According to reports, on May 19, a Miami, Florida, man and his wife got into a fight. It was reported that during the incident, he issued a death threat to her friend. He also allegedly slammed his wife’s head against the wall.
When the police came, the man was taken into custody and booked into the Miami-Dade County Correctional Facility. He was incarcerated on a $26,500 bond for two counts of false imprisonment with a deadly weapon, and two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
Pawn Stars cast member Corey Harrison (aka Big Hoss) is contesting the allegations that he was under the influence while driving in Las Vegas, citing an infected leg as the reason he reportedly failed the roadside sobriety tests.
At the beginning of September, Harrison, who lives in Las Vegas, was in Minnesota filming an episode of the reality TV show. After the taping concluded, he flew back home.
According to reports, Harrison was driving to his residence around 2:00 AM, and police allegedly saw his truck swerve into the bike lane. They performed a traffic stop, and when they talked to him, they thought he seemed like he was drinking. He reportedly said he had one drink on the airplane more than seven hours before he got behind the wheel.
A Florida man was arrested on hundreds of charges for allegedly sexually assaulting children and possessing pornographic materials depicting both children and animals.
In the middle of May last year, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office was conducting an online undercover operation to try to flush out adults sexually preying on children.
A detective pretending to be underage was chatting with someone who said they were 19 years old, and they allegedly asked the person they believed was a child to send naked photos.
In connection with a situation that happened last summer, the authorities in Los Angeles have decided to pursue charges for domestic violence and battery on a police officer against NBA player Jaxson Hayes.
Jaxson Hayes is the 21-year-old center for the New Orleans Pelicans. He resides in the Woodland Hills neighborhood in Los Angeles.
On July 29, Hayes and the woman he was dating at the time were at home when they reportedly got into a domestic dispute. His now ex-girlfriend’s cousin called the authorities and asked them to intervene after Hayes’ ex-girlfriend sent them text messages and said she was afraid.
Angel Bronsgeest, a 55 year old woman from Lake Forest, plead guilty on Monday to federal charges of being involved in a real estate scam that cost Southern California investors $3.5 million, according to the United States Attorney’s Office.
Bronsgeest admitted that she, along with Shawn Watkins, a 46 year old man from Utah, would allegedly solicit the victims at Orange County hotel seminars and ask them to invest in their company, The Equity Growth Group. The two claimed that their company managed hundreds of properties, generating income from their rents, which was used to buy new properties. The investors were told they would be getting interest payments and that their money was secured by collateral through filing deeds of property trusts.
“Investor money was not used to acquire new properties, nor was it secured by collateral, and many victims did not receive interest payments. In fact, money that was paid to some victims as purported interest or a return on their investment came from investments made by other victims,” the Attorney’s Office said in a statement.
The FBI has charged 5 men and 4 corporations with illegally exporting high-tech microelectronics to Iran, in violation of the International Emergency Powers Act. Three of the men, including one from Aliso Viejo, were taken into custody in Houston, Texas. Two other men are believed to be out of the country.
The Iran-based company Faratel and Smart Power Systems in Texas were allegedly building uninterruptible power supplies and shipping them off for use by the Iranian Ministry of Defense, the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran and the Iranian Centrifuge Technology Company. According to the FBI these electronics can be used in military equipment such as surface to air and cruise missiles. The indictment states the items would be shipped to a company in Taiwan, then on to a company in Turkey, which would then send them to Iran.
Two men in their early 20’s were arrested and charged with sexual battery. Both men are college students at Troy University in Alabama.
The alleged attack occurred on a crowded beach during Spring Break, in broad daylight, and was recorded on a cell phone. The cell phone video was discovered during a police search of an unrelated shooting. The female victim could not recall details of the incident, stating she thought she had been drugged at the time.
A man with a criminal history of carrying an unregistered, loaded gun, and corporal injury to a spouse has been arrested again in Venice, CA. This time, the man is accused of breaking into a woman’s house.
When the man reportedly entered the woman’s house, she sought escape, crawling out a window onto the roof of her two story home. Fortunately, she brought a cell phone with her and hid under an eave, frantically calling 911.
A Massachusetts man was arrested on September 19 for charges of possession of child pornography. After posting $30,000 bond and returning to his home, his upstairs neighbor allegedly entered his condo illegally through an unlocked door, walked into his bedroom where he was sleeping, and punched him in the face.
The attacker called 911 and not only reportedly admitted to the attack, but stated that she wanted to kill the man. She was described as “crying and visibly upset” with blood on her arm and hands. She was arrested and is charged with felony assault and battery, along with breaking and entering.
An Idaho woman recently purchased alcohol for a teenage boy living in her house who was having a birthday, according to investigators. One of the guests at the party was a 14 year old girl who ended up drinking multiple shots of the alcohol and lost consciousness.
Some of the other teens at the party notified the woman of the young girl’s condition. According to reports, instead of calling 911 to report the incident, the woman instead hooked the girl up to an IV drip, administering approximately half a liter of fluid into her veins. She allegedly did not only fail to contact paramedics, but also failed to notify the girl’s parents of the incident as well.
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