Disgraced former State Senator Carl Kruger will become a senior citizen behind bars. After pleading guilty to federal corruption charges in December, the 62-year-old Brooklyn pol was sentenced yesterday to seven years in prison. His very close gynecologist buddy, Dr. Michael Turano, 50, was sentenced to two years in prison for his part in the scandal. According to the Post, the pair shared "shared a long, lingering embrace" before being parted to go off on their separate prison terms. more ›

Just when you thought you were done with Maksim Gelman, the 24-year-old Brooklyn man who admitted to killing four people and injuring four others during a 28-hour rampage across Brooklyn and Manhattan, the subway stabber got one last creep in. At a sentencing for his non-fatal attack on Joseph Lozito (to go on top of the 200 years he already got), Gelman spewed obscenities, insulted his victim and, oh yeah, proposed to Kim Kardashian. more ›

It's happening with bus seats and airplanes, and inmate attire is no different: America must adapt to suit its most corpulent citizens. But 55-year-old Elias Diaz tells the Post that Rikers Island lacks uniforms big enough to contain his 400-pound frame and he's suing the Department of Corrections for $1 million for having to wash his same outfit every day in the shower. How much does the DOC regret rejecting that contract with Jnco? more ›

Remember back in 2010 when two young Staten Island men decided to beat and try to rob a gay man in the bathroom of the legendary gay bar The Stonewall Inn? Well, 18-year-old Christopher Orlando, the younger of the pair, was sentenced to 60 days in jail yesterday for his part in the attack. Meanwhile his older partner in crime, Matthew Francis (whose sister, you might recall, is "a full-blown lesbian"), was sentenced to two years in jail on similar charges assault as a hate crime and attempted robbery charges last September. more ›

A Brooklyn man has been sentenced to 72 years in prison for raping (and impregnating) the 11-year-old daughter of his former girlfriend. Gerald Hatcher, 47, was convicted in August of four counts of rape and sexual abuse against the victim, who is now 13. “He has not accepted responsibility and has denied his involvement since the beginning despite clear DNA evidence,” Assistant District Attorney Elizabeth Doerfler wrote in a presentencing letter. more ›

A former butcher and Queens resident was sentenced to 20 years in prison for the choking death and dismemberment of his wife. Edwin Fuentes, 44, pleaded guilty last month to choking Reina De Los Santos to death in June 2007, and then chopping her up, putting her body parts into bags, and burying them in a wooded area of Forest Park near their Woodhaven home. “I’m hoping that, maybe, they cut you up like you did my sister...Your mother must be turning over knowing she carried a demon like you in her womb. If it was up to me, you would go to hell,” said the victim's sister, Marisol De Los Santos, before the plea-bargained sentencing. more ›

Two Rikers Island guards have pled guilty to felony assault charges for running a violent "Fight Club" like enforcement system that pitted gang members against inmates and resulted in the death of one 18-year-old prisoner. 33-year-old Michael McKie is expected to receive a two year sentence in January, while 37-year-old Khalid Nelson will receive one year. Department of Investigation Commissioner Rose Hearn said in a release that the two guards "fittingly…face prison sentences themselves. As inmates, they will appreciate the importance of Corrections Officers' maintaining integrity and safety in the City jails." more ›

A Harlem man was sentenced to 21 years in prison yesterday for the shooting of his former best friend after the two had a falling out over Twitter. Jameg Blake, 24, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of friend Kwame Dancy in December 2009. "I just wish I had better judgment than pulling a gun out on my best friend. My ego would not let me back down," Blake told a Manhattan judge yesterday. more ›

The New York Supreme Court has determined that once arrested for a crime, you're supposed to spend no more than 24 hours before appearing before a judge.That's not the case in Brooklyn, where tight budgets have meant reduced hours for courts. Those arrested on a recent weekend waited an average of just under 31 hours. The Times reports that one construction worked who was arrested on a Friday for "tossing a lottery ticket to the ground" and refusing to show his ID, waited three days for a judge to tell him his case would be dismissed in 6 months for good behavior. "It took me three days," he said, "It was ridiculous." more ›

The holding-cell area in the 120th Precinct station on Staten Island has been shut down as officials grapple with a bed bug infestation that has made conditions there unpleasant for prisoners. A defense attorney tells the Staten Island Advance that for months now bed bugs have been a problem in the holding cells, which are notoriously filthy. You may recall this dump from the story about the licensed massage therapist who was arrested and forced to clean an overflowing toilet at the station house before cops let her go without charging her. Looks like cops need to arrest a couple of exterminators now. more ›

Blacklisted competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi spoke today, shedding some light on his ongoing battle with Major League Eating and describing his night in jail after bumrushing the stage at last year's Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest. more ›

In case you were in the middle about it, it seems that modeling your life after that of Vic Mackey on The Shield is decidedly not a good idea: the former NYPD officer who admitted to making more than 100 robberies stealing from drug dealers has been sentenced to 20 years in jail. And the Judge was quite unimpressed with Jorge Arbaje-Diaz's excuse as to why he did it: "The idea that he was motivated by a variable-rate mortgage puts us in the world of the absurd," said Brooklyn Federal Judge Nicholas Garaufis. more ›

Tomorrow Ja Rule will begin his two year prison sentence, but before that happens, he took a moment to discuss his thoughts on "Good Day New York" with co-hosts Rosanna Scotto and Greg Kelly. more ›

Following a stint on Rikers Island after tagging up the East Village, graffiti artist Angel "LA II" Ortiz says he's coming clean. According to The Local the decision comes after spending more than a month at Rikers Island, where his cellmates were Bloods and Latin Kings. That's right, the 44-year-old who collaborated with Keith Haring back in the day, says he's been scared straight! He told the site, “I’m hanging up the gloves. No more spray painting in the streets. I don’t know how I’m going to do it.” more ›

Two men who robbed a Poughkeepsie man last summer, accidentally shooting him in the process, have been given stiff jail sentences for their befuddled criminal behavior. As he imposed the first sentence, Dutchess County Court Judge Stephen L. Greller chided the men for their foolish crime: "You and your accomplice robbed this man, and he was shot, and all you got was 86 cents." more ›

The sad premature mid-life crisis of Lindsay Lohan just keeps piling on the victories: the sometime-starlet was in tears yesterday when a Judge sentenced her to 120 days in jail for violating her probation by getting busted for allegedly stealing a necklace. Of course, she was released on $75,000 bail a few hours later, which means she only got a precious few hours to practice her stand-up at the cafeteria. more ›

Just because New York State is set to have its first on-time budget in six years doesn't mean that much of the state isn't still desperate to make ends meet. And so we guess we have to give the Erie County Holding Center upstate some credit, they've come up with a means to make more money that we really weren't expecting: advertising. more ›

Viktor Bout, the Russian national accused of terrorism by way of his alleged arms dealing, has been in the Metropolitan Correctional Center since November. And his lawyer and his wife are now complaining that Bout is, as the NY Times reports, "suffering miserably in federal custody — largely because he was not getting enough food to satisfy his vegetarian lifestyle." more ›

It's the oldest story in the book: boy meets girl, boy falls in love with girl, boy concocts $33 million fraud scheme to impress girl. And now, that boy is going to jail: accountant to the stars Kenneth Starr was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in prison yesterday for defrauding celebrity clients and his other investors. And it was all for the love of a good former stripper. "I can't believe I did what I did. I lost my moral compass," Starr told the court. more ›

Harlem seems to be conflicted over what to do about Afrika Owes, the former straight-A student who is now being held at Rikers after being charged with carrying guns to the 137th Street Crew. Harlem's Reverend Calvin Butts says she's been led astray, and even compared her to Patty Hearst. And now lawyer Elsie Chandler has filed papers asking for a reduction or dismissal of her bail, claiming Owes is "full of promise, brilliant, kind and deeply troubled." more ›

An Ohio resident recently learned the hard way that maybe one shouldn't always accept fully-paid trips to NYC to appear on The Maury Povich Show (check out the video below). April Davis, who was on probation for drug trafficking, left Ohio with her 58-year-old boyfriend to appear on the episode 'Girls Who Date Older Men,' and wound up behind bars. more ›

People always talk about getting back at cops for enforcing all those oppressive laws, but nobody ever puts down the Homer Simpson bong and does anything about it. Well, meet Ryan Burke, a hero to anyone who's ever dreamed of sticking it to the Man in a truly vile way. Burke's going up the river (for 15 days, served on weekends) for his deeds, but he gave a New Jersey police officer a mouthful he'll never forget. more ›

There are criminals, and then there are people who spit feces at other people—Gary Bogle resides in both categories. The 44-year-old man was sentenced to 21 years in jail on a mere gun charge, in part because of his ludicrous past behavior, which included prior shootings and one dramatic fecal-spitting incident. more ›

There was more pandemonium at Rikers last night when a fight broke out while correction officers tried to lock inmates into their cells for the night. CNN reports that fifteen corrections officers were injured (the Wall Street Journal puts the counts 16) but none of the injuries were life threatening. It's unclear what started the fight, but a spokesman for the Corrections Officers' Benevolent Association says the inmates started it. It's unclear what injuries the inmates sustained, if any. The C.O. union also pins the blame on the budget cuts: "Correction officers are being violently attacked at the hands of inmates because they know that staffing levels are low, and the Department of Correction continues to cut posts, jeopardizing the safety and security of Correction Officers and inmates alike." more ›

Charles Leaf, an Emmy-winning reporter for Fox 5, was arrested last month in NJ for aggravated sexual assault on a minor. Now, he's also been charged with possession of child pornography—the Bergen Record reports, "A forensic analysis of the computer revealed that Leaf had child-pornography images," according to a prosecutor—and a judge refused to lower Leaf's $270,000 bail for reasons including the fact that he has three different driver's licenses in three states. more ›

The angels are rejoicing today—after eight months in jail over a gun possession charge, Lil Wayne is finally free! But just as his sentencing was continually interrupted by bizarre occurrences, including a courthouse fire and dental surgery, his parole came with its own minor snag: a miscalculation nearly forced Wayne to spend an extra day in jail. Once that was cleared up, Wayne was discharged from Rikers prison around 8:30 a.m. today. more ›

This week, Timothy West was acquitted of all charges related to the rape of a 21-year-old Applebee's waitress in Ozone Park. And then he was shipped right back to prison, where he is serving out a seven-year prison term for an attempted burglary in another case. The Daily News was able to get a jailhouse interview with him and ask about the attempted rape charges: "I never raped her and the jury saw that. I don't know why she'd say that, but it's not true. I have sisters. My mother raised me. I would never disrespect a woman like that. It's just wrong." more ›

We were surprised yesterday when Timothy West, the man who was accused of breaking into the Ozone Park home of an Applebee's waitress, raping her twice at knife-point, and then later texting her for a date, was acquitted of all charges. This was despite the fact that the waitress had convinced West to call her, and got him to apologize for the crime on the phone, which was recorded by police and later played for jurors. It turns out that the jury flat out didn't believe the waitress's story. more ›

It's four mugshots and counting: Troubled starlet Lindsay Lohan went back to jail yesterday for violating her probation (by testing positive for drugs including cocaine)—and then managed to get out later in the evening. While the judge initially wanted her held in custody until an October 22nd hearing, a supervising judge threw that decision out, because, according to TMZ, it "flies in the face of California law, which gives defendants the right to bail in misdemeanor cases." Lohan's bondsman posted bail around 10 p.m. PDT; her friends claim that the Long Island native thinks she needs to go to rehab, not jail. more ›

On September 18th, Lindsay Lohan addressed her Twitter nation following her failed drug test. She wrote: "Regrettably, I did in fact fail my most recent drug test and if I am asked, I am prepared to appear before judge Fox next week as a result. Substance abuse is a disease, which unfortunately doesn't go away over night. I am working hard to overcome it and am taking positive steps forward every day. I am testing every single day and doing what I must do to prevent any mishaps in the future. more ›