Posts Tagged ‘jail’
Marion Jones Goes to the Court After Track and Field »
I am not sure who recorded it, but there is a song out there that says, “No you can't keep a good man down, no.” Some thought that after losing five Olympic medals for using performance-enhancing drugs would silence her forever but no not Marion Jones, 34 year-old. Jones, the disgraced former sprinter once called the [...]
Lil Wayne Diamonds on Teeth Postponed His Jail Time »
Today, Lil Wayne was expected to begin serving his one-year sentence at Rikers Island Prison on weapons-possession charge, but his sentencing was postponed until March 2, to take care of some dental related issues. Rikers Island is New York City's main jail complex. The island is named after Abraham Rycken. His descendants owned Rikers [...]
Lil Wayne to have an address change for criminal gun »
Grammy Award-winning artist Dwayne Carter, also known as Lil Wayne is expected to serve a year in prison for gun possession. Documents obtained from the Manhattan District Attorney's office indicated the hip-hop artist pleaded guilty on Thursday to attempted criminal possession of a weapon. Mr. Carter’s [...]
California Outlaws the Display of Noose »
Approved by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on August 5, 2009 and filed with the California Secretary of State on August 6, 2009, Bill Number: AB 412 has now become a law. (more...)
T.I., aka Clifford Harris, the Rapper Goes to Jail »
T.I., real name is Clifford Harris, the Grammy-award winning artist was sentenced Friday in Atlanta to one year and one day behind bars on federal gun charges. Two years ago, he was arrested and handcuffed after attempting to purchase thousands of dollars worth of unregistered guns and silencers. As a convicted felon due to a 1998 [...]
Detroit’s Kwame Kilpartick released from prison »
At 12:35 a.m. Tuesday morning, Detroit's former mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, 38-year-old, strolled out of the Wayne County Jail. He said nothing to reporters as he was whisked into a Chevy Suburban. The former mayor spent 99 days in an isolated cell. "He's upbeat. He's not bitter. He has grown. ... He wants to get on with his life," [...]
Michael Vick’s Attorneys – No Court-Appointed »
A committee representing all imprisoned NFL quarterback Michael Vick's debtors has proposed a plan to pay off his debt. However, a judge have scheduled a hearing for mid-December on the appointment of a trustee, which Vick's attorneys oppose. Vick's attorneys laid out a payment plan to Vick's creditors that includes expected NFL earnings [...]
