A Florida man was sentenced Wednesday to nine years in prison for a vehicle crash that killed a 31-year-old pedestrian in Passaic County six years ago. A jury found Alvin Mootoo, 53, of Orlando, guilty on May 19 in the death of Jorge Alberto Pena Mesa, 31, of Newark. The fatal crash occurred about 9:30 p.m. on Jan. 2, 2019.

A California man has been sentenced to eight years in prison after admitting to shipping weapons and ammunition to North Korea that he said were to be used for a surprise attack on South Korea, authorities said Tuesday.

We will not allow offenders to turn our parks and neighborhoods into hunting grounds for children,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph Thompson.

Yeison Chavez Campos was the last of seven MS-13 members convicted in the attack at the abandoned Pilgrim Psychiatric Center in Brentwood.

LANSING, MI – A 72-year-old man will likely spend the rest of his life in prison after he was found guilty of sexually assaulting a minor relative. Robert Allen DeClercq of Grosse Pointe was sentenced to 25-60 years on Monday. In May, he was convicted by an Oscoda County jury of two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct.

Shannon Liccardo, 37, will be eligible for parole after 18 years for the 2023 murder of Patrick Wilkinson in Maple Heights.

A woman who was jailed for stirring up racial hatred in the aftermath of the Southport attack has been released from prison. Lucy Connolly, 42, whose husband serves on Northampton Town Council, pleaded guilty in September after posting the expletive-ridden message on X the day three girls were stabbed in Southport in July 2024.

Three samples collected on July 29 from two cells and a kitchen faucet at the prison tested above the federal safety threshold.