BREAKING: Michelle Carter Found GUILTY of Involuntary Manslaughter in Texting Suicide Trial
Posted: June 16, 2017 Filed under: Breaking News, Crime & Corruption, Law & Justice, Mediasphere, Think Tank | Tags: Conrad Roy, Criminal charge, District Attorney, Manslaughter, Michelle Carter, Nick Lyon, Suicide, Texting Suicide Leave a commentEmily Shapiro reports: Michelle Carter, a 20-year-old who was accused of urging her then-boyfriend to commit suicide three years ago, has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter by a Massachusetts judge.
Carter broke down crying in court, putting her head in her hands, before Judge Lawrence Moniz announced the verdict.
Conrad Roy was 18 when he died in July 2014 of carbon monoxide poisoning after locking himself in his truck.
The prosecution claimed Carter, then 17, was reckless and caused his death by telling Roy to get back in the car even though they say he didn’t want to die. Read the rest of this entry »
Man Convicted of Killing Former FSU Mascot in Fight Over Gumbo Spices
Posted: April 23, 2017 Filed under: Crime & Corruption | Tags: Denver, District Attorney, Friday (Director's Cut) [Blu-ray], Gumbo, Life imprisonment, murder, Plea, Sheriff, Spices, Weld County 1 CommentPANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) – A man charged with fatally stabbing a restaurant worker and former Florida State mascot in a fight over gumbo spices has been found guilty of second-degree murder.
Orlando Ricardo Thompson was found guilty Thursday in the 2015 death of his co-worker Caleb Joshua Halley. Thompson faces up to life in prison.
Panama City police say 33-year-old Halley was working at Buddy’s Seafood Market when he and the 27-year-old Thompson began arguing about how much spice to add to the restaurant’s gumbo. Authorities say Thompson slashed Halley across the torso. He died two days later. The two had also been roommates at one point. Read the rest of this entry »
Santa Fe High School teacher Kelsey Gutierrez Busted for Screwing Two Male Students
Posted: November 29, 2016 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Education, Law & Justice, Mediasphere, U.S. News | Tags: District Attorney, Kelsey Gutierrez, Prosecutor, Rape, Santa Fe High School, Sexual assault, Sexual Misconduct, Sexual Relationship, Teacher sex Leave a commentA former Santa Fe High School teacher has been arrested and charged with three counts of having an improper relationship with a student raping a student.
“Gutierrez went to the student’s residence and had sex in his bedroom, court records show.”
Kelsey Gutierrez was arrested Monday, Nov. 28 and is being held in the Galveston County Jail with no bond.
“Investigators said Gutierrez admitted to having a sexual relationship with the student, and that they found evidence on both of their phones about meeting times and the student’s sexual performance.”
Gutierrez was an English teacher at Santa Fe High School, but was terminated after an investigation that began with a tip to authorities, prosecutors said.
“Gutierrez met with the 18-year-old Santa Fe High student around midnight Nov. 12 in the parking lot of the student’s residence. The two began kissing in the front seat of her car, then climbed into the back seat to have sex.”
Four days later, Gutierrez went to the student’s residence and had sex in his bedroom, court records show.
Investigators said Gutierrez admitted to having a sexual relationship with the
student, and that they found evidence on both of their phones about meeting times and the student’s sexual performance.
“Court documents state that in 2015 Gutierrez had a sexual relationship with another teen, who was still enrolled as a student at Santa Fe High School at the time.”
In May 2015, Gutierrez picked up the second student in her car, and they drove to a gas station parking lot, where they kissed in her car, according to prosecutors.
A few weeks later, court documents said Gutierrez picked up the second student and parked on the side of the road, where they made out in her car.
“Gutierrez and the second student met up a few months later and hooked up for a fourth time, according to court documents.”
The two ‘hooked up’ again at the second student’s residence, investigators said…(read more)
“As soon as the district learned of the allegations, an internal investigation began including campus administrators and the district police department, and the teacher’s employment with the district ended,” Santa Fe ISD officials said. Read the rest of this entry »
Jason Alexander Arrested: ‘Law & Order’ Director Charged with Child Porn Possession
Posted: July 30, 2015 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Law & Justice, U.S. News | Tags: Charles Paul Alexander, Child pornography, District Attorney, Dobbs Ferry, IP address, Jace Alexander, Jane Alexander, Jason Alexander, Law & Order, New York, New York Post, Westchester County Leave a commentNatalie Stone reports: Law & Order director Jason “Jace” Alexander was arrested Wednesday in New York on child pornography charges, according to the Westchester County District Attorney.
Alexander, who lives in Dobbs Ferry, was charged with felony counts of promoting a sexual performance by a child and possessing an obscene sexual performance by a child after allegedly file-sharing “illegal and obscene performances of sexual conduct by children less than 17 years of age.”
According to the press release from the DA’s office, the office began its investigation July 24 after determining that the IP address associated with the illegal activity was assigned to Alexander’s home.
July 29, 2015 — Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore announced that Jason Alexander (DOB 04/07/64) of 42 Bellair Dr., Dobbs Ferry, New York, was charged today by Felony Complaint with:
- one count of Promoting a Sexual Performance by a Child, a class “D” Felony,
- one count of Possessing an Obscene Sexual Performance by a Child, a class “E” Felony,
for possessing and file-sharing illegal and obscene performances of sexual conduct by children less than seventeen years of age.
On July 24, 2015, an investigator from the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office downloaded child pornography from an IP (internet protocol) address in Westchester County.
The District Attorney’s Office began its investigation and pursuant to a subpoena, it was determined that the IP address was assigned to the defendant’s home.
A search warrant was subsequently executed at the defendant’s home address.
A forensic examination of computers and external hard drives removed from the location revealed digital files of children who are less than sixteen years of age engaged in child pornography.
The defendant was arraigned in Dobbs Ferry Village Court.
Bail was set at $10,000 cash. Read the rest of this entry »
BREAKING: Jury Finds Colorado Theater Shooter Guilty of Murder
Posted: July 16, 2015 Filed under: Breaking News, Crime & Corruption | Tags: 2012 Aurora shooting, Aurora, Capital punishment, Colorado, Cumulus Media Networks, District Attorney, Insanity defense, Jury, Midnight Massacre, murder, The Dark Knight Rises Leave a commentCENTENNIAL, Colo. — Jurors convicted Colorado theater shooter James Holmes on Thursday in the chilling 2012 attack on defenseless moviegoers at a midnight Batman premiere, rejecting defense arguments that the former graduate student was insane and driven to murder by delusions.
The 27-year-old Holmes, who had been working toward his Ph.D. in neuroscience, could get the death penalty for the massacre that left 12 people dead and dozens of others wounded.
Jurors took about 13 hours over a day and a half to review all 165 charges. The same panel must now decide whether Holmes should pay with his life.
The verdict came almost three years after Holmes, dressed head-to-toe in body armor, slipped through the emergency exit of the darkened theater in suburban Denver and replaced the Hollywood violence of the movie “The Dark Knight Rises” with real human carnage.
His victims included two active-duty servicemen, a single mom, a man celebrating his 27th birthday and an aspiring broadcaster who had survived a mall shooting in Toronto. Several died shielding friends or loved ones. Read the rest of this entry »
BREAKING: Verdict Reached in James Holmes Colorado ‘Midnight Massacre’ Shooter Trial
Posted: July 16, 2015 Filed under: Breaking News, Crime & Corruption, U.S. News | Tags: 2012 Aurora shooting, Associated Press, Capital punishment, Closing argument, Colorado, Denver, District Attorney, Insanity defense, Jury, Midnight Massacre, Premiere, The Dark Knight Rises 1 CommentDEVELOPING: The jury in the Colorado theater shooting trial of James Holmes has reached a verdict, which will be announced at 6:15pm ET….
[Fox News]
REWIND: Charles Manson’s Murder Trial Started 45 Years Ago Today, June 15, 1970
Posted: June 15, 2015 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, History, U.S. News | Tags: ABC7, Abigail Folger, Associated Press, California, Charles Manson, District Attorney, Helter Skelter, Helter Skelter (book), Leno and Rosemary LaBianca, Leslie Van Houten, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Robert Holguin, Sharon Tate, Vincent Bugliosi 1 Comment
Charles Manson’s murder trial started 45 years ago today. We talk to a veteran court reporter about it at 5:30. pic.twitter.com/EXrqA3z8xF
— Robert Holguin (@ABC7Robert) June 15, 2015

25 Jan 1971, Los Angeles, California, USA — Seven deputies escort Charles Manson from the courtroom after he and three followers were found guilty of seven murders in the Tate-LaBianca slayings. — Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS

29 Mar 1971, Los Angeles, California, USA — Susan Denise Atkins, (left), Patricia Krenwinkel and Leslie Van Houten,(right), laugh after receiving the death sentence for their part in the Tate-LaBianca killing at the order of Charles Manson. — Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS

19 Jun 1970, Santa Monica, California, USA — “I Don’t Have Any Guilt” said long-haired hippie chieftain Charles Manson, 35, in brief press conference in courtroom here, June 18, where a hearing to continue proceedings in the murder case of musician Dary Hinman was held. Manson’s trial for the slaying of actress Sharon Tate and four others last August 9th, and the killing of a wealthy supermarket chain owner and his wife the day after the Tate murder, began this week and forced postponement of the Hinman case. — Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS
Because, Science: Oregon Teacher Arrested After Burning Students with Tesla Coil
Posted: May 7, 2015 Filed under: Education, Law & Justice, U.S. News | Tags: District Attorney, Indictment, Oregon, Salem, Salem-Keizer School District, South Salem High School, Student, Teacher, Tesla coil 2 CommentsUPDATE, 7:01 p.m. – A prosecutor says he is not filing criminal charges against the teacher at this time.
SALEM, Ore. — An Oregon science teacher who police say used a Tesla coil to burn the phrase “I love mom” into the arms of students has been charged with criminal mistreatment.
Salem Police Lt. Steve Birr says the 37-year-old was arrested Tuesday at South Salem High School.
Birr says students used the coil in an exercise last Thursday. The teacher noted it could also be used to mark the skin and asked for volunteers.
He burned “I love mom” — with a heart to symbolize the word love — into their arms. Read the rest of this entry »
West Coast Desk: Los Angeles Jury Awards $6.5 Million to Hundreds of Exotic Dancers who Worked at Paradise Showgirls
Posted: April 23, 2015 Filed under: Humor, Law & Justice, Mediasphere | Tags: District Attorney, Exotic dancer, Los Angeles, Paradise Showgirls, Showgirls, Strippers 1 CommentA Los Angeles jury awards $6.5 million to hundreds of exotic dancers who worked at Paradise Showgirls. Story at 4:30 pic.twitter.com/7LgFhjj5FU
— Robert Holguin (@ABC7Robert) April 23, 2015

Leaked photo of the Jury during deliberations
Former Atlanta Educators Busted for Racketeering, Jailed in Test Cheating Scandal
Posted: April 2, 2015 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Education | Tags: American Association of School Administrators, Atlanta, Atlanta Public Schools, Dana Evans, District Attorney, Prison, Ron Carlson, Superintendent (education), The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 3 Comments
Thirty-five Atlanta educators in all were indicted in 2013 on charges including racketeering, making false statements and theft. Many pleaded guilty, and some testified at the trial
Kate Brumback reports: A group of former Atlanta educators convicted in a test cheating scandal were locked up in jail Thursday as they await sentences that could send them to prison for years.
“Evidence of cheating was found in 44 schools with nearly 180 educators involved, and teachers who tried to report it were threatened with retaliation.”
In one of the nation’s largest cheating scandals of its kind, the 11 defendants were convicted Wednesday of racketeering for their roles in a scheme to inflate students’ scores on standardized exams.
“They are convicted felons as far as I’m concerned. They have made their bed and they’re going to have to lie in it.”
— Superior Court Judge Jerry Baxter
They include teachers, a principal and other administrators, who were accused of falsifying test results to collect bonuses or keep their jobs in the 50,000-student Atlanta public school system. A 12th defendant, a teacher, was acquitted of all charges by the jury.
“It has to send a message to educators here and broadly across the nation. Playing with student test scores is very, very dangerous business.”
— University of Georgia law professor Ron Carlson
The racketeering charges carry up to 20 years in prison. The convicted former educators are set to be sentenced later this month.
“ITSFORTHECHILDRENBUTWHOWILLPAVETHEROADSSSSSS???!?!?!?!?!!”
— Kevin D. Williamson
“This is a huge story and absolutely the biggest development in American education law since forever,” University of Georgia law professor Ron Carlson said. “It has to send a message to educators here and broadly across the nation. Playing with student test scores is very, very dangerous business.”
“Bob Rubin, the attorney for former elementary school principal Dana Evans, said he was shocked by the judge’s decision and called it ‘unnecessary and vindictive’.”
A state investigation found that as far back as 2005, educators fed answers to students or erased and changed answers on tests after they were turned in. Evidence of cheating was found in 44 schools with nearly 180 educators involved, and teachers who tried to report it were threatened with retaliation.
“Over objections from the defendants’ attorneys, Superior Court Judge Jerry Baxter ordered all but one of those convicted immediately jailed while they await sentencing. They were led out of court in handcuffs.”
Similar cheating scandals have erupted in Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Nevada and other public school systems around the country in recent years, as officials link scores to school funding and staff bonuses and vow to close schools that perform poorly. Read the rest of this entry »
Charles C. W. Cooke: Happy New Year, Happy New Gun-Control Nonsense
Posted: January 1, 2015 Filed under: Self Defense, Think Tank | Tags: 2012 Aurora shooting, AK-47, Assault weapon, California, Dianne Feinstein, District Attorney, Federal Assault Weapons Ban, National Review, Presidency of Bill Clinton, United States 2 CommentsCharles C. W. Cooke writes:
…In the space of just 144 words, Gopnik has managed to: 1) conflate the supposed problem of “assault weapons” with the actions of the man who murdered Richard Martinez’s son (when, in fact, that killer did not use a rifle, but instead used a trio of bog-standard handguns that were legal even in California); 2) propose that those handguns “should never have been in the hands of a lunatic” (when, in fact, that “lunatic” passed the federal and state background checks that Gopnik’s ilk routinely sell as a panacea for our problems); and 3) pretend that there is any evidence whatsoever that to “reinstate assault-weapons bans” would likely “stop the next massacre” — which, as even the Obama administration’s DOJ concedes, there is not….(read more)
Serial Killer Samuel Little Sentenced to 3 Consecutive Life Terms Without Parole
Posted: September 25, 2014 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Law & Justice, U.S. News | Tags: Associated Press, District Attorney, DNA, Life imprisonment, Los Angeles, murder, Samuel Little, Serial killer Leave a commentSerial killer Samuel Little sentenced to 3 consecutive life terms w/o parole. Relatives of victims react @ABC7 @ 4. pic.twitter.com/WEzXrXOZqU
— Robert Holguin (@ABC7Robert) September 25, 2014
Queens Teacher Accused of Sex with Students Being Treated for Psychiatric Disorder
Posted: September 20, 2014 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Education, U.S. News | Tags: District Attorney, Grover Cleveland High School, Joy Morsi, Morsi, New York, Physical education, Queens, Ridgewood, Ridgewood New Jersey, Teacher 1 Comment
Anthony DelMundo/New York Daily News
Joy Morsi, 39, who allegedly had sex with two teenage boys who attended Grover Cleveland High School in Ridgewood, missed a court appearance because she was being tested for psychiatric disorder, her attorney said. She is due back in court Oct. 6.
The Queens gym teacher accused of bedding two 16-year-old students is having her head tested, it was revealed Monday.
“My client has been hospitalized”
Joy Morsi, 39, was a no-show at a routine court appearance because she’s being treated for an unspecified “psychiatric disorder,” her lawyer Paul Molina told the judge.

Students across the street from Grover Cleveland High School allegedly watch a video of Morsi, performing oral sex on a 16 year-old student. JB Nicholas/New York Daily News
She allegedly hooked up with a student in June, days after a relationship with another teen collapsed when she became jealous of him inviting a girl to the prom, authorities have said.
[Also see – Wanna Wrassle? Queens Gym Teacher Joy Morsi Raped 16-Year-Old Wrestler in School, Second Student Comes Forward]
The former teacher at Grover Cleveland High School in Ridgewood is facing multiple counts of statutory rape and criminal sexual act for extracurricular activities with boys under the age of 17. Read the rest of this entry »
Wanna Wrassle? Queens Gym Teacher Joy Morsi Raped 16-Year-Old Wrestler in School, Second Student Comes Forward
Posted: June 4, 2014 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Education, U.S. News | Tags: District Attorney, Grover Cleveland, Grover Cleveland High School, High school, Joy Morsi, Morsi, New York, Queens 5 Comments
PERP WALK: Gym teacher Joy Morsi (left), seen with her attorney Virginia Lopreto, allegedly became jealous when she learned the 16-year-old wrestler was taking a date to prom. Anthony DelMundo/New York Daily News
For NY Daily News, Jill Castellano , Taylor Hintz , Stephen Rex Brown report: A Queens gym teacher accused of a year-long tryst with a teen student wrestler also bedded a second student, sources said Tuesday.
“We had a feeling that something was going on. They would always be together around the school.”
— Ninth-grader Josie Gonzalez.
Hours after Joy Morsi, 39, of Massapequa, L.I., pleaded not guilty to charges of raping the Grover Cleveland High School student when he was 16, two sources confirmed to the Daily News that additional charges were expected after a second student lover came forward.

Morsi (center) is accused of raping a 16-year-old wrestler after helping him to lose weight. Additional charges are expected because a second student came forward, sources said. Anthony DelMundo/New York Daily News

Wanna wrassle?
“This case is particularly disturbing because the defendant is a teacher and schools should be safe havens for children,” Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said.
“I see them together all the time. It’s not like they were sexual and touched each other, but they used to hug and stuff in the halls all the time.”
— Bianca Racz, 18, a senior
[Also see: Gym Teacher Who Banged High School Wrestler Busted After Jealousy Over His PROM DATE – Daily Caller]
The relationship with the wrestler at the Ridgewood school began in June 2013, when Morsi began trying to help him lose weight, prosecutors said. Read the rest of this entry »
Intimidation: Homes Raided, Subpoenas Issued Targeting Conservative Groups and Allies of Scott Walker
Posted: November 19, 2013 Filed under: Censorship, Law & Justice, Politics, U.S. News | Tags: American Crossroads, District Attorney, John Doe, Republican Party of Wisconsin, Scott Walker, Wall Street Journal, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce 3 CommentsJoe Schoffstall writes: In Wisconsin, dozens of conservative groups and allies of Gov. Scott Walker are undergoing political intimidation from the left at the hands of a special prosecutor.
Subpoenas have been issued demanding correspondence and donor information of right-leaning organizations and individuals and raids have been conducted resulting in law enforcement officers taking computers and files in a secret investigation, according to reports.
“In recent weeks, special prosecutor Francis Schmitz has hit dozens of conservative groups with subpoenas demanding documents related to the 2011 and 2012 campaigns to recall Governor Walker and state legislative leaders,” the Wall Street Journal writes.
It continues, “Copies of two subpoenas we’ve seen demand ‘all memoranda, email . . . correspondence, and communications’ both internally and between the subpoena target and some 29 conservative groups, including Wisconsin and national nonprofits, political vendors and party committees. The groups include the League of American Voters, Wisconsin Family Action, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, Americans for Prosperity—Wisconsin, American Crossroads, the Republican Governors Association, Friends of Scott Walker and the Republican Party of Wisconsin.”
The WSJ says the latest actions are taking place under Wisconsin’s John Doe law, which makes it difficult for the groups involved to defend themselves publicly. Read the rest of this entry »