punishment

  • Man Charged With Wiretapping Over Traffic Stop Video

    A Baltimore motorcyclist was charged with illegal wiretapping after police spotted a traffic stop recording on YouTube that he had made with a helmet-mounted camera. According to The Baltimore Sun, John Graber was pulled over for speeding and reckless driving on March 5 by an officer in an unmarked...
  • Inmate’s “Get Out of Jail Free” Card May Earn Extra Seven Years

    Rikers Island, New York: A 46-year-old Brooklynite stands accused of tampering with a court order and forging a court official’s initials in a bid to get out of jail where he was held on burglary charges. According to City Investigation Department Commissioner Rose Gill Hearn, Dana Frontis had charges...
  • Husky Sheriff Makes Inmates Pedal For Television

    Maricopa County, Phoenix, Arizona: A visit by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio to the Tent City Jail in which he witnessed large numbers of overweight inmates resulted in the implementation of a program called “Pedal Vision”. Inmates will now have to ride bicycles to power their televisions. The stationary...
  • Wisconsin Teen Banned From Dating Without Legal Approval

    Jordan S. Christensen’s sentence of a year in jail and three year’s probation last Friday included an unusual stipulation: he is not allowed to date member’s of the opposite sex without the permission of his probation agent. The 19-year-old (18 at the time of the crime) was charged with...