getty images: Prisoner 1027820 is treated in many ways like any other inmate at the Lovelock Correctional Center in Nevada: He gets the same standard issue blue uniform. He shares a bunk, toilet and sink with a cellmate. He rises around 6:30 a.m., eats an early breakfast — he likes cold cereal, with a muffin […]
Less than a month after pleading guilty to assaulting his wife, gospel songwriter James Fortune, who accepted a plea deal that included charges of third-degree felony assault, has turned himself in. The Grammy-nominated artist reported to a Fort Bend County jail just after 6 pm Monday to begin his brief sentence, reports ABC 13. In early […]
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Double-dipping is a rule for a reason. And no, we’re not talking germs, but we are talking personal safety. Take it from this Akron, Ohio…