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Jason Kurland was convicted of taking $103 million from clients. "Lottery lawyer" Jason Kurland promised his clients protection from swindlers but he ended up swindling them himself, a federal judge said Thursday as he sentenced Kurland to 13 years in federal prison for de fraud ing clients out of more than $107 million . "They were lucky winners, but when they got Mr. Kurland, they were losers," Judge Nicholas Garaufis said before handing down a sentence that was higher than what prosecutors sought. "When they won the lottery, they were very vulnerable," Assistant United States Attorney Olga Zverovitch said. "They needed guidance and they needed help. Instead, he exploited his clients ' trust." MORE: California Lottery says $2 billion Powerball winner is legitimate, amid claim ticket was stolen Kurland was convicted last July of fraud, conspiracy and unlawful monetary transactions. He steered his clients, winners of some of the biggest...

The Supreme Court has ruled that a man whose conviction on gun charges was called into question by a recent high court decision is out of luck WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a man whose conviction on gun charges was called into question by a recent high court decision is out of luck. The court's conservatives were in the 6-3 majority against the man, Marcus DeAngelo Jones, who was given a 27-year prison sentence for violating a federal law meant to keep guns out of the hands of people with previous criminal convictions. Jones had argued that he should be allowed another chance to get his conviction thrown out following a 2019 court decision. In that case, the justices ruled prosecutors must prove that people charged with violating federal gun laws knew they were not allowed to have a weapon. Jones tried to reopen his case following the 2019 decision, but a federal appeals court ruled against him. The issue in the case is technical, though important, and involv...

Larry Nassar, a former USA gymnastics team doctor , was assaulted in prison overnight, according to two sources familiar with the situation. Larry Nassar, a former USA gymnastics team doctor , was assaulted in prison overnight, according to two sources familiar with the situation. In this Feb. 5, 2018 file photo Larry Nassar sits in court listening to statements before being sentenced by Judge Janice Cunningham for three counts of criminal sexual assault in Eaton County Circuit Court in Charlotte, Mich. Scott Olson/Getty Images, FILE MORE: With Larry Nassar's sentencing, his accusers share their own powerful words The extent of Nassar's injuries is unknown, but he is in stable condition, according to sources. Nassar was convicted of state and federal charges for sexually assaulting members of the USA gymnastics team. He's serving his sentences, which total hundreds of years, at a prison in Florida. In this Nov. 22, 2017 file photo, Dr. Larry Nassar appears in cour...

Larry Nassar was stabbed in prison after a comment he allegedly made while watching Wimbledon with other inmates, according to sources familiar with the case. Former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar was stabbed in prison after a comment he allegedly made while watching the women's Wimbledon Tennis tournament with other inmates, according to sources familiar with the case. Nassar, who was convicted of sexually assaulting U.S. gymnastics team members, allegedly said to other inmates on Sunday, "I wish there were girls playing," according to sources. That comment , according to sources, led a fellow inmate to go to Nassar's cell later in the day and stab him at least six times with a manufactured weapon, according to sources. Larry Nassar appears in court for a plea hearing, Nov. 22, 2017, in Lansing, Mich. Paul Sancya/AP, FILE MORE: Former US gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar stabbed in prison: Source Several inmates then ran into Nassar's cell and took...

Convicted former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder has been transferred to Oklahoma to begin his time in federal prison COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Convicted former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder has been transferred to Oklahoma to begin his time in federal prison . The 64-year-old Republican had been held in the Butler County Jail in southwestern Ohio since he was sentenced June 29 to 20 years for his role in the largest corruption scheme in Ohio History . He was recently moved to the federal transfer center in Oklahoma City, according to Bureau of Prisons records. His attorney, Steven Bradley, said Householder was not granted a request to be released during his appeal. Householder and lobbyist Matt Borges, a former chair of the Ohio Republican Party, were convicted in March of conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise involving bribery and money laundering. A jury found Householder masterminded and Borges participated in a $60 million bribery scheme that was secretly fu...

A Tennessee man who wrote on social media about wanting to “take over the Capitol building” before the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, where he threw a flagpole at a police officer’s head, has been sentenced to more than six years in prison WASHINGTON -- A Tennessee man who wrote on social media about wanting to “take over the Capitol building” before the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, where he threw a flagpole at a police officer's head, was sentenced on Wednesday to more than six years in prison . Joseph Padilla, of Cleveland, Tennessee, was convicted in May of assault with a dangerous weapon, obstruction of Congress and other charges after a bench trial in Washington's federal court. Padilla has been behind bars since his February 2021 arrest. U.S. District Judge John D. Bates, who found him guilty after the bench trial, ordered him this week to serve 6 1/2 years in prison. Prosecutors say Padilla, a former prison corrections officer, spent hours the day of the riot verbally and physically at...

A Georgia deputy fatally shot an exonerated man who was wrongfully imprisoned for 16 years. A man who was wrongfully convicted and spent 16 years in jail was fatally shot by a Camden County deputy during a traffic stop in Georgia on Monday. Leonard Allan Cure, who was 53, was wrongfully convicted in 2003 of armed robbery, according to the criminal justice organization Innocence Project. Cure was a client of the organization and was exonerated in December 2020 due to a collaborative reinvestigation by the organization and the Conviction Review Unit of the Broward County State Attorney's Office in Florida. At about 7:30 a.m. on Monday, a deputy stopped Cure, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigations. A spokesman for the Camden County Sheriff's Office told The New York Times that Cure was pulled over for speeding. Cure reportedly got out of the car at the deputy's request and complied with the officer's commands until he learned he was under arrest, authorit...

A Florida family who claimed they had a "miracle" cure for COVID-19 that contained a toxic bleach were sentenced to federal prison on Friday. Members of a Florida family who claimed they had a "miracle" cure for COVID-19 that contained a toxic bleach were sentenced to federal prison on Friday, the Department of Justice said. Mark Grenon, 66, and his three sons -- Jonathan Grenon, 37, Jordan Grenon, 29, and Joseph Grenon, 36 -- were found guilty of conspiracy to defraud the U.S. by distributing an unapproved and misbranded drug, the DOJ said. The federal jury also found Jonathan and Jordan Grenon guilty of contempt of court following a trial this summer. MORE: Man who allegedly sold fake COVID cure arrested after 3-year manhunt Jonathan and Jordan Grenon were sentenced to 151 months -- about 12 1/2 years -- in federal prison, while Mark and Joseph Grenon were sentenced to five years, the DOJ said. Federal prosecutors said the men manufactured, produced and sold a...

A Texas man convicted of murdering two elderly women and suspected of killing nearly two dozen people total was found dead following an attack by his cellmate. A Texas man convicted of murdering two elderly women and suspected of killing nearly two dozen people total was found dead in his prison cell Tuesday following an attack by his cellmate , officials said. Texas Department of Criminal Justice officials found Billy Chemirmir, 50, dead in his cell at the Coffield Unit in Tennessee Colony, Texas, early Tuesday morning, the department said. His cellmate , who is currently serving a murder sentence out of Harris County, was the assailant, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said. MORE: Another inmate dies at Fulton County Jail, 10th inmate death this year No further details, including the manner of death or the cellmate 's name, have been released amid an ongoing investigation by the state's Office of Inspector General. Chemirmir, who was a citizen of Kenya, worked a...

Captured killer Danelo Cavalcante has been sent to a maximum-security Pennsylvania state prison that has never had a successful escape. Captured killer Danelo Cavalcante woke up Thursday in a maximum-security Pennsylvania state prison that has never had a successful escape and once housed comedian Bill Cosby. The 34-year-old former fugitive, who was captured on Wednesday following a 14-day manhunt, was sent to the State Correctional Institution Phoenix to begin serving the life sentence for murdering his ex-girlfriend, punishment he tried to avoid by escaping from the county-run Chester County Prison, officials said. "The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections has assumed custody of Danelo Cavalcante as of 3:00 PM on September 13, 2023, to serve his mandatory life sentence for first-degree murder," corrections officials said in a statement. The corrections department confirmed that Cavalcante, now known as inmate No. QP8931, is currently housed at SCI Phoenix in Collegevil...

The wife of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is set to be released from her California halfway house on Wednesday, according to prison records. The wife of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is set to be released from her California halfway house on Wednesday, after being sentenced for helping run the Mexican drug cartel in which her husband was the boss, according to prison records. Emma Coronel Aispuro was sentenced in November 2021 to 36 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to money laundering and conspiring to distribute cocaine, meth, heroin and marijuana for import into the U.S. She was also ordered to pay almost $1.5 million in fines. Emma Coronel Aispuro, the wife of Joaquin Guzman, departs after the trial of Mexican drug lord Guzman, known as "El Chapo", at the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse, in New York, Feb. 12, 2019. Brendan Mcdermid/Reuters, FILE Aispuro was moved from a federal prison in Texas, to a halfway house in Long Beach, California, in June...

Escaped murderer Danelo Cavalcante was spotted in Pocopson Township about 1.5 miles away from Chester County Prison. Hundreds of authorities are searching for him. Convicted murder er Danelo Cavalcante, 34, was spotted in Pocopson Township, about 1.5 miles away from the Pennsylvania prison where he escaped from on Thursday. Cavalcante was captured on a residential surveillance camera at around 12:30 a.m. on Saturday, according to the Chester County District Attorney. He was wearing pants, a light-colored t-shirt and white sneakers. He has long, back curly hair and was wearing a backpack. Cavalcante was convicted of first-degree murder on Aug. 16 for fatally stabbing his 33-year-old former girlfriend. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole last week. He was set to be transferred to a state correctional institution in four weeks before he escaped, according to Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan. In this photo released by the Chester County District Attorney's O...

An Alabama prisoner received a life sentence on Thursday for escaping with the help of a jail official who ultimately took her own life as police closed in FLORENCE, Ala. -- An Alabama prisoner received a life sentence on Thursday for escaping with the help of a jail official who ultimately took her own life as police closed in following a manhunt across three states. Casey White, 39, told those gathered in the Lauderdale County courtroom that he felt like the most hated man in the world but that he wouldn't drag 56-year-old corrections officer Vicky White's name “through the dirt,” news outlets reported. He said Vicky White, who was not related to him, was the first person who cared about him in six years. He apologized for the escape , saying Vicky White’s only regret was leaving behind her family. “We just wanted a new life together because she knew the truth. I can handle the truth because I know who I am,” White said. “I chose this road. It’s cost me my life and freedom.”...

A school shooter serving a life sentence without parole for killing a first grader on a South Carolina playground when he was 14 is asking a judge to lessen his sentence so he can eventually get out of prison COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A school shooter serving a life sentence without parole for killing a first grader on a South Carolina playground when he was 14 is asking a judge to lessen his sentence so he can eventually get out of prison . Jesse Osborne's lawyer asked Judge Lawton McIntosh on Monday to reconsider his sentence so Osborne, now 21, could have some hope of freedom in his 50s or 60s. Attorney Frank Eppes said the judge didn't fully consider a psychologist's report that Osborne's lashed out because of abuse and can be rehabilitated. “Give Jesse some hope to live with,” Eppes said at a televised court hearing. Osborne himself asked for a chance at life outside a prison cell, apologizing to the family of 6-year-old Jacob Hall who he killed and everyone at the s...