Man linked to 1984 kidnapping and rape by DNA testing sentenced to 25 years

HARTFORD, Conn. — A man who was linked to a 1984 kidnapping and rape case in Connecticut by DNA evidence decades later has been sentenced to 25 years in prison, a state prosecutor announced Wednesday. George Legere, 75, of Springfield, Massachusetts, was sentenced July 21 after having been convicted of first-degree المزيد

Pittsburgh synagogue mass shooter Robert Bowers sentenced to death

The man who killed 11 congregants and wounded seven others at a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018 was sentenced to death Thursday. The formal sentence came one day after a jury had reached the unanimous decision to impose the death penalty on the perpetrator of the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. history. المزيد

Woman sentenced to 14 years in death of infant found in Florida inlet

A Florida mother who was arrested four years after her child was found dead in an inlet in 2018 pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 14 years in prison Wednesday, the prosecutor’s office said. Arya Singh, 30, was sentenced after she pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter of a child and المزيد

NJ cop sentenced to prison for killing nurse with car and driving the body home

A former New Jersey police officer was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison for striking and killing a nurse with his car, driving the body home and then returning to the scene after speaking to his parents. Louis Santiago, 26, had pleaded guilty to three felony counts, as well المزيد

Alex Murdaugh accomplice sentenced to 7 years in prison for role in fraud scheme

The man who once headed a highly respected bank in the South Carolina Lowcountry will spend seven years in federal prison for helping convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh steal nearly $2 million from clients’ legal settlements. Russell Laffitte was sentenced Tuesday after a jury found him guilty of six charges related to wire and bank المزيد

Jan. 6 rioter who stole radio in D.C. officer Fanone attack sentenced to 4 years

A New York man who took part in the violent assault on a Washington, D.C., police officer during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was sentenced to over four years in prison Friday, prosecutors said. Thomas Sibick, 37, of Buffalo, stole the badge and radio of then-Metropolitan Police المزيد

Florida woman sentenced to 4 years in romance scam that stole Holocaust survivor’s savings

A Florida woman who swindled the life savings from an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor in a “romance scam” was sentenced to over four years in prison Thursday, federal prosecutors said. Peaches Stergo, 36, stole over $2.8 million in the scam, which lasted years. She was arrested in January and pleaded guilty المزيد

Arizona woman sentenced to life in prison for starvation death of her 6-year-old son

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — An Arizona woman who pleaded guilty to murder in the starvation death of her 6-year-old son was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Thursday after witnesses described the horrors of the tiny closet that reeked of urine where he and his young المزيد