Crime

The Steele County Times reports: The former youth minister and principal of a school associated with Christian Family Church in Owatonna has been sentenced a 21-month prison term, stayed for five years, and 364 days in jail. Luverne Daniel Zacharias, 46, of Medford, was remanded to custody immediately after the sentencing Monday; he has no credit for time served. He …

Orlando’s NBC affiliate reports: Two people are dead and six more are injured after an overnight shooting in downtown Orlando, the city’s police department said. Police responded to a shooting call near East Central Boulevard and North Orange Avenue just at 1:07 a.m. Friday. Minutes later, police said they received another call about shots fired south of Washington Street on …

NBC News reports: A Donald Trump supporter who, federal authorities say, plotted to kill FBI special agents investigating him on Jan. 6 charges appears to have been armed with a gun when he became the fourth rioter to breach the U.S. Capitol, prosecutors said at trial Tuesday. Edward Kelley, of Tennessee, is one of just a handful of Jan. 6 …

Columbia’s NBC affiliate reports: State authorities are investigating after a fight broke out at an early voting location Wednesday in Orangeburg County. The fight was between a man wearing a hat and poll workers. According to video sent to WIS News 10 and sources, the man was wearing a “Let‘s go Brandon” hat. He was cursing at a poll worker …

Abilene’s ABC affiliate reports: A youth leader at Beltway Park Church has been arrested and charged with possession of child pornography. According to court documents, a member of the church contacted Abilene Police with concerns regarding one of their youth leaders. Documents state Charles Goff met with a fellow church member and admitted to struggling with pornography. Goff specifically said …

Los Angeles’s Fox affiliate reports: A Los Angeles Metro bus burned down in the midst of the street celebrations taking place across the city after the Dodgers won the World Series. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, officers were told “a hostile crowd” set an MTA bus on fire near the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Echo Park – …

The Knoxville News Sentinel reports: The former Maryville Apostolic Christian Academy middle school teacher convicted of sexually abusing a teenage girl who attended the school will serve six years in prison. Joseph “Kade” Abbott will not be eligible for parole and must register as a sex offender. Abbott was charged in 2023 with three counts of sexual assault by an …

Greenville’s NBC affiliate reports: A former youth pastor first arrested last year in Greenwood County, South Carolina, for voyeurism now faces dozens more charges across the state, officials said. Lt. Kevin Bobo with the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday that deputies have now finished their investigation on Daniel Kellan Mayfield, 36, of Boiling Springs. “A majority of these incidents …

404 Media reports: A disgruntled former Disney employee allegedly repeatedly hacked into a third-party menu creation software used by Walt Disney World’s restaurants and changed allergy information on menus to say that foods that had peanuts in them were safe for people with allergies, added profanity to menus, and at one point changed all fonts used on menus to Wingdings, …

NBC News reports: Police arrested an 18-year-old wielding a machete with an 18-inch blade outside a polling station in Florida on Tuesday, who was part of a group of teenagers accused of intimidating Democratic supporters. The teenager, Caleb James Williams, was arrested after 4 p.m. when officers were called to the Beaches Branch Library in Neptune Beach. Williams was arrested …

The Associated Press reports: The man who was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for attacking the husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with a hammer in their California home was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole following a separate state trial. A San Francisco jury in June found David DePape guilty of …

The Associated Press reports: Incendiary devices were set off Monday at two ballot drop boxes — one in Portland and another in nearby Vancouver, Washington — destroying hundreds of ballots in what one official called a “direct attack on democracy” about a week before a heated Election Day. The early morning fire at the drop box in Portland was extinguished …

ABC News reports: A former voice actor on the cartoon comedy “Bob’s Burgers” who was convicted of a felony for his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol was sentenced Monday to one year and one day in prison. Jay Johnston, 56, pleaded guilty in July to a felony count of interfering with law enforcement officers …

Portland’s ABC affiliate reports: KATU was on the scene at Fisher’s Landing Transit Center in Vancouver early Monday morning, where heavy smoke was seen coming from inside a dropoff ballot box. Our photographer captured grey smoke steadily billowing out of the Park and Ride ballot box at Fisher’s Landing Transit Center near Southeast 162nd Avenue just after 6 a.m. Multiple …

Chico, California’s NBC affiliate reports: A former Redding landlord is in hot water today after recent Reddit posts he made were shared across the app. Charles Pierce is a 70-year-old former landlord of the Manzanita Manor Apartments in Redding. Pierce says he was fired from his role after his reddit posts came to light. Pierce told Action News Now that …

The Birmingham News reports: An Alabama youth pastor is facing sex trafficking charges in Florida after he allegedly sex trafficked a girl in multiple states. Stephen Johnson, 40, whom prosecutors said has volunteered as a youth pastor at an unnamed Birmingham church for more than a decade, met the victim on social media when she was 12 years old and …

From the Justice Department: Two brothers from New York were arrested today for allegedly assaulting law enforcement with a weapon and other charges related to their alleged conduct during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. Their alleged actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the …

San Antonio’s ABC affiliate reports: A man was arrested Thursday after he assaulted a 69-year-old elections worker at a Southwest Side polling location, according to Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar. Jesse Lutzenberger, 63, entered a polling location at the Johnston Branch Library around 6:30 p.m. and was wearing a red Make America Great Again baseball cap, according to a preliminary …

Florida Politics reports: A U.S. Mail contract postal worker is accused of throwing 1,000 pieces of mail — including at least one mail-in ballot and 400 political mailings — into the woods Tuesday in Orange County instead of delivering the items just before the Nov. 5 election, according to a new federal criminal complaint. Ottis Nicole McCoy Jr. tossed the …

From the Justice Department: A former Border Patrol agent was sentenced in a federal court in San Antonio to 50 years in prison for 10 counts related to the production, distribution and possession of child sexual abuse material. According to court documents, Paul Casey Whipple, 41, of Hondo, was arrested Dec. 19, 2017, during a search warrant at his residence. …