New Delaware County sheriff overhauling jail rules
Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:00:18 -0800

One of the first changes Littlefield made was to install 16 video recording devices in the jail . The cameras function in real time and with audio, he said. Previously, the jail had cameras, but they were not operational, Littlefield said. ...

Violations May Finally Send Convicted Child Molester to Jail
Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:53:09 -0800

But instead, Judge John Torrence shocked everybody by giving Elwood just five years probation, with no jail time. The victim's mother told FOX 4 that the slap-on-the-wrist sentence still stuns her. Couldn't believe that's what he was given was five ...

Deputy shot in arm, three people are in jail
Sat, 07 Jan 2012 05:45:04 -0800

All suspects have been arrested and are in the Kalamazoo County Jail facing many warrants and charges. The Deputy Sheriff was treated at a local hospital and released for the injury to his arm.

Man charged in Fla. abortion clinic fire
Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:21:04 -0800

In this booking photo provided by the Escambia County Jail , shows Bobby Joe Rogers of Tuscaloosa, Ala., Jan. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Escambia County Jail ) pensacola, Fla. - Authorities say a homeless man charged Thursday with setting a New Year's Day fire ...

Cabrera avoids jail time; Tigers' star wanted to end case before spring training
Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:15:13 -0800

Cabrera was booked into St. Lucie County jail . He would face a misdemeanor charge for suspicion of DUI and two misdemeanor charges (one later dropped) of resisting an officer without violence. Per Major League Baseball's collective bargaining agreement ...

Aberdeen, Hoquiam plan day jail for misdemeanors
Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:15:13 -0800

Aberdeen and Hoquiam plan to open a day jail where misdemeanor offenders will be able to serve their sentences in 8-hour blocks of time. The Associated Press No comments have been posted to this article. Aberdeen and Hoquiam plan to open a day jail ...

Son of actor Ryan O'Neal jailed again in San Diego
Fri, 06 Jan 2012 06:44:59 -0800

Griffin Patrick O'Neal, 47, is in custody -- in lieu of $1000 bail -- at the San Diego Central Jail on suspicion of misdemeanor domestic violence, according to online jail records. Shortly after 4 pm Saturday, a family member made an emergency call to ...

Sukh Ram surrenders, sent to Tihar Jail
Sat, 07 Jan 2012 05:49:21 -0800

In 2002, he was awarded a three-year jail term under the Prevention of Corruption Act. Special Judge Sanjeev Jain said that Sukh Ram would be taken to jail in the same ambulance. "As requested by the counsel for the convict (Sukh Ram), jail authorities ...

South Holland man spared stay in jail after coming up with bond money
Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:38:11 -0800

CHICAGO | A South Holland man was able to come up with the $5000 required to stay out of the Cook County Jail while a criminal charge against him is pending, according to the Cook County sheriff's police. Sixty-two-year-old Chuck Dai made his initial ...

Redding Priest Remains Jailed , Despite Bail Reduction
Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:35:53 -0800

Despite a drastic reduction in his bail Thursday, a Redding priest accused of child molestation remains behind bars in a Sacramento jail Friday. A Sacramento County Superior Court judge agreed to dramatically slash Father Uriel Ojeda 's bail Thursday, ...

Jail policy ignored in inmate's hanging
Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:21:28 -0800

Madison County jail employees consistently failed to follow policy for the frequency of inmate safety checks before Jonathan Lee Carter hanged himself on Dec. 20, according to logs released by the Sheriff's Office on Friday. Carter was on suicide watch ...

Man charged in Fla. abortion clinic fire
Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:21:04 -0800

In this booking photo provided by the Escambia County Jail , shows Bobby Joe Rogers of Tuscaloosa, Ala., Jan. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Escambia County Jail ) pensacola, Fla. - Authorities say a homeless man charged Thursday with setting a New Year's Day fire ...

Longview mother jailed after toddler hospitalized
Sat, 07 Jan 2012 04:45:00 -0800

An East Texas mother was in jail Friday while her toddler clings to life in a Dallas hospital. Longview police investigators said 2-year-old Aura Delgado is at Children's Medical Center in Dallas with bruises to her right eyelid and chest, ...

Will County Jail sex harassment suit can proceed in federal court
Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:10:36 -0800

O'Leary, who worked at the Will County jail in 2006 and 2007, alleged that male workers frequently viewed pornography and played a lewd game on work computers in the jail's booking area. She claims the pornographic activity was repeatedly condoned by ...

A forgiving: Woman turns to jail ministry after coming to peace with her ...
Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:58:29 -0800

She forgave him, and has become a volunteer with the chaplain's program at the Racine County Jail and ministers to inmates. Krissy Miller talks about forgiveness and her dad, Geoffrey Miller, who was killed in February 1998. Krissy Miller tracked down ...

Mayweather due to serve 90 days in jail in Vegas
Sat, 07 Jan 2012 04:43:52 -0800

By ken ritter boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. is due Friday to begin serving 90 days in a county jail in Las Vegas for his guilty plea in a domestic violence case involving an attack on his ex-girlfriend while two of their children watched in September 2010 ...

Former Brockton cop with huge pension still in jail over alimony case
Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:26:26 -0800

By Justin Graeber The former Brockton police officer who amassed the largest pension in Plymouth County history is sitting in the Barnstable County jail after failing to pay support to his ex-wife, officials said. Charles Lincoln was a Brockton police ...

Special report | Are jails becoming a ball and chain?
Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:56:33 -0800

Inmates at the Buckley Jail share cells and public areas in one of three pods. By brian beckley for as long as it has been a city, Buckley has had a way to deal with criminals. Stashed in a city storage shed off of Main is the city's first jail , ...

'Jersey Shore' Star Headed To Jail . No Shock There.
Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:12:07 -0800

As far as we know, your favorite guidos and guidettes aren't going to jail . But the same can't be said for hang-on Jonathan "The Unit" Manfre. Radar Online reports that The Jersey Shore's newest antagonist has been indicted for drug possession. ...

Man released from jail rearrested for stealing his inmate jumpsuit
Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:46:13 -0800

Inexplicably, the Colton resident slipped into the jumpsuit before boarding a bus outside the jail in Rancho Cucamonga, prompting the driver to notify authorities. By Phil Willon, Los Angeles Times A Colton man released from jail in San Bernardino ...