Crime

The Washington Post reports: A D.C. chiropractor who took part in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was sentenced Tuesday to two months in jail for a misdemeanor offense. But he still faces a wrongful-death lawsuit accusing him of assaulting a police officer who later died by suicide. The D.C. officer, Jeffrey Smith, 35, suffered a brain …

The Christian Post reports: A former financial director of a Colorado church has been charged with stealing over $340,000 from the church to purchase several items for personal use, such as adult sex toys. According to the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office, Sara Ann Mock-Butler turned herself into El Paso County Jail on May 31 to answer for charges related …

Michigan Live reports: A former Flint-area Catholic priest convicted of the attempted sexual abuse of a 5-year-old boy in the late 1980s, was sentenced Tuesday to a year in jail and probation. Vincent DeLorenzo, 84, was sentenced June 13 by Genesee County Circuit Court Judge Brian S. Pickell after previously pleading guilty to a single count of attempted first-degree criminal …

Chattanooga’s NBC affiliate reports: A former Walker County deacon is facing a laundry list of charges, from Sexual Battery to Exploitation and Intimidation of disabled adults. Deputies say this has stemmed over the last two to five years. Deputies picked up 75-year-old Dennis Laman on June 2nd, and he’s been in the county jail since. Officials with the Walker County …

Via press release from the Alaska State Troopers: On Wednesday, May 24, 2023, the Alaska State Troopers received a report of sexual abuse of a minor. Investigation revealed that Dwight Chris John, age 71 of Ketchikan, sexually assaulted a minor at different times, over a period of seven years. The sexual assaults occurred in Ketchikan and Prince of Wales Island. …

From the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation: An investigation by special agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the Sumner County Sheriff’s Office, and the Gallatin Police Department has resulted in the indictment of a Bethpage man accused of stealing thousands from the food bank where he worked. In May 2022, at the request of 18th Judicial District Attorney General Ray …

The Associated Press reports: The mother of a 6-year-old boy who shot his teacher in Virginia pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to using marijuana while possessing a firearm, which is illegal under U.S. law. The federal crime is facing increasing scrutiny as more states legalize the drug. But federal prosecutors in Virginia said Monday that such laws protect communities. …

First, a reminder from my April 2023 report: It took a Webster County jury just under two and a half hours late Friday afternoon to convict a former Christian missionary of sexual abuse. Jordan Dee Andrew Webb, 30, of Fort Dodge, was found guilty of one count of second-degree sexual abuse with persons under the age of 12, a Class …

The Associated Press reports: Ted Kaczynski, known as the “Unabomber,” who carried out a 17-year bombing campaign that killed three people and injured 23 others, died by suicide, four people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. Kaczynski, who was 81 and suffering from late-stage cancer, was found unresponsive in his cell at the Federal Medical Center in Butner, …

Staten Island Advance reports: A former Staten Island priest already accused in a lawsuit of sexually abusing a minor in New York pleaded no contest to several charges in Pennsylvania Friday in connection with abuse allegations more than a decade ago. Rev. James Garisto, 74, pleaded no contest to charges of corruption of a minor and indecent assault after a …

ABC News reports: Ted Kaczynski, known as the Unabomber, was found dead in his prison cell Saturday morning, according to a Federal Bureau of Prisons spokesperson. He was 81. Kaczynski was previously in a maximum security facility in Colorado but was moved to a medical facility in North Carolina in December 2021 due to poor health. Kaczynski, who went nearly …

The Washington Post reports: The man who crashed a U-Haul truck into a security barrier outside the White House last month wanted to overthrow the government and replace it with a dictatorship “fueled by Nazi ideology,” and he had planned other attacks, a federal prosecutor said in court Friday. The revelations came during a hearing before Magistrate Judge Moxila A. …

Baton Rouge’s CBS affiliate reports: A prominent Louisiana Baptist leader in the central Louisiana area has been arrested, law enforcement said. Daryl Stagg, 60, of Pollock, was arrested on Thursday and is being held at the Grant Parish Detention Center in Colfax. The Louisiana Baptist Convention confirmed that Stagg has been the associational mission strategist for the Big Creek and …

The Bellingham Herald reports: A Blaine mother of six who is a former teacher and currently a candidate for the local School Board was arrested Friday, June 2, and charged with three counts of child rape, four counts of child sexual assault and drug possession. Tana Perkins Reneau, 51, was arrested by Whatcom County sheriff’s deputies after detectives for the …

The Providence Journal reports: A former Providence Catholic priest pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal child pornography charge, days before his case was slated to head to trial. James W. Jackson, 68, a former pastor at St. Mary’s Church, admitted to a felony count of receiving child pornography. Rhode Island State Police arrested Jackson in October 2021 following an investigation …

The Modesto Bee reports: A Modesto man who stepped down from his role as a church youth leader a month before his arrest has pleaded guilty to molesting a family member. Michael Sasser, 41, was arrested in April on suspicion of three counts of child molestation for acts that occurred during a period of months in 2022. On Wednesday, he …

The Providence Journal reports: Authorities held a 41-year-old former Cranston councilman without bail on Thursday after he was charged with multiple counts of child molestation. A complaint filed by the legal guardian of a 12-year-old girl led to a month-long investigation and Thursday morning’s arrest of Matthew Reilly in North Kingstown, said Cranston police Chief Michael J. Winquist. This was …

Kansas City’s Fox affiliate reports: A former Overland Park private school teacher learned his fate after pleading guilty to more than two dozen crimes against children. As part of a plea deal, a Johnson County judge sentenced Joseph Heidesch to more than five years in prison. He cannot request probation. In December, Joseph Heidesch pleaded guilty to one felony count …

The Associated Press reports: A defrocked Canadian priest and convicted sex offender is facing eight new criminal charges for past sexual assaults he allegedly committed while living in northern Canada, authorities said Wednesday. Iqaluit Royal Canadian Mounted Police said Eric Dejaeger, 76, was arrested on a Canada-wide warrant in Kingston, Ontario, where he was living. Police said he will be …

ABC News reports: The exiled Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui, who was charged by U.S. prosecutors in a $1 billion fraud conspiracy, will go to trial in April. U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres set the trial date at a hearing Tuesday in New York City. She also granted Guo’s request for access to a government-provided computer to review evidence. Federal authorities …