Crime and court news, sourced and attributed.
Ruby Celly Uribe got two years and five months in prison after a judge rejected her claim that short-barreled rifles are protected by the Second Amendment.
Antonio Ross and Alfonzo Lewis pleaded guilty to paying cash kickbacks to former District 65 Superintendent Devon Horton, days before trial was set to begin.
Lana Ruel, 71, was sentenced to two months in prison for depositing a stolen $931,745 tax refund check that was owed to a Brooklyn home health company.
Two Brooklyn residents and a Tampa woman are indicted on charges they took Treasury checks from the mail and cashed them with fake driver’s licenses.
Damion Hayes, 26, is indicted on escape and gun charges after prosecutors say he fled a Louisville reentry center on April 22, 2026.
Ignacin Ramos, 36, pleaded not guilty to a federal charge of aiming a laser pointer at a Chicago Police Department helicopter on Aug. 11, 2026.
Layne Lundeen, 67, of Tucson, is federally indicted over the Sept. 3, 2026, flight disturbance that forced a Dallas-to-Newark plane to land at BWI.
An early-morning fire damaged a Midway game booth at the State Fair of Texas in Dallas. No injuries were reported, and officials said operations would continue.
