Crime

CO Charges 6 With Forging Names For GOP Candidate

Denver’s NBC affiliate reports: Six people are accused of forging signatures in attempt to get a Republican candidate on the primary ballot for the 7th Congressional District (CD7), according to the Colorado Attorney General’s office. According to court documents, the charged individuals — Alex Joseph, Terris Kintchen, Patrick Rimpel, Jordahni Rimpel, Aliyah Moss, and Diana Watt — were paid circulators …

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OR Pastor Sentenced To 13 Years On Child Sex Charges

Portland’s CBS affiliate reports: The former pastor and co-founder of North Clackamas Bible Community was sentenced to 160 months in prison after he was found guilty for sex abuse, Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced Tuesday. Michael Sperou, 72, was found guilty of two counts of first-degree unlawful sexual penetration on May 19. It’s the third time since 2015 …

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DOJ: Man Convicted In $175M “Psychic” Fraud Scheme

From the Justice Department: A federal jury in the Eastern District of New York convicted a Canadian man today for perpetrating a decades-long mass-mailing fraud scheme that stole more than $175 million from victims in the United States. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Patrice Runner, 57, a Canadian and French citizen, operated a mass-mailing fraud scheme …

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New Hampshire GOP Senator Arrested After Bar Fight

Patch New Hampshire reports: One of the Queen City’s state Senators has been arrested on assault and criminal threatening charges, according to police. Keith Murphy, 47, of Chestnut Street in Manchester, was arrested Monday on two counts of simple assault and a criminal threatening charge on a warrant. According to police, an employee at Murphy’s Taproom filed a complaint with …

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Extremist Andrew Tate To Face Rape Trial In Romania

NBC News reports: Disgraced influencer Andrew Tate will face trial on charges of rape, human trafficking and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women, authorities in Romania said Tuesday. Tate, his brother Tristan and two other suspects have been under house arrest after a police investigation that led to their arrest in December. They deny the allegations. Tate is …

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Feds: CA Restaurant Used Fake Priest To Spy On Staff

From the Labor Department: Federal wage and hour investigators have seen corrupt employers try all kinds of scams to shortchange workers and to intimidate or retaliate against employees but a northern California restaurant’s attempt to use an alleged priest to get employees to admit workplace “sins” may be among the most shameless. During litigation by the U.S. Department of Labor …

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Florida “Don’t Say Gay” Author Seeks Sentencing Delay

Florida Politics reports: Former Rep. Joe Harding, who pleaded guilty in March to wire fraud, money laundering and making false statements about COVID-19 relief funds he received, is asking for his sentencing date to be punted to September. In a motion filed with the North District of Florida, Harding’s lawyers, Ronald Kozlowski and Peggy-Anne O’Connor, requested a continuation of his …

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Hackers Breach DMV Records In Oregon And Louisiana

CNN reports: Millions of people in Louisiana and Oregon have had their data compromised in the sprawling cyberattack that has also hit the US federal government, state agencies said late Thursday. The breach has affected 3.5 million Oregonians with driver’s licenses or state ID cards, and anyone with that documentation in Louisiana, authorities said. Casey Tingle, a senior official in …

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DOJ: Florida Couple Stole Over $2M In COVID Relief

From the Justice Department: United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the arrest and unsealing of a criminal complaint charging Timothy Craig Jolloff (46, Fort Myers) and Lisa Ann Jolloff (56, Fort Myers) with one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering and one count of illegal monetary transactions. Timothy Jolloff is also charged with one count of wire fraud. …

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NY Seeks To Fine Cultist Pair $2.5M For Racist Robocalls

Law & Crime reports: This past March, a federal judge in New York found that Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman violated the Voting Rights Act and Ku Klux Klan Act. The scathing ruling left only one remaining issue to determine at trial — how much the duo must pay in damages for their conduct. In a pretrial memorandum on Thursday, …

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Pastor Sentenced To 186 Years For Molesting Toddlers

City News Service reports: A retired Orange County pastor was sentenced Friday to 186 years to life in prison for sexually abusing two young girls with whom he is related. Jose Andres Lopez, 70, of Mission Viejo, was convicted March 22 of 18 felony sexual assault charges dating as far back as 1991 through 2020. Lopez is a retired Orange …

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“Jack The Tripper” Jan 6 Rioter Sentenced To 30 Months

From the Justice Department: A Pennsylvania man was sentenced today for assaulting law enforcement during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress that was in the process of ascertaining and counting the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. Mikhail Edward …

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Federal Grand Jury Indicts Guardsman Pentagon Leaker

The New York Times reports: A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, who posted dozens of secret intelligence reports and other sensitive documents on a gaming server, on six counts of retaining and transmitting classified national defense information. The filing of criminal charges against Mr. Teixeira, 21, comes two months after F.B.I. agents arrested him …

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North Carolina Pastor Arrested On Child Sex Charges

North Carolina’s Stanly County Press reports: A former pastor and founder of a ministry to help individuals dealing with substance use problems has been arrested for sex crimes against children. Stanly County Sheriff’s Office said it received a report May 30 of sexual assault involving a juvenile. Following an investigation, detectives charged Lawrence “Larry” Francis Wilkins, 44, with four counts …

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Feds: Man Torched Arizona Church Over Gay Pastor

Tucson’s CBS affiliate reports: Federal court documents paint Eric Ridenour, the suspect in the Douglas church fires, as a man with a violent criminal history who doesn’t like women or gay men preaching. Authorities have said Ridenour set fires at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church and First Presbyterian Church in Douglas on May 22, 2023. Both buildings were extensively damaged. St. …

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DOJ: Marine Firebombed Planned Parenthood Clinic

From the Justice Department: Special agents with the FBI and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service this morning arrested two Orange County men on federal charges alleging they used a Molotov cocktail to firebomb a Costa Mesa clinic operated by Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Tibet Ergul, 21, of Irvine, and Chance Brannon, 23, of San Juan Capistrano, an active duty …

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Pastor Convicted In Ohio Child Sex Trafficking Sting

The New Castle News reports: A New Castle man accused of child sex trafficking and corrupting children in Ohio has been found guilty by a jury in Mahoning County Court. The Ohio jury’s verdict was delivered Wednesday against 35-year-old Jarod Mills of West Terrace Ave. of unlawful attempted sexual contact with a minor. Mill was arrested in Mahoning County in …

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Manhattan Grand Jury Indicts NYC Subway Vigilante

The New York Daily News reports: A Manhattan grand jury has voted to indict Daniel Penny for the May killing of Jordan Neely, a law enforcement source told the Daily News on Wednesday. Penny, a Marine veteran, was charged with second-degree manslaughter for the May 1 killing aboard a northbound F train. The Manhattan district attorney’s office declined to comment. …

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Montana Man Sentenced To 18 Years After Using Assault Weapon In Crusade To “Clean Out” His Town Of LGBTQs

From the Justice Department: A Montana man was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris to 18 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for shooting into a residence and attempting to shoot others with the intent of ridding a town of LGBTQI+ residents. John Russell Howald, of Basin, was convicted by a federal jury …

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Rioter Being Sued By Cop’s Widow Gets Two Months

The Washington Post reports: A D.C. chiropractor who took part in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was sentenced Tuesday to two months in jail for a misdemeanor offense. But he still faces a wrongful-death lawsuit accusing him of assaulting a police officer who later died by suicide. The D.C. officer, Jeffrey Smith, 35, suffered a brain …

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