Category Archive for : ‘SENTENCING’

By Lorraine Taylor

Federal prosecutors say embattled R&B star R. Kelly should spend at least 25 years in jail for sexually abusing women and girls.

The recommendation comes after a New York City jury found the “I Believe I Can Fly” singer guilty of racketeering, including acts of bribery and sexual exploitation of a child, and other counts at a sex-trafficking trial last year.

Kelly, 55, is set to be sentenced on June 29. Prosecutors allege Kelly was operating what amounted to a criminal enterprise because his entourage of managers and aides would

Jamey Cross

The former Roland-Grise Middle School band teacher was convicted last month of 17 child sex abuse crimes he committed against his teenage students. On Tuesday, Superior Court Judge Douglas Sasser sentenced Frank to a minimum of 50 years and a maximum of over 62 years in prison.

Frank pleaded guilty to 12 other child sex abuse crimes levied against him — six counts of indecent liberties with a child and six counts of indecent liberties with a student. In an arranged plea deal, his sentence of 16 to 29 months

A judge sentenced a Kenton County man to 20 years in prison in what the lead prosecutor described as a “horrific” case of child pornography.

Kenton Circuit Judge Kate Molloy sentenced Emmanuel Curry, 21, to 20 years in prison for possessing child pornography.

Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Emily Arnzen said the details of the case are horrific and involved children between 2 and 4 years old.

Curry pleaded guilty in April to 69 counts of possession of child pornography and 1 count of tampering with physical evidence without the benefit of a plea agreement.

Curry

John Blinn

A man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for sex trafficking crimes he committed in Pittsburgh.

According to a statement from the Department of Justice, 23-year-old Anthony Juskowich was convicted in federal court for sex trafficking crimes.

Prosecutors say that Juskowich began grooming a woman in Dececember 2019 in Alabama. He and the woman later moved to Pittsburgh and stayed in Oakland. He attempted sex trafficking crimes in Georgia before the move.

Court documents said that Juskowich told the woman to engage in commercial sex acts, and falsely promised her

By KATE FELDMAN

“Andi Mack” alum Stoney Westmoreland has been sentenced to two years in prison after pleading down to a lesser charge after being accused of trying to lure a minor into sex.

Westmoreland, who played the grandfather on the Disney Channel sitcom, pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of using interstate facilities to transmit information about a minor and was slapped with 24 months in prison and 10 years of supervised release, rather than the 10 years in prison he was initially facing, TMZ reported Sunday.

The actor was originally charged

CBS 21 News

On June 3, a judge sentenced Heriberto Montanez, 44, to 16 – 32 years in a state correction institution with a five year probation to follow.

A Dauphin County jury convicted Heriberto Montanez, 43, on March 9 after a three day trail for involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child under the age of 13, unlawful contact with a minor, indecent assault of a child under the age of 13, and corruption of minors.

The Dauphin County District Attorney’s Office said, due to a prior conviction relating to a felony