Crime

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, …

The Arizona Republic reports: A 61-year-old Mesa pastor was accused of molesting a 16-year-old member of the church who was meeting with him to help her grieve the recent loss of her brother. Stanley Jay was arrested July 23 and ordered held on a $200,000 bond. The pastor’s wife sent an electronic message in late May to members of Worship …

The New York Daily News reports: A man accused of stabbing 11 people at a Michigan Walmart will be charged with terrorism and assault, after leaving a scene of carnage in his wake, authorities said Sunday.Bradford James Gille, a 42-year-old Cheboygan County resident, allegedly began attacking shoppers and employees near the checkout counter with a three-inch folding knife at 4:43 …

Chicago’s CBS affiliate reports: A landlord convicted of fatally stabbing a young Palestinian boy and attacking the boy’s mother in Plainfield Township, Illinois, in October 2023, has died in custody, authorities said Saturday. The Will County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to CBS News Chicago that Joseph Czuba, 73, died in the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections on Thursday. Czuba …

The New York Times reports: A man armed with a folding knife went on a stabbing spree at a Walmart near Traverse City, Mich., on Saturday afternoon, randomly targeting victims, the authorities said. At least 11 people were being treated for injuries at Munson Medical Center in Traverse City, said Megan Brown, the chief communications officer for Munson Healthcare, which …