California state Senate leaders are warning one member against behavior some have described as unwelcome physical touching. According to the New York Daily News, Democratic Sen. Bob Hertzerg had been warned against unsolicited hugs prior to a recent report instructing him to avoid initiating any hugging whatsoever. The lawmaker had reportedly earned nicknames including “Huggy …
By JONATHAN MATTISE, Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville Mayor Megan Barry resigned Tuesday and pleaded guilty to a felony theft charge, a month after the rising Democratic star admitted to an affair with her bodyguard. “While my time today as your mayor concludes, my unwavering love and sincere affection for this wonderful city and …
A twice-deported undocumented citizen from Tijuana, Mexico, managed to rake in $361,000 in government benefits by assuming an American’s identity for nearly four decades. According to California court records obtained by The San Diego Union-Tribune, Andres Avelino Anduaga admitting to using a fake birth certificate in 1980 to obtain a drivers license, Social Security number, and …
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts man was arrested Thursday and charged with sending letters with white powder to five people, including one to Donald Trump Jr. that landed his wife, Vanessa, in the hospital. Daniel Frisiello, of Beverly, is accused of mailing five envelopes earlier this month with threatening messages …
The daughter of an Air Force veteran is demanding answers after a Veteran Affairs computer system allegedly stopped her father’s prescription pills for a brain injury–which she said resulted in him slipping into a near-vegetative state. Brandye Jackson, the daughter of Air Force veteran Tom Barr, told WFLA that her father was temporarily “flat” because a …
Nude cell phone photos might prove that the mayor of Nashville, Tennessee, engaged in an extramarital affair with her lead bodyguard while he was on the clock. According to CNN, affidavits for search warrants indicated that Seargent Rob Forrest was on duty when he snapped two explicit photos using his work phone. The Tennessee Bureau of …
Newly uncovered diary entries written by a gay escort prior to his death at the home of a political donor last year accuse the prominent Democratic supporter of getting him hooked on a drug that would eventually cause the fatal overdose. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Gemmel Moore, 26, was found dead at Ed Buck’s West …
By ZEKE MILLER, MARY CLARE JALONICK and CHAD DAY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans on Friday released a partisan and bitterly disputed memo that they say shows surveillance abuses in the early stages of the FBI’s investigation into the Trump campaign and Russia. The memo, prepared by Republicans on the House intelligence committee, says …
Authorities in Texas are investigating an operation that reportedly resulted in an FBI agent fatally shooting a kidnapping victim in a Houston home early Thursday. The Houston Chronicle reports that the ordeal started Wednesday morning when a group of armed men claiming to have cartel affiliations busted into a Trinity Gardens home and bound a man …
An escort who dated former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer says he threatened to kill her, the New York Post reports. Spitzer is alleged to have made the threat while lobbing expletives toward her in a phone call, a recording of which is now in the hands of the New York Police Department. The Russian escort, …
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A former California lawmaker was criminally charged for allegedly providing his wife with the gun she used to commit suicide with last year. The Press-Enterprise reported that the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office charged ex-California Assemblyman Steve Clute with felony aiding or abetting suicide in connection with the death of Pam Clute, 66. Virginia Blumenthal, …
