LAS VEGAS, Nevada – Former New Haven police officer Robert Ferraro has been sentenced to prison for his involvement in a fatal crash that resulted in the death of fellow officer Joshua Castellano. Ferraro, who was charged with reckless driving and driving under the influence resulting in death, received the low end of the sentencing … Read more
BOGALUSA, La. – A 33-year-old man from Bogalusa, Louisiana, has been sentenced to 19 years in prison for his involvement in a mass shooting that occurred in May of 2020. Vincent Peters was convicted for federal firearm and drug violations related to the incident, in which 13 people were shot and four seriously injured. Peters … Read more
Hague, Netherlands – A man from Hague has been sentenced to four years in prison for the shooting death of another individual in 2022. The incident took place during an altercation in which the victim, Elliot Jones, was fatally shot. The defendant, Mark Sanders, was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced by the court. The … Read more
An Indiana mother was sentenced to 42 years in prison after pleading guilty to neglect resulting in the death of her 4-year-old son, who was found in a cold, dark cellar. Mary Yoder, 27, of La Porte, admitted to her part in the beatings and starvation that led to the tragic death of her son. … Read more
LA PORTE COUNTY, Ind. – Mary Yoder, a LaPorte County woman, has been sentenced to 42 years in prison for her involvement in the death of her 4-year-old son, Judah Morgan. She pleaded guilty to neglect of a dependent and domestic battery. The charges stem from the tragic circumstances under which her son was tortured … Read more
HADLEY, Massachusetts – A Hadley resident, Shannon Rice-Nichols, has been handed a stringent five-year probation and is prohibited from owning or working with livestock following her guilty plea to three counts of animal cruelty. This landmark case centered around animal welfare saw the Hampshire Superior Court deliver the verdict after Rice-Nichols’ severe neglect of 35 … Read more
SAN ANTONIO, TX – The last of seven defendants involved in the 2020 robbery and murder case of Jasmine Williams, 19, has been sentenced. Alissa Weese, 25, was ordered to serve ten years of deferred adjudication, with the first six months to be spent incarcerated. Weese’s sentencing comes after a plea agreement for probation was … Read more
GASTON COUNTY, N.C. — A man has been sentenced to up to 5 ½ years in prison for the fentanyl-related death of a teenager in Gaston County. The victim, 16-year-old Abigail Saunderson, was found dead in her bed by family members in September 2022. The victim’s boyfriend, Nicholas Ivey, has pleaded guilty and was sentenced … Read more
ROCKVILLE, Md. – A 50-year-old dentist and oral surgeon in Maryland has been sentenced to 45 years in a state correctional facility for the death of his 25-year-old girlfriend, who fatally overdosed on anesthesia medications. The dentist, James Michael Ryan, set up an at-home IV station for his girlfriend and administered addictive anesthesia medications. State … Read more
FORT BRAGG, California – Mark David Schwinghammer, formerly of Rochester, Minnesota, was sentenced to 25 years to life in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for the murder of his half-brother, Timothy Dalton Sweet, on a beach in Westport in 2021. The defendant, also known as Robert Wayne Sweet, was convicted by guilty plea … Read more