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Where is Sean ‘Diddy' Combs being detained? Details on Brooklyn's federal lockup
Sean “Diddy” Combs is now on suicide watch as he remains in jail facing sex trafficking charges. Where he’s locked up is now getting a lot of attention: The Metropolitan Detention Center, the only federal jail in New York City, is known for violence, poor conditions and a string of celebrity detainees, including Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Yasmin Vossoughian...
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Fixes to be made at ‘dangerous, barbaric' NYC jail where Sean ‘Diddy' Combs is held
The agency’s push to fix the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn comes as detainees, advocates and judges have continued to raise alarms about “dangerous, barbaric conditions,” rampant violence and multiple deaths. Some judges have refused to send people to the jail, the only federal lockup in the nation’s biggest city.
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Ex-‘Jackass' star Bam Margera jailed in Pennsylvania over probation violation
Former “Jackass” star Bam Margera found himself back behind bars this week after allegedly violating his probation.
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Justice Department opens probe on Mississippi sheriff's office after torture of 2 Black men
U.S. District Judge Tom Lee called the former officers’ actions “egregious and despicable” and imposed sentences near the top of federal guidelines for five of the six.
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Kentucky officials say sheriff fatally shot judge in courthouse chambers
A sheriff in Kentucky is accused of fatally shooting a district judge at a courthouse on Thursday, authorities said.
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Man sentenced 12 years in prison for shooting inside Jacobi Hospital ER
A man who opened fire inside a waiting room at a Bronx hospital, leaving a man shot in the arm while other patients and staff were sent running in fear, was sentenced to more than a decade in prison, according to the district attorney.
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More than 110 pounds of crystal meth seized in $600K Manhattan drug bust: Prosecutors
More than 110 pounds of crystal meth was recovered from a vehicle during a stop in lower Manhattan in a $600,000 bust that is being called one of the biggest in New York history, according to prosecutors.
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Ex-CIA officer from San Diego jailed for 30 years for drugging, sexually abusing women
Brian Jeffrey Raymond kept nearly 500 videos and photographs he took of naked, unconscious women.
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27-year-old Nebraska man who posed as high schooler sentenced to at least 85 years for sex crimes
Zachary Scheich, who prosecutors said identified himself as 17-year-old ‘Zak Hess,’ pleaded guilty to sexual assault and other crimes.
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Bail denied again for Sean ‘Diddy' Combs in sex trafficking and racketeering case
A federal judge once again denied bail for Sean “Diddy” Combs, who will remain behind bars at a Brooklyn federal lockup after pleading not guilty to a variety of charges including sex trafficking and racketeering. NBC New York’s Erica Byfield reports.
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A man was stopped for an open alcohol container. Turns out, he was wanted for murder
Officers stopped a man for drinking from an open container in the Bronx only to later find out that he was wanted for the murder of a homeless man over the summer, police said.
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Inside the Brooklyn jail where Diddy is locked up: Violence, squalor and death
The Brooklyn facility has been described as “hell on earth” and an “ongoing tragedy.” In recent years, its conditions have been so poor that some judges have refused to send people there.
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Ex-CIA officer accused of sexually abusing dozens of women gets 30 years in prison
A longtime CIA officer who drugged, photographed and sexually assaulted more than two dozen women in postings around the world was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison Wednesday
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Sean ‘Diddy' Combs denied bail, judge cites possibility of witness tampering
A second judge has refused to grant bail to Sean “Diddy” Combs after the disgraced entertainment star’s lawyers had requested he be allowed to await his sex trafficking trial at his luxury home on an island near Miami Beach, rather than a grim federal jail in Brooklyn.
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Harvey Weinstein pleads not guilty to additional sex crimes charge
Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty on an additional sex crimes charge in a New York City courtroom on Wednesday.
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Harvey Weinstein pleads not guilty in new NYC sex crime indictment, lawyer says
Harvey Weinstein is expected to be arraigned Wednesday in Manhattan on a new indictment charging him with up to three additional sex offenses, his lawyer said.
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Two people sneak onto empty subway train in Queens, operate and crash it: Police
Two people snuck onto an empty train at a Queens subway station and briefly operated it before crashing, according to police, leaving the locomotive damaged.
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Brother charged with murder of teen sister who was smothered to death in their NY home
A New York man was charged with murder three years after his teenage sister was smothered to death inside the family’s home in New York, according to prosecutors.
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Dad admits to stabbing wife to death in front of son in backyard of Long Island home
A Long Island man admitted to stabbing his wife to death in the backyard of their home, in front of the couple’s teenage son, according to prosecutors.
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Sean ‘Diddy' Combs denied bail in sex trafficking, racketeering case
Investigators revealed more about the salacious parties thrown by Combs that leave him facing decades in prison. The music industry giant pleaded not guilty to the charges against him, even as prosecutors alleged Combs used his media empire as a criminal enterprise to commit crimes like arson, kidnapping, bribery and forced labor. NBC New York’s Erica Byfield reports.