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Man who caused shutdown at Chicago's federal courthouse pleads guilty, faces 2 years in prison

The standoff at the downtown courthouse lasted roughly nine hours in July 2025. It shut down traffic on South Dearborn Street and eventually prompted an evacuation of the 30-story downtown tower.

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Chicago Sun-Times· Oct 15, 5:49 PMMan who caused shutdown at Chicago's federal courthouse pleads guilty, faces 2 years in prison

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Suspected Cleveland gang member sentenced to 9 years in federal prisonRaydon Howard, 37, was sentenced to nine years in federal prison after pleading guilty to drug trafficking and gun charges.

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Ex-Healey aide Lamar Cook state bail revoked following arrest on federal chargesLamar Cook, Gov. Maura Healey's former deputy director for Western Massachusetts, had his bail revoked in his state cocaine trafficking case following his arrest on SNAP benefits fraud charges.

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Diddy's New Life at FCI Allenwood Will Test His Alleged Penchant for Contraband PhonesSean "Diddy" Combs' new life at a low-security federal prison in Pennsylvania is nothing to sneeze at ... and if the music mogul thinks he's going to use contraband phones, he'd better think again.

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs transferred out of federal prison at Fort DixThe federal Bureau of Prisons did not specify the reason why Sean "Diddy" Combs was moved out of Fort Dix, citing privacy and security requirements.

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DOJ reaches settlement with Mississippi police department it found routinely violated civil rightsThe U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday it reached a settlement forcing reforms for a Mississippi city and its police department, which the DOJ found discriminated against Black people, used excessive force and retaliated against critics. The settlement comes after a scathing 2024 DOJ report said the Lexington Police Department routinely violated…

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Sean "Diddy" Combs transferred to Pennsylvania prison after reports of luxury lifestyle behind barsSean "Diddy" Combs has been moved to a federal prison in Pennsylvania after reports that the hip-hop mogul was living the high life at his New Jersey lockup.

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