Crime

Republican New York County Elections Commissioner Arrested By FBI On Absentee Ballot Fraud Charges

The Albany Times-Union reports: Jason T. Schofield, the Republican Rensselaer County Board of Elections commissioner, was arrested outside his residence Tuesday morning by the FBI and charged with fraudulently obtaining and processing absentee ballots last year using personal information of at least eight voters without their permission, according to an indictment unsealed in U.S. District Court. Schofield was led into …

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Navarro Loses Bid To Investigate Contempt Charge

The Hill reports: A federal judge on Monday rejected former Trump aide Peter Navarro’s request to investigate his indictment for contempt of Congress. Navarro, who was indicted on two counts of contempt for refusing to comply with a subpoena from the House Jan. 6 select committee, claimed that his prosecution was politically motivated and he sought documents from the Department …

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Woman Charged With Threat To Kill Mar-A-Lago Judge

NBC News reports: Tiffani Gish was arrested last week in the Houston area after she admitted to federal marshals that she had left three threatening voicemails for federal judge Aileen Cannon, telling her she was “marked for assassination” and that she planned to shoot her in front of her family, a federal criminal complaint says. Gish also made a number …

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Police Kill QAnon/Trump Cultist After He Murders Wife

The Detroit News reports: A Walled Lake man whose daughter said had been struggling with mental issues after embracing conspiracy theories was fatally shot by police Sunday after he allegedly shot and killed his wife and injured another daughter. According to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office, police received a “chilling” 911 call at 4:11 a.m. Sunday from a 25-year-old woman …

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Extremists Convicted Of Plotting To Kidnap Michigan Gov Send Private Investigator To Juror’s Workplace

The Detroit Free Press reports: Two of the men convicted of plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer hired a private investigator to go to a juror’s workplace and investigate the juror’s potential bias, according to a newly unsealed court filing. The men — Adam Fox of Michigan and Barry Croft Jr. of Bear, Delaware, who were found guilty last month …

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MN Pastor Charged With Sexual Abuse Of Parishioners

The Roys Report reports: The longtime pastor of a Minnesota church retired in February. Now, he’s charged with criminal sexual conduct against two women in his former church, a criminal complaint shows. Bruce Douglas Konold pastored Eagan Hills Church, a Christian & Missionary Alliance (C&MA) congregation in the Twin Cities area, from 1997 until this past February. Authorities allege in …

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Mormon Bishop Charged With Raping Toddlers [VIDEO]

The Associated Press reports: A former Utah city mayor and bishop with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been arrested on accusations he sexually abused at least three children decades ago. Carl Matthew Johnson, 77, was arrested Wednesday and booked into the Davis County jail in northern Utah on suspicion of seven counts of sex abuse of …

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WA Catholic Priest Charged With Raping Adult Woman

The Kennewick Tri-Cities Herald reports: A Tri-Cities priest has been arrested on suspicion of rape. Rev. Tomás Vázquez Téllez, 49, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of third-degree rape with an aggravating factor of being a person of trust. Vázquez Téllez has been serving at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Pasco since Sept. 2021. Vázquez Téllez was booked into the Benton …

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Handcuffed Steve Bannon Gets Perp-Walked Into Court, Pleads Not Guilty To All Charges, Feds Take His Passport

Law & Crime reports: Ushered into a Manhattan criminal courtroom in handcuffs, a smirking Steve Bannon pleaded not guilty to six criminal charges related to a scheme to defraud donors of We Build the Wall. The indictment broadly mirrors the federal allegations pardoned by former President Donald Trump. Officers removed Bannon’s handcuffs before the proceedings began, and from there, the …

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CHARGES: Money Laundering, Fraud, And Conspiracy

The Washington Post reports: Stephen K. Bannon has been charged with money laundering, fraud and conspiracy in connection with the “We Build the Wall” fundraising scheme, for which he received a federal pardon during Donald Trump’s final days in the White House. Bannon, 68, was convicted this summer of contempt of Congress and is awaiting sentencing in that matter. He …

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TODAY: Bannon To Surrender To New York Prosecutors

The Washington Post reports: Stephen K. Bannon is expected to surrender to prosecutors Thursday morning to face a state-level criminal indictment, less than two months after being convicted of contempt of Congress and close to two years after former president Donald Trump pardoned him in a federal case involving defrauded contributors to a $25 million fundraising effort. Details of the …

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Four Dead In Memphis Mass Shooting, Suspect Caught

The Memphis Commercial Appeal reports: The 19-year-old police say is responsible for several shootings in Memphis Wednesday evening is in custody, bringing to an end a two-hours-plus crisis that left four people dead and three people injured. The rampage left parts of the city paralyzed, with restaurants on lock down, residents told to shelter in place and MATA bus service …

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New York Indicts Bannon On Border Wall Scam Charges

The Washington Post reports: Stephen K. Bannon is expected to surrender to state prosecutors on Thursday to face a new criminal indictment, people familiar with the matter said, weeks after he was convicted of contempt of Congress and nearly two years after he received a federal pardon from President Donald Trump in a federal fraud case. The precise details of …

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Rioter Ratted Out By “Moron” Ex Gets Nine Months

Axios reports: Richard Michetti, a Pennsylvania man who breached the Capitol on Jan. 6, was sentenced to nine months in federal prison on Tuesday, per the Department of Justice. Michetti, who was arrested in February, was turned over to the FBI by a former girlfriend after he called her a “moron” for not believing that the 2020 election was stolen, …

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Video Shows Fake Elector Leading GOP Operatives Into Georgia County Election Office On Same Day Of Breach

CNN reports: A Republican county official in Georgia escorted two operatives working with an attorney for former President Donald Trump into the county’s election offices on the same day a voting system there was breached, newly obtained video shows. The breach is now under investigation by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and is of interest to the Fulton County District …

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Florida Woman Arrested After Toddler Shoots Baby

Tampa’s NBC affiliate reports: A Tampa woman was arrested after a toddler in her care shot a 5-month-old baby, according to police. A release from the Tampa Police Department said officers responded to a home in Sulpher Springs just after 1 p.m. on Saturday after the caller said a 5-month-old baby was shot in the hip. Officers said Paula Marie …

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Stabbings Leave 10 Dead, 15 Injured In Rural Canada

Reuters reports: Canadian police have launched a huge manhunt for two men suspected of stabbing at least 10 people to death in a rampage that has shocked the nation. Two suspects named as Damien Sanderson and Myles Sanderson are on the run and considered armed and dangerous. Victims were found in 13 locations in the remote indigenous community James Smith …

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MD Priest Charged With Masturbating While Driving

The Maryland Bay reports: Reverend Jaroslaw “Jerry” Gamrot, 58, who serves at Holy Face Catholic Church and Little Flower School in Great Mills, has been charged for an incident that reportedly happened in July on a highway. Charging documents for the incident indicate that on July 25, Gamrot was traveling west on Route 70 in Frederick with no pants on …

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Pilot Threatens To Crash Into Mississippi Walmart

CNN reports: A pilot in Tupelo, Mississippi, is threatening to intentionally crash a small plane into a Walmart, police said Saturday morning. “At this time the situation is ongoing with TPD and all Emergency Services in our area on alert,” Tupelo Police said in a news release Saturday morning. “With the mobility of an airplane of that type the danger …

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Federal Judge Rejects Bannon’s Plea For New Trial

Fox News reports: A federal judge on Friday denied a request by Steve Bannon for a new trial, more than a month after jurors convicted him of contempt of Congress after he ignored a subpoena from the House Jan. 6 committee. Bannon argued for a new trial based on perceived flawed instructions to the jury and that he was blocked …

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