‘Finch-smuggling kingpin’ sentenced for bird trafficking
An admitted bird smuggler dubbed “one of New York’s finch-smuggling kingpins” got his wings clipped Thursday, when he was sentenced in Brooklyn federal court to just over a year in … Read More
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Transgender rapist, Isla Bryson, to serve sentence in male prison
A transgender woman convicted of rapes carried out when she was a man will serve her prison sentence in Scotland with male inmates, officials said. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said Thursday that … Read More
Escaped convict’s crime spree ends with crashed Porsche
A prisoner made two grand escapes from incarceration and went on a two-month crime spree spanning three states — which only ended when he crashed a stolen Porsche during a … Read More
‘The Serpent’ serial killer Charles Sobhraj returns to France
Charles Sobhraj, a convicted killer who police believe killed more than 20 western backpackers on the “hippie trail” through Asia in the 1970s and 1980s, returned to France on Saturday … Read More
Damien Bendall sentenced to life in prison after confessing to Killamarsh murders.
A UK man sentenced to life in prison Wednesday for a quadruple homicide was captured on chilling police bodycam footage casually admitting to the slayings. Damien Bendall made the cold-blooded … Read More
Franc Cano gets life sentence for rape, murder of 4 women
A California serial killer will spend the rest of his life in prison after he pleaded guilty to raping and killing four women while he and a friend were both … Read More
Sam Bankman-Fried’s jail in Bahamas ‘not fit for humanity’
Fallen crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried is being held in a Bahamian jail known to be overrun with rats and maggots — one so bad a warden has called it “not … Read More
Joe Exotic wants wants Biden to free him like Brittney Griner
Now that WNBA star Brittney Griner is home free after a prisoner swap with Russia, Joe Exotic says President Biden should strike a deal to get him out from behind … Read More
Convicted predator R. Kelly album ‘I Admit It’ leaked — from prison
R. Kelly may not be released, but his album is. The fraught rapper seemingly came out with a new album on Friday, titled “I Admit,” while he was still incarcerated … Read More
Brittney Griner’s family thankful for her return
Brittney Griner’s family said they are praying for the ex-US marine stuck languishing in a Russian prison while also expressing gratitude to the Biden administration for the WNBA star’s freedom. … Read More
