If you have a hazy recollection of a gold-plated Escobar-branded foldable from a few years ago, your mind isn’t playing tricks on you. While the product announcement was very real (and very focused on a select group of popular tech influencers), the phone itself was every bit the scam it seemed to be on the surface — in fact, so …
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Dad in jail after his daughter is found dead in Upstate NY; he had told police she was abducted
Ticonderoga, N.Y. — The father of a 9-year-old girl who was found dead after being reported abducted Saturday evening in Upstate New York is now in custody, authorities said. Luciano Frattolin, 45, is being held in the Essex County Jail where he is awaiting arraignment, according to arrest records. Frattolin’s daughter — Melina Frattolin — was originally reported abducted Saturday …
Read More »Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s lawyers ask judge to delay release from jail over deportation fears
Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia have asked a federal judge in Tennessee to delay releasing him from jail in order to prevent the Trump administration from trying to swiftly deport the Maryland construction worker. U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw Jr. in Nashville is expected to rule soon on whether to free Abrego Garcia while he awaits trial on human smuggling …
Read More »Migrants at Ice jail in Miami made to kneel to eat ‘like dogs’, report alleges | US immigration
Migrants at a Miami immigration jail were shackled with their hands tied behind their backs and made to kneel to eat food from styrofoam plates “like dogs”, according to a report published on Monday into conditions at three overcrowded south Florida facilities. The incident at the downtown federal detention center is one of a succession of alleged abuses at Immigration …
Read More »Atlanta journalist fights deportation from Ice jail despite dropped charges: ‘I’m seeing what absolute power can do’ | US politics
Prosecutors dropped the last remaining charges against Atlanta-area journalist Mario Guevara last week after he was arrested while livestreaming a protest in June. But the influential Salvadorian reporter remains penned up in a south Georgia detention center, fending off a deportation case, jail house extortionists and despair, people familiar with his situation told the Guardian. Donald Trump’s administration has been …
Read More »DOJ says ex-officer convicted in Breonna Taylor raid should get 1 day in jail – Axios
DOJ says ex-officer convicted in Breonna Taylor raid should get 1 day in jail Axios Justice Dept. Asks for 1-Day Sentence for Ex-Officer Convicted in Breonna Taylor Raid The New York Times Justice Department says former officer convicted in Breonna Taylor raid should get one day in jail CNN Breonna Taylor: US seeks one-day prison for officer convicted in botched raid BBC DoJ seeks …
Read More »DeSantis under fire for using disaster funds to build migrant detention jail | Florida
Officials in Florida diverted crucial disaster preparedness and response resources to support the hasty construction of the so-called Alligator Alcatraz migrant detention jail by the Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, a newly published report has claimed. Some of the $20m in contracts analyzed by Talking Points Memo (TPM) before they inexplicably disappeared from the Florida department of financial services website went …
Read More »Kansas City Chiefs receiver Rashee Rice gets jail time in Dallas hit-and-run case
Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice was sentenced to 30 days in jail Thursday morning, roughly a year and a half after he lost control while speeding on a Dallas highway, causing a multi-vehicle hit-and-run. Related:A year ago, Rashee Rice caused a major crash on a Dallas highway. What’s happened since? Rice pleaded guilty to collision involving serious bodily …
Read More »Reviewing retro gaming handhelds may land YouTuber in jail
A YouTuber may end up facing jail time due to reviewing handheld devices which on occasion come pre-loaded with old games. The YouTuber in question is Francesco Salicini – aka Once Were Nerd – from Italy, who said customs enforcement officers from the Guardia di Finanza turned up with a search warrant back in April of this year, with the …
Read More »Rashee Rice sentenced to five years probation and 30 days of jail time
A Dallas County judge sentenced Rashee Rice to five years probation and 30 days of jail time, the Dallas Morning News reports. Rice pleaded guilty to collision involving serious bodily injury and racing on a highway causing serious bodily injury, both third-degree felonies, according to the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office. He also paid all of the victim’s out-of-pocket medical …
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