Crime

From the Justice Department: An Indiana man was sentenced to prison today after he pleaded guilty to 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 …

From the Justice Department: Donavon Parish, 29, of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, pleaded guilty today to one count of cyberstalking and five counts of abuse and harassment using a telecommunications device. Parish also admitted to a special finding that he targeted his victims based on their actual and perceived religion. According to court documents, during April and May 2022, the defendant used …

The Associated Press reports: An Alabama man pleaded guilty Tuesday to leaving threatening phone messages for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and the county sheriff last summer because he was angry over the election-interference investigation into former President Donald Trump. Arthur Ray Hanson II made the phone calls just over a week before Trump and 18 others were indicted …

From the Justice Department: A Texas man was sentenced today to 33 months in federal prison for making a series of threatening telephone calls to the district office of U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, an elected official representing California’s 43rd Congressional District, which comprises of parts of Los Angeles, including South Los Angeles, as well as parts of the South Bay. …

The New York Daily News reports: Lamor Whitehead, the politically connected Brooklyn pastor and self-described mentee of Mayor Adams dubbed the “Bling Bishop” for his flamboyant, big-spending lifestyle, was sentenced to nine years in prison Monday for swindling a parishioner’s mother out of her life savings and other scams. Manhattan federal court Judge Lorna Schofield handed down the term after …

CNN reports: A suspect in the shooting that injured at least nine people at a recreation area in Rochester Hills, Michigan, Saturday was found dead at a nearby home, Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said. The suspect, a 42-year-old man whose name has not yet been released, was found at a nearby home after police tracked the weapon from the …

Axios reports: U.S. Catholic bishops apologized Friday for the Catholic Church’s part in fostering “a history of trauma” on Indigenous children at church-run boarding schools where priests sexually abused students. It’s an official acknowledgment of the church’s past abuse against Indigenous children as the extent of widespread abuses inflicted on Native children over many decades has come into sharper focus. …

Lansing’s CBS affiliate reports: Two men charged with voter intimidation in a 2020 robocall scheme were properly criminally charged by the Office of the Michigan Attorney General, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled Thursday. Jack Burkman, 57, and Jacob Wohl, 25, were charged in October 2020 “for allegedly orchestrating a series of robocalls aimed at suppressing the vote of predominantly black …

NBC South Florida reports: A man accused of making online threats against members of Wilton Manors’ gay community in the past is now a wanted man in an alleged stalking case. A warrant has been issued for Craig Jungwirth after he was a no-show for a court appearance on a stalking charge, records showed. Wilton Manors Police said Jungwirth’s whereabouts …

From the Justice Department: A Fort Worth man has been charged with threatening an FBI agent involved in a high-profile investigation, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton. Timothy Muller, 43, was charged via criminal complaint on Thursday with interstate threatening communications and influencing, impeding, or retaliating against a federal official. He was arrested outside his …

NewsBreak reports: The Wilton Manors Police Department is actively searching for Craig Jungwirth, a man known for his history of harassment and scams. Jungwirth has been charged with stalking after making hundreds of appointments with a local barber, effectively shutting down his business. Jungwirth has proven to be adept at evading law enforcement and process servers1. Recently, he has been …

From the Justice Department: A man and woman from Virginia were convicted on June 10, 2024, of multiple felony and misdemeanor charges, including assaulting law enforcement during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. Their actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related …

CNN reports: Violent crime dropped by more than 15% in the United States during the first three months of 2024, according to statistics released Monday by the FBI. The new numbers show violent crime from January to March dropped 15.2% compared to the same period in 2023, while murders fell 26.4% and reported rapes decreased by 25.7%. Aggravated assaults decreased …

Spokane’s PBS affiliate reports: For 24 hours the intersection in front of Riverfront Park transformed into something akin to a block party as the Pride flag mural was restored to its original glory. The mural, which has been a frequent target of vandalism — as recently as last week — and even arson, was designed by queer Spokane artist Tiffany …

Portland, Oregon’s CBS affiliate reports: A juvenile suspect has been arrested in connection to an incident at the Newberg Public Library in which a window that displayed an LGBTQIA+ Pride flag was shattered by a BB gun. According to the Newberg-Dundee Police Department in a post on Facebook, police were originally dispatched to investigate the incident on Wednesday at 7:15 …

From the Justice Department: A 21-year-old Bremerton, Washington, man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to three years in prison for four federal felonies stemming from his extensive illegal harassing activity known as “swatting,” announced U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman. Ashton Connor Garcia pleaded in January 2024 to two counts of extortion, and two counts of threats …

ABC News reports: A retired NASCAR driver and his son were arrested Wednesday and charged along with two other Pennsylvania men for allegedly assaulting police during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to the D.C. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Tighe Scott, 75, and his son Jarret Scott, 48, face two felony offenses each as well as a …

From the Justice Department: A Jacksonville, Illinois, man, Adam Ray Mouser, 40, of the 500 block of Brooklyn Avenue, has been sentenced to 14 months imprisonment, to be followed by 24 months of supervised release, for threats against the President of the United States. At the sentencing hearing, the government presented evidence that the defendant used social media to threaten …

From the Justice Department: Christopher Arthur, 40, was sentenced today to a total of 300 months’ imprisonment for teaching another individual how to make and use an explosive knowing that the individual intended to use that instruction in the murder or attempted murder of federal law enforcement. In July 2023, he was convicted by a jury on that crime and …

Colorado Politics reports: A federal judge on Monday threw out an attempt by former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters to end an alleged criminal investigation of her for conduct related to election equipment tampering. Peters, a Republican who unsuccessfully ran for secretary of state in 2022 and GOP party chair in 2023, is set to face criminal trial in state …