Sentences with phrase «chief is in jail»

The opposition chief is in jail, race relations are tense, and a scandal - plagued state investment fund has hurt the prime minister's authority.

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Likewise, the chief of corrections from the local jail came to The Chapel in Libertyville, Illinois and said, «You know, you are starting some of these campuses.

«The current plan to close Rikers Island jail on a 10 - year timeline is wholly unacceptable and repugnant to federal and state constitutional principles,» Cuomo's Chief Counsel Alphonso David said in a statement.

A commission headed by former chief judge Jonathan Lippman, which recommended shutting down the troubled jail complex on Rikers Island, said there should be smaller jails in each borough, near their courthouses.

John Maguire, a former Freeport fire chief who worked at the Nassau County Office of Emergency Management, testified that he followed protocol in trying to find a new food vendor in the days after superstorm Sandy after a state employee told him that county jail workers were washing utensils in a bathroom sink — a no - no health code violation that could have resulted in making emergency workers sick.

In February, Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito appointed a criminal justice commission headed by former New York State chief judge Jonathan Lippman, to look into the possibility of closing the infamous jail, and members of the real estate industry are getting more involved in answering that questioIn February, Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito appointed a criminal justice commission headed by former New York State chief judge Jonathan Lippman, to look into the possibility of closing the infamous jail, and members of the real estate industry are getting more involved in answering that questioin answering that question.

When the jury does come back on Tuesday afternoon, they will be told that the prosecution's chief witness, Todd Howe, who already has pleaded guilty to eight felonies, is now in jail.

Herbert Friedman, the former chief financial officer for the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, was sentenced to four months in jail for his role in a massive kickback scheme.

The Home Office has ordered an immediate inquiry after police chiefs revealed Britons jailed for serious crimes abroad could have been cleared to work with children in the UK.

The son of Syracuse's police chief was sentenced to one year in jail after admitting he attempted to steal copper pipe from the basement of a Clay residence.

But this is a critical role, and if the public are to have confidence in our jail system there needs to be a strong, independent chief inspector in post to hold the government to account.»

Akinrinade while delivering the 50th Year Memorial Lecture in honour of Chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola, last Premier of defunct Western Region and the 13th Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, at the Trenchard Hall of the University of Ibadan, noted that in as much as arresting, prosecuting and jailing of offenders can not be discarded as a means of tackling corruption and deterring others, «it is time we explored building the structures for a sustainable long term response that will transcend regimes and administrations in the country».

Frank Fowler Jr., the Syracuse police chief's 26 - year - old son, is back in jail, facing a new drug charge, according to police records.

The ex - jail guards» union chief left $ 60,000 in a black Ferragamo man - purse sitting in his department issued - car after receiving the cash as a bribe — beca use he was too embarrassed to be seen with a «murse,» prosecutors suggested at Seabrook's corruption trial Monday.

Chief Hegermiller added that he does not think broadly changing the age of criminal responsibility is the correct way to handle specific concerns about placing 16 - and 17 - year - olds in adult jails.

He noted that the nonagenarian had been consistent in his belief, and risked his life for the nation, having been tried and jailed alongside his political mentor, the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, for the famous treasonable felony charge.

According to two people with knowledge of the discussions, the mayor was briefed on the report during a Thursday evening meeting with Mr. Lippman, the former chief judge of the state's highest court, and Ms. Mark - Viverito, and had balked at its specifics, most notably the suggestion that jails would be placed in each borough, a proposition that was «not politically viable» for the mayor, according to one of the people.

Ry - Ann Hermon, who served as Boyland's chief of staff and was also romantically involved with the pol, is asking Judge Sandra Townes for no jail time ahead of sentencing in Brooklyn federal court Friday.

Ms. Mark - Viverito, also a Democrat, said in her speech that the Council would create an independent commission, led by the state's former chief judge, Jonathan Lippman, to study the criminal justice system with an eye toward shrinking the jail population so that closing the Rikers complex could be a reality.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Frank Fowler Jr., the Syracuse police chief's son, is back in jail, facing a new drug charge, according to police records.

A former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party's Board of Trustees, Chief Tony Anenih, says the military administration of President Muhammadu Buhari kept him in jail for 18 months between March 1984 and August 1985 because he was a rich man.

A former Leesburg animal control officer who shot and killed a poodle owned by an 11 - year - old disabled boy was charged Thursday with animal cruelty.Doug Berwick, 33, shot the 8 - year - old poodle June 19 with a.22 - caliber rifle after he was unable to catch it.Police Chief Jim Brown suspended Berwick for five days without pay and recommended he be transferred to another department, but Berwick resigned as public protest grew.Bruce Haldeman, investigator supervisor for the 5th Judicial Circuit state attorney's office, said Thursday that Berwick, if convicted, would face a maximum penalty of up to one year in the county jail, a $ 5,000 fine or both.

The Chief Judge is responsible for developing and implementing a plan for the efficient operation of the courts, providing for prompt disposition of cases, assignment of judges and staff, control of dockets, regulation and use of courtrooms, and review of the status of inmates detained in local jails.

«Locking somebody up, just putting them in jail, doesn't seem to be the answer,» said Chief Public Defender Michael Young.

Weil successfully represented the former outside directors of Satyam Computer Services in securities litigation in New York arising out of the largest accounting restatement in the history of India, when the company's chief executive officer and outside auditors are in jail in India.