Donald Trump is the once and future president of the United States, but he still owes one woman in New York nearly $90 million. An attorney representing writer E. Jean Carroll sought to remind the country that the 45th and 47th president is still on the hook for that amount — and that his decisive electoral college win over Vice President Kamala Harris won’t dislodge the civil cases against him. “Mr. Trump’s election to the presidency does nothing to change either the fact, as determined by two separate juries, that he sexually assaulted and defamed Ms. Carroll, or the applicable...
Man shoots ex-girlfriend’s parents as they were moving her out following their breakup: Cops
An Iowa man is behind bars after he allegedly shot his ex-girlfriend’s parents, killing her mother and critically injuring her father, as they were moving her out of the home they shared following a breakup. It happened around 5:20 p.m. Friday in the 200 block of NW 51st Place in Des Moines. Cops arrested the suspect, 24-year-old Hamza Smajlovic, for murder in the first degree, attempted murder and intimidation with a dangerous weapon. He’s accused of killing 45-year-old Ruth Sue Ann Robison and injuring her 52-year-old husband. The 24-year-old woman and Smajlovic had ended their relationship, and her parents were...
‘Who’s talking s—?’ Man who killed pregnant woman, cousins at family cookout could be out of prison very soon
A 51-year-old man in Michigan will be going to jail for killing three of his cousins, one of whom was pregnant, fatally shooting the trio during a summer cookout two years ago. Juan M. Mireles pleaded no contest on Monday to one count of manslaughter and one count of using a firearm to commit a felony, records reviewed by Law&Crime show. Mireles had initially been charged with three counts each of open murder and felony firearm possession but pleaded to the lesser charges after reaching a deal with the Saginaw County Prosecutor’s Office. The no-contest plea means that Mireles did...
Soldier admits to drinking ‘a lot’ at gender reveal before crashing into engaged couple and killing them while still wearing baby blue wristband from party: Cops
A U.S. Army soldier in Texas has been charged for a crash that killed an engaged couple, with cops alleging he got drunk at a gender reveal and then tried to drive — while still wearing a baby blue wristband from the party and reeking of alcohol, according to his arrest affidavit. Dalia Olivas, 28, and her fiance, Rick Ballard, 29, were driving in El Paso on Nov. 2 when the crash unfolded around 11:37 p.m., according to the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office. The couple, along with suspect Juan Francisco Del Valle Ferrer — who was allegedly wearing the...
‘I feel vindicated’: Florida reelects prosecutor suspended by DeSantis over sentencing decisions
In one of the few highlights for Democrats in what is now a bright red Sunshine State, voters in the Orlando area reelected a progressive prosecutor that Gov. Ron DeSantis had previously suspended. Democrat Monique Worrell received about 57% of the vote over Independent Andrew Bain, the man DeSantis picked to replace her with in the Ninth Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office in August 2023. The circuit encompasses Orange and Osceola counties in central Florida. “I feel vindicated,” Worrell told the Orlando Sentinel. “Tonight the voters have vindicated me. Let’s just hope the governor will respect the will of the...
Judge Aileen Cannon emerges as one of the 2024 election’s most influential players — and maybe one of the biggest winners as AG and SCOTUS rumors swirl
While Democrats pore over their electoral failures and Republicans look to count their newly-won treasures, coalition, and power, many political players will be jockeying for position come January 2025. One woman is situated — perhaps higher and better than most — as a bright star-ascendant: U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, the lone Article II judge sitting in the provincial Fort Pierce, Florida, courthouse. The Colombia-born judge is a former federal prosecutor and corporate lawyer. She was nominated by Trump in May 2020 and confirmed during the lame duck period of his fist term in office, in mid-November 2020 — after...
‘Monkey King’ Jan. 6 rioter who wore ‘Japanese-style mask’ to ‘blend in with antifa’ was part of militia group named after Amazon Prime series
A Marine Corps veteran and self-proclaimed member of a Virginia militia group called the “Boys” was sentenced for entering the U.S. Capitol building during the Jan. 6 riots. Li Duong, 30, was sentenced on Tuesday to 36 months of probation by U.S. District Court Judge Paul L. Friedman, a Bill Clinton appointee. Duong will also undergo mental health treatment, 50 hours of community service and pay $2,000 in restitution. He pleaded guilty to one count of civil disorder, court documents said. Court documents say he went to Washington, D.C., for then-President Donald Trump‘s “Stop the Steal” rally. Then, he entered...
Stepdad said 2-year-old was ‘a lot’ after beating boy to death, trying to claim he choked on cloth: Police
A 26-year-old man in Arizona has been arrested for allegedly killing his 2-year-old stepchild, beating the boy to death and explaining to authorities that the toddler was “a lot.” Hein Lwin was taken into custody in October and is currently facing charges of premeditated first-degree murder in the child’s slaying, authorities announced. According to a news release from the Peoria Police Department, officers at about 6:15 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 24, responded to a call at an apartment complex in the area near 108th Avenue and Olive Avenue. The caller identified himself as Lwin and told the emergency dispatcher that...
‘We don’t have a son no more’: Alaska mom allegedly kills her 5-year-old son with ‘kettle ball’ weight, tells the boy’s father in a voicemail
“We don’t have a son no more.” These chilling words allegedly came over in a voicemail from Alaska mother Cedar Sarten after she murdered her 5-year-old son and then called the boy’s father to tell him about it, according to police. “Robert this is really bad you seriously need to come over here right now,” Sarten told Robert Gagner in one of three voice messages she left for him after the alleged killing, according to her criminal complaint, which was obtained by Law&Crime on Tuesday. “Please don’t freak out,” Sarten allegedly said. “We don’t have a son no more.” Officials...
‘President-elect Trump made multiple clemency promises’: Jan. 6 defendant who rifled through Ted Cruz’s desk asks court to pause his case — and is quickly denied
A man convicted for his role in the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol complex sought to briefly delay proceedings in his case in light of President-elect Donald Trump’s Nov. 5 election victory. That effort quickly fell short by Wednesday afternoon. Christopher Carnell, 21, of Cary, North Carolina, wore a red backpack with his last name stitched on the back in white letters when he was at the national seat of government without permission that fateful day. In late February 2023, he was indicted — along with his Raleigh-based friend David Bowman, 22 — on one felony count of obstruction...