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  • Judicial Watch Victory: Fifth Circuit Rejects Appeal to Undo Decision Ending Counting of Votes Received after Election Day

    (Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit declined to rehear its previous ruling, in which it agreed with Judicial Watch that it was unlawful for Mississippi to count ballots that arrived after Election Day. The full Circuit declined to hear the case by a vote of 5 to 10.  

    Judicial Watch filed a civil rights lawsuit in February 2024, challenging the Mississippi election law on behalf of the Libertarian Party of Mississippi (Libertarian Party of Mississippi v Wetzel et al. (No. 1:24-cv-00037)). The suit was consolidated with one filed by the Republican National Committee, the Mississippi Republican Party, and other complainants.

    (Judicial Watch filed the first challenge to require all ballots to be received by Election Day in 2022 against Illinois.)

     The October 25, 2024, Fifth Circuit appellate opinion at issue found:

    Congress statutorily designated a singular “day for the election” of members of Congress and the appointment of presidential electors. Text, precedent, and historical practice confirm this “day for the election” is the day by which ballots must be both cast by voters and received by state officials. Because Mississippi’s statute allows ballot receipt up to five days after the federal election day, it is preempted by federal law. We reverse the district court’s contrary judgment and remand for further proceedings.

    Earlier this month, Judicial Watch filed a federal lawsuit against California on behalf of U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa to prevent state election officials from extending Election Day for seven days beyond the date established by federal law. California counts ballots received up to seven days after Election Day.

    In an Illinois “Election Day” lawsuit Judicial Watch in November 2024 filed a petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Supreme Court challenging the decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in the case filed on behalf of Congressman Mike Bost and two presidential electors from Illinois to prevent state election officials from counting ballots received up to 14 days after Election Day.

    “This Fifth Circuit action is a historic victory for honest elections and now. Federal law sets ‘Election Day’ not ‘Election Week,’” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “California and the 17 other states should take notice. Our lawsuit just filed against California for counting ballots received for up to seven days after Election Day has even more urgency and strength.”

    Judicial Watch is a national leader in voting integrity and voting rights. As part of its work, Judicial Watch assembled a team of highly experienced voting rights attorneys who stopped discriminatory elections in Hawaii, and cleaned up voter rolls in California, Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky, among other achievements.

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    Source: Judicial Watch

  • Father’s Day bank massacre: How a former cop may have gotten away with Denver’s deadliest heist – TCNPOD

    This Week on True Crime News The Podcast: A disguised man enters a Denver bank with a fake name before taking the lives of four unarmed guards and leaving with an estimated $200,000. Authorities identified former police officer James King as the sole suspect, but he was ultimately acquitted by the jury. Did he get away with the city’s deadliest heist, or could the real perpetrator still be out there?

    Steven Epstein joins host Ana Garcia.

    Check out Steven’s book “Deadly Heist” here.

    YouTube: Father’s Day bank massacre: How a former cop may have gotten away with Denver’s deadliest heist

    Source: True Crime Daily

  • Fake dentist accused of targeting Hispanic community and causing injuries, including facial paralysis

    SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y. (TCN) — A 55-year-old woman stands accused of pretending to be a dentist, operating an illegal business, and injuring patients.

    According to Suffolk County Police Commissioner Kevin Catalina, officials received multiple tips that Yolany Carranza had injured patients at a dental practice, including one instance of nerve damage and partial facial paralysis. Upon further investigation, police determined Carranza was allegedly performing dental work without a license on Heckscher Avenue in Bay Shore and had previously operated an illegal dental business in Huntington Station.

    In a statement obtained by WABC-TV, Catalina said, “I think everyone knows it’s not really fun to go to the dentist, so you can only imagine what this experience was like for her patients.”

    Catalina alleges Carranza targeted the Hispanic community, people who didn’t have health insurance, and those who might be in the country illegally. The police commissioner asked other possible victims to come over as they continue the investigation.

    Authorities executed a search warrant at a Bay Shore home on March 13 and arrested Carranza. She faces three counts of unauthorized practice of a profession.

    • Press Conference – Suffolk County Police Department
    • Long Island woman arrested, accused of working as fake dentist – WABC

    Source: True Crime Daily

  • Live safely with Safely: The ultimate protection

    One in three women experiences some form of physical or sexual violence, but no one should ever feel scared to walk home alone, go for a jog, or do anything but live safely. Thanks to this week’s safety deal, Safely, you can feel calm, cool, and protected.

    Safely began at the University of Texas when four women met and connected over a need to feel safer on and off campus. They quickly realized they were not alone and created Safely to cultivate a world where everyone could live freely and without worry.

    Safely’s Sidekick brings together five essential tools into one sleek package: powerful pepper spray, a flashlight, a loud alarm, a secure grip, and a keychain/glass breaker.

    Sidekick is easy to carry, compact and stylish, lightweight and portable, and gives you the confidence to feel safe wherever you go.

    Ready to up your safety game? The Safely Pepper Spray + Practice Spray Bundle has you covered for ultimate control. This compact and chic tool offers powerful protection without compromising on style.

    Perfect your aim with the practice spray, filled with water, so when anything does happen, you’re ready and prepared to use the bundle’s maximum-strength pepper spray and UV dye.

    A safer tomorrow begins today with Safely. Buy yours now.

    Each product has been selected by our team. We may receive commissions from purchases made via links to products on this page. Promotions are subject to availability and retailer terms of use. 

    Source: True Crime Daily

  • Ind. mom allegedly left 2 infants, including 7-day-old, home alone while she went to a bar

    MUNCIE, Ind. (TCN) — A 32-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly leaving her two kids home alone, covered in filth, while she went out to a bar.

    According to court documents cited by WXIN-TV, on Wednesday, March 12, at 2:30 p.m., Muncie Police Department officers responded to a home on East Butler Street after a neighbor called to report hearing babies crying inside Sandra Henriquez’s house. Police arrived and made their way inside the home and located a 1-year-old and 1-week-old covered in filth. Medics transported them to a hospital for treatment. Officers also discovered a dog inside a crate without food or water, as well as alcohol cans strewn around the house.

    The Muncie Star Press reports the newborn appeared malnourished and was “blue in the hands, feet, and around the mouth,” while the 1-year-old was in fine health but had on a full diaper.

    Police learned that earlier that morning, Henriquez drove her car into a pole and appeared to be intoxicated. Officers saw a car seat in the back and reportedly asked how many children she had, and she allegedly said none. Later that day, she reportedly admitted to having children but did not provide her home address.

    Henriquez allegedly told officials she left her house at 12:30 a.m. and drank a six-pack of beer before heading to a local bar. She reportedly left the children home alone between 12:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.

    Henriquez was booked on multiple charges of neglect of a dependent and one count of obstruction of justice.

    • Docs: Mom charged with neglect after drinking 6 cans of beer, leaving babies alone to go to bar – WXIN
    • Police: Muncie mother went drinking, left children, including a 9-day-old baby, home alone – Muncie Star Press

    Source: True Crime Daily

  • Judge declares 3 missing boys dead 14 years after they disappeared

    MORENCI, Mich. (TCN) — A judge declared three boys dead more than 14 years after they spent Thanksgiving with their father and were never seen again.

    WDIV-TV reports a Lenawee County judge rendered the decision March 5 but reportedly said she could not rule that the boys had been murdered.

    The case began when Tanya Zuvers was scheduled to pick up her sons Andrew, 9, Alexander, 7, and Tanner, 5, from her estranged husband, John Skelton, on Thanksgiving 2010. Zuvers told “True Crime News” that she was supposed to get them at 3 p.m., but she reached out and asked if she could pick them up earlier. Skelton allegedly told her that he wasn’t home, but Zuvers became concerned because his van was in his driveway.

    Zuvers explained Skelton kept giving her different excuses, until he said he was at the hospital and the boys were with a friend he had recently met on the internet. Zuvers called local police and asked them to go to Skelton’s house. Officers searched the home and reportedly found broken dishes, cut-up mattresses, and the house in disarray. Skelton allegedly claimed he hid the boys with an underground organization in order to “protect them from Tanya’s abuse.”

    Phone data showed Skelton drove to Ohio the morning the boys went missing and turned his phone off for two hours, then returned to Michigan.

    Authorities continued to search for the boys, but to no avail. Skelton was eventually arrested and charged with parental kidnapping and unlawful imprisonment. He pleaded no contest and is in prison until his release in November.

    For more information about the case, watch the “True Crime News” segment below!

    • Judge issues decision on mother’s request to declare missing Skelton brothers dead – WDIV2

    Source: True Crime Daily

  • Illinois woman pleads guilty to intentionally running over her husband

    DIX, Ill. (TCN) — A woman will spend two decades behind bars for intentionally running over her husband last year.

    According to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, Melissa Howes pleaded guilty on March 11 to first-degree murder and aggravated DUI involving a death. As part of her plea, Howes agreed to 20 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections.

    On the evening of Sept. 2, 2024, deputies responded to a Dollar General parking lot to a report of a pedestrian hit by a car. At the scene, authorities learned Howes struck her husband, 49-year-old Jeffrey Howes, with his vehicle. Deputies and emergency personnel attempted lifesaving measures, but Jeffrey Howes was pronounced deceased when he was transported to a hospital.

    The sheriff’s office said, “Evidence of alcohol impairment was observed with Melissa,” and she was arrested and initially booked into the Jefferson County Justice Center.

    • Arrest made in fatal accident and update – Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office

    Source: True Crime Daily

  • Texas man allegedly pushed deceased woman’s body in stroller

    AMARILLO, Texas (TCN) — Authorities identified and arrested a person of interest after a woman’s body was found in an alley last week.

    According to the Amarillo Police Department, on March 11, officers responded to the area near Center Avenue and Alabama Street, where they found Elizabeth Duckworth deceased and wrapped in plastic. Officials did not say how she died but called Duckworth’s death “suspicious.”

    Investigators identified 67-year-old Ronald Milles as a person of interest in the case and asked for the public’s help in finding him.

    Witnesses also allegedly saw the victim’s body being placed in a stroller and pushed around the neighborhood in the area of 6th Avenue and South Georgia Street.

    On March 13, police said Milles had been located, interviewed, and booked into the Randall County Detention Center for a separate charge.

    • Person of Interest in Suspicious Death – Ronald Ernest Milles – Amarillo Police Department

    Source: True Crime Daily

  • POLL: Do you believe Collin Griffith acted in self-defense in his mother’s death?

    The teen accused of killing his mother one year after allegedly fatally stabbing his father is now free.

    Collin Griffith, 17, was arrested in September after he called the Polk County Sheriff’s Office and said he and his mother, Catherine Griffith, “had a very long fight and she fell on a knife and she’s bleeding from the neck.” Paramedics and deputies responded to scene and found Catherine Griffith deceased from a knife wound. The medical examiner, however, determined there was “no reasonable or plausible” way she could have died by falling on a knife.

    Prosecutors alleged Collin Griffith stabbed his mother amid a volatile relationship. He had previously been arrested for domestic battery on her and was detained under the Baker Act, which is a temporary involuntary hold due to a mental health crisis.

    At his trial, prosecutors argued Collin Griffith wanted to kill his mother, who he allegedly called an “evil b–ch.” His attorneys, however, claimed Catherine Griffith wanted her son to kill her because she was suicidal. They said Collin Griffith killed his mother in self-defense because she attacked him with a knife. In the end, the jury decided to acquit him.

    Do you think Collin Griffith acted in self-defense? Share your response in the poll below!

    Source: True Crime Daily

  • Do you believe Collin acted in self-defense in his mother's death?

    Do you believe Collin acted in self-defense in his mother’s death?

    Source: True Crime Daily