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  • July 2008

    • Skateboarding Welcomes Back Dogtown Lord

      New York Times  |  Jul 30, 08 6:47 AM CDT

      Skateboarding Welcomes Back Dogtown Lord

      (Newser) - Legendary skateboarder Jay Adams is slowly getting the wheels back on his life, the New York Times reports. Adams, whose '70s skateboarding career was immortalized in the movie Lords of Dogtown , is in a California halfway house for the final months of a 4-year sentence for his part in a drug ring. He hopes to attend tomorrow's X Games in Los Angeles. More »

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      Los Angeles  • probation  • X Games

  • June 2008

    • Record 2.3M Crowd US Prisons

      Washington Post  |  Jun 12, 08 5:46 AM CDT

      Record 2.3M Crowd US Prisons

      (Newser) - A record 7.2 million criminals were behind bars, on parole, or being supervised on probation in 2006—a figure that cost taxpayers $45 billion and has states rethinking sentencing laws and shipping inmates elsewhere, the Washington Post reports. Of that number, 2.3 million people were in jail or prison, the highest of any nation. More »

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      crime  • probation  • parole  • prisons  • criminal justice system  • incarceration

  • March 2008

    • Call Girl's Bro Pleads Guilty on Heroin Charges

      Asbury Park Press  |  Mar 15, 08 8:19 CDT

      Call Girl's Bro Pleads Guilty on Heroin Charges

      (Newser) - The brother of gubernatorial call girl Ashley “Kristen” Dupre has legal problems too: He pled guilty in New Jersey this week to possessing heroin with intent to distribute. Already on probation for other drug charges, Kyle Youmans will likely get more probation when he is sentenced next month, the Asbury Park Press reports. More »

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      Eliot Spitzer  • sex scandal  • New Jersey  • prostitution ring  • Ashley Alexandra Dupre  • heroin  • drug dealing  • drug possession  • probation

    • Televangelist's Husband Admits Attacking Her

      Atlanta Journal-Constitution  |  Mar 12, 08 2:40 AM CDT

      Televangelist's Husband Admits Attacking Her

      (Newser) - The husband of Pentecostal televangelist Juanita Bynum pleaded guilty yesterday to assaulting her and was sentenced to three years probation. Thomas W. Weeks III, the founder of Global Destiny churches, admitted grabbing Bynum, throwing her down and kicking her in the parking lot of an Atlanta hotel in August, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.  Weeks apologized to his wife in court. More »

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      Atlanta  • assault  • probation  • bishop  • pastor  • televangelist  • Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport  • Pentecostals

    • Marion Jones Reports to Jail

      Fort Worth Star-Telegram  |  Mar 8, 08 6:09 AM CST

      Marion Jones Reports to Jail

      (Newser) - Marion Jones has entered a federal prison in Texas, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports. The disgraced former sprinter is beginning a 6-month sentence for lying to investigators about her use of performance-enhancing drugs and about her role in a check-fraud scam. She has already returned her Olympic gold medals and her name has been removed from the record books. More »

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      steroids  • Olympic Games  • sentencing  • Marion Jones  • athletics  • probation  • federal prison

  • February 2008

    • Judge Cuts Loose Mel Gibson

      Reuters  |  Feb 14, 08 4:07 AM CST

      Judge Cuts Loose Mel Gibson

      (Newser) - Actor Mel Gibson is free to serve out the rest of his drunk driving probation without returning to the courthouse, Reuters reports. "You're on your own now with the self-help groups, so this is the most difficult time for you," a judge told the Apocalypto director yesterday. "Good luck to you as you continue your rehabilitation." More »

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      drunk driving  • anti-Semitism  • probation  • Mel Gibson

  • December 2007

    • Teen Sex Teacher Busted Again

      St. Petersburg Times  |  Dec 5, 07 3:44 AM CST

      Teen Sex Teacher Busted Again

      (Newser) - Former middle school teacher Debra LaFave, who was convicted of having sex with a 14-year-old male student, was arrested yesterday in Florida for violating her probation by having unsupervised contact with a minor, police said. LaFave had been working as a waitress, and is accused of repeatedly discussing personal problems, boyfriends and sex in private conversations with a 17-year-old female coworker. More »

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      Florida  • sex scandal  • arrest  • sex offenders  • probation

  • November 2007

    • Rob Bank, Violate Parole, Lose $1M

      Boston Globe  |  Nov 29, 07 2:10 CST

      Rob Bank, Violate Parole, Lose $1M

      (Newser) - A Massachusetts man who scored a $1 million jackpot this week wasn’t allowed to buy his ticket to begin with: He’s a twice-convicted bank robber whose five-year probation bars him from gambling. Now, the Globe reports, Timothy Elliot will find himself betting on whether the state will revoke his winnings at an upcoming court date. More »

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      Massachusetts  • probation  • lottery  • district attorney  • bank robber

  • June 2007

    • Paris Is Liberated

      Associated Press  |  Jun 26, 07 7:00 AM CDT

      Paris Is Liberated

      (Newser) - Our long national nightmare is over; Paris is out of the slammer. The heiress left the Los Angeles County jail in Lynwood just 15 minutes after midnight today—technically completing a three-week stay—and was swarmed by a crowd of waiting photographers enroute to her parents' black SUV. More »

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      Los Angeles  • Paris Hilton  • jail  • probation  • community service

    • Eight Games; No Tanks

      Associated Press  |  Jun 5, 07 4:14 AM CDT

      Eight Games; No Tanks

      (Newser) - NFL commissioner Roger Goodell continued the league's crackdown on unsavory extracurriculars with an 8-game suspension of Tank Johnson, who was recently jailed for violating probation on gun charges and whose bodyguard was killed in a club shooting in December.  Johnson hopes to pare the suspension to six games with good behavior. More »

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      NFL  • football  • jail  • Roger Goodell  • probation  • Tank Johnson

  • May 2007

    • Hilton Headed To Hoosegow

      Reuters  |  May 4, 07 10:34 CDT

      Hilton Headed To Hoosegow

      (Newser) - Supply your own "simple life" joke: Paris Hilton is going to jail. After finding that the famous-for-being-famous socialite violated her probation, Los Angeles Superior Court judge Michael Sauer today sentenced her to 45 days. The sometime reality-TV star wept as she learned she has until June 5 to find a dog-sitter. More »

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      Paris Hilton  • jail  • drunk driving  • sentencing  • probation

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