Tag: sentenced

Man Who Shot Chicago Police Officers Sentenced to 31 Years

CHICAGO—A convicted felon who pleaded guilty to charges that he opened fire on police in 2020, wounding three officers, was sentenced Monday to 31 years in prison. The sentence comes two months after Lovelle Jordan, 27, pleaded guilty to one count of attempted murder and five counts of aggravated battery to a peace officer, the…


Quebec Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Kidnapping Young Son, Triggering Amber Alert

MATANE, Que.—A Quebec court judge has signed off on a jointly recommended 10-year sentence for a Quebec man who pleaded guilty to kidnapping his three-year-old son. The man pleaded guilty Wednesday to 14 charges during an appearance at the courthouse in Matane, Que., about 375 kilometres northeast of Quebec City. A spokesperson for the Crown’s…


Virginia Inmate Sentenced in Michigan for Daughter’s Killing

ALLEGAN, Mich.—A man serving life sentences in Virginia for raping and killing a woman in 1980 was sentenced Monday to an additional 35 to 50 years in prison in Michigan for the 1989 killing of his 14-year-old daughter. Dennis Bowman pleaded no contest to second-degree murder in December for the killing of his daughter Aundria…


Indiana Teen Sentenced to 100 Years for Killing 2 Siblings

VERSAILLES, Ind.—A southeastern Indiana teenager has been sentenced to 100 years in prison for the suffocation deaths of his two young siblings months apart in 2017, when he was 13 years old. A Ripley County judge ordered the sentence Tuesday for Nickalas Kedrowitz. Jurors convicted him in August on two counts of murder for the…


Robert Durst Charged With 1982 Murder of Wife Kathie Durst

NEW YORK—Millionaire real estate scion Robert Durst, who was sentenced last week in California to life in prison for killing a confidante, has been charged in suburban New York City with the death of his wife, Kathie Durst, who vanished in 1982, authorities confirmed Friday. A state police investigator filed a criminal complaint Tuesday in…


Carlos the Jackal Sentenced to Life in Jail

PARIS—Carlos the Jackal, the Marxist-Leninist terrorist who carried out attacks across the globe in the 1970s and 1980s, had the life sentence he had been given for a deadly grenade attack on a Paris shop in 1974 confirmed on Thursday, the Paris Prosecutor’s Office said. Carlos was found guilty in 2017 over a grenade attack…


Milwaukee Man Who Killed 5 Family Members Gets 205 Years

MILWAUKEE—A Milwaukee man has been sentenced to 205 years in prison for fatally shooting five members of his family and he offered no explanation for his actions, saying that he must have a lot of hate. Before receiving his sentence Tuesday, Christopher Stokes told the judge in Milwaukee County Circuit Court that he wasn’t asking…


Actress Allison Mack to Be Sentenced for Role in NXIVM Cult

“Smallville” actress Allison Mack is scheduled to be sentenced on Wednesday after pleading guilty to blackmailing two women as part of NXIVM, a New York-based cult whose leader was convicted of sex trafficking and sentenced to 120 years in prison. Mack, 38, has asked U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis in Brooklyn to spare her prison…


Man Sentenced for Poisoning 8 California Homeless People

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—A man who poisoned eight homeless people in a Southern California beach town so he could videotape their reactions was sentenced Friday to four years in state prison. William Cable, 38, of San Andreas in Northern California, was sentenced after pleading guilty to poisoning, injuring an elderly person, and other felony and misdemeanor…


Smugglers Sentenced for Journey That Left 3 Sisters Dead

SAN DIEGO—Two smugglers were sentenced to federal prison on Friday for leading three sisters from Mexico into California, where they froze to death in a mountain snowstorm. Cecilio Rios-Quiñones, 38, and his brother, 23-year-old Ricardo Rios-Quiñones, received 5 1/2 years each in U.S. District Court in San Diego. They pleaded guilty last year to conspiracy…