Above Photo: In this Sept. 27, 2020, file photo, a house burns on Platina Road at the Zogg Fire near Ono, Calif. Pacific Gas & Electric has been charged with manslaughter and other crimes, Friday, Sept. 24, 2021, in a Northern California wildfire last year that killed four people and destroyed hundreds of homes. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope, File) San Francisco – Pacific Gas & Electric was charged Friday with involuntary manslaughter and other crimes after its equipment sparked a Northern California wildfire that killed four people and destroyed hundreds of homes last year, prosecutors said. It is the latest legal action against […]
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President Donald Trump continued his attacks on Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday, calling the Democratic lawmaker a “dictator” as authorities announced charges against a 14th suspect in the thwarted plot to kidnap her and violently overthrow the government. “Michigan, she has to open up. [Whitmer] wants to be a dictator in Michigan and the people can’t stand her,” Trump said Thursday in a FOX Business interview. Blasting Whitmer’s COVID-19 policies, he insisted people “want to get back to work.” The president has repeatedly attacked Whitmer even after authorities announced last week charges against more than a dozen individuals who allegedly […]
As well as making cryptocurrency transactions, the man is alleged to have bought luxury cars and property to launder funds. Source link
Jewish activist Heshy Tischler has been arrested and charged with inciting a riot and “unlawful imprisonment,” his charges stemming from a Jewish Orthdox protest against New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s coronavirus policy. “Harold “Heshy” Tischler has been charged with inciting to riot and unlawful imprisonment in connection with an assault of a journalist,” The New York City Police Department reported on Sunday. Harold “Heshy” Tischler has been charged with inciting to riot and unlawful imprisonment in connection with an assault of a journalist. — NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) October 12, 2020 A video of Tischler’s arrest late on Sunday shows several officers […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107860/32/1078603276_0:0:2730:1537_1200x675_80_0_0_a58ba2bd2f2b109af068401a765d72e9.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/uk/202010101080733783-leeds-woman-charged-after-attempting-to-board-flight-carrying-19m-in-cash-at-london-airport/ A woman was detained by airport security at Terminal 2 of London’s Heathrow airport on 3 October as she attempted to board a flight to Dubai carrying the equivalent of nearly 2 million dollars in cash hidden in her luggage. A woman has been charged with money laundering on Saturday after she was arrested at a London airport after she was discover carrying millions in cash rolled up in her luggage – the largest money haul crackdown of this year, according to authorities. British citizen Tara Hanlon, 30, was seized on 3 October while carrying […]
Tory Lanez has been charged with two felonies for allegedly shooting Megan Thee Stallion in the foot in July. Lanez, born Daystar Peterson, shot Megan, born Megan Jovon Ruth Pete, during an argument with her and one of her friends outside a July 12 party in the Hollywood Hills, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office. The two had been riding in an SUV together before Peterson stepped out and allegedly began firing. He’s charged with assault with a semiautomatic firearm and carrying a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle. His arraignment is scheduled for Oct. 13, and he […]
The mayor of Rochester, New York, was indicted for felony campaign finance fraud Friday. During her 2017 campaign, Lovely Warren allegedly used political action committee (PAC) funds for campaign purposes in excess of the allowed $8,557. She’s charged with first-degree scheme to defraud and illegally coordinating activities and expenditures. Warren called the allegations a “political witch hunt” in a press conference held before news of the indictment broke and denied any wrongdoing, according to the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle. Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley did not specify how much money Warren used from her PAC, but said it was in […]
Voters can drop off absentee ballots at a ballot drop box in Detroit instead of using the mail. Paul Sancya/AP hide caption toggle caption Paul Sancya/AP Voters can drop off absentee ballots at a ballot drop box in Detroit instead of using the mail. Paul Sancya/AP Michigan’s attorney general filed felony charges Thursday against two far-right activists who allegedly coordinated a series of racist robocalls that discouraged voters in Detroit and other cities from participating in the November election. Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl are each being charged with four felony counts, including intimidating voters and conspiracy to commit an election […]
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Los Angeles prosecutors have charged a man with attempted murder over a gun attack on two sheriff’s deputies earlier this month. Both officers survived the shooting, despite sustaining serious face and head wounds. The 36-year-old suspect, identified as Deonte Lee Murray, was charged on Wednesday over the September 12 shootings. Prosecutors called for his bail to be set at a whopping $6.15 million. The attack was caught on a surveillance camera, with the footage showing a man casually walking up to a police cruiser parked by the Compton Metro Rail Station before suddenly unloading his handgun into the passenger side window. […]
After a three-week manhunt, a Los Angeles man was arrested and charged Wednesday with attempting to murder two sheriff’s deputies who were ambushed as they sat in their car. Deonte Lee Murray, 36, is facing two counts of attempted murder of a peace officer and possession of a firearm after allegedly walking up to the car parked outside a Metro station on Sept. 12 and opening fire, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said Wednesday. “They became victims of a violent crime for one reason—they were doing their job and they were wearing the badge,” L.A. County District Attorney Jackie […]
Former Leaders of Holyoke Soldier’s Home Indited for Abuse and Neglect Which Left 76 Dead Two Charged in Coronavirus Outbreak at Veterans’ Home That Left 76 Dead https://t.co/B1qwN3TsiU — Carol Duff (@CarolDuff18) September 28, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: VT applauds this indictment and wants to see more groups/ individuals/ brought to task for neglect and abuse of veterans or any person who must live in a care facility….Carol Carol graduated from Riverside White Cross School of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio and received her diploma as a registered nurse. She attended Bowling Green State University where she received a Bachelor of Arts […]
Two Trump supporters were injured on Saturday in Yorba Linda, California, after a BLM activist ploughed into a crowd. The driver, who organised the pro-BLM group Caravan4Justice, was arrested near the scene. A Black Lives Matter (BLM) activist is facing attempted murder charges after allegedly driving her sedan through a crowd of Trump supporters in southern California on Saturday. 40-year old Tatiana Turner of Long Beach, California, reportedly drove her car through the Yorba Linda crowd at around 3pm, giving two protestors non-life-threatening injuries, according to Orange County police. The incident followed exchanges of violence between BLM demonstrators and Trump supporters, […]
Daily Beast: Bennett Walsh and Dr. David Clinton, former leaders of the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home, have been charged with criminal neglect for allegedly contributing to a horrific COVID-19 outbreak in the home that killed at least 76 residents. CRIMINAL CHARGES FOR NEGLIGENT BEHAVIOR LEADING TO DEATH FROM COVID https://t.co/sMWf5o6v3b — Eric Garland (@ericgarland) September 25, 2020 Both Bennett and Clinton were indicted on five counts of “wantonly or recklessly” allowing neglect, injury, abuse, or mistreatment of a disabled or older person. The home that housed elderly veterans has been under investigation since the beginning of April when excessive numbers of residents […]
A Nevada woman is facing federal charges for allegedly paying a darkweb hitman $5,000 worth of bitcoin to murder her ex-husband in a case that shares striking parallels with another recent murder-for-hire plot. The charges demonstrate how individuals who view bitcoin as a gateway to criminal dealings – thinking, perhaps, that the crypto provides unparalleled economic anonymity in a digital-first world – can readily wind up in the Fed’s crosshairs when bitcoin’s immutable and highly traceable ledger gives their transactions away. Source link
A Miami teen has been charged with robbing and killing a popular Miami High School football coach who had reportedly taken the 15-year-old in just a week ago. Coach Corey Smith even considered his alleged killer, Charles Alexander, to be a nephew and looked after Alexander after the teen’s father was killed by police during a violent robbery, according to the Miami Herald. On Monday, police were called to Smith’s house where the coach, described by former players as an “amazing mentor” and friend, was discovered murdered in his den with gunshot wounds. Surveillance from a neighbor’s home showed that Alexander […]
A Chicago man known as the “Census Cowboy” faces a felony charge after riding his horse more than 7 miles down a freeway without the proper footwear, severely injuring the animal, which prosecutors say may have to be euthanized. Adam Hollingsworth, 33, was arrested earlier this week on charges linked to animal cruelty, reckless conduct, trespassing and other traffic offenses after staging a stunt on the Dan Ryan Expressway on horseback, shutting down the freeway as he rode the animal at galloping speed on rough pavement, critically wounding it. Speaking publicly for the first time after bailing out of Cook County […]
Two reporters for The Daily Caller were arrested in Louisville while covering the Black Lives Matter protests spurred by the court ruling in the Breonna Taylor case. Now the conservative outlet has threatened to sue police. Reporters Shelby Talcott and Jorge Ventura were arrested as part of a larger group breaking curfew in Louisville, Kentucky, on Wednesday night, following the announcement that police officers would not face charges of murder for the March killing of Breonna Taylor. Talcott captured footage of police ordering protesters onto the ground as they detain them. Daily Caller Editor in Chief Geoffrey Ingersoll tweeted that he […]
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Four people have been charged in connection with the death of Michael Williams, a 41-year-old Black man whose burning body was found in a ditch last week, Iowa authorities announced Tuesday. Officers said they believe Williams was strangled on Sept. 12, and his death was “not a random act of violence,” as he’d known at least one of the suspects for years. The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation said four suspects—Steven Vogel, 31, Julia Cox, 55, Roy Garner, 57, and Cody Johnson, 29—have been charged in connection with Williams’ death. Vogel, who is described as a “known acquaintance” of Williams, has […]
New York Police Department officer Baimadajie Angwang has been accused of spying on Chinese and Tibetan citizens and relaying information back to China, according to a criminal complaint unsealed in federal court. Angwang was charged on Monday with acting as an illegal agent of China, committing wire fraud, making false statements, and obstructing an official proceeding, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a statement. “The defendant allegedly violated the trust of his community and the New York City Police Department on behalf of a foreign power, the People’s Republic of China,” Assistant FBI counterintelligence director Alan Kohler said. “This case […]
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A Tesla owner in Canada’s Alberta province has been charged with speeding and dangerous driving after he set his car to Autopilot and took a nap while traveling at speeds of 93 mph, authorities said. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) released a statement saying that on July 9, it received a complaint of a 2019 Tesla Model S speeding near the town of Ponoka in Alberta. After the vehicle was located, officers noted that the vehicle “automatically” accelerated once the patrol car’s emergency lights were activated and that at that moment a police radar detected the Tesla reached the speed […]
Daily Beast: Lev Parnas and David Correia, former associates of Rudy Giuliani who were at the heart of President Donald Trump’s impeachment scandal, were charged Wednesday with conspiring to defraud investors via an insurance company titled “Fraud Guarantee.” VT has been told that Devin Nunes worked with Parnas extensively through Derek Harvey., his aide. “The records show that Parnas, who Rudy Giuliani used to communicate with Ukrainian officials, texted with Rep. Devin Nunes’ aide, Derek Harvey, extensively throughout 2019. And the messages provide key new evidence that Nunes’ team was aware of and involved in Trump’s efforts to pressure Ukraine to […]
Daily Beast: A Salt Lake City police officer is facing an aggravated assault charge after siccing a police dog on a kneeling Black man, according to the Salt Lake City Tribune. Train engineer Jeffrey Ryans was smoking a cigarette in his backyard before work when officers confronted him to address domestic abuse allegations filed by Ryans’ wife. NEW: A Salt Lake City police officer has been charged with a felony for ordering his K9 dog to attack a Black man who was complying. Officer Nickolas Pearce could face up to 15 years in prison, if convicted. https://t.co/dVKeyt98SX — Jessica Miller (@jm_miller) […]
Iran’s top military commander Qasem Soleimani was assassinated in a targeted attack by the United States in January, which prompted a wide negative response both in the region and on an international level. US Federal prosecutors have charged two men with breaking into “multiple websites” in the United States, in order to take revenge for the killing of Gen. Qasem Soleimani. According to the prosecutors, Behzad Mohammadzadeh, believed to be an Iranian national, and Marwan Abusrour, called a “stateless national of the Palestinian Authority”, have defaced more than 1,400 websites with pro-Iranian messsages. “The hackers victimised innocent third parties in a campaign to retaliate […]
A US citizen accused of plotting sabotage in Venezuela has been charged with terrorism, the country’s top prosecutor said, alleging the man is a “mercenary” with links to the American military and the CIA. The American, identified as Matthew John Heath, was also charged with trafficking illegal weapons and conspiracy, Venezuela’s Chief Prosecutor Tarek William Saab said in a televised address on Monday. Also on rt.com Venezuela says it captured ‘US spy’ targeting two oil refineries with ‘heavy, specialized’ weapons Heath was arrested last Friday along with six Venezuelan civilians and military personnel, Saab revealed, noting that cellphones taken from the […]
The pair allegedly left victim’s funds in an escrow service that was actually their money-laundering front. Source link
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The final ruling against the defendants in journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s case has been issued, Al Arabiya reported, citing the Saudi Public Prosecution. Saudi Arabia has convicted eight people charged in the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, Al Arabiya TV reported. According to the prosecution, five have been given 20-year sentences, while three others were given sentences ranging between 7 and 10 years. These are the final sentences that are subject to immediate execution, the prosecution said, adding that the criminal case was now closed. Khashoggi Murder Investigation Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi disappeared in October 2018 after entering the Saudi […]
Two men said to be linked to the ‘Boogaloo’ movement were charged for attempting to lend support to a US-designated terrorist group, allegedly offering guns and other assistance to federal agents posing as Hamas members. Benjamin Ryan Teeter, 22, and Michael Robert Soloman, 30, were each slapped with charges for “conspiring and attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization,” the DOJ said on Friday, claiming the men acted on a “witch’s brew of ideological motivations.” “These defendants sought to use violence against the police, other government officials and government property as part of their desire to overthrow […]
Two self-described “Boogaloo Bois” were charged on Friday for allegedly conspiring and attempting to aid Hamas, the extremist Islamist group, as part of “their desire to overthrow the government” after protests erupted in Minneapolis over the police-killing of George Floyd. Michael Robert Solomon, 30, and Benjamin Ryan Teeter, 22, were charged with conspiring and attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, the Department of Justice said in a Friday press release. Both men, who proclaim to be part of the extremist anti-government Boogaloo movement, were taken into custody on Thursday evening and have been remanded in Minneapolis pending […]
Here is our analysis of what is an excellent video, for which we thank the San Leandro Police Department. The officer, failing to wait for backup, choose to “cowboy” the event. This is a piss poor cop but he is miles above police in the other shootings we have seen in recent years. The charges here are possibly a bit heavy depending on California’s sentencing on Murder 3. It is clear and should be to anyone seeing this that Taylor suffered from a psychiatric disorder. I also note that the police, after the shooting, made no attempt to render aid but […]
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President Donald Trump jumped to the defense Monday of the Midwestern teenager who has been charged with the murder of two protesters following the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin. “We’re looking at all of it,” Trump said during a press conference Monday when asked by a reporter if he would “condemn the actions of vigilantes like Kyle Rittenhouse.” “That was an interesting situation,” Trump said. “You saw the same tape as I saw and he was trying to get away from them, I guess, looks like. And he fell and then they very violently attacked him and it […]
The Illinois teen accused of shooting two people dead during chaotic unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin this week has been charged on six counts, including first-degree murder and attempted homicide. Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, was charged on Thursday after being taken into custody the day prior, suspected of killing two protesters in Kenosha and wounding a third on Tuesday night. In addition to first-degree intentional homicide and attempted murder, he faces two charges for reckless endangerment, reckless homicide and the possession of a dangerous weapon by a minor. A criminal complaint filed on Thursday in the Kenosha County Circuit Court noted that the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/106369/08/1063690823_0:100:1920:1180_1200x675_80_0_0_3cd98dfc078ab69bbfa9fdcd1cd795cb.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/society/202008251080277641-russian-national-charged-with-allegedly-introducing-malware-into-us-companys-network/ A Russian national was arrested on August 22 for allegedly introducing malware into a US company’s network. Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov, 27, was charged with one count of conspiracy to “intentionally cause damage to a protected computer,” according to a Department of Justice (DoJ) press release. He was arrested in Los Angeles and made his first initial appearance in federal court on Monday. The complaint and statements made in court claim that Kriuchkov conspired with associates from around July 15, 2020 to August 22, 2020 to recruit an employee of a company to introduce malware into […]
On Monday night St. Louis attorneys Mark and Patricia McCloskey spoke at the opening night of the RNC. Earlier today Mark McCloskey, who along with his wife Patricia was forced to protect their St. Louis home when marauding protesters stormed their neighborhood, told reporters violence and riots are coming “to a neighborhood near you.” They know this firsthand. It came to their quiet neighborhood earlier this year. “We have a God-given right to defend ourselves. The right of self-defense is one of the most basic civil rights — one of the most basic human rights,” Mark McCloskey told “Fox & Friends.” “You cannot have […]
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Joseph Sullivan allegedly insisted that the hackers sign NDAs in exchange for $100,000 in bitcoin hush money. Source link
Federal prosecutors allege Uber’s former head of security organized a cover-up of a massive data breach. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Federal prosecutors allege Uber’s former head of security organized a cover-up of a massive data breach. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Federal prosecutors have charged Uber’s former chief security officer with covering up a massive 2016 data breach by arranging a $100,000 payoff to the hackers responsible for the attack. The personal data of 57 million Uber passengers and drivers was stolen in the hack. Prosecutors are charging the former executive Joe Sullivan with obstructing justice and […]
Steve Bannon was arrested today and charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Stuart Varney announced the charges and said it had something to do with the border wall. The Gateway Pundit reached out to Steve and his team for comment.But it smells like a deep state hit. We will updated when we get more information. TRENDING: CAUGHT: DNC Faked Kamala Supporters! – Used Double Images of Kamala Fans in Crowd Shot UPDATE: Bannon and three others were arrested for their work on We Build the Wall! The Hill reported: Bannon, Brian Kolfage, Andrew Badolato and Timothy Shea allegedly defrauded donors […]
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The Justice Department announced Monday that a former CIA officer was arrested and charged with espionage. 67-year-old Alexander Yuk Ching Ma was arrested on Friday and charged with spying for China. According to the DOJ, Alexander Yuk Ching Ma, beginning in 2001, conspired with a relative of his, who was also a former CIA officer, to communicate top secret material to intel agents from China. For nearly two decades on and off Alexander Yuk Ching Ma disclosed a substantial amount of highly classified national defense information of the United States to the MSS officers. TRENDING: BREAKING: 4Chan Identifies One of the […]
The unsealed indictment against a retired CIA officer alleges he sold classified and national defense information to China for almost two decades. The case comes amid rising US accusations of Chinese espionage. Alexander Yuk Ching Ma, 67, was arrested on Friday in Hawaii. He faces charges of conspiring with a relative – another former CIA officer, who isn’t named – to “communicate classified information up to the Top Secret level to intelligence officials of the People’s Republic of China,” the US Department of Justice announced on Monday. “The trail of Chinese espionage is long and, sadly, strewn with former American intelligence […]
For almost eighteen years, Run-DMC D.J. Jam Master Jay’s murder case has remained unsolved. But on Monday law enforcement officials confirmed to the New York Times that two men have been arrested in the case. Law enforcement will announce their indictments Monday, the sources said. Ronald Washington and Karl Jordan, Jr. have been charged with murder while engaged in drug trafficking, the Times reports. Washington is 56 years old and already serving a prison sentence for robbery; police have now taken Jordan, 36, into custody. Jam Master Jay was killed execution-style in a Queens recording studio in 2002, with few witnesses […]
For more than nine months, five of them during a global pandemic, a 26-year-old woman named Chelsea Becker has been sitting in Kings County Jail, under a $2 million bail, for giving birth to a stillborn baby. Becker has been there since November, when police arrested her and prosecutors charged her with murder. The District Attorney argued that Becker’s methamphetamine addiction had caused the stillbirth, citing a 50-year-old law that civil rights advocates say was never supposed to apply to pregnant women. It has put Becker at the heart of a national debate over criminalizing fetal death. On Friday, however, California’s […]
A dark-web vendor and his supplier, who allegedly used the murky recesses of the internet to sell drugs and launder money, have been formally charged in the U.S. Disclosure The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial policies. CoinDesk is an independent operating subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, which invests in cryptocurrencies and blockchain startups. Source link
A federal grand jury indicted Democratic political donor Ed Buck on four felonies in addition to the five he already faces for allegedly enticing multiple men to engage in prostitution and providing them with drugs, the Department of Justice announced Tuesday. Buck, 66, allegedly solicited men on social media and dating apps to come to his West Hollywood apartment for long hours of sex, where he would inject them with meth or narcotics, sometimes without their consent and sometimes with a higher dose than the victims expected, according to the indictment. At times, he allegedly used a recruiter to scout for […]
The husband of Los Angeles’ first black district attorney has been charged with multiple counts of assault with a firearm for pointing a gun at Black Lives Matter protesters who showed up on the couple’s doorstep. David Lacey, whose wife is LA District Attorney Jackie Lacey, has been charged with three counts of assault with a firearm, according to charging documents filed Monday by California State Attorney General Xavier Becerra in Los Angeles superior court. The three assault charges – misdemeanors – refer to three separate protesters Lacey supposedly menaced with his weapon. Also on rt.com St. Louis couple charged with […]
Isaiah Jason Maza A “peaceful” Antifa-BLM protester was charged after assaulting a US Marshal’s Deputy with an explosive device in the recent Portland leftist riots. A Portland man has been charged with assaulting a @USMarshalsHQ deputy with an explosive device during a recent protest at the Hatfield Federal Courthouse. The deputy sustained injuries to both legs. Read more: https://t.co/vNT42vq6vJ pic.twitter.com/1Tm8pTQB7L — U.S. Attorney Oregon (@USAO_OR) August 3, 2020 The Justice Department reported: TRENDING: “Why Are You Going Out of State? I Can See It at the Airports!” -Ugh- Watch NM Governor Grisham Lecture Her Constituents Like Mom (VIDEO) U.S. Attorney Billy […]
The Washington County prosecutor’s office says Chauvin and his wife underreported their joint income from 2014 through 2019 by $464,433. (Image credit: AP) Source link
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107975/38/1079753822_0:76:2048:1228_1200x675_80_0_0_9d14f23eef502746c99a8098ddb91ad8.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202007211079939999-st-louis-couple-charged-with-felony-after-brandishing-guns-at-protesters/ The St. Louis, Missouri, couple who went viral late last month for pointing and brandishing firearms at protesters have been charged with unlawful use of a weapon/flourishing – a felony. St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner announced Monday that West End residents Mark and Patricia McCloskey had been charged with a class E felony of unlawful use of a weapon. “It is illegal to wave weapons in a threatening manner at those participating in a nonviolent protest, and while we are fortunate this situation did not escalate into deadly force, this type of conduct […]
A prominent Black Lives Matter organizer and co-founder was arrested last month and charged with human trafficking and prostitution. Charles Wade was busted at a Howard Johnson Inn in College Park, Maryland, on April 25. Wade was living at a motel room where he allegedly pimped a 17-year-old girl, police said, according to The Daily Caller. Wade was charged with seven counts relating to felony human trafficking and prostitution, but he he posted a $25,000 bond shortly after his arrest, according to a statement he released on Twitter Wednesday. The charges carry sentences of up to 25 years in prison and […]
Two weeks ago The Gateway Pundit organized a prayer rally at the Statue of St. Louis on Art Hill in Forest Park from noon. In response to our planned prayer rally violent leftists and Black Lives Matter organized a counter rally from 11 AM to 2 PM. The organizers of this “counter rally” smeared the Catholic Prayer rally as a white nationalist event. They claimed out prayer rally and rosary were linked to Charlottesville far right activists. The St. Louis city treasurer Tishaura Jones called the planned prayer rally a KKK event. The day of the rally the Catholics who came […]
The gravesite of retired Army Sgt. Felix Kirk McDermott in Pennsylvania’s Westmoreland County. McDermott died in April 2018 as a result of an insulin injection at the VA hospital in Clarksburg, W.Va. Reta Mays was charged with his murder on Monday. Jeff Swensen/The Washington Post via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jeff Swensen/The Washington Post via Getty Images The gravesite of retired Army Sgt. Felix Kirk McDermott in Pennsylvania’s Westmoreland County. McDermott died in April 2018 as a result of an insulin injection at the VA hospital in Clarksburg, W.Va. Reta Mays was charged with his murder on Monday. Jeff […]
Abdikareem Hassan 32-year-old Abdikareem Hassan of Portland, Maine was arrested and charged in connection with a drive-by shooting attack on a police station on July 5th. Hassan was arrested on the night of the shooting and according to the criminal complaint, he was being uncooperative and assaulted a police officer and an FBI special agent. Hassan was charged with: Assault on a police officer Two counts of refusal to submit to arrest or detention Criminal mischief Federal crime for assault on a federal officer TRENDING: BREAKING: Former Missouri Governor Eric Greitens and Friend Rush to Perform Life-Saving Measures on Shooting Victims […]
Father and Sons Charged in Miami Federal Court with Selling Toxic Bleach as Fake “Miracle” Cure for Covid-19 and Violating Court Orders It was an email to Trump from Grenon that sent Trump on his bleach sucking breakdown. United States Attorney’s Office/Southern District of Florida Miami, Fl. – Federal prosecutors in Miami have charged four Florida residents who allegedly marketed “Miracle Mineral Solution,” a toxic bleach, as a cure for COVID-19, with conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to violate the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, and criminal contempt. Ariana Fajardo Orshan, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107701/17/1077011796_0:104:2048:1256_1200x675_80_0_0_48f9bf19f594a21feed23f44e541efb2.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202007101079842568-professor-charged-for-allegedly-using-us-grants-to-develop-chinese-research/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – A professor at a US university has been charged for allegedly using US grant funds to develop China’s expertise in the areas of rheumatology and immunology, the Justice Department said in a press release. “A rheumatology professor and researcher with strong ties to China has been ordered held without bond to face a charge of grant fraud for not disclosing that he was engaged in a sophisticated scheme to use approximately $4.1 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health to develop China’s expertise in the areas of rheumatology and […]
Two women activists were hit by a car in downtown Seattle early in the morning on July 4th. The women activists were standing on the interstate at 1:30 AM.They were wearing black on the dark highway at 1:30 AM. The driver came up on the protest and swerved but still hit two women running across the interstate. The driver was in custody but was not impaired when he hit the women on the highway. TRENDING: Radical Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant Vows to Overthrow the United States and Replace with “a Socialist World” Here are two pictures of the suspect vehicle […]
MOSCOW—When the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) arrested journalist Ivan Safronov on charges of “state treason” this week, many of his friends were quick to remember what happened to his father. Both men covered news about national defense and Russia’s space program and were recognized as authorities in their field. The elder Safronov, who also was named Ivan, wrote for the newspaper Kommersant until one day in 2007 he plunged out of a window to his death. “We called our television show today ‘They Have Come to Get Us.’ We are outraged to see our friend and colleague Safronov being accused […]
The couple who attempted to paint over the City of Martinez’s “Black Lives Matter” mural on the 4th of July have been charged with a hate crime and two other misdemeanors by a controversial “progressive” prosecutor. Nichole Anderson and David Nelson have been hit with three misdemeanor charges over their efforts to paint over a Black Lives Matter mural in front of the Wakefield Taylor Courthouse just hours after the original painting was completed with the full blessing of the city of Martinez, a statement from Contra Costa District Attorney Diane Becton’s office revealed on Tuesday. The pair could face up […]
In the 2 July incident, the suspect, Corey Hurren, crashed his pickup truck into the main gate leading to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s estate, only to be arrested shortly afterwards, with officials not elaborating on the man’s motives. The perpetrator who allegedly rammed his truck through a gate on the grounds of Rideau Estate, where Justin Trudeau has been residing with his family since 2015, has been charged with threatening to kill or injure Canada’s Prime Minister, reports CTV News. According to released court documents, the suspect, Manitoba resident Corey Hurren, a reservist in the Canadian Rangers, allegedly had with […]
A white Oakland County, Michigan couple were charged with felony assault on Thursday after a video of a pregnant woman defending herself from a black woman with a firearm went viral. Oakland County Prosecutor Jessica Cooper charged Jillian Wuestenberg , 32, and Eric Wuestenberg, 42, each with one count of felonious assault, a four-year felony, the Detroit News reported. Oakland County Prosecutor Jessica Cooper charged Jillian Wuestenberg, 32, and Eric Wuestenberg, 42, each with one count of felonious assault, a four-year felony. The Independence Township couple each possessed one loaded firearm and CPL licenses, Sheriff Mike Bouchard said. The couple was […]
As reported earlier by Cristina Laila– A white Oakland County, Michigan couple were charged with felony assault on Thursday after a video of a pregnant woman defending herself from a black woman with a firearm went viral. Oakland County Prosecutor Jessica Cooper charged Jillian Wuestenberg , 32, and Eric Wuestenberg, 42, each with one count of felonious assault, a four-year felony, the Detroit News reported. Oakland County Prosecutor Jessica Cooper charged Jillian Wuestenberg, 32, and Eric Wuestenberg, 42, each with one count of felonious assault, a four-year felony. The Independence Township couple each possessed one loaded firearm and CPL licenses, Sheriff […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107974/33/1079743345_0:0:1366:768_1200x675_80_0_0_1f1af00132e3739e8914145402534045.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202006291079743310-man-charged-in-louisiana-after-swimming-in-bass-pro-shop-fish-tank—video/ According to local media, the whole thing, which got thousands of views on social media, was an attempt at gaining more popularity on video-sharing service TikTok. A man has been charged with simple criminal damage to property after he took a dip in the 13,000-gallon fish aquarium at a Bass Pro Shop store in Bossier City, Louisiana. The man, identified as 26-year-old Kevin Wise, posted a video of the incident on TikTok, adding that he has been given a citation as a result. The “show” was captured on video by bystanders at the store and spread […]
Activists Charged With Felonies After Delivering Formosa Plastic Pollution To Lobbyists By Julie Dermansky and Sharon Kelly, Desmog Blog. June 28, 2020 Activists Charged With Felonies After Delivering Formosa Plastic Pollution To Lobbyists2020-06-282020-06-28https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/rolfes-and-mcintosh-e1593357003127.jpg200px200px Above photo: Activists including Anne Rolfes and Kate McIntosh at “Nurdlefest” held in front of the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality in Baton Rouge on December 10, 2019. Credit: Julie Dermansky © 2019. Two Louisiana environmental activists, Anne Rolfes and Kate McIntosh, were taken in handcuffs and leg irons from a Baton Rouge police station to jail after they voluntarily surrendered themselves on felony charges after months’ earlier delivering plastic pollution pulled from Texas […]
The US Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia on Saturday evening announced four men were charged in federal court for attempting to tear down the statue of Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Square. Via the Justice Department: Lee Michael Cantrell, 47, of Virginia; Connor Matthew Judd, 20, of Washington, D.C.; Ryan Lane, 37, of Maryland; and Graham Lloyd, 37, of Maine, were charged by criminal complaint yesterday with destruction of federal property, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Michael R. Sherwin, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Washington Field Office’s Criminal Division James A. Dawson, and Acting Chief […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/uk/202006271079736669-suspect-in-reading-attack-charged-with-three-counts-of-murder/ The stabbing attack in the UK city of Reading was allegedly perpetrated by a 25-year-old man of Libyan origin and left three people killed, with a further three wounded. The attack, which has been declared a terrorist incident, took place on 20 June. The suspect in the 20 June attack in Reading in the UK has been charged with three counts of murder, the public prosecution service said in a statement. The statement comes after a deadly stabbing attack that left three people dead. The suspect, who was arrested at the scene, was later […]
A black man brutally attacked a white Macy’s employee on camera in Michigan last week. The brutal attack was entirely unprovoked, according to an investigation by the department store. The Gateway Pundit first reported on this criminal attack a week ago. The shocking attack was filmed by the attacker’s brother, Michigan rapper “FT Quay.” The rapper claimed that he heard the employee, who appeared to be on the phone when the attack happened, say “n-gger.” TRENDING: Black Lives Matter Activist Loses One of His Testicles After Being Shot in the Balls with Rubber Bullets During George Floyd Riots The store’s investigation […]
The arrest of chief Allan Adam has caused an uproar after dash-cam footage released earlier this month showed an officer tackling the man to the ground, punching him and putting him in a chokehold. Before the video was released, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police denied that the officer had used excessive force and deemed his actions “reasonable”. A police officer involved in the violent arrest of the chief of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nations, a group of indigenous people in Canada, was charged with mischief, assaulting a man and a woman, and unlawfully entering a house in 2019, CBC News reported, […]
A young Wisconsin woman accused of murdering her alleged sex trafficker has been freed from jail—where she’s spent two years awaiting trial—after community activists raised her $400,000 bail. Chrystul Kizer, 19, faces life in prison after being charged with arson and first-degree intentional homicide charges for the June 2018 slaying of 34-year-old Randall P. Volar. Authorities allege Kizer, then 17, shot and killed Volar in a premeditated attack. Activists and several celebrities, however, argue that Kizer—whose case has received renewed attention amid nationwide protests in the wake of George Floyd’s death at the hands of police—was only defending herself from the […]
Porn star Ron Jeremy was charged on Tuesday with raping three women and sexually assaulting a fourth. Jeremy, 67, now faces eight counts—including forcible rape, forcible penetration, and forcible oral copulation—for the separate incidents, which date back to 2014, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said. Prosecutors allege that in May 2014, Jeremy forcibly raped a 25-year-old woman at a home in West Hollywood. Three years later, the adult film star allegedly sexually assaulted two women—ages 33 and 46—on separate occasions at a West Hollywood bar. In July 2019, prosecutors allege Jeremy raped another 30-year-old woman at the same bar. If convicted, […]
A US Army private faces charges for attempted murder and terrorism after passing sensitive military information to an “occult-based neo-Nazi group” in preparation for a major terrorist attack on fellow soldiers. The 22-year-old private, Ethan Melzer, was hit with a six-count indictment on Monday for his role in the sinister plot, in which he is said to have revealed the location, strength and armaments of his own unit to facilitate an ambush. “Melzer plotted a deadly ambush on his fellow soldiers in the service of a diabolical cocktail of ideologies laced with hate and violence,” Assistant Attorney General for National Security […]
J. Alexander Keung, one of the officers being charged in connection with the death of George Floyd, was accosted in a grocery store where he was casually buying “necessities’ like Oreos, which began trending on Twitter. Freed on $750,000 bail on Friday, Keung was spotted at a Cub Foods supermarket when one person decided to put him on film. “What’s your name?” the unidentified woman asks the 26-year-old former officer. He then confirms he is Keung and the woman says, “So you’re out of prison, and you’re comfortably shopping in Cub Foods, as if you didn’t do anything.” Keung replies that […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107967/50/1079675097_0:0:2950:1658_1200x675_80_0_0_ff5c0ab75f46eaba45607d42ef53a71f.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202006201079675127-belarusian-presidential-hopeful-babaryka-gets-charged-within-belgazprombank-criminal-case/ MINSK (Sputnik) – Charges were laid against the recently detained prospective Belarusian presidential candidate Viktar Babaryka within the Belgazprombank criminal case on tax evasion and money laundering, his lawyer Dmitry Layevskiy said on Saturday. “We visited Viktor Dmitrievich [Babaryka] today, we were summoned for legal proceedings, in fact he was charged. I am not allowed to specify the charges. I can say that Viktor Dmitrievich intends to principally defend his innocence, beliefs and honest name,” the lawyer said. According to Layevskiy, the legal team has objected the arrest, but proceedings on this matter have […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107965/97/1079659765_0:241:2916:1881_1200x675_80_0_0_55ffa68f56eb60248d8894ab0e97da6a.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202006191079659735-two-canadians-arrested-by-china-charged-with-espionage/ The spat between Canada and China started after Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou was arrested in Vancouver at the request of the United States. Washington had accused her of assisting Tehran to bypass anti-Iranian sanctions. Chinese authorities have formally charged former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig and businessman Michael Spavor with espionage, 18 months after their arrest. Kovrig’s case is being handled by prosecutors in Beijing, and Spavor’s in the northeastern province of Liaoning. © REUTERS / JENNIFER GAUTHIER Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou leaves her home to attend a court hearing in Vancouver, […]
Lore-Elisabeth Blumenthal lights up a police car in Philadelphia. The FBI tracked down a dangerous leftist after she torched two police car in the Philadelphia “peaceful protests” and riots. Lore Elisabeth Blumenthal was arrested this week for torching the police cars in riots last week. The FBI tracked her down by tracing her custom t-shirt and tattoos. Lore Elisabeth, a massage therapist, was not the smartest leftist at the riots last week. TRENDING: Supreme Court Rules Against President Trump on Ending DACA – John Roberts Again Sides with Liberal Judges Via John Cardillo: ‘FBI tracked down woman who set cop cars […]
Vince Champion — southeast regional director of the International Brotherhood of Police officers There are reports tonight that police officers in Atlanta, Georgia walked off the job tonight after murder charges were filed against Officer Garrett Rolfe in the death of Rayshard Brooks last weekend. Vince Champion, southeast regional director of the International Brotherhood of Police officers, was on ABC News tonight to discuss the charges against the Atlanta police officers. Champion told ABC New, “What we do know is you’re tearing up the Atlanta police department.” Warning: This ABC news report is hard to watch and loaded with complete BS. […]
“We have concluded at the time Mr Brooks was shot that he did not pose an immediate threat of death or serious physical injury to the officer or officers,” Howard said. I want everyone who tried to justify the shooting of #RayshardBrooks to look at this photo of how the cop who shot him KICKED him afterwards and then I want you to gfy pic.twitter.com/3KK3VXJpkn — Benjamin Dixon (@BenjaminPDixon) June 17, 2020 Guardian: The Atlanta officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks in the back after the fleeing man pointed a stun gun in his direction faces 11 charges, including felony murder, a […]
Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202006171079645405-that-70s-show-actor-danny-masterson-charged-with-sexual-assault-of-3-women/ The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office has revealed on Wednesday that actor Daniel Masterson has been charged with three counts of rape by force or fear. Source link
Actor Danny Masterson, a star of That ’70s Show, has been charged with raping three women, the Los Angeles County District Attorney announced Wednesday. Masterson allegedly forcibly raped the unnamed women—a 23-year-old, a 28-year-old, and another 23-year-old—between 2001 and 2003. His arraignment is scheduled for September, and if he’s convicted, he’ll face a minimum of 45 years in prison and a maximum of a life sentence. The District Attorney’s office also noted it declined to file charges against Masterson in two additional cases—one for lack of evidence and one due to the passage of the statute of limitations. The actor was […]
Police officer Garrett Rolfe is facing eleven charges, including felony murder and aggravated assault, in the killing of Rayshard Brooks, after his partner turned state’s evidence. Rolfe faces a possible death sentence. Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard announced the charges, which include three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for allegedly firing his weapon “recklessly” in the effort to bring down Brooks, on Wednesday. In addition to felony murder, Rolfe has been charged with violating his oath as a police officer, for not properly arresting Brooks and for standing on his body after he fell to the ground. […]
Headline got your attention? Good. If I am reading the amicus brief filed by discredited former Federal Judge John Gleeson on behalf of Judge Emett Sullivan, Gleeson and Sullivan are incensed that Michael Flynn had the audacity to withdraw his guilty plea, which Flynn insists was coerced. Gleeson argues that Flynn (and I presume others who have done the same thing) must be charged with perjury for having the audacity to go into court and recant his plea. You do not need a keen sense of irony to appreciate the hypocrisy of Judge Emmet Sullivan, an African American, wanting to throw […]
One of the four Minneapolis police officers charged for the killing of George Floyd has been released from custody after making bail, which had been conditionally set at $750,000. Former officer Thomas Lane was released from the Hennepin County Jail on Wednesday afternoon, local media reported, citing jail records. Lane is charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder and manslaughter in relation to Floyd’s death in late May, who was killed after fellow officer Derek Chauvin pressed a knee into his neck for nearly nine minutes during an arrest. Lane’s attorney, Earl Gray, has said the case against his client is “weak,” arguing […]
Suspect Brenden Michael Wolfe was wearing police gear stolen from the 3ed Precinct when it was looted and torched. A federal court charged Branden Michael Wolfe with looting and torching the Third Precinct last week during the leftist riots and looting. He was wearing his police gear when he was arrested.What a winner. KIMT reported: A federal charge has been filed against a St. Paul man for the burning down of the Third Police Precinct in Minneapolis. United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald says Branden Michael Wolfe, 23, is accused of aiding and abetting arson. He is scheduled to make his […]
Police have charged Stephan Cannon, a 24-year-old local man, with the killing of retired police captain David Dorn amid riots in St. Louis. The veteran cop was shot dead when confronting looters. Also on rt.com CCTV footage released by police shows armed people in looted shop near where black cop David Dorn was killed Cannon, who was one of the “persons of interest” seen ransacking a St. Louis pawn shop on surveillance footage last Monday, was charged with the murder of Dorn, a black police captain who retired after serving over 38 years on the force. The suspect, who was found […]
Daily Beast: Two Buffalo cops were arraigned on Saturday on one count each of assault in the second degree, after they allegedly shoved a 75-year-old demonstrator during anti-police brutality protests. Martin Gugino, a longtime peace activist in the upstate New York city, hit his head on the pavement and was left on the ground as blood pooled around his head on Thursday evening. He remained in hospital in a serious but stable condition on Saturday. Initially, city officials claimed Gugino had tripped and fell. However, a video surfaced showing riot police, who were clearing Niagara Square at the time, clearly pushing Gugino over and walking by […]
Two Buffalo cops were arraigned on Saturday on one count each of assault in the second degree, after they allegedly shoved a 75-year-old demonstrator during anti-police brutality protests. Martin Gugino, a longtime peace activist in the upstate New York city, hit his head on the pavement and was left on the ground as blood pooled around his head on Thursday evening. He remained in hospital in a serious but stable condition on Saturday. Initially, city officials claimed Gugino had tripped and fell. However, a video then surfaced showing riot police, who were clearing Niagara Square at the time, clearly pushed Gugino […]
The three other Minneapolis cops involved in the police killing of George Floyd—an unarmed black man who was filmed repeatedly saying he couldn’t breathe while an officer held his knee on his neck for several minutes—are being charged in his death. The Star Tribune reports that the three officers —Thomas Lane, Tou Thao, and J. Alexander Kueng—will be charged by Attorney General Keith Ellison with aiding and abetting murder. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) also announced on Twitter that Ellison is upgrading charges against Derek Chauvin, who held his knee on Floyd neck for almost nine minutes, to second-degree murder. Chauvin was […]
Atlanta Officers Charged After Students Pulled From Car June 2, 2020 Atlanta Officers Charged After Students Pulled From Car2020-06-022020-06-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/800-e1591144964736.jpeg200px200px Above photo: Attorney Mawuli Davis, left, speaks on behalf of Taniyah Pilgrim, center, and Messiah Young, right, during a press conference by the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office in Atlanta, Monday, June 2, 2020. Six Atlanta police officers have been charged after a dramatic video showed authorities pulling the two young people from a car during protests over the death of George Floyd. Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP. Atlanta – Six Atlanta police officers were charged Tuesday after dramatic video showed authorities pulling two […]
US 23:08 GMT 02.06.2020(updated 23:36 GMT 02.06.2020) Get short URL Georgia’s Fulton County District Attorney’s Office has charged six current and former officers of the Atlanta Police Department (APD) with a litany of charges following their escalation of a traffic stop that has been denounced by the city and the police chief. Fulton County District Attorney Paul L. Howard Jr. held a news conference on Tuesday, announcing charges against Ivory Streeter, Mark Garnder, Lonnie Hood, Willie Sauls, Armond Jones and Roland Claud in connection to the Saturday arrests of 22-year-old Messiah Young and 20-year-old Taniyah Pilgrim. Their arrest warrants were issued […]
The Hennepin County attorney, Mike Freeman, has yet to detail the charges the three police officers could face. Photograph: Jerry Holt/AP J Alexander Kueng, Tou Thao and Thomas Lane were at scene County attorney said last Friday he expected charges The Minneapolis police officer who spent almost nine minutes kneeling on the neck of George Floyd was charged with murder on Friday. But the fate of his colleagues, who stood by as Floyd’s strained cries grew silent, is yet to be determined. Three colleagues of Derek Chauvin, who is accused of third-degree murder and manslaughter, were fired after Floyd’s death but have […]
A New York City man has been indicted for allegedly stealing and selling reams of payment card data, the proceeds of which he laundered in bitcoin. Vitalii Antonenko, 28, was charged in the U.S District Court for the District of Massachusetts on Tuesday with conspiracy to engage in computer hacking, payment card trafficking and money laundering, according to a federal indictment. Law enforcement found hundreds of thousands of stolen payment cards on Vitalii Antonenko’s computers after arresting the Ukraine native at Kennedy International Airport in March 2019. They charged Antonenko with money laundering at the time. In the Tuesday indictment, prosecutors […]
A very disturbing video circulated on social media on Thursday showing a young black Michigan man beating an elderly white man at a nursing home. Jaden Hayden, reportedly from Westland, Michigan filmed himself beating elderly white nursing home patients for sport. The man filmed himself beating the the elderly man, later identified as a 75-year-old veteran, in his bed until he was bleeding. Absolutely shocking footage has emerged from a black male nurse from Detroit (Jadon H.), who filmed himself beating elderly white men into a bloody pulp. “Get the fuck off my bed, N.,” he is heard saying. Viewer discretion […]
A British father-of-two and a 27-year-old woman have been charged after a woman’s body was found “sawed in half” and shoved into suitcases in a forest outside Birmingham, England, according to local reports. The remains of an unidentified woman were found near a quarry in the Forest of Dean on Tuesday night, after a member of the public reported a vehicle driving erratically in the area, according to The Sun. A source close to the investigation told the paper that the alleged scene of the crime—a property in nearby Birmingham—was “like a bloodbath.” Authorities said a post-mortem examination was inconclusive and […]
An Australian woman in her fifties has been charged by New South Wales State Police for unlawfully exchanging millions of dollars-worth of cryptocurrency including bitcoin. As reported by 9News Australia, detectives from the New South Wales (NSW) Cybercrime Squad charged the unnamed woman after conducting a search of her car outside a shopping center in Burwood, Sydney, on Thursday and discovering AU$60,000 (US$38,736) in cash and 3.8 bitcoin on a hard wallet device. The chief of the Cybercrime Squad, Detective Superintendent Matt Craft, said it was the first arrest by the team relating to “non-compliant digital currency providers” in the state, […]
UK Daily Mail: Disgraced televangelist Jim Bakker suffered a stroke and has taken a ‘sabbatical’ from his eponymous TV show, according to his wife. ‘In Jim’s words, this has been the most vicious attack that he has ever experienced,’ Lori wrote in a Facebook post. ‘Under the guidance of medical professionals and our Board of Directors, Jim will be taking a sabbatical from the show,’ Lori wrote. This comes after Bakker was sued by the Missouri Attorney General for promoting a false coronavirus cure. It’s not immediately clear when Bakker suffered the stroke or when he will return. ‘In the meantime, […]
Disgraced former President Barack Obama appears to be in a panic. General Flynn is now in the clear and the Durham investigation is ongoing. More documents are about to drop. There are rumblings that former members of his FBI (e.g. FBI General Counsel James Baker) have flipped and are working with Durham. Obama’s Deep State henchmen who set up General Flynn and the crooked politicians and media hacks who supported them are terrified. An audio of former President Barack Obama, whose Administration spied on the Trump team and Administration, was released by deep state reporter Michael Isikoff at Yahoo News on […]