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Program could see felons evade prosecution for sexual battery & assault
How George Soros is making the world a better place for rapists and firebugs
18 Dec, 2021 19:32
Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon has reportedly rolled out a new ‘restorative justice’ initiative that will enable teenagers who commit such crimes as sexual battery and arson to escape prosecution.
A leaked memo obtained by Fox News reporter Bill Melugin shows that Gascon is expanding a diversion program for juvenile offenders to include more serious crimes. The prosecutor, who was elected last year after getting more than $2.5 million in campaign funding from billionaire George Soros, cited such “qualifying felonies” as burglary, assault and robbery.
Prosecutors say that under the new policy, a 17-year-old could be spared punishment after following you home, pulling a knife on you, threatening to kill you, and forcibly robbing you, Melugin noted.
Diversion programs are commonly used in the US to allow first-time offenders to avoid prison time and keep their criminal record clean by completing various requirements, such as undergoing treatment and performing community service. In many cases, the suspects are required to enter a guilty plea and admit responsibility, then complete their requirements to avoid having the conviction go on their record. Diversion is typically limited to non-violent offenses, such as drunk driving and marijuana possession.
Gascon last month adopted a broader diversion initiative, modeled after a similar program he implemented when he was DA in San Francisco, partly to reduce “racial disparities” in the criminal justice system. The policy allows suspects aged 13-17 to avoid charges being filed against them if they abide by the terms of a contract with the prosecutor's office, such as going through mental health or substance abuse treatment and meeting with their victims.
“Our prosecutorial approach should be biased toward keeping youth out of the juvenile justice system, and when they must become involved, our system must employ the lightest touch necessary in order to provide public safety,” he explained in a campaign statement last year.
However, public safety has been deteriorating amid surging crime this year in Los Angeles, (like in many major US cities), just as it did when Gascon was the top prosecutor in San Francisco from 2011 to 2019. The DA has also helped lighten the punishments of then-juveniles who were previously tried and convicted as adults, including gang members who committed murder, allowing them to be resentenced as juveniles. As a result, young felons who were in the middle of long prison terms have been set free.
Third-grader told to portray Hitler & commit suicide – reports
20 Dec, 2021 11:12
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An instructor at a Washington, DC elementary school has been suspended after reportedly making third-graders reenact scenes from the Holocaust, including pretending to dig mass graves for their classmates and simulating shootings.
The incident allegedly took place during a library class last Friday at the Watkins Elementary School in the US capital, according to a Washington Post report on Sunday that cited an email from the school’s principal MScott Berkowitz. The staff member is also thought to have used anti-Semitic slurs.
The children had been working on a self-directed project, when the instructor apparently told them to act out scenes that included a train journey to a death camp and people dying in gas chambers, the Post reported. One student was told to portray Adolf Hitler committing suicide.
Although it is unclear what prompted the staffer to conduct the re-enactment, one parent told the paper that when the children asked why the Germans committed these acts, she had replied that they were angry “because the Jews ruined Christmas.”
Good grief!
The instructor, who has been placed on leave pending an investigation, reportedly told the students not to tell anyone about the exercise, but they informed their homeroom teacher. The entire class later met with the school’s mental health response team, according to a letter sent out by Berkowitz.
“I want to acknowledge the gravity of this poor instructional decision, as students should never be asked to act out or portray any atrocity, especially genocide, war, or murder,” Berkowitz said in the letter, adding that there were allegations the instructor used “hate speech” during the lesson.
Speaking to the local Fox News affiliate on condition of anonymity, one parent noted that there was a “lot of sobbing and crying and distress,” and described the incident as “traumatic.”
"This is a terrible corruption of a historical trauma that was inappropriate for eight- and nine-year-olds to learn about in this way and I am outraged."
The TV station also apparently contacted the instructor – it identified her as the librarian – who said “somebody was misquoting what happened in the library that day.” She denied there was any Holocaust-related reenactment or hate speech.
3-year-old killed in Pontiac, mother's boyfriend charged
with felony murder and child abuse
By FOX 2 News Staff and Connie Rahbany
Published December 26, 2021 10:57PM
PONTIAC, Mich. (FOX 2) - Twenty three-year-old Shean Troy Amerson, a Pontiac resident, is charged with felony murder and child abuse in the death of his girlfriend's 3-year-old daughter.
On Dec. 18, Oakland County Sheriff's deputies were sent to the 1500 block of Grandville Ct on the report of an unconscious 3-year-old. When they arrived, she was found to be unconscious and not breathing.
She was immediately taken to the hospital with deputies blocking intersections to create a clear route, but unfortunately she died two days later at Detroit Children's Hospital.
Hospital staff told the Oakland County Sheriff's Office that 3-year-old Aziya Matthews had multiple broken ribs in different stages of healing, multiple round wounds on her legs and torso consistent with cigarette burns, two black eyes, severe head trauma and a collapsed lung.
"It's hard to imagine a human being can be so cruel and inhumane," said Sheriff Michael Bouchard in a press release. "This poor tortured child deserved to be treated as a blessing and loved. We will hold the responsible accountable."
Amerson told deputies that he was giving a client a haircut in the kitchen when he discovered that the girl was unconscious. Her mother was at work at the time, according to the press release.
I suspect it will not be too long before the mother is charged. With all that damage done to Aziya, the mother had to have noticed some of it.
Amerson was arraigned on the charges Christmas Day and is scheduled to appear in the 50th District Court in Pontiac on Jan. 4.
A felony murder carries life in prison without parole.
Currently, Amerson is being held at the Oakland County Jail without bond.
Pontiac, Mi
US Marshals' 'Operation Boo Dat' rescues five missing and endangered
New Orleans teens during raids which saw 17 sex offenders
including child rape suspects arrested
By ADAM MANNO FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 13:44 EST, 2 January 2022
A law enforcement operation in New Orleans found five missing teenage girls, some of whom may have been trafficked, and led to the arrest of 17 people for felony sex offender registration violations.
'Operation Boo Dat' - conducted by the US Marshals Service's New Orleans Task Force in partnership with state, county and local authorities - lasted from mid-October to December 24.
They rescued teens range in age from 14 to 17.
One of them is a 16-year-old girl who ran away from home after allegedly stealing a relative's car and a handgun. She was found living in a house with several adults, including an 'adult female strip club dancer.'
One of the suspects, Lorenzo Oliver, will have to register as a sex offender for life after he was arrested on December 10 for allegedly raping a 12-year-old girl in an abandoned home on the West Bank of New Orleans.
Oliver was previously convicted of attempted forcible rape and sexual battery in 2015 after he followed a woman into a library bathroom and tried to rape her, according to the Marshals Service.
US Marshals, in partnership with various law enforcement agencies, found five teen girls and arrested 30 people as part of their annual 'Operation Boo Dat'
Lamonte Versill Morris, 38, was arrested in October at a home in New Orleans on a June 2021 warrant from Texas for the alleged aggravated sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl
The rescued girls and those arrested were found in separate locations and under different circumstances as part of the annual operation.
Three teen girls, aged 14, 15 and 17, were found in a motel room that 'smelled of marijuana and alcohol' on Read Boulevard in New Orleans East.
The girls told law enforcement that they were previously in another motel room with adult men from Baton Rouge, but the men left them after one of their cousin's was shot.
Separately, a 15-year-old runaway with 'prior human sex trafficking issues' whose pimp was recently murdered was found living in an apartment with her 17-year-old boyfriend and one of his relatives.
'Information was also developed that the female was regularly leaving the apartment to meet with adult males in New Orleans East,' Marshals say.
Two sisters ages 15 and 16 were also found in an apartment in Baton Rouge, with Marshals believing they may be victims of felony criminal sexual activities.
Overall, 30 people were arrested as a result of the months-long operation.
A 17-year-old girl was arrested on a felony warrant for human trafficking from a Louisiana county and a warrant for stealing a car from Mississippi.
She is known to have prior ties to several female runaways from New Orleans and to organized gang activities, Marshals say.
As part of the operation, Lamonte Versill Morris, 38, was arrested at a home in New Orleans on October 29. His apprehension was previously reported by Corpus Christi, Texas TV station KIII-TV.
He was wanted on a June 2021 warrant from San Patricio County, Texas for the alleged aggravated sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl, authorities say.
James E. Muse was arrested on November 8 after he failed to report to the probation and parole board for 'a considerable amount of time' amid reoccurring allegations that he was involved in sex trafficking, according to the Marshals.
He was on parole for 'Enticing Persons Under 17 into Prostitution' in New Orleans.
Seventeen people were arrested for failing to register as a sex offender, which may restrict where a person convicted of sex crimes can live depending on the area.
On October 26, officers arrested David Douglas Smith for failing to register as a sex offender. He was convicted in 1996 in East Baton Rouge Parish for molesting a 9-year-old girl and had been living in Tangipahoa Parish in eastern Louisiana for over two years without registering.
A day earlier, James Sorrell was found at a homeless shelter in New Orleans under a false name. He was wanted on multiple warrants from Texas and Wisconsin for failing to register as a sex offender.
His original 1987 conviction in Idaho involved a 7-year-old female victim.
Most recently, Kuimar Stephens was arrested on December 22 as he tried to run away through the window of a home on the 6900 block of Yorktown Drive in New Orleans.
He was wanted on an August 2020 warrant for failure to appear in court on a pending felony failure to register as a sex offender charge, US Marshals say.
He had not updated his registration since at least 2020 and was also wanted on a separate warrant from the New Orleans Police Department alleging that he was in possession of a rifle.
'This stems from a November 21st, 2021, shooting incident in the 3400 block of Pleasure Street where it is alleged that person(s) shot at Stephens over one hundred times and an AK-47 variant rifle was recovered by New Orleans Police Department at the scene of the shooting,' US Marshals said in a press release.
'During Operation Boo Dat over one hundred sex offender compliance checks were also attempted or completed in Orleans and Jefferson Parishes,' Marshals said.
'Sex Offender compliance checks require law enforcement officers to go to the sex offender’s reported address of residence to verify that the person still lives at the provided address. Often countless hours of follow up investigative work are required during and after a compliance check.'
The Marshals Service partnered with the New Orleans Police Department, the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office and Louisiana State Police in the effort.
Georgia woman suspected of sex-trafficking five-year-old daughter
to alleged killer
by: Elizabeth White, Chuck Williams
Posted: Dec 31, 2021 / 10:06 AM EST
PHENIX CITY, AL (WRBL) – Disturbing new details have surfaced in the murder of five-year-old Kamarie Holland of Columbus, Georgia, and the recent arrest of the child’s biological mother, 35-year-old Kristy Siple.
Court documents obtained by WRBL allege the day Holland’s mother reported her missing, investigators believe the mother sold the child, knowing the little girl would be sexually abused in exchange for money. Investigators said the little girl was raped, sodomized then strangled to death.
Wednesday morning, Siple cowered under her long hair, hiding her face from our WRBL camera just before her first appearance in front of Russell County District Court Judge Walter Gray. The judge set a no bond in her case.
“She has been charged with murder during the course of a kidnapping, murder during the course of rape, murder during the course of sodomy and human trafficking,” Russell County Sheriff Heath Taylor said.
Investigators said Siple reported the child missing from her Bowman Street home in Columbus after claiming she had awakened early on Dec. 13 and found her daughter missing, with the front door open.
However, according to the Human Trafficking Warrant obtained by WRBL, Siple, “On or about Dec. 13, did knowingly subject another person to labor servitude or sexual servitude….she did agree with another person to pay her for having sexual intercourse and sodomy with her minor child.”
The person Siple allegedly sold Holland to was 37-year-old Jeremy Williams, who had a history of abusing children.
Williams was arrested the same day Holland was reported missing and charged with capital murder of a child less than 14 after the girl’s body was located in a vacant 15th Avenue home in Phenix City where Williams used to live.
Before the gag order, Sheriff Taylor said Siple and Williams had a relationship. Additional charges against Williams are forthcoming.
“We expect in the next couple of days he will be charged with Capital Murder during the course of a kidnapping, capital murder during the course of a rape, capital murder during the course of sodomy and production of child pornography,” Sheriff Taylor said.
The Russell County Sheriff’s Office has led the 16-day investigation while being assisted by Columbus Police.
Siple, who is also known as Kristy Hoskins, was taken into custody around 1 p.m. on Tuesday at the Circle K on Victory Drive by the U.S. Marshal’s Service.
Taylor said his agency asked the federal agency to assist in apprehending Siple. She was held for several hours in Columbus before waiving extradition to Alabama. Siple was booked into the Russell County Jail at about 5:30 p.m.
Judge Gray extended a gag order on the Siple case during Siple’s initial court appearance. That gag order is similar to the one issued by Johnson in the Williams case, Chief Assistant Russell County District Attorney Rick Chancey said.
Gag orders have been issued in both cases to control pre-trial publicity and ensure a fair trial for the defendants by limiting what officials, attorneys, and potential witnesses can say. However, the devastating reality of what detectives believe Kamarie Holland suffered is apparent.
“This has really struck a nerve for all of us because we really care about our kids and our community. The only thing I have to say is, please monitor where your kids are and who they are around,” Assistant Columbus Police Chief Joyce Dent-Fitzpatrick said.
Taylor thanked all the law enforcement agencies who have worked on this case since Holland was first reported missing before Christmas. “We are doing everything we can to bring justice for this little girl,” Sheriff Taylor said.
Kamarie’s father, Corey Holland, issued a statement Tuesday night to WRBL through a family spokesperson after the mother of his child was arrested.
“The amount of pain Kristy has caused by ripping Kamarie out of our lives will never cease. We are glad to see that she has been arrested. We are one step closer to justice for Kamarie,” the statement said. “We hope that justice is served. Kristy should receive whatever the maximum penalty she can get… She’s a monster. A real mother protects and would die for her children…My family and I will continue to wrestle with the loss of losing our angel Kamarie. We will ask that you continue to make your news about her and the justice she deserves.”
Neither defendant is eligible for a bond at this time.
Meanwhile, investigators confirm Siple is also facing a failure to appear charge in a separate felony case regarding the chemical endangerment of a child back in 2018.
And yet, she still was allowed custody. Somebody, it appears, wasn't doing their job.
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