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35-year term for Bay Area mom who hosted alcohol-fueled teen sex parties

A Santa Clara County judge sentenced Shannon O’Connor, the so-called 'Los Gatos party mom,' to 35 years in prison after she was convicted of roughly four dozen crimes for hosting drunken parties for teens as young as 14–15, supplying alcohol and condoms, encouraging sexual activity, and failing to seek medical help for intoxicated youths; she must register as a sex offender, and prosecutors said she endangered and traumatized the victims while she claimed the parties were intended to help her son during the COVID-19 lockdown.

via The Guardian|

#california #child-endangerment #crime

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Raleigh woman fires on two lawyers outside Wake County Courthouse after hearing

A Raleigh resident, 57-year-old Gwendolyn E. White, is charged with two counts of attempted murder after allegedly firing on two Fox Rothschild attorneys, Mary Harris and Jeffrey Whitley, outside the Wake County Courthouse following a civil hearing involving the Town of Rolesville; the shooting prompted a courthouse lockdown, and White remains in custody with a court appearance set for May 26.

via The Independent|

#crime #gwendolyn-white #north-carolina

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US soldier pleads not guilty in $400k insider betting case over Maduro ouster

A Fort Bragg-based master sergeant, Gannon Van Dyke, pleaded not guilty to five federal charges after allegedly using confidential government information to place about $33,000 in bets on Maduro’s ouster via Polymarket, resulting in about $400,000 in winnings. The case is the first DOJ insider-trading action tied to a prediction market, with civil charges from the CFTC; Van Dyke was released on a $250,000 bond as the prosecution proceeds under Judge Margaret Garnett.

via The Guardian|

#federal-indictment #gannon-van-dyke #insider-trading

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British-born suspect in Georgia shooting spree dies in custody

A British-born man, Olaolukitan Adon Abel, 26, a US Navy veteran, who had been charged in a Georgia shooting spree that killed three people including a DHS employee, died in his jail cell in DeKalb County; authorities said there were no suspicious circumstances and a cause of death has not been disclosed.

via The Independent|

#atlanta #british-born #georgia

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Florida teen indicted as adult in stepsister's Carnival cruise death

A 16-year-old boy, Timothy Hudson, has been indicted and charged as an adult with murder and aggravated sexual abuse in the November death of his 18-year-old stepsister Anna Kepner aboard the Carnival Horizon in international waters; the death was ruled mechanical asphyxia, and Hudson remains free under electronic monitoring as prosecutors pursue the federal case.

via The Guardian|

#crime #cruise-ship #federal-indictment

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Texas high school shooting ends with teacher wounded and student dead

A 15-year-old student opened fire at Hill Country College Preparatory High School in Bulverde, Texas, shooting a teacher before killing himself. The teacher was wounded and hospitalized; no other injuries were reported. The campus was placed on lockdown, students were bused to a nearby middle school for reunification, and counselors were made available. Investigators are examining the shooter-teacher relationship and how the firearm was obtained; the incident comes as the fifth U.S. school shooting with injuries or deaths this year, per Education Week.

via The Guardian|

#lockdown #school-shooting #student