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Southern California man dies in gun battle with police

Sat, 24 Oct 2020 20:04:09 GMT

FONTANA, Calif. — Police in Fontana shot and killed a man who opened fire at them on the 10 Freeway in the Loma Linda area during an attempted investigative detention, officials said Saturday morning.

The incident occurred around 11:30 p.m. Friday on the eastbound lanes near the Tippecanoe Avenue off-ramp, KTLA reported.

According to the California Highway Patrol, Fontana police found a wanted man in the Colton area and tried to stop him, but he did not yield, prompting a pursuit.

Officials did not provide information about what the person was suspected of doing.

“They traversed onto the 215 freeway at Mount Vernon, with road closure signs that were knocked over by that suspect vehicle,” CHP Officer Ramon Duran said.

SAN BERNARDINO POLICE SHOOTING SPARKS NIGHT OF UNREST

The suspect exited his vehicle on the eastbound 10 Freeway and opened firs on officers, who then returned fired, Duran said.

Video from the scene shows a white sheet over what appeared to be a body on the ground.

None of the officers involved suffered any injuries, authorities said.

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Authorities provided no further information about the shooting or the man who died, including his identity.

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Student teacher gets prison sentence for inundating boys with nude selfies, soliciting sex

Sat, 24 Oct 2020 17:53:01 GMT

VERNON COUNTY, Mo. — A student teacher in Lamar, Missouri has been sentenced to prison after she sent a trio of 13-year-old boys a barrage of selfies comprising of naked pictures of herself, and sought actual sex from one of the youths, the Daily Star reported.

The disgraced former student teacher in southwest Missouri, Emily Edson, 39, sent the nude selfies along with texts asking one of the boys to have sex with her several times, KMBC reported.

She targeted the three teens at Lamar Middle School, from which she was terminated.

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For sending the sexually explicit selfies, the teacher was sentenced to four years in prison by a judge in a Vernon County, Missouri, circuit court.

The Missouri teacher was sentenced to four years each on three counts of sexual misconduct with a child and one count of promoting indecent images of a child for the incidents with the explicit selfies.

Judge David Munton ruled that Edson will serve the terms concurrently, according to KNEWZ.

SAN BERNARDINO POLICE SHOOTING SPARKS NIGHT OF UNREST

Prior to her guilty plea, the Missouri teacher was facing an additional count of sexual enticement of a child for pleading for sex from one of the boys as she bombarded him with explicit selfies, KY3 reported.

The court also dismissed one count of possession of indecent images of a child.

The plea bargain ensured that Edoson’s sentences would be capped at four years each.

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Illinois officer fired after fatal shooting

Sat, 24 Oct 2020 16:51:55 GMT

WAUKEGAN, Ill. — An Illinois police officer who fatally shot a black man during a traffic stop this week has been fired, according to reports.

The unidentified officer was terminated for “multiple policy and procedure violations,” over the Tuesday shooting death of Marcellis Stinnette, 19, in the city of Waukegan, NBC Chicago reported.

Stinnette was a passenger in a car driven by his girlfriend, Tafara Williams, 20, who was wounded in the shooting.

SAN BERNARDINO POLICE SHOOTING SPARKS NIGHT OF UNREST

Authorities say a vehicle occupied by both individuals fled the area after an officer approached the automobile.

Moments later, police said another officer spotted the car near Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue and South Avenue. When that officer got out of his car, police said the vehicle began to reverse.

According to officials, the officer then fired his weapon “in self defense,” striking both Williams and Stinnette.

Marcellis Stinnette (Law enforcement handout)

The officer who opened fire is Hispanic, police said, according to the New York Post.

Williams was hospitalized after having two surgeries for gunshot wounds to the abdomen and arm, her mother said.

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State police, with the assistance of the FBI, are investigating the fatal shooting, the Chicago Tribune reported.

The shooting has led to local protests.

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Ohio deputy dies from injuries in crash

Sat, 24 Oct 2020 16:11:46 GMT

CINCINNATI — An emotional Sheriff Jim Neil made an announcement Friday that no department head ever wants to make.

“I’m sad to report that Deputy Corporal Adam McMillan succumbed to his injuries,” said Neil.

JUST IN: Deputy Corporal Adam McMillan of @hcso_org has passed away from his injuries after a crash with a Metro bus two weeks ago. @Local12 pic.twitter.com/oNmzVlez5l

— Walter Smith-Randolph (@WalterReports) October 23, 2020

McMillan collided with a Metro bus at Eight Mile Road and Beechmont Avenue in the beginning of October, according to WKRC. As a result, he was seriously injured.

McMillan was taken to UC Medical Center where he was in critical condition at the time. The sheriff’s office said that they believed he suffered head trauma in the crash.

The deputy passed away on Friday at 4:53 p.m. and the Hamilton County Sheriff’s office says that he did so peacefully, and surrounded by friends and family.

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Corporal McMillan is the third line-of-duty death for the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office since 1984, WKRC reported.

“Adam McMillan is a hero. He’ll continue to live in others,” said Neil.

McMillan was a 19-year veteran of the sheriff’s office, and has received an outpouring of love on social media.

In honor of the life and service of Cpl. Adam McMillan, all U.S. & Ohio flags shall be flown at half-staff on all public buildings & grounds in Hamilton Co. & at the Ohio Statehouse, Vern Riffe Center, & Rhodes Tower effective immediately until sunset on the day of his interment. https://t.co/e0BhINYv2a

— Governor Mike DeWine (@GovMikeDeWine) October 24, 2020

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Huntington Beach interim chief resigns citing ‘unhealthy level of divisiveness’ within community

Sat, 24 Oct 2020 15:12:32 GMT

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — The newly appointed interim chief of the Huntington Beach Police Department has quickly resigned, citing divisiveness in the community and within the Police Department.

Kelly Rodriguez, the first female captain in department history, was promoted to assistant chief in early 2019. She was to serve as the interim police chief while the city found a replacement for Robert Handy, who announced his retirement this month.

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Instead, she will retire from the department Nov. 13, Los Angeles Times reported.

“After 24 years with the city of Huntington Beach, I have decided that now is the right time to retire,” Rodriguez said in a statement. “I have loved being part of this amazing police department and had been looking forward to serving as the acting chief. However, there is an unhealthy level of divisiveness right now in our community, and I have no desire to be thrust into the middle of the political fights that are currently occurring.”

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San Bernardino police shooting sparks night of unrest

Sat, 24 Oct 2020 13:45:42 GMT

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Dozens of protesters came out Friday night to demonstrate against the officer involved shooting (OIS) of a Black man in Southern California one night earlier.

The protesters in San Bernardino marched down a street, blocking traffic at an intersection near where the man was shot. They shouted slogans such as, “Abolish the police!” and “F*** the police!” according to videos on social media.

SAN BERNARDINO: Earlier BLM protesters called to “abolish the police” in unison in front of the King Tut Liquor store where Mark Matthew Bender was shot and killed by an officer after reaching for a weapon while resisting arrest pic.twitter.com/uprmdz8Fad

— Drew Hernandez (@livesmattershow) October 24, 2020

Cellphone video shot by a bystander captured part of the shooting in which an officer shot and killed a suspect who police say had pulled a gun from his pocket Thursday, Fox 11 reported.

Police identified the man who was shot as Mark Matthew Bender Jr., a 35-year-old San Bernardino resident. They said his lengthy rap sheet includes an arrest for attempted murder.

The department tweeted just before 9 p.m. that the protesters had moved out of the intersection.

Thank you to everyone for you cooperation and support. The protest activity at Baseline and Waterman has cleared.

— San Bernardino PD (@SanBernardinoPD) October 24, 2020

Police released the video of the shooting, which is nine seconds long, on Friday.

Mark Matthew Bender. (San Bernardino Police)

It shows the uniformed officer wrestling Bender to the ground and yelling, “Stop fighting, dude,” Fox reported.

Regarding the last Press Release we just published, here is video of the incident. The images can be graphic, therefore, Viewer Discretion is Advised. Investigation #2020-114893. pic.twitter.com/9VM3oOZNQp

— San Bernardino PD (@SanBernardinoPD) October 23, 2020

So, let’s recap since the narrative is sure to change by anarchists, protesters, and rioters who want law enforcement abolished:

Police received 911 calls on the man possessing a handgun and acting erratically, jumping on top of parked vehicles.
The suspect was non-compliant with the responding officer.
The suspect was in unlawful possession of a handgun and pulled it from his pocket before getting shot.

In all likelihood, the autopsy will reveal drugs in his system since everything he was doing was consistent with someone under the influence.

Regardless, protesters have taken to the streets because another suspect chose his demise at the hands of police.

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Details emerge as two arrested in line-of-duty death of Greenville County Sheriff’s sergeant

Fri, 23 Oct 2020 23:04:16 GMT

GREENVILLE, S.C. — South Carolina police have released new information in the line-of-duty death of a sheriff’s sergeant who was killed during a traffic stop earlier this week, according to reports.

Two people have been arrested in connection with Tuesday’s incident in Greenville that resulted in the death of Greenville County Sheriff’s Sgt. Conley Jumper, the State Law Enforcement Division said Thursday.

Police booked Ray Kelly, 37, on the charges of murder; resisting arrest with a deadly weapon; assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature; weapons possession during a violent crime; and two counts each of drug trafficking and resisting arrest, according to a Thursday press release. They also booked Tornell Laureano, 24, for the charges of drug trafficking and weapons possession during a violent crime.

Jumper, 52, was killed after officers stopped a vehicle on Interstate 85 on Tuesday afternoon, sheriff’s officials said. A struggle occurred after at least one of the occupants fought with officers.

When Jumper arrived on the scene, Kelly was “actively fighting and resisting deputies’ lawful arrest,” according to the affidavit for his arrest. Moreover, he reportedly continued to resist and began “pushing, striking and pulling away” from the deputies, the document states.

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“Kelly was able to get back into the vehicle as he continued to resist arrest by Deputy Jumper and intentionally drove the Nissan into heavy, oncoming highway traffic,” police said. “Kelly continued to drive away while dragging Deputy Jumper in front of oncoming vehicles, which proximately caused a collision resulting in Deputy Jumper’s death.”

The stopped car had collided with an 18-wheeler, authorities said, and a sheriff’s car that was arriving to provide assistance then struck the vehicle that officers had initially stopped.

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Jumper was struck by the 18-wheeler and pinned between the truck and the Nissan that Kelly was driving. He could not be saved.

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Meanwhile, two deputies and two civilians suffered non-fatal injuries, Fox News reported.

According to police, Kelly and Laureano were in possession of a substance believed to be crack cocaine as well as a firearm, police said.

Conley Jumper (Thomas McAfee Funeral Home)

Sheriff Hobart Lewis said Jumper served for more than 20 years and spent much of that time working with police K9s and building narcotics cases. Jumper also was part of Greenville County school district’s enforcement team, according to a statement from Superintendent Dr. Burke Royster.

“I was fortunate to know him and consider him a friend,” said Royster. “He was a man who lit up a room with an infectious smile, a great sense of humor, and a passion for service.”

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Portland officer charged after striking looter with vehicle during chase

Fri, 23 Oct 2020 20:39:01 GMT

PORTLAND, Ore. — A Multnomah County grand jury has indicted a former Portland police officer on official misconduct and other charges and accused him of driving into a man seen running from a Northwest Portland skateboard shop that was vandalized during civil unrest in mid-June.

Officer Scott Groshong faces a nine-count indictment, charging him with three counts of first-degree official misconduct, three counts of second-degree official misconduct, two counts of failure to perform the duties of a driver and one count of third-degree assault, The Oregonian reported.

Groshong, who retired in August after a 27-year career, was working undercover surveillance during the protests and driving an unmarked van.

No one from the Multnomah County District Attorney’s office would discuss the indictment Wednesday afternoon. “I have no information to provide,” said spokesman Brent Weisberg.

But Daryl Turner, president of the Portland Police Association, issued a statement condemning the prosecution and suggesting that politics is playing a role in the case.

The indictment hasn’t been filed in court, but, according to the police union and the manager of the Portland Skate and Snowboard shop, the incident occurred just before midnight on June 15.

Groshong and Portland police Sgt. Chris Kenagy were doing surveillance in the area of Northwest Ninth Avenue and Davis Street and heard glass breaking, according to court records from arrests made that night. Groshong drove up to the skate shop and recorded one man reaching in and taking two skateboards and another snagging a third board before running off, the records indicate.

A short time later, another man walked up to the store, stole a helmet and darted across the street, said shop manager Kevin Nimick.

A video by an area resident caught an unmarked black van racing east on Davis Street up to the alleged helmet thief, who was running across the street near 9th Avenue, and shows the van strike him near the intersection, knocking him off his feet and onto the sidewalk.

The driver’s side door of the black van opened but no one appears to have stepped out of the vehicle, and the man who had been struck ran off, according to the video.

In the video, the alleged thief also appears to drop the stolen helmet and left it behind before he ran away, Nimick said.

The suspect was arrested by other officers some blocks away but the charges have since been dropped, The Oregonian reported.

The man, who wasn’t identified, later accused Groshong of driving into him and then driving off, Turner said.

Groshong contends the allegation is false, according to Turner and Groshong’s lawyer Steven Myers.

Groshong didn’t know he had struck the man who ran across the street, Myers said.

“He ran across the street in front of the van in the middle of the road at night carrying stolen items,” Myers said. “It’s preposterous to come to the conclusion that Groshong knew he hit this individual. The suspect pops up and runs for five to six blocks and is caught six blocks away.”

Retired Portland police Officer Scott Groshong. (Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office records)

The thief ran in front of the vehicle of an independent witness near the scene and didn’t show any sign of injury, Turner said.

“Instead of the suspect facing consequences for looting, this veteran police officer finds himself the target of misplaced criminal charges,” Turner said in his statement. “Incredibly, this suspect now claims the police knowingly hit him with the undercover surveillance van when the officer drove towards him to document his criminal acts. That claim is false, self-serving, and runs completely counter to the independent eyewitness who observed the suspect running away from the scene of his crime.”

Turner said the grand jury didn’t hear from the independent witness when the case was presented by an outside prosecutor from Marion County, according to the news organization.

“There is no justice when politics are injected into the criminal justice system,” he said in his statement. “We ask our community to be patient while the justice process unfolds. Wait for all the facts before passing judgment. We trust in our criminal justice system when the system fairly and objectively applies the rule of law. Once the full picture is revealed, we are confident that justice will prevail and the officer will be exonerated of all charges. We stand by our officer, truth, and justice.”

After seeing the thief fall to the sidewalk, Groshong opened the driver’s door of the van but didn’t get out, his lawyer said.

“He was ready to get out to apprehend him but his sergeant yelled at him to stay in the car because it would blow the cover for him to approach,” as Groshong was working undercover in plainclothes that night, Myers said.

The skateboard shop manager said he wanted charges pursued against all those who broke into the store that night, the second time the shop was hit in about a week, The Oregonian reported.

That night, Groshong and Kenagy had radioed the description and path of travel of the men they witnessed initially smashing out the shop’s windows and taking the skateboards. Other officers arrested two men in their 20s on burglary allegations. One of the men acknowledged that he threw a rock that smashed the shop windows and he and his friend reached in and stole longboards. The burglary and criminal mischief charges were later dismissed. The district attorney’s office said the criminal investigation into the break-in and thefts at the skateboard shop remains open and a final charging decision hasn’t been made.

A Salem police detective investigated the alleged police van strike of the pedestrian after the Police Bureau’s detective division learned of the allegation on June 25, police said. A Marion County prosecutor is expected to handle the case against Groshong in Multnomah County Circuit Court to avoid a potential conflict of interest.

“As policing professionals, we have a responsibility to ourselves, to each other, and to our community to adhere to the oath we swore as public servants. We have to hold each other accountable to the high standards of our profession and the expectations of the community,” said Chris Davis, Portland police deputy chief. “It is important to know our process of police accountability is working and is proceeding as it was intended.”

Kenagy, who was riding with Groshong that night, apparently was trying to film the vandals on a videocamera from a back seat of the van and didn’t know someone had been hit by the van, a source said. Kenagy has not been charged.

Groshong was booked on the nine-count indictment Thursday at 5:07 p.m. He’s scheduled to make his first appearance in court on Dec. 28, according to county records.

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Motorcyclist killed after crashing bike into house, landing in kitchen

Fri, 23 Oct 2020 19:41:16 GMT

SAN ANTONIO – A motorcyclist who lost control of his bike ended up in the kitchen of a San Antonio home on the city’s far Northeast Side.

He died as a result of the crash which occurred around 12 a.m. Friday, KSAT reported.

San Antonio police said the couple inside was startled by the unexpected intrusion. Fortunately, they were not harmed when the biker came crashing through their front door in the 16600 block of Dolente Road.

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After busting through the front door, the rider and his motorcycle went through a closet housing their air conditioning unit and landed in the kitchen of the home, according to the news organization.

Police are still investigating what went wrong.

The home is situated just opposite a street that dead-ends at Dolente Road.

It appears the biker may have missed turning onto Dolente and then ran into the home instead.

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Cold case reopened after skull found on Mount Hood in ’86 is identified as missing ...

Fri, 23 Oct 2020 16:08:01 GMT

MOUNT HOOD, Ore. — A partial human skull discovered decades ago by U.S. Forest Service workers atop Mount Hood, Ore., was matched using DNA analysis to a young woman who disappeared years earlier, authorities said Thursday.

As a result, the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public to assist in the decades-old cold case of Wanda Ann Herr. The young woman was 19 when she vanished in the late 1970s.

In Aug. 2, 1986, two forestry workers found the skull, bone fragments and a human tooth near the town of Government Camp. Eleven days later, an Oregon State Police forensic examiner determined the skull belonged to a woman in her 20s or a small man.

The skull had been in the woods for around 10 years, Fox News reported.

Wanda Ann Herr at age 12. She disappeared at 19 and her skull was discovered 10 years later. (Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office)

The case stalled until 2008, when a state police forensic anthropologist reexamined the skull. DNA analysis at the University of North Texas narrowed the description to a female in her late teens to early 20s, according to the report.

Using that information, a forensic imaging specialist reconstructed the skull with clay, which resulted in a number of tips but no solid leads, authorities said.

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In 2019, the Oregon State Medical Examiner’s Office received a federal grant to conduct forensic genetic genealogy and DNA phenotyping on 100 unidentified skeletal remains. The analysis revealed crucial details about the victim: the skull belonged to a female of Northern European descent with fair skin, hazel/brown eyes, brown hair and some freckles.

“This new info, combined with extensive genealogical research, soon revealed a likely name for the young woman: Wanda Ann Herr, born in 1957,” according to the sheriff’s office.

Consequently, detectives interviewed Herr’s surviving sisters and determined she disappeared after June 1976 when she was 19. She may have been living in a group home in the Portland suburb of Gresham at the time.

“She was raised in a different household than her sisters. Though detectives believe she was a chronic runaway based on interviews, there are no records of Wanda as a runaway or missing person,” the sheriff’s office said. “She had no DMV record, no bank account, and there are no police reports that mention her.”

The partial skull of Wanda Ann Herr. (Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office)

Detectives are working to determine what led to Herr’s disappearance and death, Fox reported. They released a photo of her at age 12, seven years before her disappearance.

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Anyone who knew Herr or has information about her disappearance is asked to contact the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office at (503) 723-4949.

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County leaders call out California governor for out of control violence blamed on COVID releases

Fri, 23 Oct 2020 15:38:06 GMT

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. — Fresno County District Attorney Lisa Smittcamp issued a powerful message to California Democratic governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday at a press conference dealing with the surge in violent crime caused by the release of criminals from prisons, stating, “Stop using COVID-19 to promote your political agenda. The blood of the children being shot by out-of-control gang members in our city is on your hands, and on the hands of every person who does not make public safety a priority.”

The press conference was held the same day San Quentin Officials were considering whether to appeal the state’s decision to release over 1,100 inmates, Daily Wire reported.

“The law enforcement agencies represented behind me are the ones fighting on the front lines to bring peace to our community,” Smittcamp said. “We are in some of the most violent times that we have ever seen … In the midst of this, our last two governors vowed to close state prisons. Governor Newsom announced that he will close the state prison facility on Tracy, California, on September 30, 2021.”

“Why is this relevant to why we are here today?” she asked rhetorically. “It is relevant because we are lacking bed space to house local criminals who are shooting up our cities and killing our children and each other.”

“His solution to COVID protection and prevention is letting them out of prison with no regard for their victims and the communities they will return to terrorize,” Smittcamp charged. “So I just said it: Governor: open up the prisons. Do your job. Manage.”

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“This spring, the state expedited the release of 3,500 inmates because of the coronavirus, and in July it freed 2,345 others early. Thousands more are eligible for release, including at least 6,500 deemed to be at high risk because of medical conditions that make them especially vulnerable to COVID-19,” The Los Angeles Times reported in August.

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According to GVWire, Fresno City Council Member Luiz Chavez said in September that 600 criminals had been released back into the city since April, adding, “We’re in the middle of a crime wave, and that is not a term that I use loosely because that’s how it’s being described here in our city. And we need to really step up and prioritize public safety.” Fresno Council Member Garry Bredefeld echoed, “In our community I believe we’ve had 38 murders to date. We are far surpassing what occurred last year all across our city. I understand there’s been an 80 percent increase in shootings since April, and a 70 percent increase in stabbings. I mean, there is gunfire all over the place and we need to make our citizens safe. We need to continue to give the police the resources to deal with this.”

Smittcamp explained, “The court has slowly started here in Fresno to exempt certain crimes from zero-dollar bail. What we just did last week was not only add to the list, which had already been amended earlier, a few weeks earlier, about six weeks earlier, we added further zero-dollar bail exemptions, meaning exempted crimes that were not set from zero-dollar bail, but we also were able to request, and that request was granted by the court, to increase the bail amounts for gang and gun crimes.”

Smittcamp, controlling her anger and frustration, continued, “The last four or five women in this community, and the last four or five victims in this community have been killed or shot. Innocent women, innocent people caught in gunfire have been women of color. It is enough. Enough is enough. It’s time for it to stop.”

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Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims joined Smittcamp in calling out the governor.

“Pointing the finger at the state is the absolute right thing to do because nearly 20% of our jail population is comprised of state inmates that are sentenced that are ready to go on to state prison,” Mims asserted. “However, the reception centers are closed. They’re actually timing out in local custody and being released and never moving on to state prison because they’ve been there so long.”

U.S. Attorney McGregor Scott and Fresno Police Chief Andy Hallalso joined the press conference, KMJ reported. Scott warned individuals involved in crime, “We’re not going away. We are not going away.”

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Football player’s angry father stabs two student-athletes protecting their coach

Fri, 23 Oct 2020 14:16:45 GMT

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. — Two teenage athletes were stabbed, and a coach was attacked during a high school football practice, according to Chesterfield Police.

Police confirmed that the two football standouts were protecting their coach when they were ambushed with a knife. The county’s police chief, Jeffrey Katz, called the teens “heroes.”

A disgruntled father, whose son plays on the team, is accused of carrying out the violent act that started with a fight on the football field, WRIC reported.

Players and coaches at Life Christian Academy — a school with a well known, nationally ranked football program — were shaken when things took a violent turn on Tuesday evening. As a result, Chesterfield County Police officers swarmed the private school’s football practice at Carver Middle School.

Officers say a player on the team was reprimanded by a coach and dismissed from football practice. According to WRIC, the player returned to the field with his father and things quickly escalated. Chesterfield Police say the 17-year-old started physically assaulting his coach. Two other players, a 17 and 18 year old, jumped into action to protect their coach.

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The player’s father, Turon Savoy, 46, pulled out a knife and stabbed the teens in the chest and face multiple times and ran from the scene, according to police.

Officers were able to locate Savoy and arrest him.

“We ask for your prayers, ” said Michael Cherry, Head of School at Life Christian Academy. “We appreciate the concerns that have been expressed in the community and we thank the Chesterfield County Police Department.”

Although the team has a game this weekend, practice was canceled on Wednesday as teammates are emotionally hurting, according to Cherry.

“We ask that you continue to give us the privacy that we need to heal as a community and that our students can properly get done with our healing process,” Cherry said. “Thank you and God Bless.”

Life Christian Academy notified all parents of Tuesday night’s incident.

Katz described the incident in an online post stating in part, “I received a call I dread” and thanked the players as well as the community.

“I’d like to take this opportunity to publicly THANK those two heroic players for doing the right thing. To THANK the coach for committing to the development of our community’s youth at personal risk, and to THANK the men and women of the Chesterfield County Police Department who continue to choose entry into the arena – sometimes to the jeers of jackals – in order to make a positive difference in our community and serve complete strangers in their time of greatest need. I consider it the honor of a lifetime to stand beside them and to advocate for their spirit of selfless service. Let’s never forget the importance of simply being kind to one another.”

JEFFREY KATZ- CHESTERFIELD POLICE CHIEF

Both victims were released from the hospital and are expected to make a full recovery.

Savoy is facing felony malicious wounding charges and has a court date set for January 6, 2021.

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Why I Left Law Enforcement

Fri, 23 Oct 2020 01:22:30 GMT

I threw in the towel. It’s over.

After almost 24 years working my dream job and following in my fathers footsteps, I hung up the gear for the final time on October 9th. While there are too many reasons to count, the most prominent are the most obvious.

I came to the decision that you don’t deserve me.

I took an oath to protect all. But it’s now clear that some don’t deserve my sacrifice.

Those of you that called for my death while not even knowing me, don’t deserve my sacrifice.

AMERICA WE ARE LEAVING

Those that would place a middle finger and inch from my face and scream at the top of their lungs that you’ll follow me home and rape my non-existent wife and kill my children don’t deserve my sacrifice. And after being told that, I couldn’t even tell that pasty white red-haired fascist that his only chance of hooking up was via rape. Because as cops, the first amendment does not apply.

And after all of that, myself and my fellow officers got to hear the Mayor tell the world how “peaceful” the “rally” went.

I threw in the towel because Lebron James doesn’t deserve me. His wife and kids don’t deserve me. He has spewed his unintelligent and hateful bullshit long enough. He loves to tell as many as he can how the law enforcement profession, that he has hired for protection and been around his entire life living like a king, are simply “hunted down” and murdering blacks as soon as they leave their houses.

Actually, he’s right.

Although they’re not being hunted by police. Check the facts and the homicide data. But be warned…it requires reading. But so much of this is actually funny. I don’t see any fear in the eyes of those who threaten my life and the lives of my family. I don’t see fear in those who resist arrest. In fact, resisting arrest is the exact opposite of fear.

WHO WILL FIGHT FOR US?

Hey Bronny, have you ever once uttered the words “stop resisting arrest”?? Has Beyonce? Has Don Lemon? Has Anderson Cooper? Has Joe Biden? Has Kamala Harris? Has Talcum X aka Mr. Dolezal aka Shaun King?

After all, this is about saving lives right? If it was, how come these high paid celebrities, living in their mansions never discuss the one common denominator with anyone that gets shot by the police? Or would mentioning it piss off the voting base? If you have no interest in actually saving lives, shut up and dribble (nod to Laura).

I threw in the towel because as of this day, 211 white American (Washington Post Police Shooting Database) have been killed by the police since Breonna Taylor was killed standing next to er boyfriend firing a gun at cops.

Can you name one?

Why is that?

Your local police chief knows the truth. Your local mayor knows the truth. Your governor knows the truth. And most of all, the media knows the truth. While they all know the truth, they have all conspired to keep that truth buried.

Move along…nothing to see here. If all 211 were put on blast in the media 24/7, would the public realize that there is absolutely no epidemic involving police deadly use of force against African Americans? Maybe the public would actually view each incident as tragic no matter how justified, understanding that no race is immune or unfairly targeted?

That won’t happen though.

Because being a “victim” is big business. How many hundreds of millions poured into the Black Lives Matter organization’s bank accounts after George Floyd? Victim status is worth a helluva lot more than dollars in political capital.

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It generates outrage. Outrage becomes votes. Kamala Harris doesn’t want change. Progress (truth) is bad for business. Can you name one redeeming quality or real significant change any of these mouth pieces have provided to the world? Oh sure, we’ve heard the same crap for decades. If all of their supposed “reform” was actually about reform then why has nothing changed? Chicago, Minneapolis, Portland, Seattle, Los Angeles and all of the other “progressive” cities you would never visit have instituted some of the most stringent and restrictive police reforms in the country but yet we keep hearing about all of the racism.

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If racism was to vanish, none of these idiots would have a purpose. There can be no progress in a system where there is too much to lo$e.

I threw in the towel because of my local hospital. The final nail in the coffin for me was being sent to the hospital to interview a shooting victim. I was already in the middle of working two separate homicides, both persons of color that the talking heads never talk about. After all, they weren’t killed after violently attacking a cop.

Now I’m told to go find another victim that doesn’t want to be found. Of course he was uncooperative when we found him. The patient gave a false name to the hospital and as my partner and I waited in a corner, at a COVID safe distance from others, my attention was drawn to a large framed picture on the wall to my direct right. This picture had several smaller photos contained within.

Maybe a hundred.

Every person depicted I assumed were doctors or nurses as they all wore scrubs. Each was holding a different sign above their heads. Some said “Black Lives Matter”. Some said “I can’t breathe”. Some said “say her name”.

In the center of the collage, there was a photo of a white female in scrubs. Her sign read “STOP KILLING OUR PATIENTS”.

I quit the job right then and there.

In my heart at least.

The following morning I called City Hall and requested my pension numbers. Why would that sign do it for me? On average, police use of deadly force around a thousand times a year. A figure which happens to be the lowest average recorded in history. The medical field kills on average 250,000 people per year. Some of it accidental and some of it incompetence and some of it criminal. Both law enforcement and doctors swore an oath to save lives.

But some of us do it better than others. That is obvious in the numbers…..1,000 vs. 250,000.

We call those unfortunate deaths in a hospital “medical mistakes.” If you are a cop, you are called a “murderer.”

At the current odds, I’d rather have open heart surgery performed by a cop. Imagine if the world was concerned about every black death caused by medical malpractice? Now that’s a story. These patients aren’t actively fighting. They’re knocked out.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS BLACK LIFE

Every member in every field should know their faults. “STOP KILLING OUR PATIENTS!!!” Seriously? I wouldn’t presume to know your title, doctor or nurse. So I’ll address you simply as A-hole….you don’t deserve me. You don’t deserve my sacrifice. You don’t deserve my life.

And now you’ve lost a good one. Among the thousands of great ones that have left. You’ll be left with no sane person wanting the job.

Now it’s time to go be a father to my son. And watch the world burn. Until election day.

Stay safe. Stay Vigilante.

Jason Simoneau is a 24 year veteran serving as a patrol officer and homicide detective. He is the author of The Job: Sins of the Father

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Super Bowl champ, NFL All-Pro given 15 years to life in prison for raping mentally delayed woman

Thu, 22 Oct 2020 22:17:55 GMT

SANTA CLARA COUNTY, Calif. — Dana Stubblefield, a one-time Super Bowl champion and NFL All-Pro selection, was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison for raping a mentally delayed woman while using a gun in Northern California in 2015.

The sentence was handed down to Stubblefield on Thursday, TMZ Sports reported.

Stubblefied, 49, was convicted in July of rape by force, oral copulation by force and false imprisonment.

The woman, who was then 31, traveled to Stubblefield’s home on April 9, 2015, to interview for a job babysitting his children. Investigators say she left after 20 minutes, but she returned when Stubblefield texted her that he wanted to pay for her time, KADN reported.

After raping her, investigators said, Stubblefield gave her $80 and let her go. Immediately following the crime, the victim went to the Morgan Hill Police Department and reported the rape, prosecutors said.

ESTRANGED WIFE OF HOUSTON COP KILLER PRAISES POLICE

His attorneys had denied the woman suffered from any disability that prevented her from agreeing to consensual sex.

Allen Sawyer, Stubblefield’s attorney, told TMZ Sports, his client planned to appeal the decision.

“We’re very confident that if the jury had the correct information, they would have (come) to a different conclusion,” Sawyer said. “I’ve never had a case that so much evidence has been excluded. We wanted the truth to come out and we’re going to keep fighting.”

Sawyer said Stubblefield “knows he’s innocent and he’s confident the system is going to get it right and he’s gonna be patient.”

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The former defensive lineman played 11 seasons for the San Francisco 49ers, Washington Redskins and Oakland Raiders. In 1993 he was named the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year with 10.5 sacks, and in 1997 he was named NFL Defensive Player of the Year by The Associated Press after he recorded 15 sacks.

Stubblefield was drafted 26th overall in the first round, and he played in the Pro Bowl in 1994 and in 1995. His final season was with the Raiders in 2003.

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Judge upholds murder, manslaughter charges against Derek Chauvin

Thu, 22 Oct 2020 21:08:01 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS — A judge upheld the second-degree murder and manslaughter charges Thursday against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in connection to the death of George Floyd in May, according to reports.

Hennepin County Judge Peter A. Cahill granted part of the defense’s motion and dropped the third-degree murder charge against Chauvin.

Cahill also denied motions to dismiss the charges against the other three officers present during the custodial death of Floyd.

Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng, and Thomas Lane remain charged with aiding and abetting related to the incident that sparked nationwide protests and riots.

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Eric Nelson, the defense attorney representing Chauvin, declined to comment to Fox News.

Prosecutors argued there was probable cause for the officers to go to trial on all of the charges, saying Chauvin intentionally assaulted Floyd, which is an element of the second-degree murder charge, and that the other officers assisted. Defense attorneys had argued that there was not enough probable cause to charge the former officers.

From left to right, Derek Chauvin, J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao. (Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office)

Chauvin’s attorney argued his client had no intent to assault or kill Floyd, while attorneys for the other officers argued that their clients did not intend or conspire to help Chauvin, Fox reported.

CASE AGAINST MINNEAPOLIS OFFICERS APPEARS TO BE UNRAVELING BEFORE IT GETS TO TRIAL SINCE FACTS MATTER

Chauvin was released from jail on Oct. 7 on a $1 million bond. The other three had previously posted bail amounts of $750,000 and have been freed pending trial. Currently, all four men are scheduled to face trial together in March, but the judge is weighing a request to have them tried separately.

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Estranged wife of Houston cop killer praises police

Thu, 22 Oct 2020 20:12:43 GMT

HOUSTON — The Houston police sergeant killed in a shooting on Tuesday has been praised by the estranged wife of the man accused of murdering him for protecting her and her son after he responded to a domestic violence call, according to a report.

Houston police Sgt. Harold Preston, 65, was shot multiple times at an apartment complex, and 51-year-old Elmer Manzano, who authorities have confirmed is an illegal immigrant, was arrested. Preston was a 41-year veteran of the police department.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS BLACK LIFE?

“I pray that he rests in heaven, because if it were not for him, I know I would have been killed,” the estranged wife, who was unnamed, said in a statement obtained by KHOU-TV. “He saved my life. He is a hero. He died protecting me and my family.”

Harold Preston, left, was shot multiple times and killed. Courtney Waller was shot in an arm and is expected to recover. (Houston Police Department)

Preston and Officer Courtney Waller responded to a domestic violence call at an apartment complex after the estranged wife of Manzano said she was moving out and wanted to get some things from inside, Law Officer reported.

“I pray that he rests in heaven, because if it were not for him, I know I would have been killed. … He saved my life. He is a hero. He died protecting me and my family.”

– Unnamed estranged wife of Elmer Manzano

The officers spoke with the woman and her 14-year-old son in a parking lot for about an hour before the boy unlocked the apartment door and alerted officers that his father had a gun.

Suspect Elmer Rolando Manzano-Martinez, 51, is an illegal immigrant from El Salvador, authorities say. He is charged with capital murder in the death of Houston police Sgt. Harold Preston. (Texas Department of Public Safety)

Manzano then opened fire, according to accounts of the crime, striking the officers and his son, Fox reported. Waller and the boy are expected to recover.

Manzano surrendered to authorities after briefly barricading himself inside the apartment. He was shot in the abdomen and taken to a hospital where he is expected to recover.

As a result, Manzano faces capital murder and attempted capital murder charges in the death Preston and the shooting of Waller, respectively. He also is charged with aggravated assault.

Consequently, Manzano could face the death penalty, according to prosecutors.

SUSPECT IN COUNTRY ILLEGALLY ACCUSED OF KILLING HOUSTON SERGEANT, WOUNDING OFFICER

The estranged wife also offered condolences to Preston’s family and urged victims of domestic violence to not be intimidated by their abusers and call police for help, KHOU-TV reported.

“To women who are experiencing domestic violence, don’t let the abuser intimidate you. Call the police and seek help,” she said. “My kids were in danger, so I called for help. And I want to thank everyone for their prayers as our family begins to recuperate and begins to heal. I want to say thank you for the outpouring of support for my son and I.”

Continuing, “I also want to thank the officers of the Houston Police Department, especially the officers who came to help me,” she said. “To the family of Sgt. Preston, I want to offer my sincerest condolences. He helped me a lot. He was very kind.”

If you would like to get a card to the family of @houstonpolice Sgt. Harold Preston or to Officer Courtney Waller, you can leave it on this HPD unit outside the SW patrol station or you can drop off at @HPOUTX where officers will personally deliver your note. #khou11 pic.twitter.com/tJqmixTU0V

— Melissa Correa (@KHOUmelissa) October 21, 2020

Sgt. DeAndre’ Hutchinson, the President of the African American Police Officers League, is helping comfort Preston’s family.

“Definitely a giant of a human being. A trailblazer,” Hutchinson said of the veteran officer who joined HPD in 1979. “He saw it all. He saw when African-Americans weren’t even allowed to promote at the police department.”

Preston leaves behind a 23-year old daughter, his fiancé and his elderly parents.

“I love this family. They are resilient,” Hutchinson said. “Their faith is going to get them through this.”

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Young Texas Patriot Honoring Veterans Through ‘Wreaths Across America’

Thu, 22 Oct 2020 19:05:00 GMT

CEDAR PARK, Texas — A young Texas patriot ambitiously seeks to honor the memory of fallen veterans through the fantastic organization, Wreaths Across America.

Remmer Machamer, 9, lives in Cedar Park, Texas where he raises money for the charitable organization, year after year.

“Wreaths Across America is an organization that loves our military just as much as I do,” Machamer said. “Their mission is to remember our fallen veterans, honor those who serve, and teach children—like me—the value of freedom. One way they do this is by coordinating wreath laying ceremonies at more than 1,600 cemeteries throughout the U.S., at sea, and abroad. One of these cemeteries is the Texas State Cemetery in Austin, Texas.”

Wreaths Across America honors fallen veterans. (Machamer family)

Machamer told Law Officer about events that motivated his ambition.

“When I was 7, I attended a DAR meeting with my mother and grandmother and learned about Wreaths Across America. I also learned that there had not been enough donations the year before, and 300 graves did not get wreaths. That really bothered me because all of our soldiers deserve to be remembered. First, I suggested my mom could buy all of the wreaths that were needed. When she explained how much that would cost, I wanted everyone to know what had happened so that they could all help out and make sure it never happened again. So, we went home and wrote a speech, and I started going door-to-door asking for donations. My neighbors helped me raise over $2,000 my first year, but more importantly every soldier was remembered with a wreath that year. Last year I raised over $4,000 for wreaths at the Texas State Cemetery. People keep on saying that I did something special, but I don’t look at it that way. What our military does for all of us is the big deal. What I have done for them is nothing in comparison.”

Remmer Machamer, 9, ambitiously raises money for Wreaths Across America. (Machamer family)

When Machamer spoke to Law Officer, his enthusiasm became contagious as he articulated the difficulty of raising money for wreaths during the coronavirus pandemic.

“This year my goal is to raise even more money because there are still other soldiers in other cemeteries who are not yet being remembered. But COVID has made it hard for me to go door-to-door to raise money for Wreaths Across America, and this makes me sad. No soldier should ever be forgotten, so we all need to work together to honor every single one. By sponsoring a wreath(s), volunteering, or attending a ceremony, we can all do our part to remember and honor our military and the price they have willingly paid for our freedom.”

You can donate to Wreaths Across America on Machamer’s Wreaths Across America web page here.

Finally, a grateful young man would like to leave readers with a challenge.

“I hope you will share this information with others so that we can show that we remember and honor our soldiers! Thank you!”

Go to Wreaths Across America to help Machamer ensure every veteran whose been laid to rest will be honored and remembered.

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Oklahoma men accused of cannibalism perform castration on willing participant, police say

Thu, 22 Oct 2020 17:39:48 GMT

POTEAU, Okla. — Two men—at least one of them claiming to be a cannibal—are accused of performing an illegal gender reassignment surgery on a victim in a secluded Oklahoma cabin last week, a report said.

Bob Lee Allen, 53, and Thomas Gates, 42, were charged last Thursday with the alleged castration of a willing participant. The 28-year-old man seeking a gender change traveled from Virginia for the procedure, The Oklahoman reported, citing authorities.

The victim told police that after the two-hour surgery, which occurred last Monday, Allen laughed that he was a cannibal and said he was going to eat the man’s testicles, according to a court affidavit obtained by the news organization.

“It is something that we have never in my career run across in this part of the country,” Le Flore County Sheriff Rodney Derryberry said Tuesday.

Bob Lee Allen was charged with performing unlicensed surgery, conspiracy to commit unlicensed surgery and maiming and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. (LeFlore County Sheriff Office)

“We know there’s a lot of rumors out there but at this time there’s no danger to the public,” the sheriff said.

The victim told authorities he met Gates and Allen via the Internet. The two claimed to have 15 years of experience performing gender reassignment surgeries, according to the victim.

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Allen also said he had six other clients lined up and that he kept body parts in his freezer, the victim told authorities.

A day after the castration, Allen took the victim to the hospital because the man was bleeding, the report said.

Thomas Gates was charged with performing unlicensed surgery, conspiracy to commit unlicensed surgery and maiming and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. (LeFlore County Sheriff Office)

On the way to seek medical help, Allen threatened to dump the injured man into the woods if he passed out, the victim told law enforcement authorities.

Once at the hospital, the victim told doctors the men “tried to get him to participate in cannibalism,” the affidavit said.

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Once at the hospital, medical staff notified police of the bizarre encounter. As a result, follow-up investigation led detectives to search the cabin last Wednesday. In a freezer they found “what appeared to be testicles,” Fox reported.

The suspects were charged with performing unlicensed surgery, conspiracy to commit unlicensed surgery and maiming and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.

Bail for each of the men was set at $295,000, The Oklahoman reported.

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Miami Attorney arrested for series of bank robberies

Thu, 22 Oct 2020 16:54:04 GMT

MIAMI — A Florida lawyer was arrested in connection with a series of bank robberies and attempted bank robberies in the Miami area over the past several weeks, federal authorities said Wednesday.

Miami lawyer Aaron Patrick Honaker, 41, was charged with robbing a bank in Coral Gables on Oct. 3 and another in Aventura on Oct. 10 for a total of $1,850, the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of Florida said in a press statement.

He allegedly attempted four other bank robberies in Coral Gables around the same time, but was unsuccessful.

Aaron Patrick Honaker was arrested on Oct. 20 after police spotted a man matching his description appearing to case another bank in Coral Gables, authorities said. (FBI)

Honaker used the same approach at all six banks, a criminal complaint said. He would enter each bank alone and ask the teller for help making a withdrawal. He would then pass a hand-written note to the teller with instructions, such as “[d]on’t touch the alarm or call the police,” “empty all of your $50s and $100s and put it in an envelope,” and “[k]eep calm, and give me all the money in the drawer, I have a gun.”

FBI TOOK POSSESSION OF PUPORTED HUNTER BIDEN LAPTOP IN 2019

Police spotted a man appearing to case the area near a Coral Gables bank on Oct. 20 and identified him as Honaker, the complaint said. During his arrest, officials said Honaker had a ball-point hammer in his waistband and carried what appeared to be several bank robbery demand notes, CBS Miami reported.

Aaron Patrick Honaker was admitted to the Florida Bar in January 2008. (The Florida Bar)

Honaker was admitted to practice law in the state in January 2008, according to his Florida Bar profile.

Both the Florida Bar and a LinkedIn profile pages have Honaker listed as graduating from Duke University School of Law in 2006, however a spokesman for the university told WPLG-TV there is no record of him as a student there.

Honaker earned his law degree from Wake Forest University in December 2005, the school’s registrar office told the station.

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Colleagues at boutique law firms in Coral Gables told the station that Honaker was a “highly intelligent” and “brilliant” attorney. A former colleague said they couldn’t explain what had happened to Honaker.

Aaron Patrick Honaker (Miami-Dade Corrections)

Honaker was previously arrested for petty larceny, forgery and battery, CBS Miami reported, citing police records.

Honaker had his first appearance in federal magistrate court in Miami on Wednesday, Fox reported. A pretrial detention hearing was scheduled for Friday.

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FBI took possession of purported Hunter Biden laptop in 2019

Thu, 22 Oct 2020 13:37:21 GMT

The FBI’s subpoena of a laptop and hard drive purportedly belonging to Hunter Biden came in connection with a money laundering investigation in late 2019, according to documents obtained by Fox News and verified by multiple federal law enforcement officials who reviewed them.

It is unclear, at this point, whether the investigation is ongoing or if it was directly related to Hunter Biden.

Multiple federal law enforcement officials, as well as two separate government officials, confirmed the authenticity of these documents, which were signed by FBI Special Agent Joshua Wilson. Wilson did not immediately respond to Fox News’ request for comment.

One of the documents, obtained by Fox News, was designated as an FBI “Receipt for Property” form, which details the bureau’s interactions with John Paul Mac Isaac, the owner of “The Mac Shop” who reported the laptop’s contents to authorities.

The document has a “Case ID” section, which is filled in with a hand-written number: 272D-BA-3065729.

According to multiple officials, and the FBI’s website, “272” is the bureau’s classification for money laundering, while “272D” refers to “Money Laundering, Unknown SUA [Specified Unlawful Activity]—White Collar Crime Program,” according to FBI documents. One government official described “272D” as “transnational or blanket.”

“BA” indicates the case was opened in the FBI’s Baltimore field office, sources said.

The documents state that the subpoena was carried out in Wilmington, Del., which falls under the jurisdiction of the FBI’s Baltimore Field Office.

“The FBI cannot open a case without predication, so they believed there was predication for criminal activity,” a government official told Fox News. “This means there was sufficient evidence to believe that there was criminal conduct.”

Another document, obtained by Fox News, was a subpoena sent to Isaac to testify before U.S. District Court in Delaware on Dec. 9, 2019. One page of the subpoena shows what appears to be serial numbers for a laptop and hard drive taken into possession.

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Based on the date of the subpoena, an official told Fox News that the case would have been opened prior to Isaac’s subpoena.

“If a criminal case was opened and subpoenas were issued, that means there is a high likelihood that both the laptop and hard drive contain fruits of criminal activity,” the official said.

Fox News first reported on Tuesday evening that the FBI is in possession of the laptop in question.

The FBI has declined to confirm or deny the existence of an investigation into the laptop or the emails, as is standard practice.

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