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Wasilla Cardiologist Ryan McDonough Died With His Child-Abuse-Material Case Untried While a Neighboring Doctor Received 41 Months
diciembre 15, 2025
Wasilla Cardiologist Ryan McDonough Died With His Child-Abuse-Material Case Untried While a Neighboring Doctor Received 41 Months
Wasilla cardiologist Ryan McDonough died after a house fire while facing child sexual abuse material charges that never reached a jury. Neurologist Jeffrey Sponsler was later sentenced to 41 months.
Phantom Hacker Crews Still Talk Victims Into Wiring Away Their Savings as Tech-Support Fraud Losses Clear $2.1 Billion
octubre 31, 2025
Phantom Hacker Crews Still Talk Victims Into Wiring Away Their Savings as Tech-Support Fraud Losses Clear $2.1 Billion
The FBI's 2025 Internet Crime Report puts tech-support fraud losses above $2.1 billion. The Phantom Hacker scam is the three-call version that talks victims into wiring away their own savings.
Cooperating Witness Robin Smith Still Holds the Phoenix Solutions Felony After Casada and Cothren Were Pardoned and Kept Off the Ballot
octubre 27, 2025
Cooperating Witness Robin Smith Still Holds the Phoenix Solutions Felony After Casada and Cothren Were Pardoned and Kept Off the Ballot
Former Tennessee Rep. Robin Smith remains on federal probation in the Phoenix Solutions mailer case after Glen Casada and Cade Cothren were pardoned, their convictions vacated, and Cothren kept off…
Lee County Jury Convicts Adrian Dabney of Sex Crimes Against a Six-Year-Old as Life Without Parole Hangs on the Sodomy Count
octubre 25, 2025
Lee County Jury Convicts Adrian Dabney of Sex Crimes Against a Six-Year-Old as Life Without Parole Hangs on the Sodomy Count
A Lee County jury convicted Adrian Dabney of sexual abuse of a child under 12, attempted rape, and sodomy involving a six-year-old. Prosecutors say the sodomy count is life without…
Fifteen Survivors Sue Spokane County Over Decades of Guard Abuse While Neighboring Counties Write the Checks
octubre 25, 2025
Fifteen Survivors Sue Spokane County Over Decades of Guard Abuse While Neighboring Counties Write the Checks
Fifteen former detainees sued Spokane County over alleged guard abuse at the juvenile hall from 1983 to 2010. The named officers are dead. Pierce County has already paid millions on…
North Fort Myers Man Enzo Vincenzi Alleges a Violent False Arrest as Sheriff Marceno’s Ethics Case Goes Quiet
julio 13, 2025
North Fort Myers Man Enzo Vincenzi Alleges a Violent False Arrest as Sheriff Marceno’s Ethics Case Goes Quiet
Enzo Vincenzi says Lee County deputies violently arrested him in 2019. Deputy Brian Hoyt later resigned. Sheriff Carmine Marceno's ethics complaints remain without a public finding.
Secret Complaint, Costa Rica’s First Extradition, and Celso Gamboa’s Texas Cocaine Trial Now Set for February 2027
julio 5, 2025
Secret Complaint, Costa Rica’s First Extradition, and Celso Gamboa’s Texas Cocaine Trial Now Set for February 2027
A whistleblower complaint helped push Costa Rica to extradite Celso Gamboa to Texas. Judge J. Campbell Barker set jury selection for February 8, 2027, after granting a 120-day defense delay.
Trump Rejected Iran’s Seven-Day Hormuz Offer, and Israel’s Wars Never Needed a Fake Attack on American Soil
junio 27, 2025
Trump Rejected Iran’s Seven-Day Hormuz Offer, and Israel’s Wars Never Needed a Fake Attack on American Soil
Donald Trump rejected Iran's seven-day plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz on September 26, 2026. Israel and the United States had already opened the war in public. The Gaza…
Jonathan Joss Murder Case Reaches a Scheduling Order, Not a Trial, While the Hate-Crime Claim and Self-Defense Story Both Wait
junio 5, 2025
Jonathan Joss Murder Case Reaches a Scheduling Order, Not a Trial, While the Hate-Crime Claim and Self-Defense Story Both Wait
Judge Joel Perez told lawyers on September 17, 2026, to set a schedule in the murder case against Sigfredo Ceja Alvarez. No trial date was set. The hate-crime allegation and…
The Bathroom Was the Felony: Kyle Vazquez, Known as Tommy Tuffknuckles, Still Faces Hidden-Camera Counts After the Egg Stunts
junio 3, 2025
The Bathroom Was the Felony: Kyle Vazquez, Known as Tommy Tuffknuckles, Still Faces Hidden-Camera Counts After the Egg Stunts
Kyle Vazquez, the Coram TikToker known as Tommy Tuffknuckles, pleaded not guilty to eight counts after police said he recorded inside private homes. No published verdict has followed the June…