“A vegan-hating New York man was arrested Tuesday morning after he allegedly made a series of death threats against an upstate fruit festival,” Daily Mail reported on Tuesday, August 9, 2022 (read story here). William Swift, 32, was charged in a Brooklyn federal court with “menacin[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Crime’
August 8th, 2022 - 8:26 pm § in Law and Courts
Can Gabby Petito’s family sue the police?
Murder victim Gabby Petito‘s family has filed a $50 million wrongful death lawsuit against the Moab, Utah, police officers who responded to an altercation between her and her fiance on August 12, 2021, CBS News reported on Monday, August 8, 2022 (read story here). She disappeared later that mo[...]
August 7th, 2022 - 2:44 pm § in Law and Courts
Thieves without honor
Jeremy Ryzhonkov, 12, of Everett, Washington, is a young entrepreneur. He has vending machine, lawn mowing, and snack stand businesses. He’s also been robbed by thieves. “Three weeks ago, Jeremy was … selling lemonade and snacks [when] two men bought 20 bucks worth of drinks and f[...]
August 6th, 2022 - 1:06 pm § in Law and Courts
It’s time for Steven Gass to retire
Steven Gregory Gass is 67 now. He’s been “working” since 1976. He’s needs to rest. The judge should put him out to pasture. Gass began robbing banks at age 20 and never quit, though his career was periodically interrupted by let’s call them “extended vacations.[...]
August 4th, 2022 - 2:36 pm § in Law and Courts
A sociopath’s right to bear arms shall not be infringed
Michael Morgan isn’t unique; sociopaths like him are the bread-and-butter of New York tabloids. Two years ago, Morgan, then 18 years old, came out of an apartment building shooting. He missed the intended victim, but killed the victim’s companion. He got away with that crime at the time,[...]
August 2nd, 2022 - 12:24 pm § in Law and Courts, Racism
Only 60 days in jail for threatening to kill kids wearing BLM tee-shirts
Steven L. Cibotti, 57, of San Francisco was intoxicated when he did it, but that doesn’t excuse him. In June 2020, during the height of the George Floyd protests, he was at a restaurant when he spotted a family with young kids wearing BLM tee-shirts. Without any prompting or provocation, Cibot[...]
August 1st, 2022 - 4:24 pm § in Donald Trump, Law and Courts
Gun-toting Capitol rioter gets 7 years 3 months
Guy Reffitt is a high-profile Capitol riot defendant who threatened to kill his own family if they turned him in. He was a militia recruiter; and on the day of the riot, had a gun with him on the Capitol steps, and brazenly spoke about committing physical violence against leaders of Congress. Convic[...]
July 30th, 2022 - 3:55 pm § in Politics
How violent are Trump supporters?
On Jan. 6, 2021, they erected a gallows outside the U.S. Capitol building and chanted “hang Mike Pence!”, went hunting for Nancy Pelosi with zipties, used flagpoles as spears and threw fire extinguishers at police officers, and stashed guns in a motel room to arm a “quick reaction [...]
July 27th, 2022 - 7:58 pm § in Law and Courts
One-man crime wave (video)
All criminal suspects are entitled to a fair trial, but I don’t care if this one had a bad childhood or whatever. Give him due process, then keep him away from society. Read details here. Meanwhile, a suspect stole a Washington ferry rider’s car by pretending to be a ferry employee and a[...]
July 27th, 2022 - 3:42 pm § in Environment, Law and Courts
Eco-vigilantes flatten SUV tires
A criminal gang of planet-savers is roaming New York City, looking for high-end SUVs, and flattening their tires. These acts of eco-vigilantism have negligible, unmeasurable, effect on auto emissions; so it must be for revenge against car owners. It’s also highly counterproductive, because act[...]