Crime

Federal Judges Postpone Trials For Capitol Rioters

Politico reports: Two federal judges agreed Thursday to postpone criminal trials for defendants accused of breaching the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, agreeing that President-elect Donald Trump’s imminent inauguration could make the proceedings unnecessary. Over the objection of the Justice Department, U.S. District Judges Carl Nichols and Rudolph Contreras — Trump and Obama appointees, respectively — said they wanted to …

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California Cops Charge Four With Insurance Fraud For Using Man Wearing Bear Suit To Damage Luxury Cars

Los Angeles’s ABC affiliate reports: Four people were arrested Wednesday in connection with insurance fraud when they claimed a bear damaged their car, but it was really a person in a bear costume, the California Department of Insurance said. Ruben Tamrazian, 26, of Glendale; Ararat Chirkinian, 39, of Glendale; Vahe Muradkhanyan, 32, of Glendale; and Alfiya Zuckerman, 39, of Valley …

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CIA Official Charged In Leak Of Israeli Military Plans

The New York Times reports: A C.I.A. official has been charged with disclosing classified documents that appeared to show Israel’s plans to retaliate against Iran for a missile attack earlier this year, according to court documents and people familiar with the matter. The official, Asif W. Rahman, was indicted last week in federal court in Virginia with two counts of …

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Pentagon Leaker Gets 15 Years On Espionage Charges

NBC News reports: Former Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira has been sentenced to 15 years for stealing classified information from the Pentagon and sharing it online, the U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts announced. Teixeira appeared before Judge Indira Talwani in U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts on Tuesday to receive the sentence. In March, the national guardsman …

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DOJ Motion Opposes Pause In Capitol Riot Cases

Politico reports: Special counsel Jack Smith’s decision to pause his prosecution of President-elect Donald Trump is no reason to do the same for members of the mob that attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, the Justice Department argued Monday. Several Jan. 6 defendants have used Smith’s call for a three-week breather — quickly endorsed by U.S. District Judge Tanya …

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NOLA Archdiocese To Release Secret Abuse Files

New Orleans’ NBC affiliate reports: The Archdiocese of New Orleans is one step closer to ending its bankruptcy. Attorneys for the diocese and sex abuse survivors have filed a plan that outlines ways to make sure child sex abuse never happens again. The plans appear to create additional transparency. Sealed records will also soon be public through an archive. The …

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Colorado Cultists Arrested In Ballot Fraud Scheme

ABC News reports: A postal worker and her friend were arrested Wednesday in connection with the forging of stolen mail ballots in an alleged attempt to test the security of Colorado’s voting system, according to court documents. Mail carrier Vicki Lyn Stuart and Sally Jane Maxedon were arrested on suspicion of identity theft, attempt to influence a public servant and …

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DOJ To Focus On Arresting “Most Egregious” J6 Rioters

NBC News reports: The Justice Department plans to focus on arresting the “most egregious” Jan. 6 rioters — particularly those who committed felony assaults on law enforcement officers but have not yet been arrested — in the remaining 72 days before President-elect Donald Trump is back in the White House. Trump is expected to shut down the years-long investigation into …

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FL Man Charged In Plot To Kill Rep. Jared Moskowitz

The Washington Post reports: Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Florida) said in a statement on Friday that he was recently notified by police that he was the target of a potential assassination plot and that a suspect was arrested near his Florida residence. Moskowitz, who assumed a seat in Congress in 2023, said that on Monday, the day before the election, he …

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NBC: 56 Blue Counties Got Election Day Bomb Threats

NBC News reports: Bomb threats sent to polling places and ballot-counting locations in at least five battleground states across the U.S. Tuesday targeted mostly Democratic counties, an NBC News analysis has found. The full extent of who received the bomb threats is not clear. None are believed to have been deemed credible. NBC News compiled a list of 67 locations …

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Capitol Rioter Gets Eight Years, Demands “Full Pardon”

The Washington Post reports: In the pantheon of the more than 1,500 people who have been arrested for participating in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Zachary J. Alam captured his moment of fame as the man who was recorded punching the glass windows leading to the Speaker’s Lobby. Using a helmet to finish smashing the glass, he created the …

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DOJ: Iran Paid US Citizens In Plot To Assassinate Trump

ABC News reports: Three people have been charged in an alleged Iran-linked plot to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump, an Iranian-American activist and two Jewish Americans living in New York, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Friday in New York. Farhad Shakeri, Carlisle Rivera and Jonathan Loadholt are charged with murder-for-hire, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Rivera and Loadholt …

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MD Frat Members Charged With Anti-Gay Hate Crime

CBS News reports: Twelve Salisbury University students, including seven associated with a fraternity, have been charged with a hate crime for an alleged brutal attack on a man because of his sexual orientation, according to authorities. One of the suspects created an account on Grindr, a dating app, posing as a 16-year-old, to lure the victim to an off-campus apartment …

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Wisconsin School Staff Thwart Potential Mass Shooter

CBS News reports: Staff at a Kenosha, Wisconsin elementary school prevented a possible shooting by stopping a teen with a rifle on Thursday. Officials said a 13-year-old middle school student showed up at Roosevelt Elementary School with a backpack and a black duffel bag. Staff approached the teen as he tried to get in a side entrance. He ran away, …

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Feds Raid Home And Business Of Prominent FL Cultist

Fort Myers’s NBC affiliate reports: Multiple law enforcement agencies are at the home of a prominent Collier County businessman and controversial conservative activist. Law enforcement, including federal officials, were seen going in and out of the home of Alfie Oakes on Santa Cruz Court in the Villages of Monterey community in North Naples and an agricultural packing plant in Immokalee. …

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MN Youth Pastor Pleads Guilty To Child Sex Charges

The Minnesota Star-Tribune reports: Jackson Gatlin, dressed in a dark suit with his hands cuffed behind his back, was led by authorities from the courtroom Wednesday morning after pleading guilty to felony-level criminal sexual conduct in a case where numerous women have come forward with similar accusations of being sexually assaulted as girls when he was their youth leader at …

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Cops: Florida Cultist Assaulted Two Pro-Harris Women

Florida Politics reports: Hillsborough County Sheriff’s deputies have arrested a man accused of assaulting two women near a polling place on Election Day. The man, 71-year-old Stuart James McMillan, was at the corner of Fishhawk Crossing Boulevard and Dorman Road in Lithia, where deputies say he got into an altercation with two women over a political disagreement. The Sheriff’s Office …

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Boastful Rioter Guilty Of Felony Assault On Cops

From the Justice Department: A New Jersey man was found guilty today of assaulting law enforcement and other charges related to his conduct during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 …

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Two GA Polling Places Evacuated After Bomb Threats

Atlanta First News reports: Two polling locations in Fulton County were temporarily evacuated Tuesday morning after they received false bomb threats. The threats, which were deemed to be non-credible, targeted five polls in total, according to Fulton County Director of Registration and Elections Nadine Williams. The county is seeking a court order to extend the two polling locations’ hours past …

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Cops: Arizona Cultist Planned “Mass Casualty” Event

The Arizona Mirror reports: A man already indicted for shooting at a local Democratic National Committee Office is facing new charges related to allegations that he posted anti-Democratic signs outfitted with razor blades and bags of white powder attached to them. Jeffrey Michael Kelly, 60, was arrested for his alleged involvement in four separate incidents of political violence. Police have …

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