Man Convicted of Felony Murder After NYPD Detective’s Death by Friendly Fire

Jagger Freeman, and Detective Brian Simonsen. Jurors convicted Jagger Freeman, 28, of felony murder, robbery, and other charges after NYPD officers opened fire, one of them striking Detective Brian Simonsen, 42. The defendant broke down in tears as police tried to take him out of court on Monday, according to The New York Post. “For murder […]

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California Sheriff’s Office Releases Paul Pelosi’s Mugshot as DA Ponders Charges of Alleged Drunk Driving

Paul Pelosi’s mugshot. A sheriff’s office in California has released a police booking photo of businessman Paul F. Pelosi, Sr., the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif. 12). Mr. Pelosi, 82, was arrested late on the night of May 28, for alleged DUI in Napa County, California, according to online records that were available […]

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U.S. Capitol Police: Visit by 15 Constituents of GOP Congressman the Day Before Jan. 6 Was Not ‘Suspicious’

Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) speaks during the Elections Subcommittee field hearing on ‘Voting Rights and Election Administration in Florida’ at the Broward County Governmental Center on May 6, 2019 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. After reviewing closed-circuit TV from the day before the Jan. 6 attack on Congress, U.S. Capitol Police reported finding nothing “suspicious” about […]

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A ‘New Lead’? Cops and Feds Search Former Home of Father and Stepmom as Harmony Montgomery Investigation Continues

The search for a girl missing since late 2019 has led investigators to the apartment house where her father and stepmother previously lived, New Hampshire and federal authorities announced on Tuesday. Harmony Montgomery disappeared in late November or December 2019, when she was 5 years old. The girl was belatedly reported missing in December 2021. […]

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California Parents Sentenced in Death of Newborn Girl Who Sustained ‘Multiple Fractures in Several Areas of Her Body’

Daniel Ramirez and Angela Jimenez-Ramirez, via the Tulare County District Attorney’s Office. A state judge in California on Friday formally sentenced a married couple for killing their 3-month-old daughter in 2014. Daniel Ramirez and Angela Jimenez-Ramirez, both 35, both received prison sentences for their roles in newborn Madelyn Ramirez’s death, prosecutors announced. Earlier this year, […]

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Kansas Man Described as ‘First-Degree Member’ of the Proud Boys Pleads Guilty to Jan. 6 Charge

Ryan Ashlock (via FBI court filing). A Kansas man and member of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor for the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Ryan Ashlock, 23, appeared before U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly on Tuesday and admitted that he had gone where he wasn’t supposed […]

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Virginia Man Charged with Murdering Parents After Dad Found with ‘X’ Carved into His Back: Officials

Jonathan Thomas Moore, via the Mathews County Sheriff’s Office. A 24-year-old Virginia man is currently behind bars for allegedly stabbing his mother and father to death inside their home last week, law enforcement authorities say. Jonathan Thomas Moore was taken into custody on Thursday and charged with two counts each of first-degree murder and using […]

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‘We Are Unpersuaded’: Happy the Elephant Isn’t a ‘Person,’ New York’s Highest Court Rules

Happy the Elephant An elephant confined in the Bronx Zoo for decades is not a “person,” a divided panel of New York’s highest court ruled on Tuesday. “A determination that Happy, an elephant, may invoke habeas corpus to challenge her confinement at the Bronx Zoo—a confinement both authorized and, by all indications, compliant with state […]

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Accused Murderer Takes Stand in Own Defense and Admits to Stabbing Husband, Claims He Was Strangling Her

  A woman on trial for allegedly murdering her husband took the stand in her own defense and admitted to stabbing him. Danielle Redlick, 48, claimed Tuesday that Michael Redlick, 65, was strangling her to the point she could not breathe. She said she was in fear for her life. The defendant also said she suffered physical […]

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Alex Jones Lawyer Says He’s ‘Happy’ to Join ‘Righteous Fight’ Defending Proud Boy Accused of Seditious Conspiracy

Left: attorney Norman Pattis (screengrab via Law&Crime network). Right: Joseph Biggs (via FBI court filing). The attorney best known for representing right-wing radio jockey Alex Jones against families of Sandy Hook victims has a new client—one facing the most serious allegations leveled to date in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Norman Pattis, the […]

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