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Back To The Future

In Julian's case, the future involves bars and guards.

Thursday’s revelation of the additional 18 charges, filed in the Eastern District of Virginia, means Assange could face significantly more prison time if found guilty.

The alleged Espionage Act violations relate to Assange’s complicity with Chelsea Bradley Manning, a former U.S. Army soldier who was convicted in July 2013 of violating the Espionage Act after she shuttled troves of classified government information to WikiLeaks. Officials said Assange solicited the information from and then brazenly published details that put the government's human sources at risk, disregarding explicit warnings from the government.

Julian's looking at as much as 180 years, which seems like a bit of overkill as he certainly won't live that long. But better safe than sorry.

 

CPL, 48, May Be Looking At Prison Time

Federal prosecutors are expected to charge Michael Avenatti with additional financial crimes Wednesday, sources briefed on the case told ABC News. The charges are to be filed by federal prosecutors in Manhattan who have already accused Avenatti of extortion in a case involving Nike.

In the Central District of California, prosecutors targeted Avenatti with wire- and bank-fraud charges in a scheme that included stealing funds from a client to pay off his own expenses.

Best known for his heavily - publicized "representation" of a washed-up porn star, he's got a lengthy past of shady dealings; including at least one eviction for not paying rent on his office for four months, in addition to the current charges.

Avenatti was previously charged in New York with trying to extort up to $25 million from Nike by threatening to expose claims that the shoemaker paid off high school basketball players to steer them to Nike-sponsored colleges. And in Los Angeles, he’s facing a multicount federal indictment alleging that he stole millions of dollars from clients, didn’t pay taxes, committed bank fraud and lied during bankruptcy proceedings.

Avenatti has denied the allegations against him on both coasts, saying he expects to be exonerated. The Los Angeles charges alone carry a potential penalty of more than 300 years in prison.

Well of course he's denying the charges; you always plead "not guilty" to start things off. And he's whining:

“I’m facing some very serious charges that could result in me spending a long time in a federal prison, and that’s most certainly keeping me up. I’m facing the power of the federal government, which is enormous.”

 

We Know Enough...

"Y'all were not there. Y'all don't know what happened. Y'all just going off something that y'all see," a family friend said outside of court. "We just want y’all to chill. Chill out. Y’all don’t know what’s up. Chill out."

This is who the guy above is defending:

Jyahshua A. Hill, 20, appeared in court Tuesday for his arraignment hearing on a felony animal cruelty charge.

Virginia police have arrested a man in the case of a dog that died after being set on fire in a Richmond park.

The pit bull, named “Tommie,” was found on the night of Feb. 10, tied to a fence at Abner Clay Park and set on fire, Richmond Police said in a statement.

Firefighters found the dog had been doused with a flammable liquid and suffered burns to over 40 percent of its body.

Tommie was treated at Virginia Veterinary Center, and “rallied briefly,” police said, but five days later succumbed to his injuries and died. The director of Richmond Animal Care and Control (RACC) told WRIC on Monday that in her 15 years of working with animals, this is the worst case of animal cruelty she had witnessed.

This piece of work needs the ISIS treatment.

 

Heroism

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Former University of Oregon football star Keanon Lowe said he had just entered a classroom at the Portland high school where he works as a coach and security guard when a student armed with a black shotgun appeared in the doorway.

Lowe had just seconds Friday to react. He lunged at the gunman and wrestled with him for the weapon as other students ran screaming out a back door, Lowe told reporters Monday at a news conference.

Lowe said he managed to get the gun away from the student and pass it to a teacher while Lowe held down the student with his other hand. Lowe wrapped the student in a bear hug until police arrived, he said.

The suspect, 19-year-old Angel Granados-Diaz, pleaded not guilty Monday during a brief court hearing to a felony count of possessing a weapon in a public building and three misdemeanors.

Fortunately, there were no injuries, though Portland police are still working to determine whether or not any shots were fired.

A police report says the incident was a “suicide attempt with a gun” and someone added in bold handwriting “enhanced bail/suicidal.”

Diaz is being held on half a million dollars' bail.

Parkrose High made a great hiring decision in Lowe.

 

As Noted Here Previously

The Imam of the Islamic Center of Portland, Mohamed Sheikh Abdirahman Kariye, has been stripped of his citizenship and booted from the United States. Kariye has been on the Department of Homeland Security “no fly list” since after 9/11. 

I was unaware, however, that the Islamic Center is referred to as Masjed As-Saber, which means "Mosque of the Sword".

And a lot of bad things and bad people have come out of the place over the years as Kariye promoted jihad.

Victoria Taft has the back-story on this guy:

Kariye presided over the radical Islamist teachings at the Masjed As-Saber mosque and, according to court documents and first hand accounts, he encouraged violent jihad, financially helped people who wanted to join the mujahideen and sent them to Afghanistan and elsewhere for weapons and tactical training.

Kariye was shown to have fraudulently applied for citizenship. His citizenship was stripped and he was ordered out of the country. He’s in “Somaliland” as we speak.

 

Drugs? Oh, Say It Isn't So!

A little more than a year ago, Karlee Harbst was the smiling winner of a $1 million prize in the Florida Lottery. She had even won a $100 prize a week earlier. But last week, the 27-year-old Port Orange woman was among more than 20 suspects apprehended by police in a major drug bust, according to reports.

Her lottery winnings had marked an opportunity for Harbst to turn her life around after a criminal history that included previous arrests for drug possession, theft, contempt of court and driving with a suspended license, according to the Miami Herald. But instead, she allegedly got involved with the operators of an extensive drug operation that peddled in heroin, fentanyl and cocaine, according to Florida law enforcement authorities.

Her parents must be so proud.

On the other hand, it's another Florida story. Why people choose to live there is beyond me.

 

Positively Portland

A man who prosecutors say shoved an acquaintance off a towering cliff in Northeast Portland’s Rocky Butte Park -- then made off with his car -- was sentenced Friday to 18 years in prison.

Yeah, you can always trust a guy with neck tattoos.

Investigators say Avonte Terzayon Armstead, who was 19 at the time, killed 22-year-old Irvin Batalla on July 6, 2015.

The idiot managed to wreck the victim's car as well.

At least they got him off the streets for a few years; given that he's a convicted murderer, he'll likely end up serving the full term in the Oregon state prison - so he'll be in his early 40s when he's cut loose.

My view is that it's too light. The guy needs to be killed with fire.

 

An Officer Scorned?

An NYPD officer was arrested after she tried to have a hit-man hired to kill her ex-husband as well as a child, prosecutors say.

Valerie Cincinelli, 34, tried to get her current boyfriend to hire a hit-man, a police official told NBC 4 New York. Cincinelli was arrested Friday by the FBI following a sting operation. NYPD Internal Affairs assisted in her arrest.

Cincinelli was ordered held without bail at hearing federal court on Central Islip Friday afternoon.

You'd think she'd know better - the hit-man you try to hire is almost certainly a cop.

And she's 34 years old! Quality control in hiring at NYPD seems to be seriously lacking.

 

High Noon At Parkrose High

Some dork walked into the Portland school around noon today, armed with a shotgun. It's unclear still as to whether or not shots were fired, probably because it was over so fast - the school football coach tackled and restrained the dork almost immediately; holding him until the cops arrived. The dork's name hasn't yet been released, but it is known that he's an 18 year-old who was a senior at the school.

It appears that nobody was seriously injured.

 

Angel Of Death

A healthcare worker who is suspected of being involved with more than 1,000 unexplained deaths in Texas, has been charged with smothering 11 murders. 

Billy Chemirmir, 46, who worked as a home healthcare aide, was initially charged in 2018 with the murder of 81-year-old Lu Thi Harris.

It's unclear how one would smother 11 murders, as in general one would smother 11 people, resulting in their murders.

Billy's weapon of choice was a pillow, and his victims of choice were elderly and frail.

He is still being investigated for nearly 1,000 unsolved deaths or attacks, and the victims are mostly elderly women who were in nursing homes.

He's presently residing at Dallas County Jail on $9 million bond. No word as to whether he has access to pillows in there.