Alleged Money Launderers for Mexican Cartels Indicted
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdca/pr/alleged-money-launderers-mexican-cartels-indicted
MS-13 Leaders Convicted of Racketeering Offenses and Murder
https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/ms-13-leaders-convicted-racketeering-offenses-and-murder
Married female maths teacher, 35, who had sex with teenage girl in her car after starting relationship when she was just 15 is jailed for eight months after being shopped by her social worker husband
Aimee Jones, 35, has been jailed for eight months at Teesside Crown Court today
She had admitted four counts of sexually touching a girl aged between 13 and 17
Court told Jones was in relationship with female which started when she was 15
A 'meek and mild' maths teacher was jailed today for a sexual affair with a 15-year-old girl behind the back of her social worker husband.
Aimee Jones, 35, first approached the girl when she was 15 years old and, in messages, told her that she had a sexual attraction to her.
This sparked a 15-month relationship that turned sexual when the girl turned 16.
Teesside Crown Court was told the pair had met for sexual trysts in Jones' car and in Hardwick Park, Sedgefield, County Durham.
Prosecutors said they held hands in the park and then touched each other sexually in Jones' car.
Covered by a blanket they stripped to the waist and kissed and touched each other, the court was told.
In order to avoid detection, Jones invented an adult female lover, who she said was a colleague at her school, to throw husband Philip off the scent.
Jones, head of science and maths at her school in Darlington, County Durham, urged colleagues to lie to Philip if asked and back up her story that she was cheating with a fictitious teaching assistant called Sarah Martin.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10208027/Teacher-35-arrives-court-sentenced-sexually-touching-teen-girl.html
Ex-UKIP candidate, 48, who avoided jail after admitting paying £120 to have sex with 'vulnerable' 16-year-old girl in front of her relative KEEPS role as charity trustee
Ken Lowry is a director and trustee at CERT UK and runs homeless support group
The 48-year-old was nominated for Lord Mayor's special recognition for his work
Weeks after nomination he admitted in court to paying a 16-year-old girl for sex
He had met the girl through the website Craigslist after posting advert for sex
He admitted charge of 'paying for sex with a child' and given a community order
Now bosses at CERT UK say Lowry will be able to continue his work with charity
A charity director and failed UKIP candidate who admitted to paying a 16-year-old girl for sex has been allowed to continue in his public role.
Ken Lowry, 48, who is a director and trustee of the national CERT UK charity, and also runs his own company called Homeless Birmingham, admitted to a charge of 'paying for sex with a child' in December last year.
The court appearance came just weeks after the former soldier was nominated for a Lord Mayor's special recognition for helping those living on the streets during the pandemic.
However charity chiefs have revealed they are standing by Lowry, so he can 'continue the amazing good work that he's done in Birmingham'. Bosses at CERT UK say safeguarding measures have been put in place.
It comes as Lowry's victim, now 17, said she was 'vulnerable and mentally unstable' when she agreed to have sex with Lowry for £120.
She say the charity boss had sex with her while her own relative, who 'wanted the money to go to a party', sat and watched.
Lowry was later charged with an offence of 'having sex with a child' - which can carry a maximum five year sentence.
Though the girl was over the legal age of consent at the time, she was under the age of 18 - the legal age for sex work.
Lowry told a court he had met the girl on Craigslist - an online classified adverts website - after posting a request for sexual services and that he 'believed' his victim to be over the age of 18.
In February, Lowry, from Rubery, was sentenced to a two-year community order and 40 days rehabilitation order and was also ordered to serve a month's curfew.
His victim, now 17, has now spoken out because of what she sees as a 'lenient sentence'.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10207343/Ex-UKIP-candidate-48-avoided-jail-having-sex-teenager-KEEPS-role-charity-trustee.html
Existential Threat: There Were 93,331 Drug Overdose Deaths in the US in 2020 and ZERO Deaths from Global Warming in the US in 2020
The CDC announced in July that there were 93,331 overdose deaths in the US in 2020.
Provisional data from CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics indicate that there were an estimated 93,331 drug overdose deaths in the United States during 2020, an increase of 29.4% from the 72,151 deaths predicted in 2019.
The data features an interactive web data visualization. The new data documents that estimated overdose deaths from opioids increased from 50,963 in 2019 to 69,710 in 2020. Overdose deaths from synthetic opioids (primarily fentanyl) and psychostimulants such as methamphetamine also increased in 2020 compared to 2019. Cocaine deaths also increased in 2020, as did deaths from natural and semi-synthetic opioids (such as prescription pain medication).
Also in 2020, for the tenth year in a row, there were no deaths due to global warming. ZERO. Not a single death. And yet this is what the media and Democrats want you to believe is the greatest existential threat facing the country.
We are being led by idiots and liars.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/11/existential-threat-93331-drug-overdose-deaths-us-2020-zero-deaths-global-warming-us-2020/
in front of her relative
WATCH: Homeland Security Boss Claims Ignorance When Asked About ‘Kids in Cages’ at US-Mexico Border
Alejandro Mayorkas 'not familiar' with Democrats' favorite immigration talking point
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday claimed not to be familiar with one of the Democratic Party's favorite immigration talking points regarding children held in "cages" at the U.S. border with Mexico.
"How many children have been in the Biden cages in calendar year 2021?" Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) asked Mayorkas during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.
"Senator, I respectfully disagree with your use of the term ‘cages,'" Mayorkas responded.
Cruz was referencing the "kids in cages" talking point, which Democratic politicians relentlessly repeated during the Trump administration to describe the Obama-era practice of detaining immigrant children in cage-like structures while their parents were processed by the legal system. The practice has continued under President Joe Biden, despite his pledge to end it, as illegal immigration has surged to record levels on his watch.
"Fine, you can disagree with it," Cruz said. "I've been to the Biden cages, I've seen the Biden cages. How many children have you detained at the Donna [Texas] tent facility in the cages you built to hold kids? How many children have been in those cages?"
Mayorkas insisted that he not only disagreed with the term, he also didn't know what it meant. "I, respectfully, am not familiar with the term ‘cages' and to what you are referring," he said.
Perhaps this video will refresh his memory.
https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/kids-in-biden-cages/
School places professor on leave after controversial interview defending 'minor-attracted persons'
The Old Dominion professor wrote a book titled, 'A Long Dark Shadow: Minor-Attracted People and Their Pursuit of Dignity'
Old Dominion University announced it had put a professor on leave following comments attempting to normalize the phrase "minor-attracted persons."
"Old Dominion University has placed Dr. Allyn Walker on administrative leave, effective immediately, from their position as assistant professor of sociology and criminal justice," Amber Kennedy, a spokesperson for the university, said in a statement on Tuesday evening.
"Reactions to Dr. Walker’s research and book have led to concerns for their safety and that of the campus," Kennedy added. "Furthermore, the controversy over Dr. Walker’s research has disrupted the campus and community environment and is interfering with the institution’s mission of teaching and learning."
The university president also released a statement condemning child sexual abuse.
"I want to state in the strongest terms possible that child sexual abuse is morally wrong and has no place in our society," ODU President Brian O. Hemphill said. "This is a challenging time for our University, but I am confident that we will come together and move forward as a Monarch family."
The leave announcement followed an earlier statement in which the university said it does not "promote crimes against children."
"Following recent social media activity and direct outreach to the institution, it is important to share that Old Dominion, as a caring and inclusive community, does not endorse or promote crimes against children or any form of criminal activity," the Virginia university said.
"I want to be clear: child sexual abuse is an inexcusable crime. As an assistant professor of sociology and criminal justice, the goal of my research is to prevent crime. My work is informed by my past experience and advocacy as a social worker counseling victims. I embarked on this research in hopes of gaining understanding of a group that, previously, has not been studied in order to identify ways to protect children," Walker said.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/old-dominion-professor-statement-minor-attracted-persons
Kyle Rittenhouse defense team seeks mistrial, claiming prosecutorial misconduct
KENOSHA, Wis. — As Kyle Rittenhouse’s jury officially began its deliberations Tuesday, a piece of unfinished business still hung over the case.
The defense filed a motion ahead of Monday’s closing arguments asking for a mistrial based on prosecutorial misconduct. The request will be moot if the jury — which began deliberations at 9:15 a.m. local time — acquits Rittenhouse of the five felony charges against him, so it appears the judge will not address the issue until after deliberations.
Eighteen jurors listened to the case, though only 12 have been tapped to reach a verdict. Before deliberations began, Rittenhouse on Tuesday pulled six numbers from an old-fashioned lottery tumbler that is original to the 100-year-old courtroom, and those six people were designated as alternates.
The deliberating panel includes seven women and five men. The jurors did not identify themselves by race, but the jury appears to be predominantly white.
The mistrial motion rehashes an issue that arose last week when the judge berated an assistant district attorney for ignoring a pretrial order that barred the jury from hearing certain evidence and for infringing on Rittenhouse’s right to remain silent upon his arrest. It also levels a new accusation at prosecutors, accusing them of not properly sharing a piece of video evidence.
There has been no mention of the defense motion in court since it was filed.
Rittenhouse, then 17, fatally shot Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber and wounded Gaige Grosskreutz while ostensibly guarding a used car lot and providing first aid services amid Kenosha’s August 2020 unrest surrounding the shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, by a white police officer.
Rittenhouse has pleaded not guilty, saying he acted in self-defense.
Stacy St. Clair and Christy Gutowski, Chicago Tribune
Wed, November 17, 2021, 6:35 AM·5 min read
KENOSHA, Wis. — As Kyle Rittenhouse’s jury officially began its deliberations Tuesday, a piece of unfinished business still hung over the case.
The defense filed a motion ahead of Monday’s closing arguments asking for a mistrial based on prosecutorial misconduct. The request will be moot if the jury — which began deliberations at 9:15 a.m. local time — acquits Rittenhouse of the five felony charges against him, so it appears the judge will not address the issue until after deliberations.
Eighteen jurors listened to the case, though only 12 have been tapped to reach a verdict. Before deliberations began, Rittenhouse on Tuesday pulled six numbers from an old-fashioned lottery tumbler that is original to the 100-year-old courtroom, and those six people were designated as alternates.
The deliberating panel includes seven women and five men. The jurors did not identify themselves by race, but the jury appears to be predominantly white.
The mistrial motion rehashes an issue that arose last week when the judge berated an assistant district attorney for ignoring a pretrial order that barred the jury from hearing certain evidence and for infringing on Rittenhouse’s right to remain silent upon his arrest. It also levels a new accusation at prosecutors, accusing them of not properly sharing a piece of video evidence.
There has been no mention of the defense motion in court since it was filed.
Rittenhouse, then 17, fatally shot Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber and wounded Gaige Grosskreutz while ostensibly guarding a used car lot and providing first aid services amid Kenosha’s August 2020 unrest surrounding the shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, by a white police officer.
Rittenhouse has pleaded not guilty, saying he acted in self-defense.
In its seven-page motion for a mistrial, the defense accused the prosecution of providing a drone recording at a lower-resolution than the one the state possesses and showed to the jury. The state has argued the drone recording, which was received after the trial had begun, is key to proving Rittenhouse provoked the shootings by first pointing his gun at a bystander.
Prosecutors say Rosenbaum chased Rittenhouse across a used car lot before the teen turned and shot him four times with an AR-15-style rifle.
“The video footage has been at the center of this case,” the defense motion states. “The failure to provide the same quality footage in this particular case is intentional and clearly prejudices the defendant.”
https://news.yahoo.com/kyle-rittenhouse-defense-team-seeks-203500554.html