Yugoslav People’s Army (JNA) kept more than 400 Croatian civilians and soldiers in a prison camp in Niš, Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN) released.
BIRN claims that at least one person died in the prison camp in Niš.
Posts Tagged ‘prison’
Ex-KLAs sent to prison for 101 years
January 21st, 2011 |
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The Belgrade Higher Court today found nine former members of the so-called Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) guilty of war crimes. They were sent to prison for a total of 101 years for torturing, raping and murdering Serb and other civilians in the eastern Kosovo town of Gnjilane.
Sarah Palin E-Mail Hacker Sent to Prison Instead of Halfway House
January 14th, 2011 |
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David Kernell, convicted of breaking into Palin’s e-mail account in 2008, has been sent to prison instead of a halfway house like a judge recommended. – The man convicted of breaking into Sarah Palins e-mail account
during the 2008 presidential election is now serving his sentence in
prison – not a halfway house as a judge recommended.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons,
David Kernell, 23, is serving his time at the Ashland Federal
Correct…
Former TSA Contractor Gets Prison for Database Sabotage Attempt
January 13th, 2011 |
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A Colorado man was sentenced to two years in federal prison Jan. 11 for attempting to damage TSA databases. – A former contractor working at the U.S. Transportation Security
Administration (TSA) was sentenced to two years in prison for tampering
with federal databases after he learned he was being fired.
Douglas James Duchak, 47, was sentenced Jan. 11 by U.S. Circuit
Court Judge David M. Ebel. He was a…
Policeman killers sent to prison
December 24th, 2010 |
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The Special Court in Belgrade today found the accused killers of Novi Sad police officer Vladimir Grandić guilty. Danijel Tomić received 20 years in prison, Slavko Ristić 8 years, and Nenad Matić five.
Wesley Snipes†lawyers file fresh appeal against his 3-year prison term
December 18th, 2010 |
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Incarcerated Wesley Snipes” lawyer has filed a fresh appeal against the star’s three-year prison term for tax evasion. The lawyer is requesting the officials to free the actor so that he can fight his case in the U.S. Supreme Court. ‘The Blade’ star spent two years fighting his 2008 conviction for failing to file tax [...]
Assange kept in prison despite bail
December 15th, 2010 |
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Despite having been granted bail WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was driven back to his London prison for another night behind bars. This came after the Swedish authorities at the last minute challenged the decision, euronews reports.
Wesley Snipes begins 3-yr prison term for tax evasion
December 10th, 2010 |
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Actor Wesley Snipes will begin serving his three-year sentence for tax evasion at a federal prison in the US state of Pennsylvania. Snipes arrived shortly before a 1700 GMT deadline at the Federal Correction Institution McKean in Lewis Run, confirmed Federal Bureau of Prisons spokesman, Ed Ross. The 48-year-old star of the Blade films was [...]
Wesley Snipes Prison Sentence Begins
December 9th, 2010 |
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Blade’s in The Big House…. Snipes was found guilty in April 2008 on three misdemeanor counts of failing to file federal income tax returns. He faced up to 16 years. The star surrendered shortly before noon EST to begin serving his 36-month sentence. He will be imprisoned at the Federal Correctional Institution McKean in Bradford, [...]
Wesley Snipes Ordered To Report To Federal Prison Next Week
December 1st, 2010 |
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Wesley Snipes will be spending the holidays behind bars. On Wednesday, the US Marshal’s Office in Orlando, Florida ordered the Blade star to report to the Federal Correctional Institution McKean in Lewis Run, Pennsylvania by noon on Dec. 9 to begin his three-year sentence for income tax evasion. Snipes, 48, was convicted in a Florida [...]
Hacker Gets 18 Months in U.K. Prison
November 23rd, 2010 |
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A Scottish man was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for spamming out e-mails laced with malware and stealing data. – A 33-year-old Scottish man was sentenced today to 18 months
in prison in the U.K.
for spamming out malware-infected e-mails and stealing data.
The sentencing today of Matthew Anderson of Drummuir, Aberdeenshire,
Scotland, brought to an end to an investigation first launched four years
ago….
Jay-Z expected prison for life after shooting brother
November 23rd, 2010 |
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Rapper Jay-Z has revealed that when he shot his brother at the age of 12, he was terrified he would be locked up for life. The ‘99 Problems’ star said guns were rife growing up in Brooklyn, reports the Sun. “I thought my life was over. I thought I”d go to jail forever…it was terrible. [...]
Audrina Patridge Stalker Sentenced To Two Years In Prison
November 18th, 2010 |
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A mentally-disturbed man convicted of stalking reality personality Audrina Patridge was sentenced to 24 months in a California State Prison on Thursday. Zachary Loring, an unmedicated paranoid schizophrenic, was arrested in February after knocking on the door of Patridge’s Hollywood Hills home while carrying a knife in his backpack. Loring, 25, also handed Audrina a [...]
Stiff sentences for murder of Croatian journalist
November 3rd, 2010 |
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Municipal Court in Zagreb sentenced killers of Croatian journalist Ivo Pukanić and his colleague Niko Franjić to a total of 140 years in prison today.
Robert Matanić was convicted to 33 years in prison.
Texas Man Sentenced to 18 Months for Software Piracy
October 30th, 2010 |
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A Texas man was sentenced to 18 months in prison for selling counterfeit software online. – A Texas man was sentenced to 18 months in prison for selling more than $1 million worth of pirated software via the Internet.
Todd Alan Cook, of Wichita Falls, Texas, was sentenced Oct. 29 and
received a fine of $599,771 in addition to the prison time. Cook
pleaded guilty to criminal copyright in…
IT Director Turned Hacker Gets 2 Years in Prison
October 30th, 2010 |
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A Richmond, Va., man was sentenced to 27 months in prison Oct. 29 after pleading guilty to hacking his former employer’s Website. – A former IT director was sentenced Oct. 29 to 27 months in federal
prison for hacking a companys Website after the company fired him.
Darnell H. Albert-El, 53, of Richmond, Va., pleaded guilty to one
count of intentionally damaging a protected computer without
authorization. He was also ordered …
George Michael Released From English Jail Four Weeks Early
October 11th, 2010 |
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Crooner George Michael has been released from an English prison where he was serving an eight-week sentence for an September conviction for driving under the influence. The Wham! singer, whose real name is Georgios Panayiotou, was released from Suffolk’s Highpoint Prison in East England on Monday morning after serving only four of the eight weeks [...]
George Michael insists he is ‘not getting special treatment’ in jail
October 4th, 2010 |
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Popstar George Michael, who is serving an eight-week prison sentence for crashing his car, has revealed that he is getting “no special treatment of any kind” in jail. The former Wham! singer said he wanted to reassure family, friends and fans that he was being “treated with kindnessâ€. Michael was jailed last month after he [...]
Comcast Hackers Get 18-Month Prison Sentences
September 25th, 2010 |
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Two men are sentenced to more than a year in prison for redirecting traffic from Comcast.net to sites under their control. – Two men accused of hacking the Comcast Website were sentenced Sept. 24 to 18
months in prison.
The Department of Justice said in a news release, quot;Christopher Allen
Lewis, aka ‘EBK,’ 20, of Newark, Del.,
and Michael Paul Nebel, aka ‘Slacker,’ 28, of Kalamazoo,
Mich., quot; had previously pl…
Fugitive war criminal captured
September 25th, 2010 |
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Miljenko Bajić, sentenced to six years for war crimes against Serbian civilians in the Lora prison camp, was arrested after six years on the run. He was arrested in the village Žeževica, near the town of Omiš, and was transferred to a prison in Split.