Jail for lonely-hearts conwoman
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A woman who conned tens of thousands of pounds from men she met through dating sites is jailed for two years.
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She could never live behind bars, sang pop diva Sarolta Zalatnay in her 1970s hit "I'm No Nun," but the 56-year-old singer-entrepreneur will soon start a three-year prison sentence for fraud.
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A woman who once was recognized as one of the nation's best trainers and handlers of cadaver-sniffing dogs was sentenced Tuesday to 21 months in prison for planting bones and other fake evidence in cases she worked.
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A U.S. woman held in jail for seven   months longer than her original sentence because she was too   poor to pay a $705 fine was freed on Wednesday, her attorney   said.
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Female inmates in Pennsylvania jails and prisons have been indicted on charges they bilked more than 300 pen pals -- mostly men -- out of thousands of dollars by lying to them and promising long-term relationships.
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Marion Jones was sentenced yesterday to six months in prison for lying about using steroids and a check-fraud scam, despite beseeching the judge that she not be separated from her two young children "even for a short period of time."
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The beleaguered singer, who has been in the news for drug use, rehabilitation treatment and cancelled performances, was arrested on Tuesday night for perverting the course of justice.
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A conman who impersonated a police officer to escort close friends of Princes William and Harry into Windsor Castle was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison.
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RUTLAND, Vt. - A man who helped his friend fake a fall that had actually occurred during a botched burglary in another town could go to prison for it. Louis Stevens, 43, pleaded guilty Wednesday to fraud under a plea deal calling for up to 20 years in prison.
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A couple who tortured a man they had befriended are each been jailed for four-and-a-half years.
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A woman accused of luring an elderly acquaintance to her home, shooting her to death, stealing her money and hiding the corpse was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison.
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By FRANK ELTMAN  CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. - A federal judge has allowed a millionaire couple accused of keeping two Indonesian women as slaves to post bail, despite objections from prosecutors that the pair might flee the country.
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A judge threw a party complete with balloons, streamers and a cake to welcome a former fugitive back to her court &#151; and sentence him to life in prison.
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A judge ordered her cleaner to leave her home immediately so she could be alone with a new lover, the Old Bailey hears.
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Heiress transferred back to all-woman facility to complete sentence for violating probation.
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Homemaking icon Martha Stewart will serve her five-month jail sentence for lying about a suspicious stock sale at a minimum security prison in West Virginia she said on Wednesday.
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A woman who snapped photos of R. Kelly in a courtroom with her cell phone has pleaded guilty to contempt of court after spending the weekend in jail.