Crime

Florida Politics reports: Florida’s Attorney General isn’t backing down from his criminal investigation of Andrew and Tristan Tate, even as they may no longer be in the state. “To the best of my knowledge, the Tate brothers are not in Florida right now. The investigation is still ongoing,” Attorney General James Uthmeier said while speaking to reporters in Tampa. “These …

Greenville, South Carolina’s NBC affiliate reports: An Oconee County preacher is facing child sex crime charges. The Sheriff’s Office says 57 year old, William Franklin Galbreath of Salem was arrested today on a dozen counts of criminal sexual conduct, multiple counts of criminal sexual conduct with a minor, and assault charges. The Sheriff’s Office was tipped off by investigators from …

Courthouse News reports: Former U.S. Representative George Santos’ campaign fundraiser Samuel Miele was sentenced to a year and a day in prison on Friday for his role in the congressman’s scheme to inflate campaign fundraising numbers and redirect donor contributions for his personal benefit. The sentence comes over a year after Miele pleaded guilty to wire fraud and admitted to …

Orlando’s ABC affiliate reports: A 17-year-old boy is in custody after Sanford police say he threatened a school shooting. Police said the student is enrolled in Elevation High School, but the threat was made against Seminole High School. Officials said the teen posted a concerning video online, which led to his arrest. Police are praising the person who informed law enforcement …

USA Today reports: Secret Service personnel shot an armed man near the White House early Sunday, hours after obtaining information that a suicidal man might be traveling to Washington, D.C., from Indiana, authorities said. Secret Service spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi said in a statement that the shooting took place “following an armed confrontation” with law enforcement. The statement said Secret Service …

The Vermont Digger reports: A Shelburne police sergeant had a YouTube video playing on a computer tablet mounted in his cruiser when he struck and killed a cyclist in South Burlington, according to documents filed in support of a felony charge against him. Kyle Kapitanski, 41, is set to be arraigned Thursday in Chittenden County Superior criminal court in Burlington …

South Carolina’s The State reports: With the United States Supreme Court having rejected his final appeal, Brad Sigmon will be executed by firing squad Friday barring last minute clemency from South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster. It will be the first time that a person in South Carolina has been executed by firing squad and only the fourth time a person …

Charlotte’s CBS affiliate reports: A pastor in Union County was arrested this week after he was accused of committing child sex crimes, the sheriff’s office said. The pastor, 79-year-old Waymon Jordan Sr., was arrested on March 5. He is listed online as the founder and senior pastor at Greater Blessed Hope Baptist Church in Waxhaw. Over the course of several weeks, …

The Denver Gazette reports: Stephen Hutto, 45, was booked into the El Paso County jail and facing a felony charge for sexual assault on a child by one in a position of trust. He is currently the pastor at Highland Baptist Church in Boone, east of Pueblo, and previously worked as a youth pastor at Fountain Independent Baptist Church in …

The Tennessean reports: A former Southern Baptist pastor and seminary professor won’t serve jail time after lying to federal investigators in the first and potentially only felony conviction to emerge from an abuse-related investigation into the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. The Department of Justice began investigating the Southern Baptist Convention in late 2022 following a third-party report on clergy sexual …

Michigan Live reports: A former church leader will stand trial on 60 charges related to sexual abuse after a Washtenaw County judge added 30 more counts based on preliminary testimony. Supporters of the eight men and one boy who testified against Zachary Radcliff, 29, could be heard crying in the courtroom as Judge J. Cedric Simpson read off the additional charges. …

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Little Rock’s NBC affiliate reports: A north Arkansas man pleaded guilty to stealing more than half a million dollars from a church. According to court records, 49-year-old Brian Keith Herring pleaded guilty in Boone County on Monday to theft of property, tampering with physical evidence and second-degree forgery. On Oct. 13, 2021, prosecutors said Herring turned in a laptop, an …

The New York Times reports: The Justice Department said on Monday that it would review the conviction of the former clerk of Mesa County, Colo., who was found guilty of state charges last summer of tampering with voting machines under her control in a failed attempt to prove that they had been used to rig the 2020 election against President …

Boston’s ABC affiliate reports: Crews responded to a Littleton shopping complex early Monday morning where seven Tesla EV chargers caught fire, and investigators believe the act was intentional. First responders shows up just after 1 a.m. after receiving reports from a neighbor who saw the fire. Firefighters say the chargers suffered heavy fire damage, and after power was cut to …

Colorado Springs’ ABC affiliate reports: The 23rd Judicial District Attorney’s Office says a jury has found a Highlands Ranch minister guilty of sexually assaulting his own daughter. According to the D.A.’s office, Richard Merskin, 42, was convicted of sexual assault on a child under the age of 15 by a person in a position of trust. Prosecutors said the assaults …

NBC News reports: An Illinois man was found guilty Friday in the fatal stabbing of a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy and the wounding of his mother, an attack that prosecutors said was motivated by anti-Muslim hate and a response to the Israel-Hamas War. Joseph Czuba was convicted of first-degree murder, attempted murder, aggravated battery and hate crimes in the Oct. …

Little Rock’s NBC affiliate reports: Andrew Apple, who later became a youth staff member at a Northwest Arkansas church, is accused of sexually abusing at least two underage victims over several years, according to court documents. The first victim, whose identity was redacted, reported that the abuse started when they were around 13 years old while volunteering with Apple at …

Law & Crime reports: A Florida man is accused of impersonating an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer and going to an Orlando apartment complex in search of “Mexicans” in the country illegally. Officers responded to a call about a suspicious person around 6 p.m. Monday at the Sabal Palm apartment complex. When they arrived they found the suspect, later identified …

Philadelphia’s NBC affiliate reports: Law enforcement officials have arrested a 64-year-old pastor at a church in Trenton, NJ, on charges that claim he sexually molested a teen. According to police, Charles B. Brinson, pastor of the Brinson Memorial Church on Brinson Avenue in Trenton, NJ, has been arrested and charged with aggravated sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a …