Sentences with phrase «years in prison thursday»
A judge sentenced former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos to five years in prison Thursday for running a federal shakedown scheme that «caused immeasurable damage.»
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Disgraced former Queens city councilman Ruben Wills cried like a baby as he was sentenced to two to six years in prison Thursday for looting public coffers, pleading for leniency and maintaining his innocence to the end.
Greed and fraud earned ex-Assemblyman William Boyland Jr. a sentence of 14 years in prison Thursday.
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A New York state resident was sentenced on Thursday to over 20 years in prison for trying to recruit fighters to join Islamic State in Syria.It is the longest prison term handed out yet to an American convicted of supporting the militant group.
Turkish cartoonist Musa Kart, who has been convicted of helping «terrorist» organisations and sentenced to nearly four years in prison, was awarded a top prize on Thursday by the organisation Cartooning for Peace.
A 21 - year - old man who admitted posting online threats against the creators of the animated TV series «South Park» was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison.
On Thursday, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the corruption conviction of former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver — who was facing 12 years in prison after being convicted of taking $ 4 million in kickbacks.
Dr. Robert Neulander was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison on Thursday for the murder of his wife Leslie Neulander in 2012.
The deliberations, which began Thursday and resumed Friday, come more than two years after Silver's first trial resulted in a 12 - year prison sentence.
Ex-Assemblyman William Boyland Jr. was sentenced Thursday to 14 years in prison after being convicted of 21 counts of corruption last year.
An Osun Magistrates» Court on Thursday remanded in prison a 29 - year - old man, Emmanuel Oladayo, who scaled the fence of a house to steal a motorcycle.
Governor Andrew Cuomo visited a state prison Thursday to announce he's hiring more guards, and to push for a change in how 16 and 17 year olds are treated in the state prison system.
On Thursday, a federal judge on Thursday sentenced former Sen. Shirley Huntley, who is African - American, to a year and a day in prison, and her attorney suggested the lawmaker had seen senators carrying suitcases of cash in the state Capitol.
Former Suffolk Police Sergeant Scott Greene, already in prison for stealing cash from two Hispanic motorists during traffic stops, was sentenced Thursday to one to three years in prison on three additional grand larceny convictions.
Former New York Senate leader Dean Skelos was sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay more than $ 800,000 in restitution and fines Thursday after his conviction on corruption charges.
The Ulster County District Attorney's Office had recommended Phillips, who was 17 at the time he had the loaded handgun, be given five years in prison, but County Judge Donald A. Williams said that, based on what he heard during Thursday's hearing, he was convinced that Phillips was «most certainly» affiliated with and likely a full - fledged member of the Bloods street gang.
Former New York State Senator Dean Skelos of Long Island was sentenced on Thursday to five years in prison and a $ 500,000 fine over corruption charges, while serving as majority leader.
In papers filed Thursday in Brooklyn federal court, Sampson's attorneys claim imposing the 87 - month prison term on July 20 that prosecutors want would «raise significant concerns about unwarranted disparities» — because Skelos got five yearIn papers filed Thursday in Brooklyn federal court, Sampson's attorneys claim imposing the 87 - month prison term on July 20 that prosecutors want would «raise significant concerns about unwarranted disparities» — because Skelos got five yearin Brooklyn federal court, Sampson's attorneys claim imposing the 87 - month prison term on July 20 that prosecutors want would «raise significant concerns about unwarranted disparities» — because Skelos got five years.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo visited a state prison Thursday to announce he's hiring more guards, and to push for a change in how 16 - and 17 - year - olds are treated in the state prison system.
NEW YORK — Dean Skelos, the former leader of the New York State Senate, was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison for extorting about $ 340,000 from businesses whom he strong - armed to hire his son.
Dean Skelos, the Republican former majority leader of the state Senate who was convicted alongside his son in December of fraud and extortion, was sentenced on Thursday to five years in federal prison.
With former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos sentenced last Thursday to 5 years in prison for extorting about $ 330,000, and former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver sentenced May 3 to 12 years in prison for pocketing about $ 4 million, the pressure is on the Legislature and Cuomo.
On Thursday, prosecutors revealed new details on what led Richard Duckett to shoot Roberts, 46, as Duckett was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison in Albany County Court.
Dean Skelos, the once mighty Senate Republican who was addressed by colleagues as «Leader» before his political career collapsed last year, was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison following his conviction on federal corruption charges.
Halfmoon town supervisor «Mindy» Warmouth faces up to seven years in prison after hearing charges Thursday in connection with allegedly stealing thousands from her campaign committee.
BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. >> Former Stillwater Mayor Rick Nelson faces from five to 15 years in state prison after pleading guilty Thursday to five felony child pornography charges.
Dean G. Skelos, the once powerful Republican majority leader of the New York State Senate who was convicted with his son in December on federal corruption charges, was sentenced on Thursday to five years in prison.
«I let things go off the rails,» former state Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos told a federal judge Thursday morning, shortly before he was sentenced to five years in federal prison.
Davis faces a maximum of 24 years in prison when he is sentenced Thursday, the District Attorney's Office said.
A Buffalo man who caused property damage to his girlfriend's home after he was unable to gain entry was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison, followed by five years post-release supervision, according to the Erie County District Attorney's Office.
Carl Kruger, the once - powerful New York State senator from Brooklyn who resigned his office in disgrace and pleaded guilty to corruption charges in December, was sentenced to seven years in prison on Thursday by a federal judge in Manhattan.
State residents awoke Thursday to the almost incredible news that Joe Ganim, the former Bridgeport mayor who spent seven years in prison on federal corruption and racketeering charges, defeated incumbent Bill Finch in the city Democratic mayoral primary...
William F. Boyland Jr., a former state assemblyman from a political dynasty in Brooklyn, was sentenced on Thursday to 14 years in federal prison in a high - profile corruption case.
A 56 - year - old man, Abraham Benjamin, was on Thursday remanded in prison by an Ado Magistrates» Court sitting in Ado Ekiti for allegedly attempting to rape a...
ISTANBUL, TURKEY — Serkan Golge, a Turkish - American research scientist at NASA in Houston, Texas, was sentenced to 7.5 years in a Turkish prison Thursday on terrorism charges.
A rabbinical court in Israel on Thursday sentenced to five years in prison a man who for years has refused to give his wife a divorce.
Alan Crotzer to Testify Before Congressional Subcommittee on Indigent Defense Florida Man Spent 24 Years in Prison for Someone Else's Crime On Thursday, June 4, Alan Crotzer will join two other members of the National Committee on the Right to -LSB-...]
A 61 - year - old man who has been in prison since 1976 was freed Thursday after a Wayne County Circuit judge agreed to vacate his sentence because his first - degree murder conviction was based on a discredited scientific method.
Darrell Jones, who has been in prison for 32 years for a murder he has always denied committing, was released on bail Thursday evening.
Etienne was sentenced Thursday to three years and five months in federal prison.
Lee B. Farkas, who federal prosecutors have considered the «mastermind» behind one of the largest bank fraud schemes in history, was sentenced on Thursday to 30 years in prison.