Man Pleads Guilty to Murder of Run DMC's Jam Master Jay

Ex-Lakers assistant admits role in gambling schemes, could face years in prison

Damon Jones, a former NBA player and Lakers assistant, became the first of 34 defendants to plead guilty Tuesday in an expansive federal gambling indictment in Brooklyn.

Upstate New York man pleads guilty to stealing more than $50M in Ponzi scheme

An upstate New York businessman accused of stealing over $50 million from hundreds of people has pleaded guilty to charges related to a Ponzi scheme

Former N.B.A. Player Pleads Guilty in Gambling Scheme

Damon Jones is among more than 30 people who were charged last fall in two sweeping indictments that targeted illegal gambling involving current and former N.B.A. players.

Man Pleads Guilty to Role in Run-DMC DJ Jam Master Jay’s Murder

Nearly 24 years after the murder of Jam Master Jay, another conviction in the case has landed. Jay Bryant, a 52-year-old resident of Far Rockaway, Queens, pleaded guilty yesterday to providing access to a studio in Queens where Jam Master Jay — born Jason Mizell, and the man largely responsible for Run-DMC’s culture-shifting sound

Former NBA player Damon Jones faces two years in jail after guilty plea in gambling case

49-year-old apologizes to family and NBA over caseMore than 30 people arrested in sprawling investigationFormer NBA player and assistant coach Damon Jones has become the first person to plead guilty in a gambling sweep that led to the arrests of more than 30 people, including reputed mobsters and other basketball figures.The 49-year-old entered a guilty plea on Tuesday to a single count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud during the first of back…

Man pleads guilty in 2002 killing of Run-DMC's Jam Master Jay

Several decades after rap star Jam Master Jay of Run-DMC was shot to death, a man named Jay Bryant pleaded guilty to a federal murder charge, telling a judge he helped other people get into a recording studio to ambush the DJ.