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Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'probation'

June 7, 2008

Earlier this week, a judge decided that a man found guilty of stalking actress Uma Thurman did not deserve jail time. Instead, Jack Jordan was sentenced to psychiatric counseling and three years probation in Maryland. However, Jordan was spotted in Lower Manhattan yesterday. The Daily News and Post spotted Jordan sitting, per the News, "silently in a lower Manhattan park across the street from the courthouse where he was sentenced." Jordan isn't barred on NYC--he......

Continue Reading "What Probation? Uma Thurman's Stalker Seen in NYC"

June 2, 2008

Jack Jordan, the man convicted of stalking actress Uma Thurman, received a sentence of three years probation today. On May 6th a jury found Jordan guilty of stalking and aggravated harassment. Prosecutors had wanted him to spend a year in jail, but the judge declined to order any jail time, opting for psychiatric counseling for the 37-year-old former mental patient. Jordan had repeatedly tried to meet Thurman, who seemed to be the one “courting” him,......

Continue Reading "Stalk and Walk: Uma’s Disturbed Fan Gets Probation"

April 15, 2008

Last we heard, rapper Foxy Brown, who has been on Rikers for about 8 months now, was trying to get an early release because of her "hearing problems". Deaf or not, something worked, and this week she'll be a free woman once again. After violating probation last year by attacking a couple of manicurists, she was sent to the slammer -- and even spent 40-days in solitary confinement for a confrontation with officers there. Now......

Continue Reading "Foxy Brown Set Free This Friday"

January 24, 2008

In exchange for guilty pleas on a number of charges including assault of a fan, assault of his chauffer, driving with a suspended license and DUI, rap star Busta Rhymes avoided jail time and was sentenced yesterday to 10 days of community service. Sadly, we’ll be denied the publicity circus that swirled around Boy George and Naomi Campbell during their very public community services; Rhymes will have the privilege of choosing his own method......

Continue Reading "Busta Rhymes Does No Time"

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