Category: Crime

My Kind of Town

Shootings increased near Chicago’s closed schools that sat empty, study finds [More]

So abandoned yet readily accessible buildings provide shelter for nefarious activities to go basically unchallenged? Who could have foreseen that?

It’s like providing the petri dish and the agar and then acting all surprised when something nasty grows in it.

Funny: As demand for schools went down, Stacy Davis’ compensation has gone up…

Don’t worry, though: The population is growing again!

International migration has helped boost Chicago’s population in the past few years. More immigrants moving into Chicago have helped offset the number of residents leaving Illinois.

Forget it, Jake. It’s Chi-Town.

Do You Come from a Land Down Under?

When we compare these broader estimates, Australia’s rape and sexual assault rate is roughly three times higher than that of the United States. Australia’s assault rate is about twice as high, and its burglary rate is about 2.5 times higher. [More]

The factor in that 52% of U.S. counties where Americans can be armed to the teeth are as peaceable — or more so — than countries where government enforce a monopoly of violence.

[Via Jess]

When Life Gives You Lemons

Giffordsmass

Boy, 14, arrested for armed robbery of kids’ lemonade stand in Southie – Boston police are still searching for a second suspect in connection with the incident. [More]

And naturally, half the money raise in the reopening will be donated to groups demanding even more predator empowerment. That the victims’ parents went along with that tells me all I need to know about them.

[Via Edmund M]

We’re the Only Ones Youth-Oriented Enough

An Ohio police chief was arrested in Pinellas County Thursday after being indicted on 70 counts of sexual misconduct stemming from an investigation involving a minor. [More]

It’s not like this isn’t a thing we’ve been talking about for some time. But in fairness, accusations 15 to 20 years later raise huge red flags for me.

For starters, without physical evidence and credible corroborating actual witnesses of abuse in progress, how do you prove beyond a reasonable doubt?

[Via Sweet Babboo]

Don’t Think of It as ‘Cutting’ in Line, Think of It as Sensitivity Training

6 people hurt in stabbings at Penn Station, authorities say [More]

And, of course, “Under New York Penal Law § 265.01-e, public transportation infrastructure — including train stations, subway stations, rail cars, buses, and bus terminals — is classified as a sensitive location. The state’s official concealed carry FAQ confirms that licensed carry holders generally may not bring a firearm into a sensitive location…”

Knives and stabbings aren’t allowed either, so there’s that.

We’re the Only Ones Unmarried Enough

Brendan Banfield, a former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) law enforcement officer, claimed he shot Joseph Ryan after he came across Ryan attacking his wife on the morning of 24 February 2023. But prosecutors said Brendan Banfield and au pair Juliana Peres Magalhães set Ryan up in a scheme to kill Christine Banfield, a pediatric intensive care nurse. [More]

“Former”?

So a LEOSA beneficiary…?

The jury didn’t factor in that the poor guy is a widower?

Hey, any tips for The Guardian…?

[Via Steve T]

We’re the Only Ones Credited Enough

24-year-old Jeffrey Ziegler is accused of committing the crimes beginning the day after the victim died on February 28, 2024. Between February 29, 2024 and March 12, 2024, numerous unauthorized charges were made on the deceased man’s credit cards totaling $10,362.02. [More]

Jenny has a question for him.

[Via Steve T]

A Shared Goal

A grand jury indicted the founder of a Kansas City non-profit three years after a deadly shooting. The grand jury found probable cause to upgrade charges against Na’im Al-Amin… the founder of SWAGG INC. The nonprofit worked to prevent re-incarceration. [More]

Me too.

Unless they can prove they can be trusted with a gun I don’t want to let ’em out in the first place.

Confession: It took me a couple reads to realize his nonprofit wasn’t working to prevent reincarnation, and I thought he may have been doing a field test.

[Via Steve T]

More to the Story

Ghost gun, other firearms confiscated; 2 people arrested… The arrested individuals were eventually released after the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office declined to press charges. [More]

That would be this guy.

There’s a tale here that needs to be ferreted out and told. So, is the “real reporter” going to follow up on this or move on to the next filler piece?

Someone should ask:

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[Via bondmen]

Meanwhile, Over at the Party of ‘Commonsense Gun Safety Laws’…

Dem congressional candidate charged with terrorist threats after pulling gun on government officials [More]

In the Spirit of Aloha, no doubt.

And as long as we’re there:

Star-Adv: “Stop this investigation before you catch more crooks!”

We don’t want to run out of Democrat officials, do we?

It’s the Kapu Tradition.

Katie Bar the Corridor

Just months after Wilson took office in Seattle, terrified residents in the city’s Aurora Avenue corridor decided to take matters into their own hands to address near-nightly shootings believed to be connected to criminal turf wars, prostitution and illegal trafficking. After weeks of gang-related shootings and high-speed car chases, some residents spent Memorial Day weekend blocking off their own streets using metal planters, dirt, gravel, logs and chunks of concrete. The barricades were set up to block at least three streets leading into the neighborhood. [More]

With that Moms Demand Action endorsement, it’s not like Katie will let them have anything else.

Am I the only one seeing it or does it look genetic with her fanthings?

We’re the Only Ones Entrepreneurial Enough

Outrage as Indiana police chief is accused of stealing confiscated guns and RESELLING them onto the streets of his crime-ridden city [More]

I wonder if he put his “customers” through this:

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Interesting— his dad is a Democrat candidate for sheriff who was wholly onboard with the Harris/Walz citizen disarmament agenda.

[Via WiscoDave]