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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Rapper Sean Kingston was sentenced to three and a half years in prison Friday after being convicted of a $1 million fraud scheme in which he leveraged his fame to dupe sellers into giving him luxury items that he then never paid for. Kingston, whose legal name is Kisean Paul Anderson, and his mother, Janice Eleanor …

Bryan Kohberger, the convicted murderer of four University of Idaho students in 2022, says he is being taunted by fellow inmates at a maximum-security prison, the facility confirmed, and sources say prisoners have been heckling him through air vents night and day. “We are aware of Kohberger’s complaints about what he considers taunting,” the Idaho Department of Correction told CBS News in a …

Rapper Sean Kingston will be sentenced to federal prison on Friday after a jury found him and his mother guilty of wire fraud earlier this year. Kingston, whose real name is Kisean Anderson, and his mother, Janice Turner, were found guilty of organized fraud and grand theft charges in May for defrauding businesses of more than $1 million. Kingston, 35, …

Facebook Tweet Email Link Ghislaine Maxwell’s arrival to the federal prison camp in Bryan, Texas, this month has sent a shot of tension across its minimum-security all-female units, even while her lawyer says she’s in a safer facility as there is intense political inquiry around Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking ring. While Maxwell’s living conditions will be less restrictive in Bryan, …

Florida to use shuttered prison as 2nd immigration detention center after ‘Alligator Alcatraz’  Politico Florida plans to open second immigration facility dubbed ‘Deportation Depot’ at a vacant prison  CNN Florida to Open Second Immigrant Detention Center Called ‘Deportation Depot’  The New York Times Governor DeSantis announces ‘Deportation Depot’ immigration detention facility at north Florida prison  FOX 13 Tampa Bay DeSantis: New immigration detention facility …

Ghislaine Maxwell prison transfer raises witness tampering concerns, House Dems say  Axios Ghislaine Maxwell grand jury materials to stay sealed, judge rules  BBC Judiciary Democrats Demand Answers Following Trump DOJ’s Sudden Transfer of Convicted Child Abuser and Epstein Accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell After Interview with Top DOJ Official  U.S. House Judiciary Committee Democrats | (.gov) Raskin: Maxwell prison move ‘speaks to the irregularity of …

Former Brooklyn hoops star Sebastian Telfair is calling on President Donald Trump to give him a last-second pardon before he has to report to prison on Tuesday to serve out a six-month sentence. Telfair, who starred for Abraham Lincoln High School in Coney Island and bounced around the NBA, allegedly failed to satisfy the terms of a plea bargain related …

Facebook Tweet Email Link Meeker, Colorado AP  —  A Colorado prison was evacuated as one of the largest wildfires in state history continued to grow, and officials warned residents of remote areas to be ready to leave Sunday as gusty winds and low humidity fed the flames. Evacuation orders were already in place for mountain communities as the Lee Fire …

MEEKER, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado prison was evacuated as one of the largest wildfires in state history continued to grow, and officials warned residents of remote areas to be ready to leave Sunday as gusty winds and low humidity fed the flames. Evacuation orders were already in place for mountain communities as the Lee Fire charred more than 167 …

Shots were fired early Saturday morning near the prison facility in Texas where Ghislaine Maxwell is being held, sources familiar with the situation told NBC News. Officers from the Federal Bureau of Prisons heard the gunshots outside of Federal Prison Camp Bryan before responding and engaging with the suspected shooter, the sources said. The BOP confirmed that a shooting took …