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Michigan home torched after stolen car plows into it, then bursts into flames, officials say

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Michigan police are on the hunt for a mystery driver who crashed a stolen vehicle filled with oxygen tanks into the back of a home and then intentionally set it on fire.

Photos taken in the aftermath of the incident in Jackson show that the ensuing blaze around 5 a.m. Tuesday melted off the home's side paneling, while the SUV's insides were completely ravaged.

"It looks like whoever was driving the vehicle was doing some donuts, joyriding-type things before it was started intentionally on fire," Elmer Hitt, Jackson's Director of Police and Fire Services, told Fox News.

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Hitt said the incident appears to be arson. Investigators believe the oxygen canisters inside the vehicle belonged to its rightful owner and were already there when it was stolen, he added.

David Wooden, the Deputy Director of Fire Services in Jackson, told Fox News that the oxygen canisters acted as an accelerant for the fire and that the vehicle was stolen from nearby Blackman Charter Township.
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No injuries were reported from the incident and no one was found there when fire crews arrived early Tuesday morning, reports said.

Another fire official from the city told MLive.com that the home targeted in the crash was unoccupied and is undergoing renovations.

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Michigan police are on the hunt for a mystery driver who crashed a stolen vehicle filled with oxygen tanks into the back of a home and then intentionally set it on fire. Photos taken in the aftermath of the incident in Jackson show that the ensuing blaze around 5 a.m.

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An upstate New York bus driver was spared by a judge from going to jail after he pleaded guilty to raping a 14-year-old girl.

The judge in the case is under fire after sentencing the 26-year-old man to probation and ordered him to pay fees, despite the prosecutor's request for jail time.

Shane Piche was arrested after an investigation found that he had sex with an underage girl that he had met on his bus route.

What does this say to girls who are vulnerable and men who want to take advantage of them?

Trooper Jack Keller, the public information officer for the New York state police, told ABC News that after Piche met the girl through his bus route for the school district in Watertown, New York, they started communicating through social media.

"He did begin a relationship through social media, [and] knew her, talked to her," Keller said of Piche.

Keller said that in late June or early July 2018, Piche picked up the 14-year-old girl as well as two of her friends and brought them to his house. Keller said that the investigation found that Piche raped his main target and gave her two friends - both minors - alcohol.

The girl that was raped reported the incident about two weeks later, Keller said, and Piche was arrested in September 2018 after the investigation was concluded.

Court records show that on Feb. 21, 2019, Piche pleaded guilty to third-degree rape. On Thursday was sentenced to 10 years of probation and ordered to pay a total of $1,750 in fees, court records show.

We try to minimize the trauma to our victims, and sometimes plea agreements are a part of that.

Patricia Dziuba, the chief assistant District Attorney for Jefferson County, told ABC News that an individual, who is guilty of third-degree rape, is defined as 21 or older and had sexual contact with someone less than 17-years-old.

The District Attorney's office initially sought a sentence called a "split two probation" which would have entailed six months in jail and 10 years of probation, along with fines. Instead, the judge decided to nix the suggested jail time.

"The judge has a lot of discretion to consider sentencing," Dziuba said.

James McClusky

"We try to minimize the trauma to our victims, and sometimes plea agreements are a part of that," she said.

Piche's lawyer Eric Swartz said that he believes that the sentence, which includes no prison time for the Class E felony, is appropriate.

"I feel the sentence was just," Swartz told ABC News via email. "It was also the sentence recommended by the probation department which is also an arm of law enforcement."

It was also the sentence recommended by the probation department which is also an arm of law enforcement.

The Watertown Daily Times reported that Jefferson County Supreme Court Judge James McClusky issued the sentence and determined that Piche will have to register as a Level 1 sex offender - rather than a Level 2, which is more grave and was the recommendation of the district attorney's office - because Piche did not have a prior record.

According to the New York State Sex Offender Registry, Level 1 offenders are considered to be low risk of re-offending and are required to register solely their zip code and not their full address, unlike other sex offenders.

Piche's sentencing has prompted an outcry online, with a MoveOn.org petition to recall Judge McClusky having garnered over 23,000 signatures as of Tuesday afternoon.

"What does this say to girls who are vulnerable and men who want to take advantage of them?" one petitioner wrote alongside her virtual signature.

McClusky's office did not immediately return ABC News' requests for comment, and Piche was not able to be reached.

This is not the first time that a seemingly lenient sentence for a sexual assault case has prompted backlash or even the recall of a judge.

Similar situations unfolded in California and Texas, as male former Stanford University and Baylor University students, respectively, were at the center of cases where activists were concerned over what they viewed as light sentences in sexual assault cases.

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No jail time for a bus driver who raped a 14-year-old girl

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An upstate New York bus driver was spared by a judge from going to jail after he pleaded guilty to raping a 14-year-old girl. The judge in the case is under fire after sentencing the 26-year-old man to probation and ordered him to pay fees, despite the prosecutor's request for jail time.

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Micalla Rettinger's dad jolted awake in Florida with a bad feeling. She'd been fatally shot on a highway in Iowa

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Micalla Rettinger's dad jolted awake in Florida with a bad feeling. She had been fatally shot in Iowa

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The 25-year-old Iowa woman was driving home when a bullet pierced through the driver's window and killed her, police said. Hundreds of miles away, her dad woke up around the time she got shot.

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Bus driver who raped 14-year-old girl gets no prison time, just probation and fees

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An upstate New York bus driver was spared by a judge from going to jail after he pleaded guilty to raping a 14-year-old girl.

The judge in the case is under fire after sentencing the 26-year-old man to probation and ordered him to pay fees, despite the prosecutor's request for jail time.

Shane Piche was arrested after an investigation found that he had sex with an underage girl that he had met on his bus route.

What does this say to girls who are vulnerable and men who want to take advantage of them?

Trooper Jack Keller, the public information officer for the New York state police, told ABC News that after Piche met the girl through his bus route for the school district in Watertown, New York, they started communicating through social media.

"He did begin a relationship through social media, [and] knew her, talked to her," Keller said of Piche.

Keller said that in late June or early July 2018, Piche picked up the 14-year-old girl as well as two of her friends and brought them to his house. Keller said that the investigation found that Piche raped his main target and gave her two friends - both minors - alcohol.

The girl that was raped reported the incident about two weeks later, Keller said, and Piche was arrested in September 2018 after the investigation was concluded.

Court records show that on Feb. 21, 2019, Piche pleaded guilty to third-degree rape. On Thursday was sentenced to 10 years of probation and ordered to pay a total of $1,750 in fees, court records show.

We try to minimize the trauma to our victims, and sometimes plea agreements are a part of that.

Patricia Dziuba, the chief assistant District Attorney for Jefferson County, told ABC News that an individual, who is guilty of third-degree rape, is defined as 21 or older and had sexual contact with someone less than 17-years-old.

The District Attorney's office initially sought a sentence called a "split two probation" which would have entailed six months in jail and 10 years of probation, along with fines. Instead, the judge decided to nix the suggested jail time.

"The judge has a lot of discretion to consider sentencing," Dziuba said.

James McClusky

"We try to minimize the trauma to our victims, and sometimes plea agreements are a part of that," she said.

Piche's lawyer Eric Swartz said that he believes that the sentence, which includes no prison time for the Class E felony, is appropriate.

"I feel the sentence was just," Swartz told ABC News via email. "It was also the sentence recommended by the probation department which is also an arm of law enforcement."

It was also the sentence recommended by the probation department which is also an arm of law enforcement.

The Watertown Daily Times reported that Jefferson County Supreme Court Judge James McClusky issued the sentence and determined that Piche will have to register as a Level 1 sex offender - rather than a Level 2, which is more grave and was the recommendation of the district attorney's office - because Piche did not have a prior record.

According to the New York State Sex Offender Registry, Level 1 offenders are considered to be low risk of re-offending and are required to register solely their zip code and not their full address, unlike other sex offenders.

Piche's sentencing has prompted an outcry online, with a MoveOn.org petition to recall Judge McClusky having garnered over 23,000 signatures as of Tuesday afternoon.

"What does this say to girls who are vulnerable and men who want to take advantage of them?" one petitioner wrote alongside her virtual signature.

McClusky's office did not immediately return ABC News' requests for comment, and Piche was not able to be reached.

This is not the first time that a seemingly lenient sentence for a sexual assault case has prompted backlash or even the recall of a judge.

Similar situations unfolded in California and Texas, as male former Stanford University and Baylor University students, respectively, were at the center of cases where activists were concerned over what they viewed as light sentences in sexual assault cases.

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No jail time for a bus driver who raped a 14-year-old girl

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An upstate New York bus driver was spared by a judge from going to jail after he pleaded guilty to raping a 14-year-old girl. The judge in the case is under fire after sentencing the 26-year-old man to probation and ordered him to pay fees, despite the prosecutor's request for jail time.

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrived at Southwark Crown Court in central London Wednesday raising a defiant fist in front of cameras, before being sentenced to 50 weeks behind bars for jumping bail in 2012.

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Assange skipped bail and stayed at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he was wanted on sexual assault charges, which he has denied. He was arrested at the embassy in mid-April.

In a letter read to the court, Assange apologized to those who "consider I have disrespected them," and said he had struggled in difficult circumstances.

British Judge Deborah Taylor handed him a sentence just under the maximum term for the offense, which was a full year, saying he displayed a "disdain for the law of this country."

The judge said Assange should have left the embassy to face due process "with the rights and protections which the legal system in this country provides."

Taylor also threw out a suggestion from his defense that his seven years in the embassy should have offset any prison sentence. He will face at least half his sentence behind bars if he does not commit further crimes.

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This is far from the end of Assange's legal troubles.

He is also wanted in the U.S. in connection with one of the largest thefts of classified government information in American history. The U.K. has an extradition treaty with the U.S., depending on an assurance that wanted persons do not face the death penalty, which is outlawed in the U.K.

Hours after he was arrested by British authorities in April, U.S. prosecutors announced charges against him for allegedly conspiring with former intelligence officer Chelsea Manning to gain unlawful access to a government computer.

The indictment, which was filed in March 2018, claims Assange helped Manning crack a password on a Pentagon computer.

In 2013, Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison for the offense, but her sentence was commuted by President Barack Obama as one of his final acts in office.

Meanwhile, Assange had fled to the Ecuadorian embassy in June 2012, where he remained until this past April 11. While the Ecuadorians were staunch advocates of his protection, in recent years the relationship between them and Assange soured.

WikiLeaks continued to publish controversial material, including stolen material from the Democratic National Committee during 2016. This caused discomfort for the Ecuadorians, who cut off his communications in March.

Relations further deteriorated after the 2017 election of Lenin Moreno, who described Assange as "a spoiled brat" and "a thorn in our side" after he was ousted from the embassy. Moreno repeated allegations by embassy staff that Assange displayed aggressive behavior and smeared feces on walls.

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A Virginia man died last week after “several hundred pounds” of plate glass crushed him when he was moving it off a truck, a report said.

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A Virginia man died last week after "several hundred pounds" of plate glass crushed him when he was moving it off a truck, a report said.

Damarcus Laquan Calloway, 24, was working at Virginia Glass Products in Ridgeway last Monday when a load of plate glass he was moving off a truck fell on him, Martinsville Bulletin reported. Calloway suffered trauma in the incident, Henry County Sheriff's Capt. Wayne Davis told the newspaper on Tuesday.
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Someone called 911 just before 6 p.m. and responding rescue personnel arrived minutes later.
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"Calloway was treated at the scene by members of Henry County Public Safety and Ridgeway Rescue Squad. He was subsequently airlifted to a North Carolina medical facility, where he was later pronounced dead," Davis said.

It's unclear if Calloway was working alone or with other employees. The "several, several hundred pounds" of plate glass allegedly pinned Calloway's body to the ground, Davis told Martinsville Bulletin.
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Calloway's death was ruled an accident.

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A Virginia man died last week after "several hundred pounds" of plate glass crushed him when he was moving it off a truck, a report said. Damarcus Laquan Calloway, 24, was working at Virginia Glass Products in Ridgeway last Monday when a load of plate glass he was moving off a truck fell on him, Martinsville Bulletin reported.

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The long anticipated heavyweight matchup between one of the greatest fighters ever and one of the biggest draws the sport has ever seen is not happening!!!

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Daniel Cormier vs. Brock Lesnar (as of now) is no more. The long anticipated heavyweight matchup between one of the greatest fighters ever and one of the biggest draws the sport has ever seen is not happening. UFC President Dana White told ESPN Lesnar has retired from mixed martial arts and Cormier will face former champion Stipe Miocic on Aug. 17 in Anaheim, Calif.
How big of a blow is this for the UFC? Could it actually be a blessing in disguise to keep the division moving in the right direction? ESPN's panel -- Ariel Helwani, Brett Okamoto, Marc Raimondi, Jeff Wagenheim, Eric Jackman and Eric Tamiso -- give their takes.

Helwani: It depends on who you're asking. If it's Cormier, no. This fight represented one of his last opportunities to make a boatload of money. If it's the casual fans, probably not, as well, because for some reason they still get excited by the thought of Lesnar fighting even though his last legitimate win came in 2010. Short-term for the UFC? It's a wrench in their plans because Cormier vs. Lesnar definitely draws more than Cormier vs. Miocic 2.

But if you're asking a traditionalist, which is what I consider myself, or a purist, yes, it is. Lesnar didn't earn the right to fight Cormier for the belt. The fact that he was even being considered was a sham in its own right. Not only was his last legitimate victory nine years ago, he also failed two drug tests when he made his ill-fated return three years ago. I had no problem with him coming back against a ranked fighter or even a contender, but he's done absolutely nothing to deserve this honor. So yes, for the legitimacy of the sport and the belt, which I would still like to believe means something, it was a blessing in disguise.

Okamoto: A blessing for the UFC? No, I wouldn't think so. A blessing for the integrity of the sport? Yes. But not for the UFC. I'll admit, I've occasionally wondered if the "Lesnar fighting in the UFC" appeal is as strong as it once was -- in a general sense. But the "Lesnar vs. Daniel Cormier" appeal was very strong in my opinion.

The UFC could have sold that fight. Cormier could have sold that fight. Of course, anyone who follows MMA knew it would have been one-way traffic in Cormier's favor ... but it still would have been a huge commercial success. From a personal standpoint, I won't mourn the loss of DC vs. Lesnar. The Miocic rematch is a much better fight. But is it a blessing in disguise the UFC won't get a DC vs. Lesnar pay-per-view this summer? I don't see how anyone could argue it is.

Raimondi: From a business perspective, losing the Cormier vs. Lesnar fight is a short-term blow. But it's unclear how much of one it will really be now with ESPN+ being the exclusive home of UFC pay-per-view events. Given that PPV buys mean less to the UFC than ever, there's a case to be made that this is actually a positive development.

Lesnar hasn't fought since 2016, a win over Mark Hunt that was overturned because he tested positive for a prohibited substance. The idea of Lesnar coming off that layoff and failed drug test right into a title fight was ridiculous, but largely overlooked because everyone -- including Dana White himself -- was cool with Cormier getting that Lesnar payday as a kind of career achievement award.

Stipe Miocic is a worthy and deserving opponent for Cormier in a fight that will keep the integrity of the divisional hierarchy. Meanwhile, Lesnar is "retired" again until the next time he's able to play the UFC and WWE against one another. Jon Jones was always the fight he wanted anyway.

Wagenheim: Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!

That's nine, if you're counting, which also happens to be the number of years since the last Lesnar victory inside the Octagon. His does not have the resume of a legit challenger for a championship. Sure, I get that the first half of the word "prizefight" is what counts most in today's MMA, and if anyone deserves a chance to milk the UFC's biggest cash cow, it's the classy, accomplished Cormier. But you simply cannot put a belt on the line here and expect us to respect you in the morning. I'm sure the NBA would love to have LeBron in these playoffs, and the Final Four would have been a slam-dunk with Zion, but in real sports you've got to earn your way in.

So yeah, give me DC vs. Stipe. They're the two best heavyweights in the world -- a pairing worthy of championship glory. Erven beyond that, this rematch presents each guy with the opportunity for a legacy moment.

For Cormier: Defeating a champion is an accomplishment not to be diminished, but doing it a second time would be a legendary statement. For Miocic: A turn of the tables doesn't erase last July's knockout loss from the memory, but it would soften the blow considerably. Can't wait for these big boys to get after it.

And yet ... No! No! No! etc. Lesnar, for all his inactivity, his aging and physical deterioration, his lack of evolution and his WWE buffoonery, is a big, boorish presence who'll be missed. He's the sideshow you wish you could walk right on by, but the carnival barker sells you on the spectacle every time. And once inside the Big Top, you begrudgingly enjoy the show. MMA has always thrived on characters -- from Tank to Tito, Chael to Conor, Diaz to Diaz -- and the sport is losing a massive one here. If you're ever looking to return, Brock, we'll leave a spotlight on for you -- just not for a title fight.

Jackman: The hypothetical fight between Daniel Cormier and Brock Lesnar was always found money, sitting there for the taking, but not a significant marker for the future of the business. It's gone (for now) and the reverberations will be subtle.

Cormier wanted the fight more than anything -- as a wrestling fan, as a company man and as the challenger and B-side in his highest grossing PPV efforts so far. This fight not only represented a payday, but Cormier's chance to be the guy at the top of the mountain. A spectacle of this magnitude draws additional eyeballs and all of them would have been witness to Cormier as a bonafide conqueror.

The fight with Stipe Miocic was always there (Miocic hasn't fought since their first meeting in anticipation of the rematch) and could have been booked after Cormier dispatched Lesnar. So, no ,this is no blessing, and certainly not for Cormier. The champ loses out on a dream fight, while fans get a significantly more competitive matchup between the top two heavyweights. Not a terrible outcome if Cormier can move beyond the pie in the sky and prepare for the tougher test.

Tamiso: For the UFC as a money-making venture, this is a major blow. There have only been a few fighters in the promotion's history to truly break into the main stream, and Brock Lesnar is one of them. Imagine if Lesnar's return vs. Daniel Cormier wasn't a one-off, and then fought Stipe Miocic or Francis Ngannou? There's at least one less Brinks truck needed to deliver the dollars to UFC headquarters. Regardless of Brock returning, DC has one or two bouts left, then the heavyweight division loses another big star. Unless Jon Jones makes the leap, there doesn't appear to be any fresh blood at the top anytime soon.

From the perspective of legitimate sport where rankings matter, Brock's re-re-retirement from MMA gives Miocic, who has the most consecutive heavyweight title defenses, a rematch this summer. You'd think Ngannou vs. Junior Dos Santos at UFC 239 is a de facto title eliminator, so once again, without a Jon Jones jump, things get a lot clearer.

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1-year-old girl bitten 'multiple times. The girl that bit her was suspended.

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A 1-year-old girl came home covered in bite marks after spending the day at an Arizona day care, according to her parents.

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Bus driver who raped 14-year-old girl gets no prison time, just probation and fee.

An upstate New York bus driver was spared by a judge from going to jail after he pleaded guilty to raping a 14-year-old girl.

The judge in the case is under fire after sentencing the 26-year-old ma

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An upstate New York bus driver was spared by a judge from going to jail after he pleaded guilty to raping a 14-year-old girl.

The judge in the case is under fire after sentencing the 26-year-old man to probation and ordered him to pay fees, despite the prosecutor's request for jail time.

Shane Piche was arrested after an investigation found that he had sex with an underage girl that he had met on his bus route.

What does this say to girls who are vulnerable and men who want to take advantage of them?

Trooper Jack Keller, the public information officer for the New York state police, told ABC News that after Piche met the girl through his bus route for the school district in Watertown, New York, they started communicating through social media.

"He did begin a relationship through social media, [and] knew her, talked to her," Keller said of Piche.

Keller said that in late June or early July 2018, Piche picked up the 14-year-old girl as well as two of her friends and brought them to his house. Keller said that the investigation found that Piche raped his main target and gave her two friends - both minors - alcohol.

The girl that was raped reported the incident about two weeks later, Keller said, and Piche was arrested in September 2018 after the investigation was concluded.

Court records show that on Feb. 21, 2019, Piche pleaded guilty to third-degree rape. On Thursday was sentenced to 10 years of probation and ordered to pay a total of $1,750 in fees, court records show.

We try to minimize the trauma to our victims, and sometimes plea agreements are a part of that.

Patricia Dziuba, the chief assistant District Attorney for Jefferson County, told ABC News that an individual, who is guilty of third-degree rape, is defined as 21 or older and had sexual contact with someone less than 17-years-old.

The District Attorney's office initially sought a sentence called a "split two probation" which would have entailed six months in jail and 10 years of probation, along with fines. Instead, the judge decided to nix the suggested jail time.

"The judge has a lot of discretion to consider sentencing," Dziuba said.

Judge James P. McClusky is pictured in an undated handout photo.

"We try to minimize the trauma to our victims, and sometimes plea agreements are a part of that," she said.

Piche's lawyer Eric Swartz said that he believes that the sentence, which includes no prison time for the Class E felony, is appropriate.

"I feel the sentence was just," Swartz told ABC News via email. "It was also the sentence recommended by the probation department which is also an arm of law enforcement."

It was also the sentence recommended by the probation department which is also an arm of law enforcement.

The Watertown Daily Times reported that Jefferson County Supreme Court Judge James McClusky issued the sentence and determined that Piche will have to register as a Level 1 sex offender - rather than a Level 2, which is more grave and was the recommendation of the district attorney's office - because Piche did not have a prior record.

According to the New York State Sex Offender Registry, Level 1 offenders are considered to be low risk of re-offending and are required to register solely their zip code and not their full address, unlike other sex offenders.

Piche's sentencing has prompted an outcry online, with a MoveOn.org petition to recall Judge McClusky having garnered over 23,000 signatures as of Tuesday afternoon.

"What does this say to girls who are vulnerable and men who want to take advantage of them?" one petitioner wrote alongside her virtual signature.

McClusky's office did not immediately return ABC News' requests for comment, and Piche was not able to be reached.

This is not the first time that a seemingly lenient sentence for a sexual assault case has prompted backlash or even the recall of a judge.

Similar situations unfolded in California and Texas, as male former Stanford University and Baylor University students, respectively, were at the center of cases where activists were concerned over what they viewed as light sentences in sexual assault cases.

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Oprah Winfrey is giving Prince Harry and Meghan Markle her go-to baby gift, a lifetime supply of books. The books come in a big, pretty bookshelf.

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Prince Harry and Meghan will be receiving a baby gift from Oprah Winfrey that makes us hope they included a library in the renovations to their new Frogmore Cottage home.

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Winfrey, who attended Harry and Meghan's wedding last May, revealed that she is planning to give the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's baby her go-to baby gift, books.

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"I don't know the baby's name or the baby's gender, but this baby will have enough books to last a lifetime," Winfrey told Access Hollywood Tuesday on the red carpet at The Hollywood Reporter's inaugural Empowerment in Entertainment gala.

The books for baby Sussex appear to be a baby gift trend for Winfrey, who made books clubs a thing and turns authors into instant best-sellers with her Oprah's Book Club.

Winfrey's "A Wrinkle in Time" co-star Mindy Kaling confirmed last February that Winfrey also gave her daughter, Katherine, books, but in a way that only Winfrey can.

Kaling told USA Today last year that "two men in a U-Haul truck" arrived at her home with the gift from Winfrey.

"They arrived with a hand-carved bookcase, prettier than any professional dollhouse you had ever seen that contained a hundred of the classic essential books in children's literature," said Kaling. "And I held my baby up to it and I said, 'Did you see what Miss Winfrey did for you?'"

Each book from Winfrey also had "Katherine's Book Club" on it, according to Kaling.

"It's the most amazing gift," she said.

Winfrey, who is partnering with Prince Harry on a new documentary series for Apple, also reacted Tuesday to Harry and Meghan's decision to keep the birth of their first child private.

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"Oh my God! I'm so proud of her decisions," Winfrey told Entertainment Tonight. "To be able to stand up and say, 'This is what I really want for my baby and my family and now I'm going to do it a different way when it's been done that way for a thousand years,' I'm just so proud of her."

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Gary Martin, an Illinois man, told his coworkers February 15th that if he were to be fired, he was going to "kill every mother*****r in here" and "I am going to blow police up." which is exactly what he did. He was later called up to a meeting in an upstairs office, where he was told "We are beginning the termination process." Martin then told his employer "It's over." and shot killed him, along with his manager and two other employees.

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Gary Martin made no secret of his intentions when he showed up for work on February 15. He even told one person, "If I get fired, I'm going to kill every mother*****r in here."

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An upstate New York bus driver was spared by a judge from going to jail after he pleaded guilty to raping a 14-year-old girl.The judge in the case is under fire after sentencing the 26-year-old man to probation and ordered him to pay fees, despite the prosecutor's request for jail time.

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An upstate New York bus driver was spared by a judge from going to jail after he pleaded guilty to raping a 14-year-old girl.

The judge in the case is under fire after sentencing the 26-year-old man to probation and ordered him to pay fees, despite the prosecutor's request for jail time.

Shane Piche was arrested after an investigation found that he had sex with an underage girl that he had met on his bus route.

What does this say to girls who are vulnerable and men who want to take advantage of them?

Trooper Jack Keller, the public information officer for the New York state police, told ABC News that after Piche met the girl through his bus route for the school district in Watertown, New York, they started communicating through social media.

"He did begin a relationship through social media, [and] knew her, talked to her," Keller said of Piche.

Keller said that in late June or early July 2018, Piche picked up the 14-year-old girl as well as two of her friends and brought them to his house. Keller said that the investigation found that Piche raped his main target and gave her two friends - both minors - alcohol.

The girl that was raped reported the incident about two weeks later, Keller said, and Piche was arrested in September 2018 after the investigation was concluded.

Court records show that on Feb. 21, 2019, Piche pleaded guilty to third-degree rape. On Thursday was sentenced to 10 years of probation and ordered to pay a total of $1,750 in fees, court records show.

We try to minimize the trauma to our victims, and sometimes plea agreements are a part of that.

Patricia Dziuba, the chief assistant District Attorney for Jefferson County, told ABC News that an individual, who is guilty of third-degree rape, is defined as 21 or older and had sexual contact with someone less than 17-years-old.

The District Attorney's office initially sought a sentence called a "split two probation" which would have entailed six months in jail and 10 years of probation, along with fines. Instead, the judge decided to nix the suggested jail time.

"The judge has a lot of discretion to consider sentencing," Dziuba said.

Judge James P. McClusky is pictured in an undated handout photo.

"We try to minimize the trauma to our victims, and sometimes plea agreements are a part of that," she said.

Piche's lawyer Eric Swartz said that he believes that the sentence, which includes no prison time for the Class E felony, is appropriate.

"I feel the sentence was just," Swartz told ABC News via email. "It was also the sentence recommended by the probation department which is also an arm of law enforcement."

It was also the sentence recommended by the probation department which is also an arm of law enforcement.

The Watertown Daily Times reported that Jefferson County Supreme Court Judge James McClusky issued the sentence and determined that Piche will have to register as a Level 1 sex offender - rather than a Level 2, which is more grave and was the recommendation of the district attorney's office - because Piche did not have a prior record.

According to the New York State Sex Offender Registry, Level 1 offenders are considered to be low risk of re-offending and are required to register solely their zip code and not their full address, unlike other sex offenders.

Piche's sentencing has prompted an outcry online, with a MoveOn.org petition to recall Judge McClusky having garnered over 23,000 signatures as of Tuesday afternoon.

"What does this say to girls who are vulnerable and men who want to take advantage of them?" one petitioner wrote alongside her virtual signature.

McClusky's office did not immediately return ABC News' requests for comment, and Piche was not able to be reached.

This is not the first time that a seemingly lenient sentence for a sexual assault case has prompted backlash or even the recall of a judge.

Similar situations unfolded in California and Texas, as male former Stanford University and Baylor University students, respectively, were at the center of cases where activists were concerned over what they viewed as light sentences in sexual assault cases.

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Bus driver who raped 14-year-old girl gets no prison time, just probation and fees

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The judge in the case is now under fire for the sentence, which includes no prison time.

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A Virginia man died last week after several hundred pounds of glass crushed him when he was moving it from a truck.

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A Virginia man died last week after "several hundred pounds" of plate glass crushed him when he was moving it off a truck, a report said.

Damarcus Laquan Calloway, 24, was working at Virginia Glass Products in Ridgeway last Monday when a load of plate glass he was moving off a truck fell on him, Martinsville Bulletin reported. Calloway suffered trauma in the incident, Henry County Sheriff's Capt. Wayne Davis told the newspaper on Tuesday.
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"Calloway was treated at the scene by members of Henry County Public Safety and Ridgeway Rescue Squad. He was subsequently airlifted to a North Carolina medical facility, where he was later pronounced dead," Davis said.

It's unclear if Calloway was working alone or with other employees. The "several, several hundred pounds" of plate glass allegedly pinned Calloway's body to the ground, Davis told Martinsville Bulletin.
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Calloway's death was ruled an accident.

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Virginia man, 24, crushed to death by 'several hundred pounds' of plate glass, report says

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A Virginia man died last week after "several hundred pounds" of plate glass crushed him when he was moving it off a truck, a report said. Damarcus Laquan Calloway, 24, was working at Virginia Glass Products in Ridgeway last Monday when a load of plate glass he was moving off a truck fell on him, Martinsville Bulletin reported.