Crime

From the NBC News live blog: The jury has told the judge they have reached a verdict on four of the counts but are unable to reach a consensus on the racketeering charge. The note said they have jurors with “unpersuadable views.” Attorneys for the prosecution and the defense have told the judge they would like the jury to continue …

Paducah, Kentucky’s NBC affiliate reports: On June 25, the Marshall County Sheriff’s Office was contacted by the family of an 11-year-old girl, reporting that the pastor of their church had requested she send him photos of her body. According to MCSO, the following investigation identified the suspect as Pastor Clarence Barry Hungerford. Hungerford was subsequently arrested, admitting both that he …

Tucson’s NBC affiliate reports: Tucson police have arrested an 82-year-old pastor for allegedly not reporting allegations of sexual abuse involving one of his congregants. Earlier this year, police arrested 57-year-old Jose Mora after he apparently admitted to the Arizona Daily Star to inappropriately touching a boy from his church several years ago. Tucson police said the agency’s investigation identified multiple …

The Grand Junction Sentinel reports: A former U.S. Postal Service mail carrier who stole 19 ballots in October has been sentenced to five years in prison. Vicki Stuart, 64, told police she and Sally Jane Maxedon (a.k.a. Smith), who did not work for the Postal Service, were trying to test out the election system when Stuart stole the ballots, which …

Boise’s Fox affiliate reports: The suspect accused of intentionally setting a brush fire on a mountain in Idaho on Sunday to ambush firefighters with gunfire, killing two and injuring a third, has been identified. Authorities told The Associated Press that 20-year-old Wess Roley, who is now deceased, was believed to have set the wildfire on Canfield Mountain in Coeur d’Alene. …

New York City’s NBC affiliate reports: Two teenage girls were shot late Sunday night near Manhattan’s Stonewall Inn hours after the annual Pride March passed through the neighborhood. The NYPD said the two people, a 16-year-old and a 17-year-old, were shot around 10:15 p.m. in the West Village, busy with revelers celebrating the end of Pride celebrations. One of the …

The New York Times reports: A gunman deliberately started a wildfire in a rugged mountain area of Idaho and then shot at the firefighters who responded, killing two and injuring another on Sunday afternoon in what the local sheriff described as a “total ambush.” Law enforcement officers exchanged fire with the gunman while the wildfire burned, and officials later found …

Orlando’s NBC affiliate reports: David R. McKeown, a 47-year-old sixth-grade teacher from Holly Hill, was arrested for possessing child pornography and sexual activities involving animals on Friday, the Holly Hill Police Department said. On Saturday morning, McKeown made his first appearance before a judge. McKeown was arrested for 19 counts of possession of child pornography and six counts of sexual …

Miami’s ABC affiliate reports: A former youth pastor convicted of “placing a hidden camera in the girls’ bathroom” at a Christian camp in Oregon is now facing new disturbing charges ― this time in South Florida, according to a federal criminal complaint. Authorities said they nabbed Jacob Melvin Hart, 45, of San Juan Capistrano, California, with child sexual abuse videos …

Atlanta’s NPR affiliate reports: Four teenagers were arrested early Tuesday morning and have hate crime charges pending against them after police say they stole and cut up Pride flags outside one of Atlanta’s most well-known gay bars. Atlanta police say they responded to a vandalism call at 1:40 a.m. Tuesday at the intersection of 10th Street and Piedmont Avenue. Witnesses …

Phoenix’s CBS affiliate reports: During the interview, 51-year-old Adam Christopher Sheafe confessed to crucifying 76-year-old William Schonemann at his New River home nearly two months ago. Schonemann was found dead in his bed, covered in blood, on Monday, April 28, as deputies conducted a welfare check at his home on Cavalry Road near 16th Street. “I drove from there (Phoenix) …

The Associated Press reports: A federal jury on Monday awarded $500,000 to the widow and estate of a police officer who killed himself nine days after he helped defend the U.S. Capitol from a mob of rioters, including a man who scuffled with the officer during the attack. The eight-member jury ordered that man, 69-year-old chiropractor David Walls-Kaufman, to pay …

CBS News reports: According to an affidavit filed by an FBI special agent, law enforcement pulled over Vance Boelter’s wife and four children hours after the shootings on Saturday near Lake Mille Lacs. His wife told investigators they were going to visit friends after her husband posted in a family group text “they needed to get out of the house …

The Washington Post reports: U.S. Capitol Police said Friday that an Ohio man has been arrested after Rep. Max L. Miller (R-Ohio) alleged that the man threatened him on the road in his district Thursday. Miller said he filed a report with both U.S. Capitol Police and local police. In a statement Friday, U.S. Capitol Police said 36-year-old Feras S. …

CNN reports: Cybercriminals have breached insurance giant Aflac, potentially stealing Social Security numbers, insurance claims and health information, the company said Friday, the latest in a spree of hacks against the insurance industry. With billions of dollars in annual revenue and tens of millions of customers, Aflac is the biggest victim yet in the ongoing digital assault on US insurance …

Richmond’s ABC affiliate reports: A Caroline County man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to pursuing and ultimately shooting two Latino men because of his “anger at illegal immigration.” On Wednesday, June 18, Douglas W. Cornett of the Ruther Glen area pleaded guilty to two counts of federal hate crimes involving attempts to kill and one count of discharging a firearm during …

Law & Crime reports: After fighting back attempts to drop his conviction, President Donald Trump’s Justice Department now wants a Jan. 6 defendant who was found guilty last year of plotting to kill FBI agents to spend the rest of his life behind bars — a request he says is based on “scandalous and unsubstantiated” claims and “uncharged allegations that …

The San Francisco Chronicle reports: San Francisco police have arrested a man accused of defacing the famed Pink Triangle, a symbol of LGBTQ+ rights that is installed annually during Pride Month on top of the city’s landmark Twin Peaks. Police arrested the suspect after receiving a report around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday of someone vandalizing portions of the dozens of pieces …

The Minnesota Reformer reports: Vance Boelter, the man accused of killing DFL House leader Melissa Hortman and her husband and shooting and injuring DFL Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, voted in the March 2024 Minnesota Republican presidential primary, belying online disinformation that has sought to paint Boelter as a leftist with ties to Gov. Tim Walz. The Reformer obtained …

The New York Times reports: For decades, Robert Menendez had the ear of presidents and prime ministers. He controlled the flow of military aid as the Democratic leader of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. A son of Cuban refugees, he was a go-to authority on immigration policy. But on Tuesday, Mr. Menendez is set to become a ward of the …