Crime

Los Angeles’s CW affiliate reports: An Orange County church ministry volunteer was sentenced to over 120 years in prison for molesting young girls. Todd Christian Hartman, 41, of Newport Beach, was convicted of molesting several young minors and possessing hundreds of explicit images of children. Hartman had repeatedly molested a girl beginning when she was 6 years old, officials said. …

Law & Crime reports: A Winchester, Virginia, man who vowed to light Vice President Kamala Harris on fire and “personally pluck out her eyes” reacted with surprise when investigators showed up at his door “over a comment,” a federal complaint alleges. The defendant, identified as Frank Lucio Carillo, allegedly used his GETTR account to make “threatening statements” about Harris and …

Seattle’s NBC affiliate reports: Aberdeen police arrested Aberdeen City Council member Riley Carter Tuesday night on multiple child rape charges. Detectives said Carter confessed to detectives, admitting he sexually assaulted a child known to him over the past two years. According to documents filed in court Wednesday, Carter told detectives he needed help and expressed remorse toward his victim. Detectives …

Dallas’s Fox affiliate reports: Another North Texas pastor is facing charges for allegedly behaving badly away from the pulpit. Authorities say the Plano pastor was arrested during an ongoing effort by police to fight human trafficking. Plano police arrested 51-year-old Terrence “Terren” Dames, who was the senior pastor at North Dallas Community Bible Fellowship in Plano. Dames is no longer …

The Catholic News Agency reports: A Catholic priest in Austria has confessed to producing crystal meth in his parish rectory. The case came to light after authorities arrested the 38-year-old cleric along with a 30-year-old Iraqi citizen from Vienna last week, reported CNA Deutsch, CNA’s German-language news partner. Both suspects are currently in pretrial detention. The priest, originally from Poland, …

The CBC reports: An 81-year-old retired priest has been charged with rape in connection with the sexual assault of a preteen girl who was a parishioner at his western Manitoba church in the early 1970s, and police believe there may be other assault victims. She said she was sexually assaulted multiple times over two years by the priest while she …

The Detroit News reports: A prominent Detroit pastor has been charged with sexually assaulting a high school boy in Farmington Hills. The Rev. Kenneth Flowers, 63, pastor of Detroit’s Greater New Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist Church, was arraigned last week on charges of third-degree criminal sexual conduct and assault with the intent to commit sexual penetration. Flowers, who lives in …

Pensacola’s CBS affiliate reports: The now-former principal of a private school in Holmes County has been arrested and faces sex charges in connection with inappropriate relations involving a student. According to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office and county court filings, law enforcement officials received an initial case assignment on May 30 regarding alleged sexual misconduct between a juvenile and 28-year-old …

Indianapolis’s Fox affiliate reports: A pastor and teacher at Liberty Christian School in Anderson, who also serves as the baseball coach, has been arrested after police investigators found child pornography on his phone, according to court documents. Claud “Tab” Greenlee II, 56, is charged with two counts of child exploitation, a Level 4 felony, along with three counts of possession …

Las Vegas’s CBS affiliate reports: An inmate killed in a prison fight Tuesday was a white supremacist who was involved in a prior prison riot in a separate facility, the 8 News Now Investigators confirmed Wednesday. Three inmates died, and nine were injured, in the fight at the Ely State Prison on Tuesday morning, the Nevada Department of Corrections confirmed. …

Lexington’s NBC affiliate reports: Kentucky pastor Dicky Tiller, 53, was arrested in Boyd County by the Bourbon County Sheriff’s Department on July 30 and charged with one count of first-degree sexual abuse. According to a filed complaint warrant, Tiller is accused of performing sexual acts with a juvenile victim in May 2024. A uniform citation reported that Tiller, “being a …

From the Justice Department: A United States District Court Judge sentenced a Utah County man Monday, who posed as a fake doctor, to three years’ imprisonment and one year of supervised release after he scammed consumers looking to heal a variety of ailments, including Coronavirus. In March, on the second day of trial, Gordon Hunter Pedersen, 64, of Cedar Hills, …

USA Today reports: A Texas woman was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison for her role in a Ponzi scheme, in which she helped a Christian radio host bilk elderly listeners out of millions of dollars, prosecutors said. A jury found Debra Mae Carter, 65, guilty on July 8 of money laundering following a two-week trial, according to the Tarrant …

From the Justice Department: Sean Patrick Cirillo has pleaded guilty to transmitting interstate threats to injure U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene. “Threatening to kill a public official is reprehensible,” said U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Buchanan. “Our office will not tolerate any form of violence, threats or intimidation against public officials. The prosecution of individuals who threaten the lives and welfare …

CBS News reports: Ronnie Goines, 51, turned himself in after the Arlington Police Department issued two warrants for his arrest – indecent assault and sexual assault. Goines is the lead pastor at Koinonia Christian Church in Arlington, according to the church’s website. According to Arlington police, a woman “made an outcry” in June that was reported to the department. After …

The BBC reports: Two children have died and eleven have been injured in a knife attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance workshop. Merseyside Police confirmed the deaths of two children following a stabbing at a property on Hart Street in Southport at 11:47 BST. Six of the nine injured children are in a “critical condition” in hospital after suffering stab …

Courthouse News reports: Jury selection starts today in Tina Peters’ trial. The former elections officer faces three felony counts of attempting to influence a public servant, four felony counts related to impersonation and identity theft and three misdemeanor counts for official misconduct. Prosecutors say that in May 2021, Peters instructed her deputy clerk to turn off security cameras. She then …

CNN reports: Donald Trump has agreed to sit for a victim interview with the FBI, which is investigating this month’s attempted assassination, an agency official said Monday. Victim interviews are a routine part of criminal investigations, but are voluntary. Kevin Rojek, the special agent in charge of the FBI’s Pittsburgh Field Office, told reporters on a conference call Monday that …

From the Justice Department: An Alabama man pleaded guilty today to sending threatening messages to election workers with Maricopa County Elections in Phoenix. “The functioning of our democracy requires that our country’s public servants be able to do their jobs without fearing for their lives,” said Attorney General Merrick B. Garland. “Brian Ogstad repeatedly threatened to kill Maricopa County election …

NBC News reports: A Nebraska teenager has been charged with two felony counts of criminal mischief after he was accused of causing a train to derail, recording the crash and posting the video on YouTube, according to court records. Prosecutors have filed a motion to have the case transferred to adult court. An investigator with BNSF Railway said in court …