Word: jail
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Gary Dotson was a young landscape worker in a Chicago suburb when Cathleen Crowell, then 16, told police in 1977 that she had been abducted, beaten and raped. Based on her testimony, Dotson was convicted and sentenced to 25 to 50 years in jail. He has spent the past six years in an Illinois state penitentiary. But last week Crowell confessed that she had made up the story. Awaiting a hearing that could result in his release this week, Dotson, now 28, found reason to praise his false accuser. Said he: "I just want to thank her for showing that...
...picked up in February when his Chevrolet brushed against the side of a store. After a blood-alcohol test administered by police showed a reading of .19%, nearly double the .10% level that Minnesota law defines as intoxication, the archbishop was invited to spend the night in the county jail. Recalled Sheriff Dave Ninnemann: "He was a model prisoner...
After Roach pleaded guilty last week, a judge fined him $445 and sentenced him to 30 days in jail. With 28 of those days suspended, and ten hours credited for the night he spent in the Chicago jail, the cleric will be obliged to serve 38 more hours. In addition, the judge ordered Roach to enter an outpatient program for alcohol abuse. "I thank God that no one was hurt," the archbishop said after his sentencing last week. He called upon his | congregation to beware of the dangers of drinking and driving. Said he: "I take my role...
...York he was arraigned on charges of illegal gun possession and attempted murder. Bail was set at $50,000 (later reduced to $5,000), and he was put into protective custody at Riker's Island. The jail was deluged with calls by those offering money and support. Goetz softly declined. He raised his own bail, and returned to his apartment five days later...
Massachusetts law punishes pyramid participants under laws against gambling with a $3000 fine or three years in jail...