A federal grand jury has indicted three men in connection with the beating death of former Boston mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger. Bulger, 89, was convicted of 11 murders and sentenced to life in prison in 2013. He was serving his sentence at US Penitentiary Hazleton in Bruceton Mills, West Virginia, when he was beaten …
An inmate housed at a Tennesee prison died in February after a visitor attempted to smuggle drugs to the inmate by kissing him, according to reports. Rachel Dollard was visiting Joshua Brown at the Turney Center Industrial Complex in Hickman County when she allegedly kissed Brown to give him a balloon pellet containing half an …
British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell has been moved to a low-security federal prison in Florida, where she will presumably serve her 20-year sentence for sex trafficking girls for late billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein. WCTV reported that Maxwell, 60, is now housed at the Tallahassee Federal Correctional Institution. Before her transfer, Maxwell was expected to serve her …
Convicted child killer Tracey Connelly is reportedly “fuming” after a British judge decided against allowing her a new identity upon prison release. According to DailyMail, Connelly, who reportedly gained a lot of weight in prison, was blocked from getting a name change and instead, was reportedly told by the parole board to lose weight and …
Police in northern Alabama are searching for a capital murder suspect and a corrections officer who have been missing since they left the detention center for the courthouse at 9:30 a.m. Friday morning. No one noticed suspect Casey Cole White and Assistant Director of Corrections Vicki White (no relation) were missing for six hours, according …
On Tuesday, inmates at a North Carolina prison fatally beat a man who was convicted of killing a toddler girl in 2014. WNCN reported that Semajs Short, 24, died about an hour after he was attacked in Bertie Correctional Institution’s housing area. Three other inmates suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the incident, which was described as …
A New Hampshire council announced on Wednesday that it will not be commuting a life sentence for Pamela Smart, who had her 15-year-old lover fatally shoot her husband in 1990. The Executive Council Wednesday voted unanimously, 5-0, against reducing Smart’s sentence. Smart, 54, was convicted of being an accomplice to murder after she convinced her …
Two Michigan brothers were released from prison on Tuesday, after spending 25 years behind bars for a murder they did not commit. In 1997, George and Melvin DeJesus were sentenced to life in prison without parole for the 1995 murder of Margaret Midkiff, a family friend. Midkiff was found dead in the basement of her …
Authorities in multiple states are searching for an escaped convict who went on the run with two other inmates who have since died. Citing law enforcement sources, the New York Post reports that Tobias Carr, Timothy Sarver, and Johnny Brown escaped from the Sullivan County Jail early Friday, through an HVAC air vent in their …
A fugitive who escaped from an East Tennessee jail last summer was found dead in Mexico this week, and suspected cartel members allegedly contacted the man’s family seeking a ransom for the return of his body. Roane County Sheriff Jack Stockton said that someone in Mexico sent the family a video of 35-year-old Charles Kennedy’s …
A British woman who’s behind bars in connection with the death of her toddler daughter is considered a “marked woman,” according to reports. As CrimeOnline previously reported, amateur boxer Savannah Brockhill, 28, fatally punched 16-month-old Star Hobson in West Yorkshire after numerous friends and relatives expressed concern to social services, starting in January 2020. Brockhill was dating …
A Texas man convicted and sentenced to death for the fatal shooting of an Austin police officer in 2012 was found dead Saturday in his bunk. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice said a corrections officer doing security rounds found Brandon Daniel, 33, unresponsive Saturday morning. Prison staff initiated life-saving measures until EMS personnel arrived, …
