late. After a short hearing, she rose and…
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Added by WORLD WRAP FEDERATION on July 20, 2010 at 1:41pm —
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No more excuses - Lindsay Lohan is going to jail. An irate judge sentenced the sobbing "Mean Girls" star to 90 days behind bars Tuesday for violating her probation and branded her a serial liar.
Lohan received no sympathy from L.A. Superior Court Judge Marsha Revel, who found she violated probation on a pair of 2007 DUI busts.
An overwrought LiLo made a weepy last-ditch plea for freedom, bizarrely invoking her charity work with Moroccan…
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Added by WORLD WRAP FEDERATION on July 7, 2010 at 10:44am —
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Lil Wayne finally got some good news -- he won't have to serve any time behind bars in Arizona ... after he finishes his jail stint in New York.
An Arizona judge sentenced the rapper to three years probation for his role in a 2008 drug bust at a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint. Under the deal, Wayne pleaded guilty to one count of possession of a dangerous drug.
Wayne -- who appeared in court today through a video link from his NY jail --…
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Added by WORLD WRAP FEDERATION on July 1, 2010 at 11:48am —
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Lil' Wayne is in Rikers, but he is still fighting other cases outside of the bing. He was forced to plead guilty in AZ instead of looking at jail time. He caught a case in '08, where the coppers found a gun, weed, coke and some ex pills on his tour bus. Wayne just pleaded guilty and now he's going to go through 36 months of probation. Don't dudes get tired of going through the system? It has to be a…
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Added by WORLD WRAP FEDERATION on June 21, 2010 at 6:30pm —
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In addition to an indictment on first-degree murder charges handed down by a grand jury on Thursday, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, rapper Lil Boosie (born Torrence Hatch) could be facing additional murder counts based on an ongoing police investigation into five unsolved killings in the area.
According to The Advocate, Thursday's indictment — which stemmed from an incident in October that left 35-year-old Terry Boyd dead after two men fired shots…
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Added by WORLD WRAP FEDERATION on June 20, 2010 at 12:42pm —
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