Crime

New Orleans’ CBS affiliate reports: A pastor in Slidell was sentenced to two years in prison and three years of probation for taping the mouths of three students shut while serving as headmaster of a Christian school. John Raymond, formerly in charge of Lakeside Christian School in Slidell, was convicted of cruelty to juveniles after authorities said he disciplined the …

The Associated Press reports: A former pastor of a Texas megachurch is expected to turn himself into Oklahoma authorities Monday on child sexual abuse charges. Robert Preston Morris, 63, is expected to surrender to officials in Osage County, where he was charged last week with five counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child, his attorney, Mack Martin, told …

Washington DC’s CBS affiliate reports: A Frederick man punched a United Airlines gate agent at Dulles International Airport Thursday night, hospitalizing him. The shocking swing was caught on camera in a video shared with WUSA9. Christopher Stuart Crittenden, 54, from Frederick, Maryland, was arrested Thursday, and charged with assault and disorderly conduct according to Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. In the …

Fort Worth’s Fox affiliate reports: A Tarrant County jury awarded $124 million to a woman who accused her former pastor of sexual abuse. In 2017, Jose Francisco Bernal was arrested and charged with the continuous sexual abuse of two children who attended his church in Fort Worth. Bernal is the former pastor at Tabernacle of Life Pentecostal Church. One of …

Jackson’s NBC affiliate reports: Crystal Springs pastor is behind bars Thursday after he was arrested for statutory rape. Crystal Springs Police Chief Robert Thomas said Christopher Willett is facing multiple charges after the victim came to the police station with a psychologist detailing the abuse. Willett is a pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Crystal Springs. He is charged with …

Jefferson City’s KJLU reports: A former church youth ministry volunteer in Phelps County pleaded guilty in federal court to a child pornography offense. Bradley Colvin, 52, of Rolla, was arrested last March following a Missouri State Highway Patrol investigation into online child pornography. Colvin was identified as a suspect after he shared child pornography online with a person who was …

Rockford’s CBS affiliate reports: A Beloit pastor is accused of sharing child pornography, according to police. Anthony Dusso, 53, of South Beloit, faces four Class X counts of dissemination of child pornography <13 and two Class 1 counts of dissemination of child pornography <18. In December 2024, South Beloit police say they got a tip from the National Center for …

Atlanta First News reports: A youth pastor at an Alpharetta church was arrested Wednesday on several child pornography charges. Daniel Menelaou was charged with six counts of possession or control of any material depicting a minor in sexually explicit conduct. The charges stem from several sexually explicit videos involving children being shared through a messaging app, arrest warrants state. Arrest …

The Christian Post reports: Robert Morris, founding pastor of Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas, was indicted on five counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child by a multi-county grand jury in Oklahoma Wednesday stemming from allegations made by Cindy Clemishire last June that he sexually abused her over multiple years in the 1980s beginning when she was 12. …

Futurism reports: As CEO Elon Musk ravages the federal government with chainsaws and fascist salutes, the wheels are coming off for Tesla — literally. New local reporting by League City, Texas’ KPRC-TV has uncovered an unusual heist in which thieves pilfered 44 tires from 11 unsold Teslas sitting in an Amazon warehouse parking lot. The daring — and frankly kind …

The Roys Report reports: Jeffery Summers, 51, pastor of New Hope Baptist Church in Port Orange, was arrested on Friday evening by deputies of Port Orange Police Department, according to court records. He was charged with solicitation for sexual conduct with a child over a computer and traveling to meet a minor for sexual conduct. The arrest came as part …

The New York Post reports: A Long Island pastor is facing up to three decades in prison for possessing sexually explicit images and videos of young boys he chatted with online – a crime federal prosecutors condemned as “unspeakable.” Jose Saez, Jr., 29, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Central Islip Federal Court to sexual exploitation of a child for soliciting the …

ABC News reports: Former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte was detained on Tuesday under an International Criminal Court arrest warrant, which accused him of crimes against humanity in connection with the brutal “war on drugs” he led while in office, the Philippines Presidential Communications Office said. Members of the Philippine National Police met the former president as he arrived in Manila, …

Law & Crime reports: A Florida man has been arrested for threatening former vice president Kamala Harris and Rep. Ilhan Omar, according to law enforcement. Franklin Jarrell, 59, stands accused of one count each of sending a threatening communication in interstate commerce and making threats against a federal official, according to a federal criminal complaint filed in the Middle District …

Florida Politics reports: Florida’s Attorney General isn’t backing down from his criminal investigation of Andrew and Tristan Tate, even as they may no longer be in the state. “To the best of my knowledge, the Tate brothers are not in Florida right now. The investigation is still ongoing,” Attorney General James Uthmeier said while speaking to reporters in Tampa. “These …

Greenville, South Carolina’s NBC affiliate reports: An Oconee County preacher is facing child sex crime charges. The Sheriff’s Office says 57 year old, William Franklin Galbreath of Salem was arrested today on a dozen counts of criminal sexual conduct, multiple counts of criminal sexual conduct with a minor, and assault charges. The Sheriff’s Office was tipped off by investigators from …

Courthouse News reports: Former U.S. Representative George Santos’ campaign fundraiser Samuel Miele was sentenced to a year and a day in prison on Friday for his role in the congressman’s scheme to inflate campaign fundraising numbers and redirect donor contributions for his personal benefit. The sentence comes over a year after Miele pleaded guilty to wire fraud and admitted to …

Orlando’s ABC affiliate reports: A 17-year-old boy is in custody after Sanford police say he threatened a school shooting. Police said the student is enrolled in Elevation High School, but the threat was made against Seminole High School. Officials said the teen posted a concerning video online, which led to his arrest. Police are praising the person who informed law enforcement …

USA Today reports: Secret Service personnel shot an armed man near the White House early Sunday, hours after obtaining information that a suicidal man might be traveling to Washington, D.C., from Indiana, authorities said. Secret Service spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi said in a statement that the shooting took place “following an armed confrontation” with law enforcement. The statement said Secret Service …

The Vermont Digger reports: A Shelburne police sergeant had a YouTube video playing on a computer tablet mounted in his cruiser when he struck and killed a cyclist in South Burlington, according to documents filed in support of a felony charge against him. Kyle Kapitanski, 41, is set to be arraigned Thursday in Chittenden County Superior criminal court in Burlington …