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Drugs, weapons, electronics seized in Brooklyn federal jail sweep where ‘Diddy' is held
Investigators seized drugs, homemade weapons and electronic devices this week during an “interagency operation” aimed at cleaning up the troubled New York City federal jail in where Sean “Diddy” Combs is being held, the Bureau of Prisons said.
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Ghislaine Maxwell's New Digs: What to Know About the Low-Security Florida Prison
Ghislaine Maxwell, the jet-setting socialite turned convicted sex trafficker, is off to Florida to serve a 20-year federal prison sentence for helping financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls — returning to the same state, but a far cry from the posh lifestyle, where she committed some of her crimes.
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Attorney General Names Team Reviewing Police Response to Uvalde School Shooting
The Justice Department on Wednesday is releasing new details in its review of the law enforcement response to the deadly mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde.
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Justice Dept. to Review Police Response to Texas School Shooting
The Justice Department says it will review the law enforcement response to the shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 students and two teachers dead.
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Guard Lied in Probe of Gun Found at NYC Federal Jail: Feds
A federal correctional officer was arrested Friday for lying to investigators after a loaded gun was found in an inmate’s cell at a federal jail in New York City — the same troubled lockup where Jeffrey Epstein killed himself in 2019
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Metropolitan Correctional Center, Jail Where Jeffrey Epstein Died, Is Crumbling
Inside the notorious federal jail in Lower Manhattan, small chunks of concrete fall from the ceiling. Freezing temperatures force inmates to stuff old coronavirus face masks into vents to try to stop the cold air. One cell is off-limits because the door is now unstable – likely because of the constant pounding over the years from the prisoners inside on…
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Brooklyn US Attorney Mark Lesko to Replace DOJ National Security Chief John Demers
Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Mark Lesko, will replace John Demers on an interim basis as Assistant Attorney General in charge of the National Security Division at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, a source familiar with the matter tells News 4. Jacquelyn M. Kasulis, currently the acting Chief Assistant to Lesko in...
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Wife of Infamous Drug Lord ‘El Chapo' Pleads Guilty to Federal U.S. Charges
The wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman pleaded guilty Thursday to charges in the U.S. and admitted that she helped her husband run his multibillion-dollar criminal empire.
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AP Source: Sheldon Silver Released From Prison on Furlough
Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has been released from a federal prison on furlough while he awaits potential placement to home confinement, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. Silver, 77, began serving his more than six-year sentence at a prison in Otisville, New York, in August, after years of fending off going behind bars in...
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Designer Mossimo Giannulli Released to Home Confinement
Fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli has been released from a California prison and is under home confinement following his imprisonment for his role in a college admissions bribery scheme, according to a person familiar with the matter.
