A manhunt is underway for six inmates who used a “homemade rope” to escape from the Merced County Jail, sheriff's officials said Sunday. All six escapees should be considered armed and dangerous, the Merced County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. Staff noticed late Saturday that the six inmates...
County Hopes Text Messages Will Help Defendants Show Up
A new text message service in Fresno County aims to ensure clients represented by the public defender's office show up in court. Listen to this article: The service, called Uptrust, sends personalized text messages to public defender clients reminding them of their scheduled court hearings and other legal appointments. The...
Sheriff: Murder Suspects Who Escaped Salinas Jail Arrested
SAN FRANCISCO — Two murder suspects who escaped from jail in Salinas over the weekend were arrested by federal officials, authorities said Wednesday. The Monterey County Sheriff's Office said in a tweet that Jonathan Salazar, 20, and Santos Fonseca, 21, were arrested by Customs and Border Protection officials. It says...
Records: Epstein Signed Will 2 Days Before Jailhouse Suicide
NEW YORK — Jeffrey Epstein signed a will just two days before he killed himself in jail, new court records show, opening a new legal front in what could be a long battle over the financier's fortune. Court papers filed last week in the U.S. Virgin Islands list no details...
Epstein Accuser Sues as Questions Swirl About His Death
NEW YORK — Jail guards on duty the night Jeffrey Epstein apparently killed himself are suspected of falsifying log entries to show they were checking on inmates every half-hour as required, according to a person familiar with the investigation into the financier's death. Surveillance video shows guards never made some of the...
Alleged Sex Trafficker Jeffrey Epstein Found Injured in Jail Cell
NEW YORK — Wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein was found on the floor of his jail cell with bruises on his neck early this week while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, a person familiar with the matter said Thursday. It was not clear whether the injuries were self-inflicted or from...
Ex-Peru President Arrested in California Drunkenness Case
SAN FRANCISCO — Former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo, wanted in his home country in connection with Latin America's biggest graft scandal, was arrested in California on suspicion of public intoxication and spent the night in jail before he was released Monday morning, authorities said. Toledo, 72, was arrested Sunday night...
Best Punishment for Poacher? Make Him Watch 'Bambi' in Jail.
OZARKS, Mo. — A Missouri poacher has been ordered to repeatedly watch the movie "Bambi" as part of his sentence in a scheme to illegally kill hundreds of deer. David Berry Jr. was ordered to watch the Disney classic at least once a month during his year-long jail sentence in...
Former Armenian President Is Jailed for Deadly Crackdown
YEREVAN, Armenia — An Armenian court on Friday put the nation's former president in custody on charges linked to a deadly police crackdown on a 2008 protest over alleged voting fraud. Robert Kocharian, 64, spent two weeks in jail last summer on charges of violating the constitutional order by sending...
Clerk Jailed Over Marriage Licenses Loses Re-election Bid
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Kentucky clerk who went to jail in 2015 for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples lost her bid for a second term on Tuesday. Kim Davis, the Republican incumbent, was defeated by Democrat Elwood Caudill Jr. in the election for clerk of Rowan County in...