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  • U.S. Marshals capture homicide suspect who escaped from hospital last month

    WASHINGTON (TCD) — Law enforcement officials captured a homicide suspect in Maryland who reportedly assaulted an officer and escaped from a hospital in Washington, D.C., following a search that lasted seven weeks.

    According to a news release from the Washington Metropolitan Police Department, on Sept. 6, the U.S. Marshals Service Capitol Area Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested Christopher Haynes in Manassas, Virginia, on suspicion of killing Brent Hayward in August. Police said Haynes waived his right to an extradition hearing and was booked into the Washington Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch.

    He reportedly told police he was experiencing ankle pain from a pre-existing injury during processing and was transported to the George Washington University Hospital for treatment. Shortly after 3:30 p.m., an officer switched out Haynes’ handcuffs, and as he went to cuff one hand to a hospital bed in the hallway, Haynes allegedly assaulted the officer. Police said he fled the scene with one handcuff attached to his right wrist.

    Officers tried to capture Haynes on foot, but their attempts were unsuccessful. According to the Washington Post, Haynes escaped to closed roads in Foggy Bottom and Georgetown. George Washington University reportedly issued a shelter in place alert to students.

    Police released photos of Haynes and offered a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to his arrest. They said he was last seen wearing a white suit with one red shoe. An updated photo showed Haynes with a black shirt, gray shorts, and white shoes. The handcuff was still attached.

    The U.S. Marshals Service Capitol Area Regional Fugitive Task Force, with the help of a police helicopter, located Haynes on Oct. 26 in Oxon Hill, Maryland. Officials took him into custody and transported him to the Homicide Branch. Haynes will be charged with the escape, as well as the existing murder charge.

    In a statement, police said, “Finding Christopher Haynes remained a top priority for the Metropolitan Police Department. MPD worked closely with our local and federal partners to ensure that Haynes was brought to justice.”

    According to the Washington Post, detectives were investigating Haynes’ escape to see if police followed necessary protocols. One officer allegedly drove Haynes to the hospital even though there should have been two officers transporting him because he was considered a “security-risk prisoner.”

    MORE:

    • Wanted Escapee Christopher Haynes Found – Washington Metropolitan Police Department
    • U.S. Marshals Recapture Metropolitan Police Department Escapee Charged With Homicide – U.S. Marshals Service
    • Update, 9/7/2023 – Washington Metropolitan Police Department
    • Murder suspect who escaped GWU Hospital last month is captured – Washington Post

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  • N.C. biological mother accused of kidnapping two children from foster parents

    KINSTON, N.C. (TCD) — Police have arrested a woman who allegedly kidnapped her own biological children from their foster parents last weekend, violating a court order.

    According to a news release from the Kinston Police Department, on Saturday, Oct. 21, officers responded to a home to a report of the abduction of two children. Police did not specify their ages.

    The two juveniles were living with their foster parents and had been placed there by the Department of Social Services.

    According to police, the children’s biological mother, Kimberly Westbrooke, allegedly “violated orders and abducted the children from their foster home.”

    Officers later found the children with Westbrooke in Ayden, North Carolina. Authorities safely returned the children to their foster parents in Kinston.

    Police arrested Westbrooke, and she was charged with two counts of abduction of children.

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  • Missing 5-year-old Milwaukee boy found dead in dumpster

    MILWAUKEE (TCD) — Police arrested a 15-year-old male and 27-year-old male this week after a missing 5-year-old boy was found dead inside a dumpster.

    Milwaukee Police said in a statement Prince McRee was reported as “critical missing” after he was last seen Wednesday, Oct. 25, on the 2400 block of North 54th Street. The 5-year-old’s body was found the next day at 8:50 a.m. in a dumpster on the 5500 block of West Vilet Street.

    McRee’s cause of death remains pending.

    According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, McRee’s mother saw him the morning of Oct. 25 at approximately 9 a.m., then reported him missing around 1 p.m. The boy’s parents knocked on doors of houses in the neighborhood after finding out he was nowhere to be found.

    Wisconsin State Sen. LaTonya Johnson lives near McRee’s family and told the Journal Sentinel the child’s family was “distraught.”

    “It was a shock,” she said. “This neighborhood is relatively quiet. You don’t see a lot of police activity. We knew it was something serious.”

    Michael Murphy, an alderman for the area, said, “It’s a terrible tragedy for the whole community to see another child so senselessly lose their life and then to be discarded in the manner in which they found the child.”

    WISN-TV reports the two people who were arrested live in the same building as McRee’s family.

    McRee’s grandmother shared with the news station that the boy “loved to have fun, loved to play games. He’s willing to help anybody and he made friends at school. He loved to make friends at school.”

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  • Biden Prosecutor Read Three Notes on Hunter Biden Case, Refused to Cooperate with Investigation

    New evidence shows that E. Martin Estrada, who was named by President Joe Biden as U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, declined to work with David Weiss, who is the U.S. Attorney for Delaware, to bring charges against Hunter Biden in his district.

    Estrada’s statement shows that that soon after he was sworn in, he met with his team of U.S. attorneys to talk about Weiss’s request to work together on the Hunter Biden case. Estrada finally talked to Weiss on the phone and told him that he was not going to be a co-counsel on the charges.

    “I first learned about — that there was a Hunter Biden investigation touching on our district shortly after taking the seat. So it would have been late September 2022 or early October 2022,” Estrada testified. He went on to discuss his conversations with the attorneys in his office surrounding Weiss’ request to partner.

    “I learned from attorneys in my office, career attorneys in my office, that there was a request from the District of Delaware to partner or cocounsel [sic] on certain charges that they were investigating; that our career attorneys had communicated that they were recommending against partnering or cocounseling in the charges being contemplated; and that the District of Delaware, through Mr.Weiss, wanted to speak to me about that,” Estrada said.

    Estrada’s first assistant U.S. attorney (FAUSA) told him about Weiss’s request first, but Estrada wouldn’t say who that person was in his evidence.

    “My first assistant, my then First Assistant United States Attorney brought — told me that there had been this request from the District of Delaware to cocounsel or partner on the case; that the chief of my Major Frauds Section, who would be the person who makes these decisions, was recommending against doing so; and that that had been communicated to the District of Delaware,” Estrada testified.

    He didn’t know if the choice not to partner had been made before or after he started his job in late September 2022. Estrada’s evidence shows that the lawyer above his Major Frauds section boss, who was the criminal chief of his division, agreed with the advice not to work with Weiss.

    Estrada made it clear that “cocounsel” on the case meant to work together on it. He said that as a U.S. attorney or assistant U.S. attorney, he had never worked with a co-counsel before.

    The U.S. Attorney also said that the acting U.S. attorney for his district, who was his boss, gave the go-ahead for Delaware assistant U.S. attorneys to become special lawyers, which means they can practice law in his district. His evidence shows that Estrada did not know the specifics of what happened with the hiring of the “special attorney.”

    Estrada met with his Major Frauds chief and criminal chief twice to talk about how to work together with Weiss’ office to charge Hunter Biden. He said that before his first meeting with his bosses in October 2022, he read three notes that helped him decide not to work with them on the case.

    “Based on the recommendation of my major frauds chief and my then Criminal Division chief who, combined, had over 40 years’ experience as prosecutors, I agreed that we would not partner or cocounsel in the prosecution; but I did tell Mr.Weiss that we’d provide office space and administrative support for his attorneys in their prosecution,” Estrada said.

    “Ultimately, it was my — my conclusion. They had already made recommendations. And having reviewed the materials and doing analysis and then speaking with them about materials and analysis, I agreed with their recommendations,” he added.

    After his team’s first meeting on October 19, 2022, Estrada called Weiss. According to the evidence record, Weiss asked to talk on the phone, and Estrada told him what he thought about the Hunter Biden case.

    “I can’t get into the deliberative process. But I discussed our analysis of facts and law to explain to him why we would not be cocounseling on the case, but then I told him that we were happy to provide office space, administrative support for his attorneys. He thanked me for that and the call ended,” Estrada said.

    A short time after his call with Weiss, Estrada met with his top leaders again and told them about his five-minute conversation with Weiss.

    The evidence says that Estrada and Weiss talked on the phone again on September 19, 2023, but it wasn’t about working together as lawyers on the Hunter Biden case. Estrada didn’t talk about the specifics of the call because the investigation into Hunter Biden is still going on.

    Estrada said that he had never met the U.S. attorneys from Delaware who were said to have been given special permission to pursue cases in his district. It is not clear if those lawyers ever went to Estrada’s district.

    The claim that Weiss wasn’t able to file tax charges in California and Washington, D.C., is one of the most shocking ones from IRS agents who swore as part of a GOP investigation that the case had been “slow-walked” and treated badly by the Justice Department.

    Martin Estrada, the U.S. Attorney for Los Angeles, said that he told the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday, behind closed doors, that he knew Weiss had the power to bring charges and offered to help him with the paperwork. In a statement, he said, “I did not and could not ‘block’ Mr. Weiss because he did not need my permission to bring charges in my district.”

    This is similar to what U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves said last week. He said that while he didn’t want to work with Weiss, he never tried to stop him and instead offered to help with logistics.

    Weiss is set to appear before the Judiciary Committee at the beginning of November.

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  • Pittsburgh man allegedly tried to kill former neighbor twice before fatally shooting him

    PITTSBURGH (TCD) — A 21-year-old man reportedly confessed to fatally shooting his former neighbor after attempting but failing to kill him two other times.

    On Sunday, Oct. 22, shortly before 4:30 p.m., the Pittsburgh Police Department responded to Stedman and Fontella streets and found a man in the driver’s seat of a car suffering from a gunshot wound to his head and shoulder. Medics transported the victim to the hospital, where he was later pronounced deceased.

    The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review identified the victim as 29-year-old Joseph Sees Jr.

    Police reportedly saw the victim’s parked car with its engine running and music still playing. A complaint obtained by the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review alleges that the window was open, and there was blood on the front passenger seat. Additionally, police noticed apparent bullet damage on the passenger door.

    At the scene, investigators discovered a live 9 mm bullet and three 9 mm casings. According to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, police also found two jackets, one black and one black and gold, soaked in blood nearby.

    According to an Oct. 25 news release from Pittsburgh Police, officers arrested Joshua Short on charges of criminal homicide, burglary, aggravated assault, and violation of firearms act in connection with the victim’s death. Police said he was also charged with theft by unlawful taking for stealing a car on the morning of Oct. 25.

    The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports that Short was found in the back seat of a stolen black Mercedes-Benz. He initially seemed ready to flee but ended up cooperating with the police.

    Short reportedly admitted to killing the victim and told police he used the 9 mm gun recovered at the scene.

    According to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Short had tried to kill Sees, his former neighbor, two other times.

    On Saturday, Oct. 21, Short reportedly tried to break into Sees’ home and shot at him when he opened the door but missed. Sees sustained a gunshot powder burn to his face, and his sweatshirt suffered damage.

    Also on Oct. 21, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports that Short tried to place a ladder against Sees’ home to break in but fled after Sees called 911.

    On Sunday, Oct. 22, Short allegedly found a 9 mm handgun in the abandoned house where he was living and drove a stolen Honda SUV to Sheffield Street. There, Short reportedly approached Sees’ parked car outside his home and shot him in the head.

    According to the complaint obtained by the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Short told investigators that he and Sees had “ongoing issues.”

    After shooting Sees, Short allegedly threw away his clothing between two nearby houses, drove around the North Side in his SUV, and parked at a Chateau brewery. Some of Short’s clothing, which included a black face mask, black Levi’s jeans, a black Carhartt knit hat, and rubber gloves, was later found.

    Short reportedly returned to the crime scene 10 minutes after police arrived there.

    Short was booked into the Allegheny County Jail without bail. He is set to appear in court for a preliminary hearing on Nov. 3.

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  • Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators Lay Siege to Grand Central Station, Clash with Police

    Another day, another ‘insurrection’ for the radical left.

    This time, it was Grand Central Station in the heart of New York City that was laid siege by Pro-Palestinian demonstrators, who chanted slogans like “From the River to the Sea, Palestine will Be Free,” (meaning, “free” from the existence of Israel).

    The chant is reflective of the origin statement of Hamas, the terrorist organization that runs the Gaza Strip, and which undertook the bloody, savage attack on Israeli civilians on October 7.

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    Hundreds to thousands of pro-Palestine protesters and other activists took over the heartbeat of New York City’s transportation to the region during rush hour.

    Protesters also chanted during the sit-in: ‘No more weapons, no more war. Ceasefire is what we’re fighting for.’

    Some protesters with signs climbed up the walls of GCT. All doors were locked, and marchers and the NYPD were reported to have skirmishes. The police are now trying to get back in charge of the situation, according to those on the scene.

    Protesters were told to put their hands behind their backs after being told three times to leave. The police then tied them up with zip ties and took them to buses that were waiting.

    GCT is still closed as of latest updates.

    They could be charged with criminal trespass. Police also arrested protesters who were gathering on the rooftop level, which had a view of the 200,000-square-foot train hall.

    Jewish Voice for Peace, a radical group that the Anti Defamation League has called “anti-Israel, “put together the protest, which happened at the same time that Israel stepped up its military actions in Gaza.

    JVP is the same group that staged what critics derisively referred to as an “insurrection” at the Capitol on October 18. The Cannon building, one of the buildings in the Capitol complex, was taken over, leading to a disruption of official proceedings.

    The Grand Central Station protest is one of the biggest and most disruptive incidents in recent New York City history.

    “We’re here engaging in civil disobedience to make it clear that we want the bombs to stop falling,” one of the protesters said.

    The protest made it hard for thousands of people to get to their homes on time Friday night. Some commuters stopped, while others looked confused as they walked by. Trains did not run late because of the protest.

    The cops tried to block the exits to Grand Central but failed. They then did nothing while protesters took over the main hall. At 7 p.m., when there were still hundreds of protesters in the station, the cops started arresting people. Soon after, the M.T.A. said that no one would be able to enter the airport and marked two entrances as exit-only.

    On Thursday, Mayor Eric Adams said that 233 people had been arrested at the city’s more than 100 protests and gatherings.

    As a safety measure, the Jewish community in New York is also being told to stay away from a gathering that is set to happen in Brooklyn on Saturday.

    A security source said that Jews should definitely stay away from the area.



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  • New Bank Records Blow Hole in Claim $200,000 Mystery Check was Biden ‘Loan’ Repayment

    The White House’s defense of the $200,000 payment Joe Biden received from his brother James Biden is not supported by the House Oversight Committee’s bank records.

    Rep. James Comer (R-KY), Chairman of the House Oversight Committee, sent a letter to White House Counsel Edward Siskel requesting financial documents to support the White House’s claim that James Biden was using the $200,000 check to repay a loan from Joe Biden.

    Comer stated in the letter that the bank records do not indicate that Joe Biden gave his brother a sizable loan that required repayment.

    Comer Letter To WHCO by James Lynch

     

    “The White House has claimed Joe Biden loaned James Biden $200,000, and this check was repayment. Records obtained by the Committee do show numerous large incoming transactions into the personal account of James and Sara Biden from various entities. Some of these transaction records may have obscured the identity of the true payer, but no records in the Committee’s possession state that Joe Biden made a large loan payment to his brother,” Comer’s letter said.

    Friday, Ian Sams, a spokesperson for the White House, stated on Twitter that James Biden’s $200,000 payment was a loan repayment. An image of the check sent by James Biden claims the payment is a loan repayment, as revealed by the Oversight Committee.

    “If Joe Biden did personally loan James Biden an amount that was later repaid by the $200,000 check, please provide the loan documents, including the loan payment, loan agreement, and any other supporting loan documentation,” Comer’s letter stipulates, however.

    In addition, he emphasizes the IRS reporting requirements for loans sent as gifts and the apparent absence of interest payments by James Biden on the alleged loan.

    “The current lack of documentation leaves reason to doubt claims that this transaction was repayment for a legal loan,” he said. “We request documentation clarifying the nature of this payment and whether all applicable documentation and IRS filings were properly made.”

    According to the Oversight Committee, James Biden sent Joe Biden $200,000 in March 2018 on the same day that insolvent healthcare company Americore transmitted $200,000 to James Biden.

    Bankruptcy court documents show that Americore loaned James Biden $600,000 based on his indications that the Biden name could “open doors” and his assurance that he could secure a Middle East investment by leveraging political connections.

    After the initial impeachment inquiry hearing, the Oversight Committee subpoenaed Hunter and James Biden’s personal and business bank records in late September.



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  • Fla. couple arrested for allegedly 'maliciously' torturing their niece for 10 years

    MARGATE. Fla. (TCD) — A 46-year-old woman and her 43-year-old husband were arrested this week on suspicion of abusing and torturing their teenage niece over the course of a decade.

    Arrest records show Latricia Crawley was taken into custody Oct. 25 on charges of aggravated child abuse and child neglect with great bodily harm, while her husband, Benjamin Lockett, was arrested for child abuse without great bodily harm.

    According to the criminal complaint, on Oct. 25, the victim contacted her online teacher for help and asked the instructor to send police to her home on Northwest 79th Terrace. Margate Police officers arrived at the residence and the victim reportedly told police Lockett got angry at her because he suspected she ate some candy, so he allegedly punched her and caused her to hit her head on a desk.

    The victim sustained a large cut to her forehead and other swelling.

    She was taken to Broward Health Coral Springs, where officers and medical personnel “observed evidence of significant long-term trauma” on her body, including scars that looked like ligature marks, scar tissue, insect bite marks, bruising, and malnutrition.

    A detective spoke with the victim, who said she has been in Lockett and Crawley’s custody since 2014. Since then, the couple allegedly “willfully and maliciously tortured the victim, unlawfully caged the victim in two different closets, and have willfully abused the victim in manners that have caused permanent disfigurement.”

    The affidavit says when the victim was 11, Lockett allegedly kicked her in the chin, which caused a permanent scar. In another instance, Crawley allegedly oiled the victim’s knees when she was 13 years old and “forced the victim to kneel on rice for several hours at a time, for several days in a row.”

    Her knees became permanently disfigured.

    In 2021, Crawley reportedly struck the girl’s toes with a hammer.

    When the victim was 14 years old in 2022, Crawley and Lockett allegedly tied the girl to various objects with a nylon rope. After that, Crawley allegedly threw boiling water at her.

    According to the affidavit, Lockett and Crawley reportedly locked the girl in a closet, bound her with zip ties, and left her with a bucket to use as a toilet. Sometimes, Crawley allegedly poured cold water on the victim “just to see her wake up.”

    Crawley also allegedly taped the victim’s eyes shut and waterboarded her.

    The detective wrote that the victim had clear signs of starvation and malnutrition, which the victim reportedly confirmed by saying Crawley starved her as a form of punishment.

    Crawley allegedly asked police if she could release custody of the victim.

    The affidavit says the victim has been placed into Child Protective Services custody.

    Both Lockett and Crawley have been bonded out of Broward County Jail.

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  • Maine Massacre Suspect Found Dead After Extensive Manhunt

    The suspect in the Lewiston, Maine, massacre that murdered 18 people on Wednesday has been discovered to be dead, sources told NBC10 Boston Investigators on Friday evening.

    In the aftermath of the mass shootings at the Just-In-Time Recreation bowling facility and the Schemengees Bar and Grille, Robert Card was the subject of a days-long manhunt.

    Specific information was not readily accessible. However, according to sources who spoke with NBC10 Boston Investigators, there is no longer a concern in Maine, as Card has been located and has passed away.

    The update follows days of anxiety as an armed and dangerous individual was still missing after 18 people were murdered and 13 were injured.

    Androscoggin County and portions of neighboring Sagadahoc County were subject to shelter-in-place orders. These orders were rescinded Friday morning.

    According to multiple law enforcement sources, the gun investigators believe Robert Card used to murder 18 people and injure more than a dozen others was legally purchased days before he was hospitalized and ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation.

    In Mid-July, New York State Police were summoned to Card’s military base in Cortlandt, New York, because he was acting “belligerently and possibly intoxicated,” according to a source with knowledge of the situation.

    Three law enforcement sources affirm that State Police transported Card to a nearby hospital, where he was treated for intoxication and released the following day.

    A New York State Police spokesperson said, “This is an active investigation, and the New York State Police does not comment on active investigations.”

    A federal law enforcement source told CNN that the army issued Card a “Command Referral” to seek treatment after he disclosed to army personnel at Camp Smith that he had been “hearing voices” and contemplated “hurting other soldiers.”

    A spokesperson for the National Guard Army Reserve officials reported Card for “behaving erratically,” Card was transported to the Keller Army Community Hospital at the United States Military Academy for “medical evaluation.”

    According to law enforcement sources, Card’s encounters with the New York State Police and his National Guard superiors occurred just 10 days after he purchased the high-powered rifle from a firearms store in Maine.

    The weapon was a Ruger SFAR chambered for powerful.308 ammunition, according to the sources. Military snipers firing at great distances and large game hunters favor the.308 caliber. It is broader and more potent than the standard ammunition carried by soldiers and SWAT teams in their rifles.

    A ballistics match has not been validated, but sources say the weapon discovered in Card’s 2013 white Subaru Outback appears to be the same one used by the shooter at the bowling facility and the local bar. The FBI and ATF will examine the weapon for fingerprints and DNA, followed by laboratory testing to ascertain if the rounds and cartridge casings discovered at the crime scene match.

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