Crime

CNN reports: The man accused of perching behind a chain-linked fence bordering Donald Trump’s Florida golf course with a rifle, allegedly waiting for a clear shot at the former president, is asking the judge overseeing the case to recuse herself. Judge Aileen Cannon, who also presided over Trump’s classified documents case and ultimately decided to dismiss it, was randomly assigned …

From the Justice Department: A New York man pleaded guilty today to two assault charges – one felony and one misdemeanor – 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 …

Reuters reports: An Alabama man was arrested on Thursday over criminal charges that he hacked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s X account earlier this year, in an action that caused bitcoin’s value to spike, federal prosecutors announced. In January, a hacker posted false news about a widely anticipated announcement the SEC was expected to make about bitcoin, shocking the …

The Tennessean reports: The first Southern Baptist pastor to face a federal criminal charge related to an abuse inquiry pleaded guilty to a felony, according to court filings on Wednesday. Matt Queen, currently a pastor in North Carolina and a former interim provost for Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, reached a plea agreement prior to a trial …

The Associated Press reports: The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $880 million to victims of clergy sexual abuse dating back decades, in what an attorney said was the largest single child sex abuse settlement with a Catholic archdiocese, it was announced Wednesday. After the announcement of the agreement in principle, Archbishop José H. Gomez [screenshot] said in …

The Los Angeles Times reports: After a lengthy investigation by San José police and the FBI, a former staffer at a private San Jose Christian high school now faces federal charges for allegedly soliciting pornography and dirty underwear from teen students. According to the San Jose Police Department, detectives with the Silicon Valley Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force received …

Little Rock’s CBS affiliate reports: An Arkansas pastor has now been arrested for his involvement in the possession and distribution of child sexual abuse materials. According to reports, on September 25, a search warrant was executed by Arkansas State Police after they received two cyber tips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that were made on both …

AM New York reports: Police are on the hunt for a Tesla Cybertruck driver who threatened another motorist and their passengers in a Midtown road rage incident early on Monday morning, authorities said. According to police sources, the incident unfolded at around 3:57 a.m. on Oct. 14 outside of 150 Central Park South. Cops say the lime green Cybertruck driver …

Law & Crime reports: Federal inmate Michael Avenatti didn’t get any closer the second time around asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear his case for overturning his convictions, and once again Justice Brett Kavanaugh sat on the sidelines. The high court declined to disturb Avenatti’s conviction for aggravated identity theft for the fraud perpetrated on his former client Stormy …

The Washington Post reports: Six additional sexual assault lawsuits were filed against music impresario Sean “Diddy” Combs on Monday afternoon. They include a 16-year-old boy who alleges that at a 1998 White Party, Combs told him to drop his pants and then proceeded to fondle his genitals. According to the lawsuit, the teen was trying to break into the music …

High Point’s Fox affiliate reports: A man is being charged after being accused of threatening FEMA workers in western North Carolina, according to the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office. At around 12:54 p.m. on Saturday, deputies got a report of a man with an assault rifle who made a comment about possibly harming FEMA workers providing Hurricane Helene disaster relief. The …

Law & Crime reports: William Robert Norwood III, 41, pleaded guilty to obstruction of law enforcement during a civil disorder on Thursday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia said. He traveled from South Carolina to D.C. for Trump’s speech and then made his way toward the Capitol. He then entered an office where he recorded a video …

Law & Crime reports: A supporter of former President Donald Trump from Montana, who bragged that not only would he be cleared of charges for entering the U.S. Capitol building during the Jan. 6 riots but would be paid “a huge premium” for it, will spend two years in prison. Henry Phillip “Hank” Muntzer, 55, learned his fate on Thursday …

USA Today reports: Arizona Democrats closed their field office in Tempe, Ariz. after three shooting incidents. The office served as a base for the Sun State’s congressional campaigns and Vice President Harris’s presidential effort in recent weeks. The Tempe Police Department said the latest incidents on Oct. 6 involved gun shots fired at the Democratic campaign office at around 12:30 …

Tulsa’s ABC affiliate reports: A jury found an Inola pastor guilty of rape and two counts of lewd or indecent acts involving young girls Thursday morning. Four years ago, Inola pastor Roy Shoop was arrested. “I felt I was looking the devil right in the eye,” said Sheriff Scott Walton from the Rogers County Sheriff’s Office as he explained the …

Denver’s Fox affiliate reports: Tyler Boebert – the oldest son of Rep. Lauren Boebert – received a two-year deferred sentence Thursday after entering a guilty plea stemming from an incident earlier this year. At the Garfield County Courthouse, Boebert – whose family was in attendance which included his mom – pleaded guilty to one count of identity theft with the …

ABC News reports: Federal prosecutors have denied leaking the hotel security camera video that showed Sean “Diddy” Combs attacking his then-girlfriend Casandra Ventura at a Los Angeles hotel in 2016. Combs had accused federal agents and prosecutors of unlawfully leaking the footage in a court filing on Wednesday. The video was obtained by CNN in May and Combs acknowledged its …

The Johnson County Post reports: A pastor of a Shawnee church is being held without bail in Utah, facing multiple felony charges, including rape and kidnapping. He is currently still being held in custody without bail in Utah. On Oct. 4, Ephren Taylor Sr., 65, of Overland Park, was arrested in Millard County, Utah, and charged with rape, forcible sodomy, …

The New York Times reports: TD Bank agreed to pay about $3 billion in fines to U.S. authorities and pleaded guilty on Thursday to money-laundering-related charges in a case brought by federal prosecutors, who said the Canadian bank made it “convenient” for criminals to open accounts, transfer funds and even deposit seven-figure sums of cash at its branches. The combined …

NBC News reports: A Michigan teenager charged in the stabbing death of a gay Detroit man will be tried as an adult, in part because of the “heinous nature of the crime,” authorities said Tuesday. Detroit police charged Ahmed Al-Alikhan, 17, with first-degree murder, felony murder and unlawful driving away in an automobile, alleging he fatally stabbed Howard Brisendine, 64, …