Tag: guilty plea

Retired New Orleans priest pleads guilty to kidnapping and raping boy in 1970s

Published December 4, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Clergy Abuse Tagged child abuse, guilty plea, Lawrence Hecker, New Orleans, rape, Roman Catholic priest, sexual abuse

Shortly before a jury was supposed to be chosen for his trial on criminal charges of kidnapping and raping a boy in the mid-1970s, the self-acknowledged serial child molester and retired Roman Catholic priest Lawrence Hecker pleaded guilty on Tuesday…[Continue Reading...]

Neo-Nazi Jan. 6 rioter pleads guilty, admits to stealing police helmet as a ‘war trophy’

Published April 14, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged guilty plea, January 6th, neo nazis, Richard Zachary Ackerman

WASHINGTON — A member of a neo-Nazi group pleaded guilty to Capitol riot charges Thursday, admitting he threw a water bottle at police during the brutal battle at the lower west tunnel and stole a police helmet as a "war…[Continue Reading...]

Guilty plea by leader of polygamous sect near the Arizona-Utah border is at risk of being thrown out

Published April 13, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Arizona, child abuse, cult leader, guilty plea, polygamist, Samuel Bateman, sexual abuse

PHOENIX (AP) — A guilty plea by the leader of an offshoot polygamous sect near the Arizona-Utah border is at risk of being thrown out due to an unmet condition of his deal that hinged on whether others charged in…[Continue Reading...]

Polygamous sect leader pleads guilty in scheme to orchestrate sexual acts involving children

Published April 2, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Arizona, child abuse, cult leader, guilty plea, Polygamist cult, Samuel Bateman, sexual abuse

PHOENIX (AP) — The leader of an offshoot polygamous sect near the Arizona-Utah border has pleaded guilty to conspiring to transport underage girls across state lines in what authorities say was a scheme to orchestrate sexual acts involving children. Samuel…[Continue Reading...]

Polygamous sect leader pleads guilty in scheme to orchestrate sexual acts involving children

Published April 2, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Arizona, child abuse, criminal charges, guilty plea, polygamist cult leader, Samuel Bateman, sexual abuse

Polygamous sect leader pleads guilty in scheme to orchestrate sexual acts involving children, watch video report.[Continue Reading...]

InfoWars host Owen Shroyer pleads guilty in Jan. 6 case

Published June 24, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged conspiracy theories, guilty plea, InfoWars, January 6th, Owen Shroyer, QAnon

WASHINGTON — A host from Alex Jones' conspiracy theory mongering InfoWars on Friday pleaded guilty to storming the grounds of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Owen Shroyer admitted that he unlawfully entered and remained on restricted grounds during…[Continue Reading...]

Alex Jones’ InfoWars Buddy to Plead Guilty in Jan. 6 Trial

Published June 21, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged conspiracy theories, criminal charges, guilty plea, InfoWars, January 6th, Owen Shroyer

Owen Shroyer, an Infowars host with a history of peddling Pizzagate and other fringe conspiracy theories, is expected to plead guilty to at least one charge related to his participation in the Capitol riot. Shroyer’s change-of-plea hearing is set for…[Continue Reading...]

OneCoin Co-Founder Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud, Money Laundering

Published December 17, 2022 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged criminal conviction, guilty plea, Karl Sebastian Greenwood, multi-level marketing, OneCoin

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Friday that “Cryptoqueen” Ruja Ignatova associate and OneCoin co-founder Karl Sebastian Greenwood has pleaded guilty to federal charges of wire fraud and money laundering in connection to the OneCoin scam. “As a founder…[Continue Reading...]