Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber who is serving life in prison for sending deadly mail bombs, won’t be able to attend his 50th reunion festivities at Harvard College. But he did contribute a bizarre entry to the Harvard College alumni report for the class of 1962. While many of his classmates sent in lengthy updates on their lives for the 2 ½-inch-thick “red book,” the entry for “Theodore John Kaczynski” only contains nine lines. The listing says his occupation is “Prisoner,” and his home address is “No. 04475-046, US Penitentiary—Max, P.O. Box 8500, Florence, CO 8126-8500.” AP File/1995 A 1994 photo of Kaczynski. Under the awards section, the listing says, “Eight life sentences, issued by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, ... Continue reading →
A 20-year-old college student who told investigators he was merely trying to get a reaction from President Barack Obama's supporters pleaded guilty Wednesday to posting threatening messages against the president on Facebook. Joaquin Amador Serrapio Jr. could get up to five years in federal prison for pleading guilty to a single count of threatening to kill or harm the president, but likely will get less time, said his attorney Alan Ross. Sentencing is set for Aug. 22 before U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke. There's no evidence that Serrapio intended to carry out any threat against the president and Obama was never in any danger, investigators said. "He wanted to get a reaction from political supporters of President Obama," Ross said. Serrapio is a music business ... Continue reading →
Curt Anderson The Associated Press MIAMI—Cincinnati Reds reliever Aroldis Chapman is being sued for $18 million by a Cuban-American man who blames Chapman for his imprisonment on the communist island. The lawsuit, filed last week in Miami federal court, claims that Chapman falsely accused Danilo Curbelo Garcia of involvement in human trafficking, leading to his 2008 arrest and conviction in Cuba. Curbelo Garcia is serving a 10-year sentence. Chapman defected in 2009 in the Netherlands and was signed a year later by the Reds to a six-year, $30.25 million contract. The lawsuit claims Chapman accused Curbelo Garcia to win favour with the Cuban government so he could rejoin its national baseball team and eventually travel overseas to stage his escape. Chapman had been suspended from ... Continue reading →
MIAMI—A former senior executive at Haiti's state-run telecommunications company was sentenced Monday to nine years in federal prison for money laundering offenses tied to nearly $500,000 in bribes he accepted from U.S. businesses.U.S. District Judge Jose E. Martinez imposed the sentence on 45-year-old Jean Rene Duperval, who was international relations director for eight months in 2003 and 2004 at Telecommunications D'Haiti, better known as Haiti Teleco.Duperval was found guilty of money laundering offenses by a U.S. jury in March, one of eight people convicted so far in a massive case brought by the Justice Department under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. One former U.S. telecommunications executive, Joel Esquenazi, received a 15-year sentence, the longest ever imposed under that anti-corruption law, federal prosecutors said.Assistant U.S. Attorney ... Continue reading →
