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Combs, 55, wrote in a letter to Judge Arun Subramanian saying that with his mind clear of drugs and alcohol after a year in jail, he can see how rotten he had become before his September 2024 arrest in a case that led to his conviction on two prostitution-related counts. His sentencing hearing will begin on Friday morning. Over the past year there have been so many times that I wanted to give up.

Mushroom murderer Erin Patterson will appeal her convictions, the Victorian supreme court has heard. Patterson's barrister, Richard Edney, confirmed she would appeal during a short hearing in Melbourne on Thursday morning. On 8 September, Patterson was sentenced to life imprisonment with a non-parole period of 33 years for the murders of Don and Gail Patterson and Heather Wilkinson and the attempted murder of Ian Wilkinson.

A 22-year-old nursery worker has been sentenced to eight years in jail after being convicted of the sadistic abuse of 21 babies, including pinching and pushing children and kicking one little boy in the face. Roksana Lecka, from Hounslow in west London, admitted to seven counts of cruelty to a person under the age of 16 and was convicted of another 14 counts by a jury at Kingston crown court in June.

Getty Images A teenage boy has received an eight-month detention and training order for throwing a seat 50ft (15m) off the top floor of an east London shopping centre. The 16-year-old and another youth, both of whom cannot be named because of their age, were arrested after a video filmed at Westfield in Stratford on 1 March went viral. The video of the incident allegedly filmed by one of the boys was shown to Stratford Magistrates' Court.

SANTA CLARA - A South Bay woman was sentenced Wednesday to 1½ years in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining more than $2.8 million in pandemic relief funds, prosecutors said. Cassie Will-Darnall, 53, of Santa Clara, previously pleaded guilty to one count of bank fraud and one count of wire fraud stemming from a pair of Paycheck Protection Program, or PPP, loans she secured, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Do I think 10 years is enough? Absolutely not, McCannon said. You knew what you were doing was wrong It's the thrill of the drive, the thrill of running from the police. You took their daughter, their cousin, their sister, McCannon added. I just don't like (the sentence), and that's not a reason for me not to approve it. Watson

A man in Pennsylvania has been sentenced to 60 days in prison for selling forged works that he falsely claimed were by Francis Bacon, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol and other blue-chip artists. Carter Reese pleaded guilty in May to one count of wire fraud and one count of mail fraud, admitting that between February 2019 and March 2021, he knowingly sold and attempted to sell counterfeit works.

In the hours after the car was stolen, it came into the possession of convicted robber Bebja. Two days later, the Audi, being driven by Bebja, was spotted speeding southbound, near Southwaite services. Despite a police officer ordering Bebja to stop, he accelerated away, the court heard. The car reached speeds in excess of 155mph on the motorway and then, on A and B roads on the outskirts of Penrith, was driven at 110mph.

"By stealing from a charity she was entrusted to serve, the defendant shamefully diverted resources from those in need to line her own pockets," U.S. Attorney Joseph Nocella Jr. said in a statement. "Today's sentence makes clear that those who exploit nonprofits for personal gain will face the loss of their freedom and serious financial penalties. Our Office is committed to protecting nonprofit organizations and the communities that rely on them from fraudsters."

The fatal crash happened around 4:25 a.m. on October 17, 2021, when Nolasco sped southbound in a white Mercedes on Third Avenue. NYPD officers attempted to pull him over, but he refused to stop, running multiple red lights as police chased him at speeds up to 80 miles per hour. At the intersection of 60th Street, Nolasco blew through another red light and T-boned a Nissan Altima driven by 42-year-old James Lopez, who was driving lawfully through the intersection.

According to court records, Robinson and two accomplices broke into a family home on a January night in 2012. The burglars restrained the family with zip ties, pistol-whipped the father, and threatened to kill a three-year-old child while attempting to steal money and jewelry. Police arrived during the burglary, leading to a shootout in which one accomplice fatally shot himself. Robinson was found hiding inside the house and arrested after resisting officers.