The owner of a Fond du Lac bowling alley has been sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to burning down his business. Lyle Huss will be on extended supervision for 15 years after he serves his prison …
An animal rights activist who pleaded guilty to federal arson charges in connection with two Utah fires has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison. Walter Edmund Bond was sentenced to 87 months, probation and $10,000 restitution in …
A junior firefighter from southwestern Pennsylvania has been ordered to prison for setting fire to two houses, including one that burned briefly while his grandmother slept upstairs. The Tribune-Democrat of Johnstown reports 19-year-old Kenneth Roy Beeman apologized Wednesday as he …
A Eugene man will spend more than 27 years in prison after being convicted of running a car theft ring in the woods outside rural Cheshire. The sentence Friday in Lane County Circuit Court is even longer than the 20 …
Two brothers at the heart of one of the country’s biggest ever ‘crash for cash’ scams have been jailed. Rezwan Javed and his older brother, Rehan, each benefited by about $1.5 million U.S. dollars from the scam. The brothers ran …
A suspect in a brutal anti-gay attack in the Bronx last year is suing the city for injuries he says he sustained in a prison bus crash. The Daily News reports that Idelfonso Mendez broke his wrist and injured his …
The father of a 36-year-old New Mexico man who died in the federal prison in Pekin says he wasn’t surprised the Department of Justice denied a wrongful death and personal injury claim filed by the family. Juan Montoya of Albuquerque, …
A 67-year-old Plaquemine, La., insurance agent has been sentenced to more than four years in federal prison for mail fraud that cost several of his insurance clients nearly $1.4 million. U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson, of Baton Rouge, ordered …