Dominican judge orders prison for 7 accused in $250 million government corruption scheme

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — A judge has sentenced seven former government officials to more than a year of preventive prison as authorities investigate a $250 million corruption case ...
Rutland Herald

Dominican prison fire kills 133 inmates

HIGUEY, Dominican Republic Rival gangs battling over the drug trade in an overcrowded, vermin-infested prison set their bedding ablaze and blocked the entrance to their cellblock, killing at least 133 ...
Dominican Today

Constitutional Court upholds 20-year prison sentence for soldier for killing two men

The Constitutional Court (TC) declared inadmissible the appeal for constitutional review of jurisdictional decision filed by ...
Fox Sports

Dominican prosecutors in Wander Franco trial seek 5-year prison sentence

PUERTO PLATA, Dominican Republic (AP) — Dominican prosecutors requested on Monday that suspended Tampa Bay Rays player Wander Franco, who faces charges of sexual abuse involving a girl who was 14 ...
The Vindicator

Dominican prosecutors seek 5-year prison sentence for Rays’ Franco

PUERTO PLATA, Dominican Republic — Dominican prosecutors requested on Monday that suspended Tampa Bay Rays player Wander Franco, who faces charges of sexual abuse involving a girl who was 14 years old ...