Politics and Crime

‘Like an experimental concentration camp’: ICE detention center nurse, detainees say women were routinely given hysterectomies without medical cause [REPORT]
Politics and Crime

A nurse at an ICE detention center in Georgia has submitted a whistleblower complaint alleging that a doctor performed mass hysterectomies on women behind held at the Irwin County Detention Center (ICDC). Law & Crime obtained court documents filed by legal advocacy groups on the nurse’s behalf, which cite numerous witnesses who claim that women …

Politics and Crime
August 20, 2020

Steve Bannon Arrested: Former Trump advisor accused of defrauding citizen donors who funded ‘We Build the Wall’ campaign

Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump’s former campaign adviser, was arrested on Thursday morning and charged with defrauding donors who contributed to a fundraising campaign the donors believed was intended for the construction of a border wall between the United States and Mexico. As CNN reports, Bannon and three other individuals were taken into custody on …

Politics and Crime
March 15, 2020

Andrew Gillum: Ex-Florida mayor says he’s going into rehab after he was found drunk in a Miami hotel room with overdosing male escort

Former Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum announced on Sunday he was headed into rehab for alcoholism, two days after he was reportedly found drunk in a hotel room with a male escort who suffered an apparent drug overdose, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported. The reported incident involving Gillum, 40, occurred early Friday at a hotel in …

Famous Murder Cases
February 11, 2020

Prosecutors reinvestigating Malcolm X’s assassination in light of new Netflix docuseries: Reports

Prosecutors in New York are reportedly reinvestigating Malcolm X’s 1965 assassination in light of new information presented in a Netflix documentary. According to the New York Post, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance’s office announced Tuesday that they’ll be working with the Innocence Project to reexamine the high-profile case. The District Attorney has reportedly reached out …

Kidnapping
January 8, 2020

Mom plotted with armed right-wing group to kidnap son from protective custody: Docs

A Colorado woman was arrested late last month for allegedly planning to kidnap the son she lost custody of with the help of a right-wing fringe group. Local police and the FBI reportedly arrested Cynthia Abcug, 30, in Montana on December 30. Citing an affidavit, the Daily Beast reported that Abcug planned to take her …

Elected official, adoption attorney smuggled pregnant women into the U.S., then paid them to give their babies up for adoption: Officials
Fraud
October 9, 2019

Elected official, adoption attorney smuggled pregnant women into the U.S., then paid them to give their babies up for adoption: Officials

Authorities in Utah and Arizona have criminally charged an Arizona public official for allegedly operating a trafficking ring that involved transporting pregnant women from the Marshall Islands to the U.S. to give birth, then paying them to give their babies up for adoption. Maricopa County Assessor Paul Petersen—who is also an adoption attorney licensed in …

Alabama Senate passes near-total abortion ban
Politics and Crime
May 15, 2019

Alabama Senate passes near-total abortion ban

The Alabama State Senate passed a bill that represents a near-total ban on abortions on Tuesday night. AL.com reports that the senate voted 25-6 to pass a bill that would criminalize pregnancy terminations except in cases where the mother’s life is in serious danger. If signed into law, it will be a felony for a …

‘I apologize’: State lawmaker, a retired deputy, reportedly arrested after drunken display at Best Western bar
Politics and Crime
May 5, 2019

‘I apologize’: State lawmaker, a retired deputy, reportedly arrested after drunken display at Best Western bar

A Republican legislator in Minnesota was reportedly arrested this weekend on suspicion of trespassing. According to the Duluth News Tribune, state Rep. Matt Grossell addressed the incident in a statement on Saturday afternoon, hours after he was released on his own recognizance from a Ramsey County jail. “Saturday morning, I received a citation in St. …