Michele Fiore (photo, left; profile here), 54, a former Nevada state representative and failed candidate for state treasurer, was convicted on federal wire fraud charges on October 3, 2024, and could spend years in prison (read story here). Fiore, a controversial figure in Nevada politics, got in tr[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Crime’
Rogue county clerk gets 9 years
Tina Peters (photo, left), a Colorado county clerk who fought the law and lost, has been sentenced to 9 years in prison. Peters, formerly the elected Mesa County clerk, is a vocal Trump supporter and outspoken promoter of false election conspiracy theories. She was indicted for official misconduct a[...]
Attacking the messenger
The postal carrier was only delivering the mail. So why did Russell Frank Valleau (photo, left), 61, of Farmington Hills, Michigan, chase her with a knife? Because his mail that day included a Kamala Harris flyer. After yelling “derogatory, racist and sexual remarks,” he lunged toward h[...]
Why political lies matter
You can’t solve our country’s problems if you don’t have rational policies. Here are two CNN headlines and stories posted on Friday, September 27, 2024 (here), as the 2024 campaign enters a climactic phase: Trump campaign highlights stories of those killed by undocumented immigrant[...]
September 24th, 2024 - 5:39 pm § in Law and Courts
Does anyone actually get more time for using a gun in a crime?
Dylan Scott Jennings, 37, of Bellevue, Washington, just did (read story here). Jennings, enraged by his estranged wife seeing another man, walked into the bar where she worked and shot her dead on July 5, 2021. There were aggravating factors: He showed no remorse, and used a stolen gun. Washington h[...]
September 21st, 2024 - 11:54 am § in Law and Courts
Why do people shoot at cops?
For many reasons, so there’s no single answer. In today’s case study, the shooter was drunk, and acted spontaneously. It started when a neighbor of Joel Berck Young (photo, left), 63, of Maple Falls, Washington, burned trash and the smoke went into Young’s home. Enraged, Young conf[...]
September 20th, 2024 - 7:53 pm § in Donald Trump, Law and Courts
“If somebody breaks into my house, they’re getting shot!”
That’s what Kamala Harris said in her Oprah interview, but she later walked it back, calling it a joke. But it’s no joke. Harris lives at Number One Observatory Circle (details here, photo below), the vice president’s official residence, and if somebody breaks in, they’ll get[...]
September 11th, 2024 - 2:56 pm § in Law and Courts, Schools & Colleges
Ma’am, your son is a monster
The parents of Georgia school shooter Colt Gray, who killed 4 people and wounded 7 others, aren’t pillars of the community; but at least his mother, Marcee Gray, tried to warn the school about her son, and now she’s apologizing for what he did. “To the parents and families of those aff[...]
September 7th, 2024 - 1:04 am § in Law and Courts
When the law is too lenient
It isn’t the judge’s fault; he has to operate within the sentencing guidelines enacted by the legislature. Adam Abelson (photo, left), 32, has had a rough life. He watched both his parents die from drug overdoses, according to his lawyer. But plenty of people suffer family tragedies, wit[...]
September 5th, 2024 - 6:24 pm § in Law and Courts
Are these America’s worst parents?
Every time a kid shoots up a school, people ask, “where did he get the weapon?” Georgia school shooter Colt Gray’s father gave him the AR-15 “as a holiday present” after police interviewed the boy about online threats to shoot up a school. This level of parental indiffe[...]