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The Daily Beast reports: The ex-president of the nation’s leading libertarian youth organization has been charged with raping and drugging a college student while attending the University of Pittsburgh, allegedly rendering her unconscious by spiking her drink with a roofie. The bombshell allegations follow a wave of other students coming forward last year with similar stories, claiming online that they’d …

The City reports: Delinquent drivers do everything from bending their license plates to putting plastic covers over them to spraying various chemicals to make it impossible for the cameras to accurately read them, according to city Department of Transportation officials. “Drivers using illegal license plates to evade accountability make our city more dangerous, while taking away revenue from life-saving street …

Orlando’s ABC News affiliate reports: The Seminole County Sheriff’s Office has released body cam video showing the questioning of two newlyweds after their wedding guests fell ill from cannabis-laced food last February. The sheriff’s office said that it was called to the The Springs Clubhouse in Longwood on Feb. 19 after several guests fell ill from the food. In total, …

Reuters reports: A local Republican Party leader in North Carolina threatened to get a county elections director fired or have her pay cut unless she helped him gain illegal access to voting equipment, the state elections board told Reuters. The party official, William Keith Senter, sought evidence to support false conspiracy theories alleging the 2020 election was rigged against former …

The Palm Beach Post reports: When a Palm Beach County judge stepped into the courtroom on Thursday to sentence Alexander Jerich for using his truck to burn a 15-foot-long skid mark into a gay pride memorial painted on Delray Beach street, he said he was pretty sure what kind of character he would meet. “I was expecting someone who displays …

Orlando’s NBC News affiliate reports: Two Florida women face felony charges after being accused of lacing food with marijuana at a wedding. Seminole County Sheriff’s Office deputies were called to a wedding around 9:30 p.m. on Feb. 19 at The Springs Clubhouse in Longwood. There, Danya “Shea” Glenny, 42, was getting married with about 30 to 40 guests in attendance. …

CBS News reports: A former Maryland mayor who admitted to posting nude photos of his ex-girlfriend on Reddit will not have to spend time behind bars under a plea deal announced by the state prosecutor’s office on Monday. Former Cambridge Mayor Andrew Bradshaw pleaded guilty to five counts of distributing revenge porn online and was sentenced to a year and …

CBS News reports: Even after two men were found dead in his California apartment, Ed Buck did not stop injecting gay men with walloping doses of methamphetamine. Federal prosecutors said Buck’s unrelenting fervor to satisfy a fetish by preying on vulnerable men, often young and Black, is reason enough to keep him behind bars for the rest of his life. …

NBC News reports: A Donald Trump supporter who told jurors that he was “following presidential orders” when he stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 was found guilty on Thursday after he admitted that he stole a coat rack and a bottle of liquor from the building. Dustin Thompson, a 38-year-old Ohio man, testified during his trial that he got …

The Associated Press reports: Dustin Byron Thompson, an Ohio man charged with stealing a coat rack from the Capitol, doesn’t deny that he joined the mob on Jan. 6, 2021. But his lawyer vowed Tuesday to show that Trump abused his power to “authorize” the attack. Describing Trump as a man without scruples or integrity, defense attorney Samuel Shamansky said …

Lancaster, Pennsylvania’s ABC News affiliate reports: A Lancaster man is facing charges after he allegedly posted anti-Biden stickers on a gas pump. Thomas Richard Glazewski, 54, of Manor Township has been charged with resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, harassment, and criminal mischief. The incident was captured on video. Glazewski can be heard yelling expletives and “I did that. I did that. …

The Daily Beast reports: A man on a Southwest Airlines flight from Seattle to Phoenix is facing federal charges for pulling down his pants and masturbating at least four times in front of a female passenger, beginning shortly after takeoff, according to a criminal complaint first obtained by The Daily Beast. Antonio Sherrodd McGarity was arrested by officers from the …

Yahoo News reports: Republican politicians routinely claim that cities run by Democrats have been experiencing crime waves caused by failed governance, but a new study shows murder rates are actually higher in states and cities controlled by Republicans. “We’re seeing murders in our cities, all Democrat-run,” former President Donald Trump asserted at a March 26 rally in Georgia. “People are …

The Liverpool Echo reports: CCTV images have been released after the door locks of a vaccination centre were sealed to prevent access. A man was reportedly seen filling the locks of a vaccination centre in Ainsdale, which prevented staff from opening the building and delaying appointments. Merseyside Police said officers have been made aware of three other similar incidents at …

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports: A Chalfont woman was convicted Friday of sending repeated, harassing text messages to the parents of her daughter’s rivals on a cheerleading squad. Raffaela Spone, 51, was found guilty by a Bucks County jury after about an hour and a half of deliberation. Detectives later traced the messages to Spone’s home through her IP address, and …

The Insider reports: Two private islands in the Caribbean owned by late financier Jeffrey Epstein are hitting the market for $125 million. The news was reported on Tuesday by The Wall Street Journal, which verified the listing with an attorney for the Epstein estate and the islands’ listing agents. Little St. James — believed to have been Epstein’s primary residence …

The New York Daily News reports: The gunman police believe has been targeting homeless men in New York City and Washington, D.C., shooting at least five of them as they slept and leaving two dead, was nabbed in the nation’s capital early Tuesday, authorities said. “Early this AM, law enforcement arrested the suspect in Washington, DC,” the Metropolitan Police said. …

Law & Crime reports: An actor and photographer from Florida who recorded himself yelling “Hey Nancy, go f**k yourself!” from a media tower outside the Capitol on Jan. 6 has been sentenced to two years of probation. Michael Aaron Carico, 33, had climbed up the tower and recorded himself singing the national anthem before shouting the obscenity about Nancy Pelosi. …

Boise’s NBC News affiliate reports: A Nampa man who forced his way into the U.S. Capitol Building and assaulted officers during a failed coup to stop Congress from certifying the result of the 2020 presidential election was sentenced Friday to four years and three months in federal prison. The sentence imposed on 68-year-old Duke Wilson is among the longest yet …

The Kenosha News reports: According to Kenosha County Jail records, police arrested Magdalena Ciechanowski, 42, of the 300 block of Luedtke Avenue, Racine. Jail records indicate she’s currently in custody and facing potential misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct and criminal damage to property. In a video that was circulating widely on social media, Ciechanowski is observed wildly throwing candles and …