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Crime
DC man sentenced for role in robbery ring targeting South Asian jewelry stores
Timothy Conrad, a 34-year-old man from Washington D.C., was sentenced to 14 years in prison on Tuesday for his involvement in a violent robb...
Michelle De Pacina
Korean actor Yoo Ah-in jailed for drug abuse
South Korean actor Yoo Ah-in, 38, was sentenced to one year in prison on Tuesday for habitual drug use, including propofol abuse and illegal...
Man sentenced for double murder at restaurant in Houston’s Little Saigon
A 51-year-old repeat offender, Bich Xuan Dang, was sentenced to 45 years in prison for his involvement in a double murder at a Vietnamese re...
Boston
Berklee student sentenced to prison for harassing Chinese democracy advocate
A Chinese Berklee student has been sentenced to nine months in prison for stalking and threatening a fellow Chinese student who posted pro-d...
DC man sentenced to under 2 years in jail for assault that left Chinese family with cuts, bruises and fractures
Patrick Trebat, 39, has been sentenced to 630 days in jail after pleading guilty to attacking a Chinese family in Washington, D.C., last Au...
Carl Samson
Disgraced K-pop star Seungri admits guilt, gets 3-year jail sentence halved
Former K-pop star Seungri, who rose to fame as a member of Big Bang, is facing nine charges related to prostitution, drug trafficking and p...
News
Sentencing of South Korean teen who ‘accidentally’ stabbed grandmother 60 times for nagging sparks anger
A 19-year-old South Korean teenager stabbed his grandmother 60 times, reportedly out of anger due to her nagging. His 17-year-old brother a...
Taiwanese father is sentenced for assisting suicide of disabled son who faced amputations
A Taiwanese man, only identified as Chang, helped his disabled son kill himself last year. Chang has been sentenced to one year and six mo...
Bryan Ke
North Carolina man given record prison sentence for livestreaming sex abuse of Filipino children
Jake Ross, a 47-year-old man from North Carolina, received the longest sentence given in a child pornography case by the federal court for ...
Frustrated man in China sets fire to ‘slow’ internet cables, causes days-long internet shutdown for thousands
A Chinese man took out his frustration on a public telecommunications box with optical fiber network cables by setting it on fire with a li...
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