Category: Crime

MacArthur Park is Melting in the Dark

A California man who claimed to work for a taxpayer-funded nonprofit that, according to court documents, distributed needles to drug users in Los Angeles’ notorious MacArthur Park was busted for allegedly attempting to sell fentanyl, authorities said. [More]

Hey, if Big Weasel can do it…

What do the long-known conditions of this tax-funded park say about Democrat government?

[Via Steve T]

This is My Shocked Face

A 17-year-old suspect arrested in connection with a weekend shooting rampage across Austin that left four people injured is now facing an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainer. Cristian Fajardo Mondragon appeared in court Tuesday where prosecutors revealed he is not a U.S. citizen and has an active ICE hold. He was also on probation through the juvenile justice system at the time of his arrest and has a juvenile detainer. [More]

Aiding and abetting cultural destroyers is what the billionaire-funded “No Kings” useful idiots are all about.

[Via Michael G]

The Elephants in the Room

Shocking New Fraud Reports From Ohio May Amount to $1 Billion [More]

Really makes me wanna go out there and pay “my fair share” in taxes…

Ohio Republicans who run the state have been pretty much worthless on a lot of stuff, with Kasich and Dewine being representative of what rises to the top, and Casey Putsch being representative of what they won’t let anywhere near the corridors of power.

[Via Geordan]

All the Wrong Reasons

Cambridge City Council votes to end use of ShotSpotter technology [More]

Even if it wasn’t a documented boondoggle and if it did prevent violence they’d be against it because it “leads to the over-policing of communities of color” and  “ShotSpotter devices could be used by the federal government to perpetuate an immigration enforcement agenda that is deeply unpopular in Cambridge.”

Massholes get the “gun violence” they vote for.

[Via Michael G]

Lest Ye Be Judged

A Massachusetts judge openly confessed in court that she knew she was rolling the dice by giving a light sentence to a career criminal with a 20-year rap sheet packed with violence, guns, and assault convictions. She did it anyway. Now Tyler Brown is back in custody after opening fire with 50 to 60 rounds on a busy Cambridge roadway, critically injuring two innocent drivers. [More]

So… what do you think’s gonna happen to her?

[Via bondmen]

Above the Law

In short, prosecutors often decide who will go to prison for a long period of time, regardless of the will of the voters. It gets even a little stranger. Though many states initially stripped judges of any discretion under habitual offender laws, the courts pushed back. For example, a case in California (People v. Romero) ended up with the California Supreme Court declaring that trial courts have discretion to dismiss or strike prior strike allegations in Three Strikes cases, either on the court’s own motion or on motion of the prosecutor (even over the prosecutor’s objection). Stated more bluntly, trial judges can creatively thumb their noses at three-strike law requirements. [More]

What could go wrong?

There’s only one law that should matter with violent habitual offenders.

Política Como de Costumbre

Mexican senator accuses Sheinbaum of shielding ‘narco-politicians’ after US cartel indictment – 10 current, former Mexican officials were indicted for allegedly partnering with the Sinaloa cartel [More]

Corruption and/or cowed acquiescence at the highest levels surprises who…?

Well, who’s pleasure do they serve at?

F_ these foreign and domestic enemies.

No Honor Among Thieves

Minnesota nonprofit accused of siphoning $6.5M to fund Vegas trips, luxury cars, private liquor store… Trahern Pollard, founder and now-former director of the nonprofit We Push For Peace, was supposed to be leading his organization in providing “conflict de-escalation’’ work… [More]

S0, he basically just applied the money to a different scam than the approved one…?

The spirit of Big Weasel lives on…

[Via Steve T]

‘A Little Temporary Safety’

Boston gang members, associates facing slew of firearm, drug trafficking charges… “I think it goes without saying that today’s arrests and seizures have made our communities safer.” [More]

If what they did was bad enough to determine they cannot be trusted without a custodian, what difference does what firearms they had make?

Beware of laws that can be used against you and me.

[Via Edmund M]

We’re the Only Ones Courteous Enough

[W]hen Bradley was asked why he took the laptop, he said he was doing Holland a “favor.” “I kept it for his courtesy, like I said with his phone, key and wallet,” Bradley told investigators. “It’s my mistake. I forgot to give him his stuff back and he tracked it.” [More]

And he only got a one-day suspension…? I think that’s what they call “professional courtesy.”

It’s instructive for what they call “top cops,” isn’t it?

And remember: Back the Blue!

[Via Michael G]

Inside Job

As a store manager, Teeter knew the timing of cash transfers within the business. In each robbery, a masked gunman entered the store, forced an employee into the manager’s office or accessed the manager’s office using a code provided by Teeter or her co-conspirator. The gunman then robbed the employees and fled through a rear exit. Teeter and her co-conspirator took turns pretending to be the victim manager on duty, knowing that the robberies would be captured on internal surveillance. [More]

Sounds like another great reason for first-degree corporate abandonment.

[Via Steve T]

We’re the Only Ones Commissarial Enough

Richard Kelly, the Clinton County Sheriff, and Ashley Kelly, the county’s former jail matron, have pleaded guilty after they were accused of using a company to receive payments from the jail’s commissary fund. [More]

Snouts in the trough…

And talk about a captive audience…

[Via Steve T]