Crime

Oklahoma City’s ABC affiliate reports: Cleveland County deputies arrested a former pastor accused of lewd or indecent acts to a child under 16, and investigators say there could be more victims. James McMillan was arrested Tuesday afternoon, and court documents show that there are multiple Department of Human Services and law enforcement cases where he is listed as a sexual …

ABC News reports: The homes of multiple Democratic members of Congress in Connecticut were targeted by bomb threats on Thanksgiving Day. Reps. Joe Courtney, Jahana Hayes, Jim Himes, and John Larson all said their homes were targeted on Thursday. “This morning, I was notified of a bomb threat targeting my home where I was celebrating Thanksgiving with my family,” Himes …

Yahoo News reports: A former Duluth youth pastor has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for sexually assaulting multiple young girls during his time at the church. Jackson Michael Gatlin, 36, was sentenced to 156 months in prison yesterday after pleading guilty to five counts of criminal sexual conduct on Nov. 6. He must also register as a sex …

NBC News reports: An Arizona man has been arrested after he allegedly posted videos online that showed him brandishing an AR-15-style rifle and threatening to kill President-elect Donald Trump and members of Trump’s family, authorities said. Manuel Tamayo-Torres posted videos on a “near-daily basis” in which he accused Trump and the president-elect’s family members of kidnapping and sex-trafficking his children, …

CNN reports: The Trump-Vance transition team said Wednesday that several of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks and administration appointees “were targeted in violent, unAmerican threats to their lives and those who live with them” Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. “These attacks ranged from bomb threats to ‘swatting.’ In response, law enforcement and other authorities acted quickly to ensure the safety …

The Daily Beast reports: Sean “Diddy” Combs is using the “But Donald Trump” defense in his latest bid for a bail release in time for Thanksgiving. Combs’ lawyers have already tried several times to get the incarcerated ex-mogul out on bail. But when prosecutors argued against his latest attempt, making the case that Combs had been trying to influence jurors …

Pittsburgh’s CBS affiliate reports: A man was shot inside Club Pittsburgh in the city’s Strip District on Friday morning. Pittsburgh Police say the shooting happened just around 2:15 a.m. on Friday at the social club located along Penn Avenue. According to police, when officers arrived at the social club, they found the man had been shot multiple times in the …

Topeka’s Fox affiliate reports: A former Republican political candidate for the District 2 Congressional seat of Kansas has been arrested by local law enforcement after allegedly harassing a county court official numerous times. The Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office announced on social media on Nov. 22 that 44-year-old Michael A. Ogle was arrested on Nov. 21 on charges of interference with …

Scripps News reports: Just over two weeks since sending Donald Trump back to the White House, Americans are hopeful the president-elect can quickly improve their personal finances, but remain deeply divided on many of his most talked about campaign promises, a new Scripps News/Ipsos poll found. That includes pardoning the more than 1,500 people charged with crimes related to the …

Fox Business reports: A Florida man has been arrested after impersonating tech billionaire Elon Musk in a bid to scam an elderly woman out of at least a quarter of a million dollars, according to police. Jeffrey Arthur Moynihan Jr. was arrested at his Bradenton home Tuesday night and charged with grand theft. While reportedly operating under the guise of …

NBC News reports: Some major tech companies including Meta are taking steps to combat “pig butchering” scams, which trick Americans out of billions of dollars each year through fake online friendships and romances. Pig butchering scams are elaborate and often take months to unfold. Scammers will patiently strike up an online friendship or romantic relationship with a victim, eventually guiding …

Charleston’s CBS affiliate reports: A pastor and youth minister at various churches in West Virginia and his wife have been arrested in a child sexual abuse investigation, troopers said. John Waitman Radcliff II, 57, and Kathy Jean Radcliff, 52, face nearly 200 total charges in a sexual assault investigation dating back several decades in multiple counties, according to a news …

Chicago’s ABC affiliate reports: The Illinois Supreme Court has reversed the conviction of actor Jussie Smollett. The former “Empire” actor took his case to the Illinois Supreme Court in September in a last-ditch effort to have his 2021 conviction overturned. “Specifically, we address whether a dismissal of a case by nolle prosequi allows the State to bring a second prosecution …

The Associated Press reports: A U.S. Naval Academy graduate ripped down a tattoo shop’s LGBTQ+ pride flag and put it in the trash, Annapolis police said in documents charging him with a hate crime. Charlie Garrett, co-owner of the Dapper Dog Tattoo Shop, told police Friday morning that the store had been vandalized. He said it was the third time …

CBS News reports: FBI agents have arrested a Florida man in connection with an alleged plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange, according to charging documents unsealed on Wednesday. South Florida resident Harun Abdul-Malik Yener was charged with attempted use of an explosive to damage or destroy a building used in interstate commerce, according to court documents filed in …

Los Angeles’s NBC affiliate reports: The grieving family of an 83-year-old woman who was killed in a crash last month in West Hollywood says the loss of the family matriarch has been too much to bear. Esther Abouab died in a car crash on Oct. 10 as she and her husband were traveling near the intersection of Fountain and Spaulding …

New York City’s NBC affiliate reports: A suspect is in custody accused of fatally stabbing three people across three different locations in unprovoked attacks in Manhattan on Monday morning, the NYPD said. New York City Mayor Eric Adams is raising questions about why the suspect, who has a history of mental health concerns and arrests, was on the streets. Police …

Indianapolis’s Fox affiliate reports: A current central Indiana county commissioner has pleaded guilty in a Nevada sexual assault case, days after being elected to his local County Council. John D. Jessup – a current Commissioner for Hancock County’s District 1 – pled guilty this week in a Las Vegas court to one count of attempted sexual assault. The plea deal …

NPR reports: President Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday agreed that any decision to use nuclear weapons should be controlled by humans, not by artificial intelligence. It’s the first time that China has made this statement, and it comes at a time when Biden is getting ready to leave office. But Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan told …

From the Justice Department: A Georgia man has been charged with allegedly assaulting law enforcement and other offenses related to his alleged conduct during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. His alleged 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 …