<![CDATA[Gawker: jail]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gawker.com.png <![CDATA[Gawker: jail]]> http://gawker.com/tag/jail http://gawker.com/tag/jail <![CDATA[ Jail Threatened for Yet Another Rogue Library Borrower ]]> Last week, cops in Wisconsin apprehended a 20-year-old girl who worked two jobs, cuffed her, and hauled her into jail for the failure to return two library books—one of which was an Oprah Book Club selection. This week, a Maine old lady is being threatened with jail time for refusing to return a library book:

It's about sex and puberty, and she deems it dangerous for kids: "I'm going to hang on to the book, your honor."

Reports the Sun Journal:

JoAn Karkos, 64, was confined to a courtroom at 8th District Court for about an hour after she was ordered by a judge to hand over the borrowed book: It's Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex and Sexual Health. Karkos said she had no intention of giving up the book she claims violates the city's obscenity ordinance... She called her actions "civil disobedience."

She has Friday to hand it over, or else she'll totally be arrested.

[Photo: Sun Journal]

The book in question:

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Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:19:52 EDT Sheila http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5043027&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Failing to Return These Library Books Will Get You Arrested ]]> This sweet-looking 20-year-old lady was handcuffed and arrested over two overdue library books in Wisconsin. We know you're wondering which books they were: "Janet Fitch's best-seller White Oleander (a 1999 Oprah Book Club selection) and Angels & Demons, author Dan Brown's precursor to The Da Vinci Code." Check out the incident report, via Smoking Gun:






It also notes that her handcuffs were checked for "proper fit and tightness." It's a minor thing, but us criminals appreciate the details—it's something my own arresting officer never bothered to do. Those things chafe after four-plus hours, believe you me.

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Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:44:35 EDT Sheila http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5040470&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Boy Band Hustler Needs To Make License Plates Faster ]]> Who knew that robbing the Backstreet Boys could have so many financial rewards, on top of the emotional satisfaction? Lou Pearlman, the sleazebag boy band promoter who managed Backstreet and N'Sync, among others, has been ordered to repay $300 million to hundreds of people that he swindled in a Ponzi scheme that played out for decades. But uh, according to our forensic accounting, he might have a little trouble making full restitution:

It will be difficult for Pearlman to repay all the money while he is behind bars [serving his 25-year prison sentence for fraud]. Pearlman made millions in the record industry in the 1990s, but investigators have found that money and more seemingly gone with the collapse of his Ponzi scheme.

He's been allowed to manage - at arm's length - the few remaining music acts he still has. He could also offer wages from whatever job he gets in federal prison, ranging from 12 cents an hour to $1.15 an hour for top-scale factory work.

Once he works his way up to that top-scale job he can erase the debt in just over 130,000 years. MATH.

[AP]

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Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:44:21 EDT Hamilton Nolan http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5025886&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Murder Suspect Done In By Evolution Of Media, Own Stupidity ]]> The revolutionary information age is great and everything, but it makes crime a really big hassle. In the McCarthy era, they ran down the Reds by tracing their anti-American magazine subscriptions. Dragnet cops could storm into the library to demand a suspect's list of books borrowed. But now criminals use the internet, and its treasure trove of crime information is an equally rich source of evidence against those who access it. We've already seen a Facebook update lead to a murder-suicide. And now, the latest entrant in the annals of "Bad Things To Do Online": Google "How to kill with a knife," and then murder your wife and child:

"A search was made on Google.com. You search by key words. There were six words. 'How to kill with a knife'," forensic computer expert and police officer Lawrence James testified at Neil Entwistle's double-murder trial.

Entwistle, 29, from Worksop in the East Midlands, has pleaded not guilty to murdering his wife Rachel, 27, and their nine-month-old daughter Lillian at their Massachusetts home in the United States two years ago using his father-in-law's gun.

He's obviously innocent, what with the knife/ gun discrepancy.

Seriously though, don't do the Google part, or the murder part. Come on, man.

[Breitbart]

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Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:07:44 EDT Hamilton Nolan http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5017528&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Incarcerated Rapper Reveals Satanic Molester Conspiracy ]]> prodigy.jpegProdigy, the Mobb Deep rapper currently taking advantage of his incarceration to hone his blogging skills, is concerned about quite a few things: ritualistic murders, the 9/11 conspiracy, secret societies, missing children, and "NATURAL ENERGY LINES THAT CRISS-CROSS THE ENTIRE PLANET." How do these things all tie together? Allow Prodigy explain at length [Vibe], like a man with plenty of time to type and type and type and go crazier and crazier and crazier:

On 9/11:

W.T.C. 9-11- IT AMAZES ME HOW THE FAMILIES OF THE PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THIS BUILDING ON SEPTERMBER 11, 2001, ARE NOT RAISING HELL OVER THIS BULLSHIT. THE PRESIDENT (BUSH), THE F.B.I., THE FEMA AND EVERY OTHER GOV. AGENCY ARE LYING TO THEM AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ABOUT THE FACTS OF THIS CASE.

THERE WERE BOMBS GOING OFF ON JUST ABOUT EVERY FLOOR AND THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT CAUSED THE TOWERS TO COLLAPSE SO PERFECTLY IN DEMOLITION FORMATION. THE STEEL BEAMS THAT HELD THOSE BUILDINGS UP WERE IMPOSSIBLE TO DESTROY WITH FIRE FROM JET FUEL. THIS WAS CONFIRMED BY NUMEROUS EXPERTS IN THE FIELD OF FIRE, STEEL, AND JET FUEL.

On "THE WORLD GRID":

ALSO, THE PENTAGON AND THE W.T.C. ARE STRATEGICALLY BUILT ON NATURAL ENERGY LINES THAT CRISS-CROSS THE ENTIRE PLANET. IT'S CALLED "THE WORLD GRID" OR "PLANETARY GRIDLINES."

WHEREVER THESE LINES CROSS, THE EARTH PRODUCES NATURAL ENERGY THAT SHOOTS UP AND DOWN IN A VORTEX OR DOUBLE HELIX SHAPE. JUST LIKE THE SHAPE OF DNA. (PEOPLE IF YOU RESEARCH YOU WILL LEARN.) THIS VORTEX OF ENERGY IS NATURAL AND CAN BE USED FOR POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE; DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH IT.

MANY IMPORTANT STRUCTURES ARE BUILT ON THESE CROSSING GRID LINES. THIS NATURAL SOURCE OF ENERGY CAN ALSO BE USED TO POWER THE WORLD WITHOUT ELECTRICITY, NUCLEAR ENERGY, GAS, FUEL OR ANYTHING ELSE THEY'VE GOT TO ENSLAVE, POISON, AND OR MAKE PROFIT OFF US ALL. BUT THAT IS A TOPIC FOR ANOTHER DAY.

On milk cartons:

MISSING CHILDREN- FOR YEARS CHILDREN HAVE BEEN DISAPPEARING AT AN ALARMING RATE. WE'VE ALL SEEN THEM ON THE BACK OF MILK CARTONS AND THE NEWS. BUT SINCE AROUND 1999, FEDS MAGAZINE HAS BEEN DEDICATING 2 PAGES OF EVERY ISSUE TO MISSING CHILDREN. MILLIONS OF CHILDREN ARE MISSING AND NOBODY SEEMS TO BE STRESSING THE QUESTION TO WHY. WHERE ARE ALL THESE CHILDREN GOING?

HOW CAN YOU HAVE SO MANY MISSING CHILDREN AND NOT HAVE IT DECLARED AS A NATIONAL EMERGENCY? I CAN TELL YOU WHAT'S GOING ON HERE, BUT THE ANSWER IS VERY DISTURBING AND DOWN RIGHT DISGUSTING

And finally:

THE SKULL & BONES GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE PIRATES AND WAY BEFORE THEN. ANOTHER OLD SOCIETY HIGH UP ON THE TOTEM POLE IS THE 'BOHEMIAN GROVE" SECRET SOCIETY. THIS GROUP OF ELITE HAVE RECENTLY BEEN EXPOSED. THEY HOLD MEETINGS IN THE CALIFORNIA REDWOOD FOREST AND PRACTICE RITUALS WHERE THEY WORSHIP A GIANT DEMON OWL CALLED "MOLECH" AND THEY DO "MOCK" SACRIFICES TO THEIR GOD "MOLECH"' WHERE THEY BURN A BABY IN A BONFIRE, WITH HUNDREDS OF MEMBERS WATCHING.

CONTROVERSIAL TALK SHOW HOST "ALEX JONES" RECENTLY SNUCK A CAMERA INTO THE WOODS AND FILMED THE ENTIRE CEREMONY. ALSO PICTURES OF MEMBERS IN HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVITES THAT TAKE PLACE AT BOHEMIAN GROVE MEETINGS, HAVE SURFACED ON THE NEWS AND NEWPAPERS. PLEASE DON'T BELIEVE ME, RESEARCH ALL OF THIS YOURSELF ON THE NET.

PEOPLE I'M SORRY TO SAY BUT 95% OF THESE MILLIONS OF MISSING CHILDREN ARE BEING USED AS A PART OF THESE ELITE SOCIETIES DEMONIC AND SATANIC RITUALS. THEY ARE BEING SEXUALLY MOLESTED BECAUSE IN THESE IN THESE SATANIC RITUALS WHEN THEY MOLEST A CHILD THEY'RE CONJURING UP A NEGATIVE ENERGY.

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Fri, 02 May 2008 12:33:45 EDT Hamilton Nolan http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=386609&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Incarcerated Rapper Blogs Against Racism ]]> prodigy.jpegProdigy, Mobb Deep's lead rapper and avid blogger, is currently locked up in Fishkill, NY. With all the time on his hands, he's been reading, writing, and philosophizing. And doing a lot of thinking about how racist the entertainment industry is. And making long, long lists of examples of racist cartoons, movies, TV shows, and advertising, and sending those lists out to be posted on blogs [VIBE]. He has a point! Can you add anything to this rundown?

QUESTION?

WHY IS IT ALWAYS ONE BLACK PERSON IN SHIT THAT WHITE PEOPLE WRITE? (CARTOONS, MOVIES, T.V., COMMERCIALS, & ADVERTISING)

EXAMPLES

CARTOONS: CHARLIE BROWN, SUPERFRIENDS (JUSTIC LEAGUE), G.I. JOE, STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE, UM UM UM, KEEP ON UMIN' CAUSE IT AIN'T NO MORE.

MOVIES: STRIPES, REVENGE OF THE NERDS, POLICE ACADEMY (ACTUALLY HAD 3 BLACKS, HOLYSHIT!), PREDATOR, ROCKY (3 BLACKS, HOLYSHIT!), AEON FLUX, STAR WARS, SUPERMAN, THE SHINING, GOODFELLAS, PULP FICITION, FROM DUSK TO DAWN, GRINDHOUSE, MATRIX, 3000 MILES TO GRACELAND, DEVIL'S ADVOCATE, WAR OF THE WORLDS, THE GUARDIAN, THE DEPARTED, CHILDREN OF MEN, DAWN OF THE DEAD, 28 DAYS LATER, APOCALYPSE NOW, PLATOON, WILD HOGS, OFFICER & A GENTLEMAN, X-MEN, SPIDERMAN, FANTASTIC 4

T.V.: FACTS OF LIFE, SILVERSPOONS, A-TEAM, KNIGHT RIDER (MY BAD THAT WAS A BLACK CAR), 21 JUMPSTREET, SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, MAD T.V., JAY LENO, SEINFELD, KING OF QUEENS, 2 _ MEN, LAW & ORDER, MY NAME IS EARL, CSI, EVERY NEWS CHANNEL/SHOW, LITTLE RASCALS, THE SUITE LIFE OF ZACH & CODY, THE NAKED BROTHERS.

COMMERCIALS: LINCOLN TECH SCHOOL, APEX, DRAKE, PIZZA HUT (USES QUEEN LATIFAH'S VOICE, BUT I NEVER SEE A BLACK), WHITE CASTLES, HOTELS.COM, BLOCKBUSTER (GOT A BLACK CARTOON CHARACTER), CLAIROL, U.S. ARMY, U.S. AIR FORCE, ING. DIRECT, HYUNDAI, WASHINGTON MUTUAL.

PRINT ADVERTISEMENT: VICTORIA'S SECRET (STAY WITH ONE BLACK CHIC), JC PENNEY, MACY'S, NAUTICA, POLO, TOMMY HILFIGER. ALL OF THESE LISTED ABOVE ONLY HAVE ONE OR 2, IF WE'RE LUCKY, BLACK PEOPLE IN IT.

WHY IS THAT? BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WHITE PEOPLE LOOK AT US. THEY ONLY PUT THE ONE OR TWO BLACKS IN, SO WHEN WE CONFRONT THEM ABOUT BEING RACIST FOR NOT HIRING MORE BLACKS THEY CAN SAY "THAT'S NOT TRUE, LOOK THERE'S A BLACK RIGHT THERE, LOOK AND A BLACK THERE!" NOWADAY'S WHAT THESE COMPANIES/MAJOR CORPORATIONS DO, AND THAT IS CREATE AN ENTIRE BLACK CAMPAIGN. SO, YOU WILL SEE AN "ALL BLACK" LINCOLN NAVIGATOR COMMERCIAL OR AN "ALL BLACK" MCDONALD'S COMMERCIAL, AN "ALL BLACK" COLLGATE TOOTHPASTE , NIKE, SUNNY DELIGHT, ETC, ETC.....

WHY CAN'T WE BE IN THE REGULAR COMMERCIALS? BECAUSE THE REGULAR AD'S BEING RUN COMES ON AT PRIME TIME & ON EVERY CHANNEL OR OUTLET. THE "ALL BLACK" VERSIONS ONLY COME ON DURING "ALL BLACK" T.V. SHOWS OR ON "ALL BLACK" CHANNELS / OUTLETS. ALSO, THE "ALL BLACK" PRINT ADVERTISEMENTS ARE ONLY SEEN IN "ALL BLACK" NEIGHBORHOODS OR IN "ALL BLACK" MAGAZINES SUCH AS: EBONY, JET, XXL, ETC, ETC.....

YES PEOPLE IN THE CORPORATE WORLD, FROM HOLLYWOOD TO INGLEWOOD RACISM IS ALIVE, KICKING AND AS STRONG AS EVER. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT INSTEAD OF BEING OVERT, NOW THEY'RE BEING COVERT. 'THEY TOOK THE CHAINS OFF OUR FEET AND PUT EM ON OUR BRAINS"........................SO, GROWING UP I COULDN'T HELP BUT NOTICE ALL OF THESE THINGS AND SEEING HOW SERIOUS THE PROBLEM IS, MADE ME STOP READING THE FICTION. I THEN STARTED RESEARCHING THE ORIGIN OF ALL THE BULLSHIT. I BEGIN READING ONLY FACTUAL BOOKS ON HISTORY, SCIENCE, CULTURES, POLITICS AND OTHER REAL ISSUES. I BEGAN QUESTIONING PEOPLE AND THEIR BELIEFS/BELIEF SYSTEMS.

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Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:14:32 EDT Hamilton Nolan http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=377979&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ The Con Man That THEY Don't Want You To Know About ]]> kevintrudeau.jpegKevin Trudeau is the infomercial star and dressed-up hustler who cons the gullible of America by claiming to sell things that "THEY" don't want you to know. Natural Cures "They" Don't Want You To Know About. The Weight Loss Cure "They" Don't Want You To Know About. Debt Cures "They" Don't Want You To Know About. The Federal Trade Commission (maybe the real "They?") has fined Trudeau millions over the years and tried to ban him from making misleading claims, but he just keeps it up [WBZ TV]. In the olden days, thousands of people who had wasted money on his worthless books would storm his home with pitchforks and torches, and that would be that. Today, though, it has to go through the system. After the jump, a look at Trudeau's scams.

In 2007, Trudeau began airing an infomercial for a new book, "The Weight Loss Cure They Don't Want You to Know About." In the infomercial, Trudeau claims you can lose 30 pounds in 30 days, with no restrictions and no exercise. He says "It's the fastest, easiest, most effective way to lose weight."

Mike McDonald of Webster bought the pitch and the book. He was surprised at what he found inside. One of the recommendations for phase one of the diet is "Go to a licensed colon therapist and under their supervision and guidance receive 15 colonics."

Mike says in the next phase, you had to have daily hormone injections. In the infomercial, Trudeau never mentions that a hormone needs to be injected, or that you need a doctor's prescription to get the hormone in the first place.

When his products aren't pitching ridiculously complicated solutions to easy problems, they're pitching ridiculously obvious solutions to hard problems. People who bought Trudeau's "Debt Cures" say that there's nothing in the book that isn't common knowledge. The infomercial for his weight loss "solution" has been yanked from TV, and the FTC is suing him for false advertising, once again.

Trudeau is in the business of selling people things that sound too good to be true, and in fact are. Or of simply repackaging common sense knowledge with a steep markup. Unfortunately, there seems to be a limitless supply of suckers for him to prey on. I guess with one being born every minute, that adds up to... a lot! Here's a sample of a Trudeau infomercial, this one for debt; it demonstrates, obviously, that it's usually much cheaper to use Google to answer your questions about anything.

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Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:43:13 EDT Hamilton Nolan http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=374560&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Scenes From Yesterday ]]> letterjail.jpgpareene: omg sheila is in JAIL
nick: hunh?
nick: what?
pareene: ha! her mom just emailed me. she was picked up for drinking in public last night!
nick: and they put you in jail for that?
pareene: if they feel like it!
pareene: i mean usually no but it's not unheard of. she probably mouthed off.
pareene: ANYWAY we are not allowed to post about this, according to mrs mcclear
nick: well, someone is going to
nick: can sheila blog from jail?

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Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:03:52 EST Pareene http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=364760&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Britain's Evilest Canadian Reports to US Prison ]]> Newspaper magnate, British Lord, former Canadian and convicted criminal Conrad Black, Baron Black of Crossharbour, reports today to Coleman Federal Prison in Florida to serve his 78 months for mail fraud and obstruction of justice. He wrote a lengthy, self-pitying column to the New York Sun, formerly one of his holdings, to announce that he quite loves American justice, even though he was wrongfully convicted and all that. Amusingly, Black would be serving time in a much nicer Canadian prison if it weren't for the fact that he renounced his citizenship to get that title. But he's not bitter! Not at all! Do these sound like the words of a bitter man?

There was no evidence to support two of the remaining convictions, and the only evidence, from the chief cooperating witness, was exculpatory. For the third count, the evidence was an uncorroborated allegation of a non-incriminating telephone conversation, which did not, in fact, take place.


Ya hear that? The only evidence was the allegation of a phone call that didn't happen and also that would not have even been incriminating if it did happen, which it didn't.

Mr. Black is apparently using his prison time to work on his memoirs, and if this column is any indication, they will be lengthy accounts of how, precisely, he did nothing wrong, in great detail, and also how he is the victim of a byzantine plot by the SEC and rebellious shareholders. BUT HE'S NOT BITTER.

My faith in the United States has inspired me to persevere, despite what I believe has been the prosecution's insufficient respect for the Fifth, Sixth, and Eighth Amendment guarantees of due process, of the grand jury as an assurance against capricious prosecution, of no seizure of assets without just compensation, of speedy justice, access to counsel, and reasonable bail. I have been besieged by various agencies of the U.S. government for over four years, and I know of only one higher bond in U.S. history than the $38 million I have been posting.

UK "online magazine" The First Post rather gleefully reports on precisely what Lord Black can expect in his new prison life, from the strip search to his "between 12 and 40 cents an hour" new job as a gardener. They even link to Coleman Federal Prison's official inmate handbook, which details the sorts of things you can and cannot do in prison. Here's the no list:
handbook.jpgOf course, should Lord Black be caught, say on a grainy security camera, taking hostages or creating hazardous tools, it will be merely a harmless act of innocent fun misconstrued and blown out of proportion by the dastardly Hollinger International Board of Directors' Special Committee, the Canadian government, the FBI, his enemies in the British press, and Sotheby's.


My Faith in American Justice [NYSun]
Conrad Black Begins Prison Sentence [First Post]

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Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:51:42 EST Pareene http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=363047&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Stop Stealing Your Fashion, Liquor, And Life Choices From Mobb Deep ]]> prodigy.jpegHave you ever drunk lime-flavored Bacardi? Worn Timberland boots? Made a web site? WELL STOP BITING FROM PRODIGY OF MOBB DEEP YOU FAKE ASS SHOOK ONE. HOW DARE YOU QUESTION HIS TREND SETTING? It turns out that Prodigy, the soon-to-be-jailed Queens rapper, is responsible for many of the innovations in music, clothing, and the world at large, so SHOW SOME RESPECT.

Big P is getting ready for an extended stay in lockdown, but he's trying to cement his legacy for the world before he goes via his blog, by posting an extensive list of TRENDS PRODIGY HAS SET SINCE 1992 AND STILL IS SETTING IN 2008 AND BEYOND:

#5 HOW I FOLD MY BANDANA

#8 MADE DRINKIN HENNESSY, E&J, LIME BACARDI, 151 POPULAR (nothin to be proud of)

#13 MURDA MUSIC,,EVERYBODY USES MY BLOOD SPLASH NOW

#18 TIMBERLAND BOOTS...THESE RACIST FUCC'S OWE US MILLIONS. THEY NEVER DO AD'S USING BLACK PEOPLE OR RAPPERS AS MUCH AS WE PROMOTED THEY SHIT.

#19 WEB SITES, I HAD INFAMOUSSTORES.COM AND WAS WRITING BLOGS BACK IN 99 LONG BEFORE IT BECAME POPULAR IN HIP HOP TO HAVE A WEB SITE.

#23 MAKING EXPOSING THE ILLUMINATI, SECRET GOVERNMENT AND HIDDEN TRUTHS THAT NEW HOT SHIT


Many of you owe Prodigy some royalties, we suspect. Have your checks waiting when he gets out.

(Honestly, he will always be cool with us, mainly because of TREND #22: NO MORE FLASHY, DANCY, RADIO FREINDLY , CLUB SONGS..HOW DARE YOU QUESTION MY TREND SETTING, LOOK AT WHAT I BRING TO THE TABLE.)

(The end of which is also a good way to close any argument with anybody about anything).

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Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:29:59 EST Hamilton Nolan http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=362262&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Foxy Boxed ]]> Rapper, criminal, and muse of the ages Foxy Brown has been denied the early release from prison she had requested. Brown had been hoping to go to California to seek treatment for a defective ear implant. Ms. Brown was sentenced to a year in prison this past September, after violating the probation she earned by assaulting some manicurists. Spinderella remains at large. [NYT]

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Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:20:35 EST Richard Lawson http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=350613&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Joe Francis Is "Just A Regular Joe" In Jail ]]> joefrancis.jpgScore one for power publicist Mike Sitrick: he's managed to get new client Joe"Girls Gone Wild" Francis profiled not entirely unsympathetically in the Sunday Style section. Joe's still stuck in jail, in spite of having a ton of money and also a ton of friends like Quincy Jones and Greta Van Susteren who don't think he belongs there. He's being held in Reno for tax evasion, but he also faces other charges in Florida that are more along the lines of what you'd expect if you're familiar with his history of being rapey, reporter-assaulty, and Richard Johnson-friendy. But in spite of being given a bully pulpit to drum up sympathy, Joe can't seem to make his cause seem just.

He "says he walked into jail with pills and cash because he was not searched and didn't know better," and he also "argues this is all payback for defying the power structure in Bay County with his First Amendment lawsuit." Ok, totally convinced!

Maybe Joe will use some of his downtime to hone his new website, which includes the most unconvincing open letter of all time. There's more crazy in it than can be easily explained, but here's how it concludes. "It might be a stretch to say that I'm just your average Joe, but as you explore this site, I think you'll come to find that my desires, dreams and disappointments aren't terribly different from your own."

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Mon, 17 Dec 2007 13:40:35 EST Emily Gould http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=334815&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ BREAKING: Conrad Black has been sentenced ... ]]> cuffs.jpgBREAKING: Conrad Black has been sentenced by a Chicago court to 6 and a half years in prison for defrauding shareholders and pocketing millions of dollars. [AP]

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Mon, 10 Dec 2007 14:28:33 EST Maggie http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=332056&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ One-time media baron Lord Conrad Black is ... ]]> conradblackface.jpgOne-time media baron Lord Conrad Black is being sentenced this morning in Chicago. He's expected to get anywhere from four to 12 years in a minimum security prison for his convictions on fraud and obstructing justice. [Globe & Mail]

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Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:40:37 EST Maggie http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=331886&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Kenneth Eng Pleads Out, Gets Arrested Again ]]> engWhen we last caught up with wacky Asian supremacist Kenneth Eng, he was spending some time in a city facility on assault charges. How'd that work out?
Eng, 24, pleaded guilty in Queens Supreme Court to charges of harassment and attempted assault for threatening neighbors with a hammer last May.
He was sentenced to 12 months of daily psychotherapy, said his lawyer, Joel Dranove. But Eng arrived at home to find the feds waiting to bust him on a sealed complaint.
Oh, those Asians... always overachieving.

ASIAN BIGOT BUSTED [NYP]

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Fri, 10 Aug 2007 09:20:02 EDT abalk http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=288083&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Nicole Richie, Fetus To Do Four Days Of Hard Time ]]> Nicole Richie's even more delicate than usual condition couldn't keep her out of the slammer. She's been sentenced to four days in prison and a fine of $2,048.

Nicole Richie: Big Stomach, Big House [TMZ]

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Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:24:07 EDT Emily Gould http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=283321&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Jason Neroni, Arrested And Charged ]]> Our Correspondent for Chefs In Local Jails reports, "Today Chef Neroni was processed at the 76th Precinct on Union Street in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. His lawyer accompanied him. Can't confirm all the details." We can! We called the Deputy of Public Information who confirmed that Jason Neroni, until recently the chef at Porchetta, had indeed been arrested and charged with petit larceny, a class A misdemeanor. It seems that Marco Rivero, Neroni's ex-employer at Porchetta and the Montague to Neroni's Capulet, knew what he was talking about when he claimed there was a warrant for Neroni's arrest after all. Mr. Rivero, of late markedly unenamored of Neroni, might have something to do with the claims even! Defined as the theft of less than $1,000, the charge carries a penalty of up to a year imprisonment. As of this writing, Mr. Neroni is still in the 76th.

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Wed, 11 Apr 2007 19:04:18 EDT Choire http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=251602&view=rss&microfeed=true