A Michigan man who spent 37 years in prison was released late last month, years after a witness admitted to lying about his role in a deadly house fire. In May 1983, Walter Forbes, 63, was sentenced to life in prison for the death of Dennis Hall, who died in a fire at his Jackson …
Last week, a former corrections officer in Tennessee was sentenced to five years in prison for repeatedly using his stun gun on an inmate who was strapped in a restraint chair. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Tennessee said in a statement that evidence presented at trial showed Mark Bryant, 42, using …
Authorities claimed Jorden Simms slipped out of several restraints and jumped out of a moving police vehicle
R. Kelly has been left shaken since an inmate attacked him in his cell late last month, according to one of the jailed singer’s lawyers. Attorney Nicole Blank Becker told the Chicago Sun-Times that Kelly, 53, is unable to sleep and is afraid to leave his cell since the August 25 incident at the Metropolitan …
The inmate who allegedly attacked R. Kelly inside the singer’s cell last month has been moved to a different jail, federal prosecutors revealed in court documents filed Tuesday. According to TMZ, federal prosecutors said the inmate who assaulted Kelly, 53, on August 25 at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in Illinois was relocated to a …
California authorities have released jailhouse footage showing the Golden State Killer exercising and moving freely in his cell — while appearing in court as a “feeble old man.” The newly-released videos from June and July show Joseph DeAngelo, 74, climbing on furniture, exercising in front of a mirror, and effortlessly bending down to put on …
An Oregon writer accused of killing her husband says she’s innocent and wants out of jail, but recent court documents filed by the Multnomah County District Attorney details the motives of murder. As CrimeOnline previously reported, failing romance mystery novelist Nancy Crampton Brophy, 68, was arrested in 2018on charges of “murder in the second degree …
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The man suspected of abducting and killing Alabama teen Aniah Blanchard is facing new charges for allegedly biting a corrections officer late last month. AL.com reported that Ibraheem Yazeed, 30, was charged with second-degree assault for an incident that occurred at the Lee County Detention Center on March 23. According to charging documents, Ibraheem became …
The family of a Vermont woman who died in police custody in 2018 has sued two Massachusetts police departments, alleging the agencies failed to provide her proper medical care despite her repeated pleas for help. A wrongful death lawsuit filed last week stated that Madelyn Linsenmeir, 30, who reportedly suffered from opioid addiction, died from …
A Michigan man who allegedly murdered, mutilated, and ate his online date last year was reportedly hospitalized after being found unresponsive in his cell. Citing police, MLive.com reported that a Michigan State Trooper was dispatched to Shiawassee County Jail at 5 p.m. Monday after Mark Latunski, 50, was found unresponsive in his cell. Shiawassee County …
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A woman has sued Mississippi officials, claiming jailers denied her incarcerated mother insulin before her death in September 2018. According to the Biloxi Sun Herald, Kayla Rush filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in connection with the September 10 death of her mother, Cindy Michelle, 38, who had Type 1 diabetes. Michelle was arrested on …
