Seattle’s CBS affiliate reports: A Redmond Sunday school teacher has been charged with three felony counts of possession of child pornography, according to the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office. Douglas Meerdink, 70, was charged on Wednesday with three counts of possession of depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Detectives later confirmed Meerdink was an active member of a …
Read More »Father And Son Rioters Plead Guilty To Assaulting Cops
From the Justice Department: A father and son pleaded guilty today to assaulting law enforcement officers during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. 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 to the 2020 presidential election. Jason Douglas Owens, 50, …
Read More »Rioter Busted By School Jacket Guilty Of Assaulting Cop
From the Justice Department: A Pennsylvania man has been found guilty in the District of Columbia of felony charges for his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Brian Gundersen, 28, of State College, Pennsylvania, was found guilty on Nov. 9, 2022, of obstruction of an official proceeding and assaulting, resisting, or impeding law enforcement …
Read More »Feds: Texas Baptist Pastor Shared Bestiality Child Porn
New details about this morning’s Texas pastor: A 56-year-old pastor at Faith Baptist Church in Round Rock, Texas who was caught with”BDSM” and bestiality-themed child pornography in his possession admitted he has an addiction, the Department of Justice alleges. David Lloyd Walther now faces federal charges for distribution, receipt, transportation and possession of child pornography. According to the affidavit, which …
Read More »Texas Baptist Pastor Arrested On Child Porn Charges
Austin’s NBC affiliate reports: A Round Rock pastor was arrested by the FBI on child pornography charges Wednesday, the United States Department of Justice announced. David Lloyd Walther, 56, of Georgetown, was accused of knowingly searching for, downloading, distributing and possessing child pornography, according to the DOJ. A criminal complaint filed in Austin federal court said Walther downloaded and made …
Read More »Baptist Church Staffer Gets 22 Years For Raping Orphan
The Baptist Press reports: A former staff member of the Baptist Children’s Home and Family Services was sentenced to 22 years in prison Nov. 3 in White County Circuit Court. Daniel W. Lanning pled guilty to two counts of criminal sexual assault of a minor ages 13-17. He was arrested in April on four counts involving a teenager in his …
Read More »Feds: 40% Of Crypto Complaints Are Due To “Scams”
Just out via press release: Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a new complaint bulletin that highlights complaints the CFPB received related to crypto-assets. Consumers most commonly reported being victimized by frauds, theft, account hacks, and scams. Consumers also had issues with executing transactions and transferring assets between exchanges. Many consumers had issues with accessing funds in their …
Read More »Colorado Youth Pastor Arrested On Grooming Charges
Pueblo, Colorado’s NBC affiliate reports: An adult youth pastor has been arrested after allegedly sending sexually explicit material to a minor in his youth group. The Fountain Police Department began investigating the report on Oct. 13, 2022. The investigation led to 38-year-old Jeffery Williams’ arrest on Nov. 10. Williams was a pastor at the 901 N. Santa Fe Ave. Salvation …
Read More »California Megachurch Leader Charged With Torturing And Murder Of 11 Year-Old Adoptive Daughter [VIDEO]
People Magazine reports: A San Diego woman and her two parents have been arrested following the death of 11-year-old Arabella McCormack. In late August, police responded to a child in distress call at a home in Spring Valley, where they found Arabella. The 11-year-old was rushed to a hospital where she died. Arabella was covered in bruises and had suffered …
Read More »Youth Pastor Accused Of Sexual Assault Of Adult Men
Washington state’s KWCC-TV reports: Police arrested a 69-year-old Wenatchee man on suspicion of rape Tuesday after two other men accused him of sexually molesting them while they were asleep or otherwise unable to consent. Michael E. Wilson was identified in a Wenatchee police court affidavit as the leader of a Bible study group that met at his Sunnyslope home. The …
Read More »California Pastor Arrested On Child Rape Charges
Los Angeles’s CW affiliate reports: A man the sheriff’s department describes as a Wildomar pastor was booked into county jail Wednesday on suspicion of raping a child, sodomy and other sex crimes. Fredy Gonzalez, 54, was taken into custody at 6:30 a.m. following an investigation that began Tuesday night, according to jail records and the sheriff’s department. Jail records show …
Read More »Cops: Ohio Man Killed Neighbor For Being Democrat
Ohio’s Butler Journal-News reports: A Morgan Twp. man charged with murder admitted to shooting and killing his neighbor in Okeana on Saturday, according to court documents. Austin Gene Combs, 26, was booked into the Butler County Jail on Saturday night and charged with murder. Anthony Lee King, 43, died of multiple gunshot wounds, and his death was ruled a homicide, …
Read More »Megachurch Staffer Arrested On Child Porn Charges
The Gainesville Times reports: A Gainesville man charged with having child pornography was a Free Chapel employee who has since been terminated by the church. Jeffrey H. Shinn, 47, was arrested Thursday, Nov. 3, after authorities searched his home. The Sheriff’s Office said Shinn shared pornographic videos on Aug. 29 and Sept. 19, using peer-to-peer software to download the videos. …
Read More »Feds Charge Man With Threats To Murder Dem WI Gov
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports: A Dane County man with a history of making threats against public officials has been accused in federal court with threatening to kill Gov. Tony Evers. Michael Yaker, 52, of DeForest, was charged last week after saying Evers is “a Dead Man Walking” and “Marked For Elimination” in emails to the governor. He later told …
Read More »DOJ Charges MoviePass Execs With Securities Fraud
From the Justice Department: An indictment was unsealed today in Miami charging two Florida men for their roles in a scheme to defraud investors of Helios & Matheson Analytics Inc. (HMNY), a publicly traded Florida- and New York-based company that was the parent of MoviePass Inc. (MoviePass). According to court documents, Theodore Farnsworth, 60, of Miami, and J. Mitchell Lowe, …
Read More »“QAnon Mom” Gets 60 Days In Plot To Kidnap Son
The Associated Press reports: A Colorado woman convicted of plotting to kidnap her son from foster care after associating with supporters of the Qanon conspiracy theory was sentenced Thursday to 60 days in jail and two years of supervised probation, after being reprimanded by the judge for a lack of remorse. Cynthia Abcug, 53, denied she was involved in planning …
Read More »OK Donut Shop Firebombed After Hosting Drag Event
Tulsa’s ABC affiliate reports: Tulsa Fire investigators are looking for a person of interest after someone smashed a window at a Brookside donut shop and threw a Molotov cocktail inside. This is the second time the business has been vandalized in the past two weeks. The owners of The Donut Hole near 31st and Peoria said they were out of …
Read More »Capitol Police To Review Failures In Paul Pelosi Attack
Reuters reports: The U.S. Capitol Police said on Wednesday it would conduct an internal review after its officers failed to notice surveillance camera images of an intruder breaking into the San Francisco home of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. “The Department has begun an internal security review and will be gathering input and questions from our Congressional stakeholders,” the U.S. Capitol …
Read More »Parkland Shooter Sentenced To Life Without Parole
The Associated Press reports: Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz formally received a sentence of life without parole Wednesday after families of his 17 slain victims spent two days berating him as evil, a coward, a monster and a subhuman. Cruz, shackled and in a red jail jumpsuit, watched intently as Judge Elizabeth Scherer sentenced him to 17 life terms for …
Read More »Instagram Influencer Guilty In $8 Million Bitcoin Scam
From the Justice Department: Earlier today, Jebara Igbara, also known as “Jay Mazini,” pleaded guilty in federal court in Brooklyn to a three count information charging him with wire fraud, wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering. As set forth in the information, up until March 2021, Igbara maintained a popular Instagram account under the name “Jay Mazini,” where he would …
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