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Criminal

Former Olympian charged with destruction of property over damage to Lincoln Reflecting Pool

David Hearn faces up to 10 years in prison over ripping up two square feet of the blue lining along the pool’s floor last month.

Judge slams feds for distorting Nebraska ICE arrest, but still sentences suspect to 14 months

The lawyer for Gabriel Hurtado-Cariaco said his client might be in a completely different place if two bystanders had not shot video that contradicted the account of federal agents. With time served, his time in prison should be short.

Guilty plea over fake ransom note in Nancy Guthrie disappearance

Derrick Anthony Callella faces up to two years in prison for texting the family members of the missing Arizona woman to ask about ransom.

Long Island ambulette operators charged in $35 million Medicaid fraud scheme

Both defendants were filmed making illicit payments to undercover law enforcement agents, prosecutors say.

Mental illness and gun possession charges

CHICAGO — The Seventh Circuit found an Indiana federal court erred in dismissing gun possession charges against a man who had been involuntarily committed to a mental hospital before buying the firearms. Firearm prohibition does not apply to someone who is no longer mentally ill, and the record does not show whether the man was a threat to others’ safety when he was committed, released, or when he purchased the firearms.

UK teen rapists get detention after outrage at lenient sentences

The teenagers raped two girls, aged 14 and 15, in separate incidents in 2024 and 2025 and video of the attacks were shared online. Their initial sentences didn't include detention.

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