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- New sentencing hearing in Baltimore County Circuit Court, same
- Three years ago, Lance S. Baker won the right to a new sentencing hearing. On Thursday, it finally happened -- and the sentence was even longer. Baker, who was out on mandatory release by the time his post- conviction challenge was decided in 2005, was resentenced in Baltimore...
- Research articles 2008-09-19
- Baltimore County Circuit Court judge lets convict take polygraph
- The truth will not set Trent Lee Banks free, but it could shave a few years off his 45-year sentence. Banks, 29, was granted permission Tuesday to take a polygraph test in an effort to reduce the five-year sentence for violating probation he received after being convicted...
- Research articles 2008-08-27
- Assisting feds cut ex-ref's jail time
- NEW YORK -- The candidness of former NBA referee Tim Donaghy played a role in deciding on a 15-month sentence for his guilty plea on federal gambling charges, U.S. District Court Judge Carol Amon said Tuesday. Amon made her ruling in Brooklyn after the defense and...
- Research articles 2008-07-30
- Tim Donaghy to be sentenced today
- Former NBA referee Tim Donaghy, who pleaded guilty last August to charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and transmitting betting information, is due to be sentenced for his crimes today in Brooklyn. A federal judge could sentence the Drexel Hill native to up to 33 months in prison after...
- Research articles 2008-07-29
- Donaghy associates get year-plus in jail
- NEW YORK - The two Delaware County men who conspired to bet on NBA games with former referee Tim Donaghy were sentenced to more than a year in prison yesterday by a federal judge. James "Baba" Battista was sentenced to 15 months in prison and three years of probation for...
- Research articles 2008-07-25
- Dennis Rodman gets probation for attacking girlfriend
- LOS ANGELES AFP — Eccentric former basketball star Dennis Rodman was sentenced to three years probation on Tuesday after admitting a misdemeanor domestic violence charge, prosecutors said. Rodman, a star member of five NBA Championship winning teams during colorful stints with the Detroit Pistons and Chicago Bulls, was arrested...
- Research articles 2008-06-24
- Nuggets forward and US Olympian Anthony sentenced to probation
- DENVER, Colorado AFP — Denver Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of driving while ability impaired and was sentenced to probation and community service on Tuesday. In exchange for the plea, prosecutors dropped a more serious charge of driving under the influence of alcohol. ...
- Research articles 2008-06-24
- Libby case cited as precedent
- In arguing against jail time for his client, the attorney for disgraced NBA referee Tim Donaghy has invoked the case of former White House official Lewis "Scooter" Libby. Libby was sentenced to 30 months in jail and two years of probation for charges including obstruction of justice and perjury. President...
- Research articles 2008-05-21
- Lawyers seek probation for ex-ref Donaghy
- Former NBA referee Tim Donaghy, who pleaded guilty last year in a betting scandal, suffers from "a pathological gambling" disorder that destroyed his career and left his personal life in shambles, his lawyers said Monday in federal court documents. Although he faces up to 25 years...
- Research articles 2008-05-20
- British bad boy rocker Doherty released early from jail
- LONDON AFP — Troubled British singer Pete Doherty was freed from jail Tuesday after serving just over four weeks of a 14-week sentence for breaching a probation order imposed for a string of drugs and driving offences. Wearing a suit and tie and puffing on a cigarette, the former...
- Research articles 2008-05-06
- Marijuana store manager gets 5 years probation
- LOS ANGELES AFP — The former manager of a Los Angeles medical marijuana store was sentenced to five years probation on Wednesday after pleading guilty, court officials said. John Carberry, 56, could have been jailed for up to 20 years but was instead ordered to perform 1,500 hours of...
- Research articles 2008-04-30
- Montreux festival hopes Pete Doherty won't be a shambles
- GENEVA AFP — Switzerland's Montreaux Jazz Festival still expects troubled British rocker Pete Doherty to take to its stage in July once he finishes a jail stint in London, organizers said Friday. Doherty, 29, best known for his bands Babyshambles and the Libertines as well as his past relationship...
- Research articles 2008-04-18
- Medical worker jailed for assaults
- A medical technician was sentenced yesterday to 111/2 months in prison after he pleaded no contest to indecent assault on four women at Temple University Hospital and Temple Children's Medical Center. Mathew Philip, 54, a married father of two, quietly accepted the sentence handed down by Municipal Court Judge Marsha...
- Research articles 2008-04-17
- Actress Mischa Barton gets probation in drink-drive case
- LOS ANGELES AFP — Teen idol Mischa Barton was sentenced to three years probation on Thursday after pleading no contest to drink driving charges following her arrest in December last year, court officials said. The 22-year-old former "The O.C." star did not appear at a brief hearing in Beverly...
- Research articles 2008-04-10
- British rock star Doherty jailed for 14 weeks
- LONDON AFP — Singer Pete Doherty was jailed for 14 weeks by a British court Tuesday for breaching a probation order after a string of brushes with the law for drugs and driving offences. Doherty, 29, best known for his bands Babyshambles and the Libertines as well as a...
- Research articles 2008-04-08
- Busta Rhymes gets three years' probation
- [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Rapper Busta Rhymes was recently sentenced to three years' probation for assaulting his former driver and a fan. The 35-year-old Rhymes, whose real name is Trevor Smith, was also ordered by the judge to perform 10 days of community service; pay a $1,250 fine, plus court...
- Research articles 2008-04-07
- Cinnaminson man among those pardoned by Bush
- More than 30 years after mailing himself heroin from a military post office in Thailand, Robert Milroy has had the slate wiped clean. Milroy, a Cinnaminson resident, was one of 15 people who received a pardon from President Bush on Monday. "It is part of my distant past, but does...
- Research articles 2008-03-27
- Pakistan Cricket Board defer Akhtar disciplinary decision
- KARACHI AFP — The Pakistan Cricket Board deferred a decision Saturday on disciplinary action against paceman Shoaib Akhtar, who faces a possible life ban for violating the body's code of conduct. "We have empowered the disciplinary committee to take a decision on Akhtar and leg-spinner Danish Kaneria after giving...
- Research articles 2008-03-22
- Baltimore City Circuit Court fines property manager, lead inspector
- Ameridel Investment Corp., trading as Delta Property Management, a Baltimore-based property management company, on Tuesday was convicted in Baltimore City Circuit Court of illegally submitting a false lead certificate to the Maryland Department of the Environment, the Maryland attorney general's office said. Judge Timothy J. Doory imposed a $30,000 fine,...
- Research articles 2008-03-20
- INCIDENTS CAUSE AFA PREP SCHOOL TO END SEASON
- The Air Force Academy preparatory school basketball team has canceled the remainder of its season after losing players to expulsion, probation and injury. Three members of the team were expelled from the prep school and three others were placed on probation for violating both prep school and...
- Research articles 2008-02-22
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