Prison

Assailant of Las Vegas Judge Sentenced to Maximum 4-Year Prison Term, Delivering Justice for Courtroom Attack

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Las Vegas, Nevada – A man who attacked a judge in Las Vegas has been sentenced to up to four years in prison. The incident occurred in the courtroom of District Judge Andrew Gordon during a sentencing hearing for the attacker’s son. The judge was physically assaulted by the man after he became angry with the sentence handed down to his son. The attacker, whose name has not been released, pleaded guilty to charges of battery and assault on a public officer. He was sentenced to a minimum of two years and a maximum of … Read more

Minnesota Man Pleads Guilty to $3.5 Million Tax Fraud Scheme: Faces Up to 20 Years in Prison

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PRIOR LAKE, Minn. (AP) — A man from Minnesota has pleaded guilty to wire fraud and assisting in the preparation of a false income tax return, according to officials from the Wisconsin Department of Justice. Court documents and statements made in court revealed that Beau Wesley Gensmer of Prior Lake orchestrated a scheme from 2012 to 2018. He assisted in the preparation of 50 false tax returns, which fraudulently claimed inflated tax refunds on behalf of unsuspecting taxpayers. Gensmer emailed knowingly false information to a tax return preparer in Alaska, including fraudulent business losses and … Read more

Inmate’s Toe Amputated Due to Alleged Negligence by Lackawanna County Prison Medical Staff, Lawsuit Claims

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SCRANTON, Pa. — A man incarcerated at Lackawanna County Prison in Pennsylvania has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that he received inadequate medical care, resulting in the amputation of his toe. Ryan Curtis, 38, claims that during his weeklong pretrial incarceration in 2022, medical staff from the prison’s healthcare provider, Wellpath LLC, neglected his pleas for help. Instead of providing appropriate medical attention, the staff allegedly told Curtis to wash his infected wound in the jail cell’s sink and prescribed antibiotics that did not effectively treat the bacterial infection. According to Curtis’s attorney, Barry Dyller, … Read more

Mother Awarded $9.25 Million After Son Dies in Altercation with Correction Officers at New York Prison

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ALBANY, N.Y. – A federal jury awarded $9.25 million to the mother of Terry L. Cooper, a prisoner who died during a confrontation with correction officers at Clinton Correctional Facility in 2016. The verdict came just hours after the jury began deliberating Tracy Yvonne Cooper’s claim that the guards used excessive force in her son’s death. The incident occurred when Cooper, a 25-year-old inmate, set off a metal detector while on his way to the prison gym. Two officers, Patrick M. Clancy and Kolby M. Duffina, discovered explicit photos in an address book found in … Read more