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Yahoo
3 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Jacksonville Beach restaurant owner sentenced for harboring undocumented workers
Ping Ping Zheng, owner of Kamiya 86 Asian Bistro and Sushi Bar, will spend the next two years on probation for hiring people who were not legally authorized to work in the United States. Zheng, 37, pleaded guilty to federal charges in February. She was sentenced on May 27. According to the plea agreement, Zheng provided rent-free housing and transportation to undocumented workers and paid them in cash without withholding taxes. >>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<< Action News Jax told you in 2024 when the Jacksonville Beach restaurant was raided. Zheng and Hua Yao Ke were arrested. Ke also pleaded guilty to the charges. He will be sentenced in July. [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks] [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter] Click here to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here to stream Action News Jax live.
Yahoo
6 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Kim Zolciak's daughter Ariana Biermann sentenced over 2022 DUI — days before Bravo show premiere
Kim Zolciak's daughter Ariana Biermann is the latest Bravo star to be sentenced for driving under the influence. In a hearing last Friday, the 23-year-old reality star took a plea deal to avoid jail time for her 2022 arrest, according to court docs obtained by In Touch. The outlet reports that she pleaded guilty to reckless driving and possession and use of drug-related objects. However, other charges, including a DUI, were dropped by prosecutors. Biermann will serve 24 months of probation, pay over $2,000 in fines and perform 40 hours of community service. Additionally, she also has to eliminate alcoholic beverages or drugs unless prescribed and complete an evaluation for substance abuse and take a Victim Impact program. The court warned Biermann that she could end up in jail if she violated any of her probation orders. 'Ms. Biermann maintained her innocence since her arrest. We are pleased that the State of Georgia eventually decided to dismiss the impaired driving charge and offer Ms. Biermann the opportunity to plead guilty to a traffic ticket,' her lawyer, Justin Spizman, told Page Six in a statement Thursday. 'Despite her desire to fight this case, she took advantage of the opportunity to put this matter behind her and focus her energy on all the positive endeavors in her life.' Page Six has also reached out to Biermann's rep for comment. In August 2022, Biermann, who was 20 at the time, was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, improper/erratic lane change and underage possession/purchase of alcohol. Her then-boyfriend, Hudson McLeroy, who was also 20 at the time, was arrested for an alleged DUI, along with allegedly furnishing alcohol to a minor and violating the conditions of his limited driving permit. Biermann denied the charges at the time and her lawyer said that she was 'involved in a minor fender bender. However, the police 'immediately initiated an investigation for DUI.' Biermann's sentencing comes days before her new show, 'Next Gen NYC,' is set to premiere on Bravo. The reality show follows a group of friends who were raised in the spotlight as they work their way through adulthood. 'Next Gen NYC' premieres June 3 at 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT on Bravo.
CTV News
14 hours ago
- Automotive
- CTV News
Man charged for speeding and impaired driving in Sarnia
A man has been charged after his arrest for speeding and driving impaired, while under driving prohibitions. On May 28, police stopped and arrested a man on Blackwell Road in Sarnia. He was driving 180 kilometres per hour in a 50 zone, and his two breath tests both resulted in double the legal limit. The driver is subject to a probation order and has been charged with impaired operation of a conveyance, operation while impaired over 80, operating a motor vehicle while prohibited, breach probation, driving while under suspension, driving while prohibited under criminal code suspension and stunt driving. The vehicle was seized and impounded for 45 days, and the man was released with conditions to a future court date.
BBC News
2 days ago
- General
- BBC News
Leicestershire probation service rated 'inadequate' by inspectors
The probation service in Leicestershire and Rutland has been rated "inadequate" for the second time in three years following visits by Leicestershire and Rutland Probation Delivery Unit (PDU) was inspected by HM Inspectorate of Probation in inspection found the delivery of services to reduce the risk of harm posed by people on probation "insufficient" in most Jones, chief inspector of probation said there had been "encouraging signs of improvement" since the 2022 inspection which concluded that services in the area were "inadequate". The HM Inspectorate report said the PDU was one of the "largest" by overall caseload in England and Wales, with offices in Leicester, Coalville and Loughborough. 'Lack of liaison' Mr Jones said: "Since the previous inspection in 2022 the PDU has faced ongoing challenges including high staff turnover, elevated sickness rates and, like all PDUs and regions, a prolonged period of significant and frequent changes linked to early prison releases."Only in the past six months has there been a noticeable shift towards improvement."The inspection found the leadership team at the PDU was "well-respected" and staff across all grades said they felt able to provide feedback to senior according to the report there was "a lack of professional curiosity" with practitioners not responding to new information when they received it as well as a "lack of liaison" with other inspection also found in 24% of cases where child safeguarding information should have been requested it had not been, and in 15% of cases no request had been made for domestic abuse information when it should have report made six recommendations to the PDU, including to improve the quality of work to assess and review risk of harm, and to develop practitioners' confidence and skills in the use of professional Ministry of Justice, which has overall control of the probation service, said the government is "on track" to recruit 2,300 more probation officers nationally by March next year.A spokesperson said: "This will help ensure offenders receive robust supervision and improve the work probation does to keep the public safe."
CBC
2 days ago
- Health
- CBC
Fewer alcohol bans being ordered for people on probation, Nunavut justice minister says
Nunavut courts are issuing fewer alcohol abstinence orders for people on probation than previous years, according to the territory's justice minister. "They're hard for people who may be addicted to alcohol," Pamela Hakongak Gross said in the Nunavut Legislative Assembly Wednesday. Iqaluit-Manirajak MLA Adam Arreak Lightstone asked for how many court orders to abstain from alcohol were made in the 2023-24 fiscal year. Gross was unable to provide an exact number, but said there were "fewer." Gross said when orders are issued, community corrections officers monitor and support those individuals who are required to abstain by helping them complete programming to "avoid behaviour that leads to criminal activity." "The officers may also order a breach of the individual's conditions, which can result in an individual being placed in custody," she continued. Lightstone said interdiction orders can be given. Such an order would prevent someone under it to not be issued any alcohol by an approved private or government establishment. "The Minister of Finance … indicated that in Nunavut's 26 years, there's only been one interdiction order given by Nunavut courts," Lightstone said. "With our high rates of alcohol-related crime, why have our Nunavut courts not utilized an interdiction order more frequently?" Gross said interdiction orders are "viewed as outdated and are rarely used" and that the only other jurisdiction that includes them in law is Newfoundland and Labrador. "Interdiction orders are a private law remedy and they need to be issued by a justice of the peace under the Liquor Act," Gross said. "With that, the Department of Justice does not issue or oversee these orders and has no role in initiating them." Iqaluit-Sinaa MLA Janet Pitsiulaaq Brewster followed up on Lightstone's questions with a set of her own that dealt with alcohol use and intimate partner violence. "Other than a court order to abstain from alcohol, what does the Department of Justice do in order to change the behaviour of a person who is charged with an offence related to intimate partner violence or any violence against any other member of the community?" Brewster asked. Gross said the Therapeutic Justice Program, located in Cambridge Bay and Arviat, is available, which aims to provide an alternative to the criminal justice system. "This is by offering accused persons with Inuit-led supports and services that focus on addressing the root cause of their criminal behaviour," Gross said. "This program offers clients a combination of cultural and mental health programming and other support." When asked by Brewster what supports are available for family and friends who are concerned about someone who may be at risk to violence from someone they know, Gross highlighted the Family Abuse Intervention Act which allows for measures such as emergency protections, community intervention orders, family abuse intervention orders and peace bonds.
