Crime

DOJ: Man Attacked Capitol Cops With Trump Flagpole

From the Justice Department: An Illinois man has been arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges, including for assaulting law enforcement during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. 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 presidential election. …

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FL Man Charged With Hate Crime Murder Of Gay Man

The Tampa Bay Times reports: Hillsborough County prosecutors charged a man with murder Friday, alleging that the fatal shooting of a gay man last month at the West Dog Park in Tampa was a hate crime. Gerald Declan Radford faces a second-degree murder charge in the Feb. 2 death of John Walter Lay. Friends of both men told the Tampa …

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Trump-Backed Murder Suspect Surrenders To Police

The Guardian reports: A former pro wrestler who won a prominent endorsement from Donald Trump while unsuccessfully running for Congress in Nevada surrendered to authorities on Wednesday on an arrest warrant for murder. Daniel Rodimer, 45, was booked in connection with the slaying of 47-year-old Christopher Tapp, who was reportedly beaten to death in Resorts World Las Vegas on 29 …

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Miami Cop Charged With DUI After On-Duty Crash Into Marked Police Car, Drawing Gun On Fellow Cop [VIDEO]

Miami’s ABC affiliate reports: Detective Victor Manuel Montalvo crashed the unmarked Miami-Dade Police Department car he was driving into a marked police cruiser while driving drunk, according to his colleagues. The police officer, who was injured, reported having to draw his side-arm and order Montalvo, 43, at gunpoint to drop his department-issued gun after he pulled it out from his …

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Pitchfork-Wielding Rioter Sentenced To 70 Months

From the Justice Department: A Missouri man was sentenced to prison today for assaulting law enforcement during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. 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 presidential election. Christopher Brian Roe, 39, …

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Miami Beach To Spring Breakers: It’s Over Between Us

USA Today reports: Miami Beach is officially “breaking up” with spring break, according to a new PSA released by the city. Framed like, well, a breakup, the ad starts with actors addressing would-be spring breakers. In the one-minute video, spring break is discussed not as the iconic party fest it’s become known as, but rather as a dreaded yearly occurrence …

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Menendez Hit With Twelve New Criminal Charges

CNN reports: New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez was indicted Tuesday on a dozen new criminal charges related to a years-long bribery scheme involving the governments of Egypt and Qatar. The new charges come days after one of the New Jersey businessmen who was previously indicted alongside Menendez, his wife Nadine Menendez, and two others agreed to plead guilty and …

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Liberty University Fined $16M For Covering Up Rapes

The Washington Post reports: The Education Department will impose a record $14 million fine on Liberty University, department officials announced Tuesday, for violations of federal law on campus safety. Liberty must also spend $2 million on campus safety improvements — in addition to the money it has already budgeted for Clery operations — during a two-year post-review monitoring period, the …

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TODAY: Trial Begins For Father Of MI School Shooter

ABC News reports: The manslaughter trial for James Crumbley, the father of Oxford High School shooter Ethan Crumbley, is set to begin Tuesday with jury selection. James Crumbley is charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter, one for each of the four students killed when Ethan, then 15 years old, opened fire in November 2021. James Crumbley’s trial comes just …

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Airman Gets 16 Years For Leaking Pentagon Secrets

ABC News reports: Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira agreed Monday that he caused one of the most extraordinary leaks of national defense secrets in years and agreed to accept a prison sentence of 16 years — what could be the longest sentence in an unlawful retention case. According to the signed plea agreement filed with the court, Teixeira, 22, …

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Ruling Could Shorten Sentences For Some DC Rioters

Military.com reports: A federal appeals court in Washington has ordered a new sentence for a retired Air Force officer who stormed the U.S. Capitol dressed in combat gear, in a ruling issued Friday that could impact dozens of other cases stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack. While a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit …

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Airman Who Leaked Pentagon Docs To Plead Guilty

ABC News reports: Jack Teixeira, the young Massachusetts Air National Guardsman accused of leaking a trove of classified military documents and posting them online, has reached an agreement with federal prosecutors to plead guilty, according to a new court filing and sources familiar with the case. On Thursday, federal prosecutors in Boston filed a motion for a Rule 11 hearing …

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Bragging “Brawler” Rioter Sentenced To Nine Months

From the Justice Department: A Pennsylvania man was sentenced today on a felony charge related to his conduct during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. 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 presidential election. Cameron Edward …

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Ohio Man Charged For Pissing On Home’s Pride Flag

The Columbus Dispatch reports: An Ohio State University student is facing ethnic intimidation and other charges after he was caught on surveillance camera earlier this month urinating on a gay pride flag hanging on a home’s porch in Columbus’ Weinland Park neighborhood. Columbus City Attorney Zach Klein announced Tuesday his office has charged 20-year-old Trey Samuel Fetzer in Franklin County …

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Cultist Guilty Of Death Threats To MI Election Official

From the Justice Department: An Indiana man pleaded guilty today to sending a communication that included a threat of violence to an election worker in Michigan. “Andrew Nickels threatened that he and millions of so-called ‘patriots’ would kill an election worker in Michigan. Among other threats, he said the local public official deserved a ‘throat to the knife’ for saying …

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FBI Arrests VA School Board Member On Riot Charges

NBC News reports: An elected member of a Virginia school board —who allegedly bragged about drinking Fireball and Coors Light in the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 attack and said he was in touch with a member of the far-right Oath Keepers that day — was arrested by federal authorities on Tuesday. Miles Adkins, a member of the Frederick …

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Rioter Turned In By Son Gets Sentenced To Three Years

From the Justice Department: Brian Christopher Mock, 44, currently of New Richmond, Wisconsin, and formerly of Minneapolis, Minnesota at the time of the events of January 6th, was sentenced to 33 months in prison, 24 months of supervised release, and ordered to pay $2,710 in restitution and fines by U.S. District Court Chief Judge James E. Boasberg. Mock was convicted …

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Gay Australian Cop Charged In Murder Of Gay Couple

The BBC reports: A 28-year-old police officer has been charged with murdering missing Australian TV personality Jesse Baird and his boyfriend Luke Davies. Detectives launched a frantic search on Wednesday after the couple’s bloodied items were found in a bin near Sydney. Beaumont Lamarre-Condon, Baird’s ex-boyfriend, was being sought by police and handed himself in on Friday. Detectives say they …

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Capitol Riot Pinball Game Debuts At CPAC [VIDEO]

The Hill reports: A virtual pinball game, created by entrepreneur Jonathan Linowes, features photos from the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots, former President Trump’s “Stop the Steal” rally earlier in the day, along with graphics of the U.S. Capitol and media networks MSNBC, Fox News and CNN. The game can be played on over five modes, including “Stop the Steal,” …

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Charges Dropped Against Florida Family Accused Of Beating Gay Man Dating Their Son, Victim Is Now Blind

The Associated Press reports: South Florida prosecutors dropped criminal charges on Tuesday against a couple and their adult son who had been accused of severely beating a man who had been in a relationship with the son. Yevhen Makarenko, his wife, Inna, and their son Oleh had each been charged with attempted murder, burglary and kidnapping in the August 2021 …

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