Crime

The Associated Press reports: A Georgia man who opened fire on the CDC headquarters, shooting dozens of rounds into the sprawling complex and killing a police officer, had blamed the COVID-19 vaccine for making him depressed and suicidal, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press on Saturday. The suspect’s father contacted police and identified his son as the possible …

The Associated Press reports: The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has identified the man who opened fire at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as 30-year-old Patrick Joseph White of Kennesaw, Georgia. The GBI statement says White died and Officer David Rose with the DeKalb County Police Department was shot and killed during the shooting Friday. At least four …

Politico reports: Officials fear that Latin American drug cartels are among those who obtained sensitive court data due to a sweeping breach of the federal judiciary’s case filing system, raising concerns that the groups will now be able to target cooperating witnesses involved in criminal trials against them. The worry, according to three judicial officials and investigators with knowledge of …

Houston’s ABC affiliate reports: “Hundreds” of images of child pornography were found on a computer that allegedly belonged to a youth church volunteer who has since been arrested, Harris County Precinct 1 Constable’s Office said. Kevin Hartgrove, 45, was taken into custody at his home on Wednesday and charged with two felony counts of possession of child pornography, which carries …

The Erie News-Times reports: A Catholic priest from Erie, Pa. who admitted to fixing a church raffle for a Chevy Corvette Stingray 1LT is facing a criminal investigation, and authorities are looking into his gambling habits and spending history. The Rev. Ross R. Miceli, 42, known to his flock as Fr. Ross, is pastor of St. Jude the Apostle Church, …

Baltimore News Radio reports: There could be more victims after a former youth pastor at the Central Christian Church along Rossville Boulevard has been charged with 24 sex abuse counts for abusing six boys in Baltimore County. Court papers say one victim told police that 52-year-old Thomas Pinkerton was a “father figure” to him “in a spiritual way,” meeting him …

Myrtle Beach’s NBC affiliate reports: A North Carolina pastor is out of jail after he was arrested in a child sex crime investigation. Kyle Lynn Sigmon is charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor. A police report shows that in July, a detective with the Boone Police Department notified North Myrtle Beach police about a sexual assault that …

The Independent reports: A 34-year-old youth pastor in Virginia is facing federal charges over allegations he posed as a teenage boy to exchange nude photos and videos with young girls, telling one of them last month that it was “time for her to see her first d**k,” according to an FBI probable cause affidavit. Throughout the conversation, Jacob Ryan Barnett …

Politico reports: The electronic case filing system used by the federal judiciary has been breached in a sweeping cyber intrusion that is believed to have exposed sensitive court data across multiple U.S. states, according to two people with knowledge of the incident. The hack, which has not been previously reported, is feared to have compromised the identities of confidential informants …

Tulsa’s Fox affiliate reports: The Tulsa Police Department said an arrest warrant has been issued and they’re currently searching for a Claremore pastor who has been accused of trying to film underneath a woman’s skirt at a Hobby Lobby in Tulsa. Security reported to authorities that they saw the man follow a woman around the store as he attempted to …

The Associated Press reports: Five soldiers were shot Wednesday at Fort Stewart in Georgia, leading to a lockdown at the Army base before the shooter was arrested, officials said. The conditions of the soldiers and the circumstances of the shooting weren’t immediately clear, nor was the identity of the shooter. The injured were treated and then moved to Winn Army …

Politico reports: A 19-year-old man known as “Big Balls” who played a key role in the DOGE initiative to shrink the size of government was assaulted over the weekend in Washington, according to city police. Edward Coristine, who still works for the government, was assaulted by approximately 10 juveniles near Dupont Circle about 3 a.m. Sunday, according to a police …

CBS News reports: Crime decreased in every category in 2024, including murder, violent crime and motor vehicle thefts, according to data released by the FBI on Tuesday. It reflects a trend experts have been tracking as reported numbers of violent crimes continue to drop from a spike immediately following the COVID-19 pandemic. The FBI’s report did not venture to say …

Austin’s ABC affiliate reports: Community members came together on Saturday morning to paint over vandalism spray painted on a LGBTQ-friendly church in South Austin. Life in the City UMC said its pride flag was torn down on Thursday night and a message saying, “Pride was the first sin,” was spray painted on the front of the building. According to Pastor …

The Washington Post reports: He was the personification of shame in the Vatican, the lone prisoner in the three-cell jail of the world’s smallest sovereign state. Now, the Rev. Carlo Alberto Capella — convicted of possessing and distributing a “large quantity” of child pornography while serving as a Vatican diplomat in Washington — is presenting Pope Leo XIV, the new …

Chattanooga’s NBC affiliate reports: James Neil Gill, 83, former director of the Sumner County Food Bank and senior pastor of Liberty Baptist Church, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to felony theft and patronizing prostitution, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) says. Assistant DAs Thomas B. Dean and Christopher V. Boiano secured felony convictions after …

NBC News reports: The suspect, whom the FBI identified as Jeffrey Dorsey, 60, of Dayton, left a nearly 90-second expletive-laden voicemail on the main line of a lawmaker’s Washington, D.C., office last month, according to a criminal complaint filed in federal court Tuesday. Court documents did not name the member of Congress, but a House Republican aide confirmed it was …

The Daily Beast reports: A fervent Trump supporter who said that he was casting his 2024 vote to fight child trafficking is now being charged with 10 counts of possessing child pornography. Scott Soucek of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, was arrested on July 24 and accused of accessing hundreds of child pornography images through a file-sharing system. Soucek isn’t just a …

Richmond’s ABC affiliate reports: After pleading guilty to three charges of child sex crimes, a former Richmond County youth counselor has been sentenced to five years in prison. In a hearing back in March, David Lawrence Schneider pleaded guilty to one charge of aggravated sexual battery and two charges of taking indecent liberties with a child by a person in …

“I have been briefed on the tragic shooting that took place in Manhattan, a place that I know and love. I trust our Law Enforcement Agencies to get to the bottom of why this crazed lunatic committed such a senseless act of violence. My heart is with the families of the four people who were killed, including the NYPD Officer, …