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At least 40 suspects held in police custody for armed robbery and cultism escaped from a Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) cell in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State on Tuesday, according to Saharareporters. A police officer attached to the SARS in Bayelsa State revealed that: “The cell holds more than 50 suspects but it is empty, so it is difficult to give an accurate number until they check the records. But we hear that 42 criminals were being detained.” It was gathered that the suspects broke through the back section of the cell and scaled the wall to escape the detention facility. Two of the escaped suspects have been re-arrested while police are still searching for the remaining escapees. Police have called on members of the public to exercise caution. It was also gathered that security personnel at the Yenagoa LGA office behind the cell alerted the SARS officers of the escape. When the officers checked on the detention facility, all the inmates had already escaped.

A judge sentenced rapper Meek Mill to two to four years in prison for a probation violation Monday, drawing outcry from fellow entertainers and the hip-hop world. “The sentence handed down by the Judge — against the recommendation of the Assistant District Attorney and Probation Officer — is unjust and heavy handed,” Jay-Z wrote Monday on  Facebook . “We will always stand by and support Meek Mill, both as he attempts to right this wrongful sentence and then in returning to his musical career.” Jay-Z, whose Roc Nation manages Mill, has been a vocal supporter of criminal justice reform. He produced the docu-series “ Time: The Kalief Browder Story ” and collaborated with the  New York Times for a video op-ed  about the war on drugs. Mill’s probation violations stem from a 2008 drug and gun conviction, for which he served eight months. The Philadelphia rapper, born Robert Williams, has since been in and out of Common Pleas Court J...

Meek Mill  is going back to jail. The Philadelphia rapper was found guilty of violating his probation in court today (Nov. 6) and sentenced to two to four years, according to  TMZ  and local CBS reporter Joe Holden. Meek caught two recent cases—an  assault case at a St. Louis airport , followed by a  reckless driving arrest in New York City . Meek  took a sweet deal for the NYC case  and had the  assault case dropped , but the Philly judge nonetheless sentenced Meek to a minimum of two years in jail today for violating the probation sentence he got for a 2009 case for weapons and drugs. "I've been trying to help you since 2009," said Common Pleas Judge Genece Brinkley during the sentencing. "You basically thumbed your nose at me." Brinkley was Meek's judge in the original 2009 case, and cited a failed drug test, his violation of travel restrictions and two other arrests as infractions upon his p...

Rapper Meek Mill has been sentenced to two to four years in prison for violating probation. The Philadelphia judge who handed down the sentence said the musician had wasted several chances to clean up his act following a 2009 gun and drug case. The sentence rounded out a roughly decade-long back and forth between the 30-year-old musician and Common Pleas Judge Genece Brinkley that has dogged Mill's career as he had been jailed and called to court multiple times on various infractions. "I've been trying to help you since 2009," Brinkley said, citing a failed drug test, failure to comply with a court order restricting his travel and two other unrelated arrests. "You basically thumbed your nose at me." The handing down of the sentence came after a prosecutor recommended that Mill not be imprisoned for the violations, saying that he has been clean since January and that he has grown as a person since his original crime. Brinkley said the prosecutor was...

The Kano Police Command has arrested a syndicate of fraudsters, one Jessy of Mubi, Adamawa State and his girlfriend, Jennifer, of Bauchi State. . They specialize in disguissing as traders, purchase goods in Kano markets and pay with fake credit alerts. They are presently under discreet investigation.