FormerLawman’s Weekend Roll Call rounds up the law enforcement and crime stories making news, from officer-involved shootings and pursuits to major cases developing or coming to light over the past several days. Some incidents are breaking news, others are updates on ongoing investigations, and some are just weird and crazy stories from across our country.NOTE:…
Judge Denies Reduction of $5 Million Bail in OnlyFans Sex Trafficking Case After Defense Claims Poverty Status
Prosecutors cited alleged witness intimidation and hidden assets as survivors confronted the defendant in court. A King County Superior Court judge on Tuesday denied a defense motion to slash the bail of accused human trafficker Nikita Tyukalo from $5 million to $100,000, leaving the 21-year-old behind bars as his case moves toward trial. The ruling…
American Pilot Confirmed Dead After Separatist Attack on Aircraft in Papua
Indonesian forces recovered Nicholas Gosselin’s body after rebels claimed responsibility for shooting him and burning the aircraft. An American pilot has been confirmed dead after separatist fighters shot him and burned his aircraft at a remote airstrip in Indonesia’s Highland Papua province, and Indonesian security forces have since recovered his body. Nicholas F. Gosselin was…
Henderson Transgender Man Accused of Mass Shooting Plot Held on $500,000 Bail
A Henderson man accused of stockpiling more than 50 firearms and threatening a mass shooting was arraigned Wednesday on 35 felony counts, though the terrorism-related threat charge police announced two days earlier does not appear in the formal complaint filed by the Clark County District Attorney’s Office. “Allison Howlett”, 36, appeared by video before Henderson…
Tim Walz Joins Board in Granting Pardon to Convicted Child Sex Offender
The clemency decision could affect the deportation of a Laos national who had been ordered removed since 2006. The Minnesota Board of Pardons granted a pardon June 10 to a Laos national convicted of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl, a decision that could block his deportation just weeks before it was set to occur. The…
End of Watch: Michael E. Pahira Jr., Pennsylvania State Police
“The man died a hero. He was an outstanding trooper, an excellent motor carrier enforcement officer, and was considered to be one of our best.” A Massachusetts truck driver is jailed on $700,000 bail after Pennsylvania State Police say his tractor-trailer struck and killed a state trooper conducting a roadside inspection Wednesday morning. Michael Bon,…
California Senate Panel Rejects Sex Offender Candidate Ban After Divisive Hearing
A California Senate committee voted Tuesday to kill a bill that would have barred registered sex offenders from running for or holding elected office, while advancing a narrower measure that excludes certain offenses involving minors—including some convictions for sexual penetration—from disqualifying a candidate. Assembly Bill 2753, authored by Assemblywoman Esmeralda Soria, D-Merced, failed in the…
Boyle Heights Faces Lingering Health Concerns After Massive Warehouse Fire
Residents report overpowering odors and rat activity as crews begin removing millions of pounds of spoiled food. Nearly two weeks after firefighters extinguished a blaze that burned for eight days at a Boyle Heights cold storage warehouse, residents are confronting a new crisis: an overpowering stench that multiple neighbors have compared to a decomposing body,…
Sixteen Railcars Derail in Bensalem as Crews Assess Hazardous Cargo
Officials issued a temporary shelter-in-place order after discovering two derailed railcars were carrying hazardous materials. BENSALEM, Pa. — Sixteen cars from a 72-car CSX freight train derailed in Bensalem Township on Tuesday afternoon, prompting a shelter-in-place order for nearby residents after two of the derailed cars were found to be carrying hazardous materials. The eastbound…