NEW YORK — A former state senator was sentenced to seven
years in prison Tuesday by a judge who called his rise from humble origins an «American tragedy» because he used the influence of his public office to steal from charities for his personal needs and pleasures.
Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was sentenced to 12
years in prison Tuesday, capping a steep fall from grace for a consummate backroom dealer who wielded power for over two decades.
Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was sentenced to 12
years in prison Tuesday and told by a federal judge that he must give back $ 5 million that he stole from the public, as well a pay another $ 1.75 million in fines.
Philadelphia (CNN)- The highest - ranking Catholic Church cleric charged and convicted in the landmark Philadelphia child sexual abuse trial was sentenced to three to six
years in prison Tuesday.
A 49 - year - old Wilton man was sentenced to more than three
years in prison Tuesday for using hedge - fund money for his own personal use as part of a $ 6 million - plus Ponzi scheme.
Not exact matches
San Angelo, Texas (CNN)- Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs was sentenced
Tuesday to life
in prison plus 20
years for sexually assaulting two girls he claimed were his «spiritual wives.»
Tuesday, Silver was sentenced to 12
years in prison for public corruption charges.
Edward Walsh, the former politically powerful Suffolk County Conservative Party leader, was sentenced
Tuesday to 2
years in prison following his conviction on federal charges of wire fraud and theft of government services for pocketing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Suffolk sheriff's department while golfing, gambling and politicking on county time.
Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was sentenced to 12
years in prison by a federal judge
Tuesday.
Edward Walsh, the former politically powerful Suffolk County Conservative Party leader, was sentenced to 2
years in prison, on
Tuesday, June 21, 2017, for wire fraud and theft of government services.
A 19 -
year - old man, Salami Tunde, was on
Tuesday remanded
in an Ilesa
Prison custody by an Osogbo Chief Magistrates» Court
in Osun, over alleged...
NEW YORK — Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was sentenced
Tuesday to 12
years in prison for pocketing about $ 4 million
in kickbacks from a cancer researcher and real estate developers.
Disgraced ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was sentenced to 12
years in prison for corruption
Tuesday by a judge who said she hoped the idea of «living out his golden
years in an orange jumpsuit» would keep other politicians on the «straight and narrow.»
At age 72, he's looking at a minimum of 14
years in prison when he's sentenced
Tuesday — and he has every incentive to tell prosecutors everything he knows about a dubious project he helped create.
Former state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who endured for decades as one of the most powerful figures
in state government, was sentenced
Tuesday to 12
years in federal
prison after being convicted
in November on multiple corruption charges.
Joseph Meli, 43
years old, was also sentenced
Tuesday in Manhattan federal court to three
years of supervised release, while co-defendant Steven Simmons was sentenced to 37 months
in prison and ordered to forfeit $ 6.9 million, including a house he bought
in Wilton, Conn..
Silver, 72, was sentenced to 12
years in prison on
Tuesday after he was convicted late last
year of fraud and extortion.
Silver was sentenced on
Tuesday to 12
years in prison following his November 30, 2015 conviction on charges that included honest services fraud, money laundering and extortion.
ALBANY —
In a Manhattan courtroom, Sheldon Silver, a force who dominated state government for parts of three decades, met his fate Tuesday, sentenced to 12 years in a federal prison for using his position to enrich himsel
In a Manhattan courtroom, Sheldon Silver, a force who dominated state government for parts of three decades, met his fate
Tuesday, sentenced to 12
years in a federal prison for using his position to enrich himsel
in a federal
prison for using his position to enrich himself.
Sheldon Silver, who rose from the Lower East Side of Manhattan to become one of the state's most powerful and feared politicians as speaker of the New York Assembly, was sentenced on
Tuesday to 12
years in prison in a case that came to symbolize Albany's culture of graft.
MANHATTAN FEDERAL COURT — Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, once one of New York's most powerful politicians, was sentenced to 12
years in federal
prison Tuesday following his conviction on corruption charges.
Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, a backroom master whose name was synonymous with political power
in New York for a generation, was sentenced
Tuesday to 12
years in prison, destined to take his place atop the state's crowded lineup of crooked politicians behind bars.
UPDATED, 5:00 p.m., May 3: Former New York state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was sentenced to 12
years in federal
prison Tuesday, after his conviction on federal corruption charges related to his dealings with several prominent real estate figures.
Mr. Spota and members of several families, including a relative of Scott Wayte — the Brookhaven man who was struck and killed
in 2012 while crossing East Main Street
in downtown Riverhead — held a press conference
in Hauppauge
Tuesday, saying they want the state to increase the maxiumn sentence for fatal hit - and - run crimes from seven
years to 15
years in prison.
NEW YORK (CNN)- A former Democratic fund - raiser who contributed to the presidential campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama was sentenced
Tuesday to 292 months, or more than 24
years,
in prison for fraud including campaign finance violations, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara announced.
A Buffalo man was sentenced
Tuesday to six
years in prison, followed by three
years of post-release supervision, by County Court Judge Michael Pietruszka, according to the Erie County District Attorney's Office.
A federal judge
Tuesday denied former Suffolk County Conservative Party leader Edward Walsh's motion for a new trial, and ordered him to report to
prison in October to begin serving a two -
year sentence for illegally pocketing over $ 200,000
in salary and overtime
in his job as a lieutenant
in the county sheriff's department.
Silver, who was convicted of fraud and extortion, was sentenced to 12
years in federal
prison Tuesday.
Former New York State Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver was sentenced
Tuesday to 12
years in prison in a federal corruption case that prosecutors said «struck at the core of democratic governance» and polluted the institution where he wielded immense power.
Justice H. A.Nganjiwa of a Federal High Court sitting
in Yenogoa, Bayelsa State on
Tuesday remanded Yunusa Yellow, the alleged abductor of 14 -
year - old Ese Oruru
in prison custody.
An armed robber whose shooting victim was left a quadriplegic has been sentenced to 25
years to life
in prison, according to the Erie County District Attorney's Office on
Tuesday.
A Colorado judge on
Tuesday sentenced a male nurse to 12
years in prison for molesting a sedated patient.
Tuesday, the HealthSouth founder and the former Alabama governor will stand together before a federal judge, facing the possibility of
years in prison for convictions on federal bribery, conspiracy and mail fraud charges.
The president of a health care company that once was a Wall Street darling was sentenced
Tuesday to three and a half
years in prison by a judge who rejected arguments that he deserved a much lengthier term.
In a sentencing hearing [last] Tuesday afternoon, Arapahoe County Judge Peter F. Michaelson sentenced the man found guilty of running a child prostitution ring to 472 years in priso
In a sentencing hearing [last]
Tuesday afternoon, Arapahoe County Judge Peter F. Michaelson sentenced the man found guilty of running a child prostitution ring to 472
years in priso
in prison.
Barnes (left) wipes a tear while standing with his mother, Sylvia Bouchard, on
Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2008, the day he was freed after 19
years in prison.
A man who claims he was wrongly convicted of an alleged racially - motivated murder
in 1987 was released from
prison Tuesday after spending 30
years behind bars.
TAMPA (FOX 13)- A man who claims he was wrongly convicted of an alleged racially - motivated murder
in 1987 was released from
prison Tuesday after spending 30
years behind bars.
VANCOUVER — A young Vancouver woman who killed her two infant sons was afflicted with a «disturbed mind»
in the moments following childbirth, a judge concluded
Tuesday as she imposed a five -
year prison term for infanticide.
The former owner of a property management company was sentenced
Tuesday to three
years in federal
prison for stealing about $ 2 million from condominium associations
in the Chicago area.