Robert Sanford (photo, left), 57, a retired fireman from Boothwyn, Pennyslvania, was sentenced to 52 months in prison for injuring two police officers with a fire extinguisher during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot (see video below, and read story here). That’s longer than most people need to complete [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Crime’
April 10th, 2023 - 9:02 pm § in Politics, Republicans
Florida isn’t a crime-free haven
Gov. Ron DeSantis, who wants to be president, isn’t keeping Florida residents safe. Florida’s pandemic death rate was twice Washington’s, thanks in part to his lax public health policies. What about crime? DeSantis is bragging he’s made Florida a safe state, but nothing backs[...]
April 9th, 2023 - 12:54 pm § in Jews
What should society do about kids who wreak havoc?
In the Middle Ages fathers were allowed to kill their children, but modern society prohibits that practice. But the tradeoff is that modern society has a problem with out-of-control kids. A case in point: A 13-year-old crashed a stolen car while being chased by police on Saturday, April 8, 2023, in [...]
April 8th, 2023 - 8:17 pm § in Law and Courts
Landlord from hell
If you think your landlord treats tenants badly, let me ask you this: Does he kill ’em, bag ’em, and dump ’em? Michael Dudley (photo), 62, of Burien, Washington, had his own unique system for evicting tenants. After shooting Jessica Lewis, 35, and Austin Werner, 27, he sawed up the[...]
April 7th, 2023 - 12:07 pm § in Law and Courts
The Forbes “Under-30” list of crooks
They all were touted by Forbes magazine as up-and-coming young entrepreneurs. They’re now convicted or facing charges. What they have in common is they’re slick hustlers. As another young entrepreneur who isn’t under investigation noted, “The Forbes ’30 Under 30′ hav[...]
April 4th, 2023 - 7:23 pm § in Democrats, Donald Trump, Law and Courts, Politics, Racism, Republicans
Sizing up the case against Trump
The DA charged Trump with election crimes. If he didn’t make hush money payoffs to influence an election, falsifying business records to hide those payments would be misdemeanors under New York law. Let’s start by quoting what Trump said after his arraignment: “Former President Don[...]
March 28th, 2023 - 1:12 am § in Law and Courts
Get this driver off the road
Antonio Michael Lopez, 21, has been charged with vehicular homicide twice. Those are his most serious driving offenses. According to KING 5 News, a Seattle TV station, he’s been cited multiple times over 6 years. His past violations include hit-and-run, speeding, inattentive driving, and multi[...]
March 25th, 2023 - 8:56 pm § in Law and Courts
What the heck is wrong with some people?
I don’t know why Seth Beavers (photo, left), 33, of Sterling, Illinois, was at the Florida condominium. Maybe he was renting an AirBnB or visiting someone. Anyway, he decided to swim in the pool after hours, but a security guard told him the pool was closed. For that, Beavers allegedly tried t[...]
March 23rd, 2023 - 5:19 pm § in Law and Courts
Little waif blowing in the wind
It’s not the defense attorney’s fault. Making excuses for his client’s criminal behavior is his job. Riley Williams (photo, left), 24, is a high-profile Capitol rioter described by prosecutors as “an ‘accelerant’ of the mob” who “‘gleefully direc[...]
Was this indictment a politically motivated witch hunt, or just prosecuting a thief?
Let’s start with basics: Joe Harding didn’t come from America’s educated or business elite. He’s a junior college dropout who worked in construction before starting his landscaping business (see his profile here). You could say he’s a dirt-under-fingernails type of guy.[...]