Authorities in California have launched a manhunt for six inmates who escaped from the Merced County Downtown Jail this weekend. According to Fox News, jail security became aware that the inmates had escaped at around midnight Sunday. The sheriff’s office said in a statement posted to Facebook that the inmates had somehow gained access to …
A Michigan man who was released from prison two years early due to coronavirus safety concerns allegedly shot his fiancée and her mother earlier this month. Ronald Segars, 49, was released from prison two months before the December 14 shooting that left his fiancée and her 64-year-old mother injured. Segars was originally scheduled to be …
Police in Indiana are looking for a murder suspect who reportedly escaped from a transport van Monday while on the way to jail. Lake County Sheriff Oscar Martinez Jr. confirmed to the Northwest Times that Leon Taylor, 22, remains missing since escaping a private contracted van in Gary. An agent for REDI Transports, a Wisconsin-based …
Fake heiress Anna Sorokin apparently doesn’t want random visitors showing up while she serves out her time for swindling businesses out of money. New York Post reports that Sorokin took to Instagram on Monday and warned people to not show up unannounced, especially people who she doesn’t know. “Please do not show up here unannounced,” …
A convicted child molester who was serving a life sentence at a California prison died Wednesday in what officials are reportedly investigating as a homicide. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said in a statement that officers at Mule Creek State Prison found Deandre Austin, 46, unresponsive in his cell while responding to a …
A Florida man who was sentenced to serve 45 years for rape and murder is getting out prison, apparently after a judge ruled he “no longer poses a threat.” News Channel 8 reports that 54-year-old John Waterman was convicted of the 1991 rape of a female victim, 20, and the murder of his neighbor, a …
A white supremacist stripper was sentenced to more than 16 years in prison on Thursday for obstruction of justice and possessing a weapon in jail, the US Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas announced. Collin Garrett Hayden was found guilty of the obstruction charge in March. He pleaded guilty to the weapons charge before …
An inmate at a Connecticut prison reportedly hanged himself this with a mask intended to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. Daniel Ocasio, 32, was reportedly found unresponsive in a cell on Wednesday at the Corrigan-Radgowski Correctional Center. The state Department of Correction said he was discovered sitting on a bunk with a prison-issued …
An inmate at the work camp at the Vermont Northeast Correctional Complex in St. Johnsbury climbed a fence on Friday and escaped the prison where he was serving time for burglary and resisting arrest. Vermont State Police said that Shannon Edwards, 35, was likely headed toward his hometown of Waterbury, about 50 miles west, the …
Two inmates at the Rikers Island prison in New York City reportedly escaped on Thursday, and one inmate is still on the loose. ABC News reports that two inmates had somehow escaped the correctional facility and were seen jumping into the water, presumably the East River. One escaped inmate was immediately caught, and a second …
Citing a source at the Ramsey County Jail, TMZ reports that Derek Chauvin, the ex-Minneapolis police officer charged with the murder of George Floyd during an arrest earlier this week, is being monitored around the clock with in-person checks on his jail cell every 15 minutes. TMZ said its source didn’t call the protocol in …
An Arkansas woman who was sentenced to 140 years behind bars for murdering her physically abusive husband in 1985 will be freed from prison. The Appeal reported that Willie May Harris, 72, was granted parole after serving 34 years in prison. Harris has maintained her innocence, claiming she accidentally shot her husband during an argument …
