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The co-founder and former president of NXIVM was sentenced to 42 months in prison for her involvement in the alleged sex cult. The United States Department of Justice announced the news Wednesday, about two years after Nancy Salzman pleaded guilty to a racketeering conspiracy charge stemming from the organization. The 66-year-old created NXIVM alongside Keith Raniere, who was sentenced […]
A New Orleans 911 operator is facing arrest after she deliberately disconnected emergency calls without alerting other dispatchers, authorities say. Precious Stephens, 25, was fired from her position and is at large as of Thursday, as she potentially faces a count of malfeasance in office, after she reportedly didn’t obtain necessary information during the calls, The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate reports. […]
Jacob Chansley, aka the “QAnon Shaman,” has reportedly struck a plea deal in his Capitol riot criminal case. According to the Daily Beast, the 33-year-old Arizona resident is expected to plead guilty to his role in the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection. He was previously hit with a six-count indictment that includes obstruction of an official proceeding, violent […]
Seven Black men have been pardoned nearly 70 years after they were executed in 1951 for the alleged rape of a white woman. Virginia Governor Ralph Northam granted the posthumous pardons on Tuesday after meeting with family members of Francis DeSales Grayson, who was 37; Booker T. Millner, 19; Frank Hairston Jr., 19; Howard Lee Hairston, 18; […]
An FBI agent who was investigating sex crimes against children was charged last week with sex crimes against children, according to USA Today. The crimes were allegedly committed in three different states. Deputies said Supervisory Special Agent David Harris was assigned to investigate crimes against children, however, he was accused back in February of exposing himself to […]
The Los Angeles Police Department has released the body cam footage of Jaxson Hayes’ forceful arrest. Shared to the public Friday, the video begins with officers arriving at the Pelicans star’s Woodland Hills at around 3 a.m. on July 28. Hayes is seen walking down his driveway as officers question him about a domestic disturbance report they received shortly […]
One of R. Kelly’s alleged victims says the disgraced singer described himself as a “genius” who could do whatever he wanted—even have sexual relations with underage girls. The allegations came to light in federal court Thursday, during a bombshell testimony from a 39-year-old woman who was identified only as “Stephanie.” The witness recalled an incident in […]
A Long Island dentist has been accused of conducting a multi-year scheme in which he distributed painkillers in exchange for sexual acts. According to the Associated Press, 70-year-old Barry Arnold was arrested Wednesday and charged with 28 counts of distribution of controlled substances. Authorities say the Williston Park resident had written illegal prescriptions of drugs—including oxycodone, Percocet and Xanax—to women […]
CBS Philly reports a string of incidents involving the theft of a three-foot-tall Snoop Dogg bobblehead from stores in the Philadelphia area in recent days. The first bobblehead was swiped from an Acme in West Goshen Township on July 22. The second also happened in Chester County, at a Giant supermarket in Caln Township. The most recent theft occurred […]
A Michigan man will spend years behind bar for his involvement in an alleged plot to kidnap his state’s governor. According to the New York Times, 25-year-old airline mechanic Ty Garbin was sentenced to 75 months in prison Wednesday for his role in the scheme against Democratic lawmaker Gretchen Whitmer. Garbin is the first defendant to be sentenced in the […]
