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A man who admitted to participating in the U.S. Capitol riots is accused of trying to flee the country and commit suicide shortly after the insurrection. As reported by CNBC, Jeffrey Sabol—a 51-year-old geophysicist from Colorado—told authorities he was “in a fit of rage” on the day the of deadly siege when he was allegedly filmed assaulting a Metropolitan Police Department officer. Footage […]
6ix9ine is someone who built his career of baiting and clout chasing. Things almost came full circle for the rapper when a man fabricated a story claiming 6ix9ine robbed him. On Tuesday, a story began to circulate claiming that 6ix9ine is under investigation by Miami police after being involved in a possible armed robbery. Moments later, it […]
Last year, it emerged that disgraced Doncaster producer and MC MistaKay—real name Kieran Cunliffe—had been arrested and charged with a series of disturbing child sex offences. A hearing was held at Lewes Crown Court in last month where Cunliffe admitted to two counts of making indecent images of a child and possession of indecent images, but he has […]
According to a new report by the BBC, drill music is increasingly finding its way into courtrooms around the UK. The report looked at 67 trials that took place across the UK from 2005 onwards, where drill and rap were used in evidence. Most of these cases were in the last two years, and many of them featured […]
A Texas man who participated in the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol took an unsurprisingly terrible approach to try preventing family members from snitching on his participation. According to court documents, Guy Reffitt threatened to shoot his daughter and son if they told the authorities. Reffitt allegedly leveled the threat while arguing with his kids […]
Rudy Giuliani is Donald Trump‘s personal lawyer, but he revealed he won’t be able to be part of the president’s impeachment defense team. On Sunday, Giuliani explained he’s considered a “witness” due to the speech he personally gave leading up to the Capitol siege. “Because I gave an earlier speech [at the January 6 Trump rally], I am a witness […]
Tim Gionet, a far-right media figure known as “Baked Alaska,” has been arrested for his involvement in the U.S. Capitol siege. The Associated Press press reports FBI agents arrested Gionet in Houston on Saturday, just 10 days after a mob of Trump-supporters stormed the Capitol in an attempt to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s victory. A Department of Justice criminal complaint states Gionet has been charged with […]
Dustin Higgs, the last person to be executed under the Trump administration, died Saturday morning at the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Indiana. Higgs was pronounced dead at 1:23 a.m., becoming the 13th federal prisoner put to death under Trump since July and the third execution this week. The 48-year-old father was convicted in […]
A Philadelphia woman has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for manipulating a teenage boy into creating child pornography. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania announced the sentencing Monday, more than a year after 45-year-old Linda Paolini pleaded guilty to manufacturing child pornography and online enticement of a minor. Authorities say […]
Seattle Seahawks employee Aaron Miyasato, 41, has been arrested and charged with possessing and distributing child pornography, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. Miyasato, who worked as a security manager for the NFL team and also ran a photography business, is being held on $50,000 bail. The 41-year-old was arrested on Tuesday after Seattle police SWAT executed a search warrant at […]
