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87 locals charged in biggest gang bust in state history
Operation Kibosh(WRDW)
By William Rioux
Published: Jul. 23, 2021 at 6:24 PM EDT
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - “A message to our gangbangers ... our message is clear, our promise is true. If you feel that you must continue engage in criminal activity in Richmond County, it’s only a matter of time before your clock strikes midnight.”
That was a strong message from Richmond County Sheriff Richard Roundtree standing alongside Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Friday to announce Georgia’s biggest gang bust in history.
Eighty-seven people are facing charges in Richmond County as a result.
Click here to read more about the details of the bust and how the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office says it’s monumental in making Augusta a safer city.
In addition to the governor and the sheriff, Mayor Hardie Davis, state Sen. Harold Jones, most Augusta commissioners, and District Attorney Jared Williams were all on hand for the announcement Friday. They say bringing together every resource in our community is what will end gang violence.
Authorities say 87 people were indicted after single largest gang bust in Georgia’s history called Operation Kibosh.
“This current prosecution reaffirms and continues our commitment to remove dangerous criminal organizations off the streets of Augusta,” said Roundtree said. “We want the citizens of Richmond County to know that we will never relent as we continue to strive to make Augusta one of the safest cities in the state of Georgia.”
Police say 77 of them are a part of the Ghostface Gangsters street gang. It’s one of the fastest growing gangs in the country and a group mostly made up of white supremacists. The crimes range from attempted murder, drug trafficking, to aggravated assault to an officer.
“This was happening in literally every corner of our state,” said Georgia Governor Brian Kemp.
Sixty-six of those 87 have been arrested and police are still looking for 21 more.
“I don’t think that people need convincing that we are facing a gang and violent crime crisis in our state,” said Kemp.
Kemp and Roundtree both sharing a similar message that we’ve all heard, the younger generation is the focus.
“These resources come from the state, from the local level, the school board level all of these have to come into play. This is not just a law enforcement issue alone,” said Roundtree.
And our local leaders say they will continue to prosecute to the fullest extent to stop this violence.
“For any gangster, trafficker or killer that thought that applied to you. You’re going to learn today,” said Williams, the district attorney.
This is the seventh year the sheriff’s office has focused on RICO cases like this. RICO stands for Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act. This investigation has been going on for two and half years and involved local police on both sides of the river along with the GBI, FBI and US Marshals.
Operation Kibosh(WRDW)
By William Rioux
Published: Jul. 23, 2021 at 6:24 PM EDT
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - “A message to our gangbangers ... our message is clear, our promise is true. If you feel that you must continue engage in criminal activity in Richmond County, it’s only a matter of time before your clock strikes midnight.”
That was a strong message from Richmond County Sheriff Richard Roundtree standing alongside Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Friday to announce Georgia’s biggest gang bust in history.
Eighty-seven people are facing charges in Richmond County as a result.
Click here to read more about the details of the bust and how the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office says it’s monumental in making Augusta a safer city.
In addition to the governor and the sheriff, Mayor Hardie Davis, state Sen. Harold Jones, most Augusta commissioners, and District Attorney Jared Williams were all on hand for the announcement Friday. They say bringing together every resource in our community is what will end gang violence.
Authorities say 87 people were indicted after single largest gang bust in Georgia’s history called Operation Kibosh.
“This current prosecution reaffirms and continues our commitment to remove dangerous criminal organizations off the streets of Augusta,” said Roundtree said. “We want the citizens of Richmond County to know that we will never relent as we continue to strive to make Augusta one of the safest cities in the state of Georgia.”
Police say 77 of them are a part of the Ghostface Gangsters street gang. It’s one of the fastest growing gangs in the country and a group mostly made up of white supremacists. The crimes range from attempted murder, drug trafficking, to aggravated assault to an officer.
“This was happening in literally every corner of our state,” said Georgia Governor Brian Kemp.
Sixty-six of those 87 have been arrested and police are still looking for 21 more.
“I don’t think that people need convincing that we are facing a gang and violent crime crisis in our state,” said Kemp.
Kemp and Roundtree both sharing a similar message that we’ve all heard, the younger generation is the focus.
“These resources come from the state, from the local level, the school board level all of these have to come into play. This is not just a law enforcement issue alone,” said Roundtree.
And our local leaders say they will continue to prosecute to the fullest extent to stop this violence.
“For any gangster, trafficker or killer that thought that applied to you. You’re going to learn today,” said Williams, the district attorney.
This is the seventh year the sheriff’s office has focused on RICO cases like this. RICO stands for Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act. This investigation has been going on for two and half years and involved local police on both sides of the river along with the GBI, FBI and US Marshals.
I just heard about this on TYT.87 locals charged in biggest gang bust in state history
Operation Kibosh(WRDW)
By William Rioux
Published: Jul. 23, 2021 at 6:24 PM EDT
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - “A message to our gangbangers ... our message is clear, our promise is true. If you feel that you must continue engage in criminal activity in Richmond County, it’s only a matter of time before your clock strikes midnight.”
That was a strong message from Richmond County Sheriff Richard Roundtree standing alongside Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Friday to announce Georgia’s biggest gang bust in history.
Eighty-seven people are facing charges in Richmond County as a result.
Click here to read more about the details of the bust and how the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office says it’s monumental in making Augusta a safer city.
In addition to the governor and the sheriff, Mayor Hardie Davis, state Sen. Harold Jones, most Augusta commissioners, and District Attorney Jared Williams were all on hand for the announcement Friday. They say bringing together every resource in our community is what will end gang violence.
Authorities say 87 people were indicted after single largest gang bust in Georgia’s history called Operation Kibosh.
“This current prosecution reaffirms and continues our commitment to remove dangerous criminal organizations off the streets of Augusta,” said Roundtree said. “We want the citizens of Richmond County to know that we will never relent as we continue to strive to make Augusta one of the safest cities in the state of Georgia.”
Police say 77 of them are a part of the Ghostface Gangsters street gang. It’s one of the fastest growing gangs in the country and a group mostly made up of white supremacists. The crimes range from attempted murder, drug trafficking, to aggravated assault to an officer.
“This was happening in literally every corner of our state,” said Georgia Governor Brian Kemp.
Sixty-six of those 87 have been arrested and police are still looking for 21 more.
“I don’t think that people need convincing that we are facing a gang and violent crime crisis in our state,” said Kemp.
Kemp and Roundtree both sharing a similar message that we’ve all heard, the younger generation is the focus.
“These resources come from the state, from the local level, the school board level all of these have to come into play. This is not just a law enforcement issue alone,” said Roundtree.
And our local leaders say they will continue to prosecute to the fullest extent to stop this violence.
“For any gangster, trafficker or killer that thought that applied to you. You’re going to learn today,” said Williams, the district attorney.
This is the seventh year the sheriff’s office has focused on RICO cases like this. RICO stands for Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act. This investigation has been going on for two and half years and involved local police on both sides of the river along with the GBI, FBI and US Marshals.
Truck lifted too high to see the Porsche in front of him.
I'd like to see the outcome of the road rage that Porsche driver unleased.Truck lifted too high to see the Porsche in front of him.
Ohio man who allegedly groped, assaulted flight attendants is duct-taped to his seat by passengers
The 22-year-old man allegedly groped flight attendants' breasts on a July 31 Frontier Airlines flight, then was subdued by passengers and taped to his seat.
Author: Victoria Dugger
Published: 3:20 PM EDT August 3, 2021
Updated: 6:19 PM EDT August 3, 2021
NORWALK, Ohio — A 22-year-old Norwalk man faces three counts of assault and battery after allegedly groping flight attendants' breasts and punching one of them tasked with looking after him before passengers and one flight attendant intervened and bound him to his seat.
A police report says Maxwell Wilkinson Berry was arrested Aug. 1 at Miami International Airport. Police said Berry was on Frontier Flight 2239 from Philadelphia to Miami on July 31 and he ordered two alcoholic beverages from a flight attendant.
He finished his drinks and then ordered another, at which time he brushed his empty cup against the flight attendant's buttocks, the arrest affidavit says. The flight attendant told Berry, "Don't touch me."
Berry then spilled the third drink on his shirt and went to the bathroom, coming out shirtless.
A flight attendant told Berry to put on a shirt and helped him to get a shirt out of his carry-on luggage. The affidavit states Berry walked around for about 15 minutes and began to "get friendly" with a second flight attendant, touching her breasts.
The second flight attendant told Berry to sit down and not touch her, but Berry approached both flight attendants from behind and groped their breasts, the report said.
One of the flight attendants asked a third attendant to take over watching Berry. This third attendant asked Berry to calm down and remain seated, at which time Berry allegedly punched the attendant in the face.
A fight ensued and nearby passengers and one flight attendant restrained Berry, taping him to his seat and tying him down with a seatbelt extender for the rest of the flight.
Berry was arrested upon arrival in Miami and the FBI was contacted, though agents advised they were not going to pursue federal felony charges.
Berry was transported to Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center and was released on a $1,500 surety bond. His case was assigned to Judge Edward Newman.
The 22-year-old man allegedly groped flight attendants' breasts on a July 31 Frontier Airlines flight, then was subdued by passengers and taped to his seat.
Author: Victoria Dugger
Published: 3:20 PM EDT August 3, 2021
Updated: 6:19 PM EDT August 3, 2021
NORWALK, Ohio — A 22-year-old Norwalk man faces three counts of assault and battery after allegedly groping flight attendants' breasts and punching one of them tasked with looking after him before passengers and one flight attendant intervened and bound him to his seat.
A police report says Maxwell Wilkinson Berry was arrested Aug. 1 at Miami International Airport. Police said Berry was on Frontier Flight 2239 from Philadelphia to Miami on July 31 and he ordered two alcoholic beverages from a flight attendant.
He finished his drinks and then ordered another, at which time he brushed his empty cup against the flight attendant's buttocks, the arrest affidavit says. The flight attendant told Berry, "Don't touch me."
Berry then spilled the third drink on his shirt and went to the bathroom, coming out shirtless.
A flight attendant told Berry to put on a shirt and helped him to get a shirt out of his carry-on luggage. The affidavit states Berry walked around for about 15 minutes and began to "get friendly" with a second flight attendant, touching her breasts.
The second flight attendant told Berry to sit down and not touch her, but Berry approached both flight attendants from behind and groped their breasts, the report said.
One of the flight attendants asked a third attendant to take over watching Berry. This third attendant asked Berry to calm down and remain seated, at which time Berry allegedly punched the attendant in the face.
A fight ensued and nearby passengers and one flight attendant restrained Berry, taping him to his seat and tying him down with a seatbelt extender for the rest of the flight.
Berry was arrested upon arrival in Miami and the FBI was contacted, though agents advised they were not going to pursue federal felony charges.
Berry was transported to Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center and was released on a $1,500 surety bond. His case was assigned to Judge Edward Newman.
They can go ahead and do a Minority Report on this muhfucka. He IS gonna act on this shit. There needs to be an intervention.
Missouri governor pardons gun-waving St. Louis lawyer couple
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced Tuesday that he made good on his promise to pardon a couple who gained notoriety for pointing guns at social justice demonstrators as they marched past the couple’s home in a luxury St. Louis enclave last year.
Parson, a Republican, on Friday pardoned Mark McCloskey, who pleaded guilty in June to misdemeanor fourth-degree assault and was fined $750, and Patricia McCloskey, who pleaded guilty to misdemeanor harassment and was fined $2,000.
“Mark McCloskey has publicly stated that if he were involved in the same situation, he would have the exact same conduct,” the McCloskeys’ lawyer Joel Schwartz said Tuesday. “He believes that the pardon vindicates that conduct.”
The McCloskeys, both lawyers in their 60s, said they felt threatened by the protesters, who were passing their home in June 2020 on their way to demonstrate in front of the mayor’s house nearby in one of hundreds of similar demonstrations around the country after George Floyd’s death. The couple also said the group was trespassing on a private street.
Mark McCloskey emerged from his home with an AR-15-style rifle, and Patricia McCloskey waved a semiautomatic pistol, according to the indictment. Photos and cellphone video captured the confrontation, which drew widespread attention and made the couple heroes to some and villains to others. No shots were fired, and no one was hurt.
Special prosecutor Richard Callahan said his investigation determined that the protesters were peaceful.
“There was no evidence that any of them had a weapon and no one I interviewed realized they had ventured onto a private enclave,” Callahan said in a news release after the McCloskeys pleaded guilty.
Several Republican leaders — including then-President Donald Trump — spoke out in defense of the McCloskeys’ actions. The couple spoke on video at last year’s Republican National Convention.
Mark McCloskey, who announced in May that he was running for a U.S. Senate seat in Missouri, was unapologetic after the plea hearing.
“I’d do it again,” he said from the courthouse steps in downtown St. Louis. “Any time the mob approaches me, I’ll do what I can to put them in imminent threat of physical injury because that’s what kept them from destroying my house and my family.” He echoed those comments in a statement issued Tuesday by his campaign and added: “Today we are incredibly thankful that Governor Mike Parson righted this wrong and granted us pardons.”
Because the charges were misdemeanors, the McCloskeys did not face the possibility of losing their law licenses or their rights to own firearms.
The McCloskeys were indicted by a grand jury in October on felony charges of the unlawful use of a weapon and evidence tampering. Callahan later amended the charges to give jurors the alternative of convictions of misdemeanor harassment instead of the weapons charge.
Parson’s legal team has been working through a backlog of clemency requests for months.
He hasn’t yet taken action on longtime inmate Kevin Strickland, who several prosecutors now say is innocent of a 1978 Kansas City triple homicide. Parson could pardon Strickland, but he has said he’s not convinced he is innocent.
Missouri’s Democratic leader contrasted Parson’s treatment of Strickland’s case with the McCloskeys in bitter denunciations of the governor’s action.
“It is beyond disgusting that Mark and Patricia McCloskey admitted they broke the law and within weeks are rewarded with pardons, yet men like Kevin Strickland, who has spent more than 40 years in prison for crimes even prosecutors now say he didn’t commit, remain behind bars with no hope of clemency,” Missouri House Democratic Minority Leader Crystal Quade said in a statement.
Democratic state Rep. LaKeySha Bosley said, “The governor’s stunt ominously underscores that under his watch, justice belongs only to the privileged elite in this state.”
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Associated Press writer Summer Ballentine contributed to this story from Columbia, Missouri.
A Black activist says two White men jumped him last summer. Now, he’s charged with assaulting his attackers.
Vauhxx Booker is facing fresh charges from Monroe County Special Prosecutor Sonia Leerkamp, who has charged Booker with felony assault and misdemeanor trespassing related to a July 4, 2020 altercation wherein he was assaulted by a group of white men who attempted to tie him to a tree with threats of violence. Per the BBC, "Vauhxx Booker told reporters that he had been charged "in his own attempted lynching."" And from the Washington Post, "Booker’s lawyers said Leerkamp filed the charges despite having presented no new evidence since July 2020."
BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-58078503
NY Post: https://nypost.com/2021/08/03/vauhxx-rush-booker-charged-in-own-attempted-lynching/
The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/02/indiana-lake-vauhxx-booker-alleged-attack-race
This governor need to be recalled. The whole state of Missouri need to be ashamed of itself. This the same governor that would not pardon two innocent men who have spent decades in jail for crimes everyone now knows they did not commit. He refused to pardon them but he pardons these crazed cracka motherfucka
Missouri governor pardons gun-waving St. Louis lawyer couple
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced Tuesday that he made good on his promise to pardon a couple who gained notoriety for pointing guns at social justice demonstrators as they marched past the couple’s home in a luxury St. Louis enclave last year.
Parson, a Republican, on Friday pardoned Mark McCloskey, who pleaded guilty in June to misdemeanor fourth-degree assault and was fined $750, and Patricia McCloskey, who pleaded guilty to misdemeanor harassment and was fined $2,000.
“Mark McCloskey has publicly stated that if he were involved in the same situation, he would have the exact same conduct,” the McCloskeys’ lawyer Joel Schwartz said Tuesday. “He believes that the pardon vindicates that conduct.”
The McCloskeys, both lawyers in their 60s, said they felt threatened by the protesters, who were passing their home in June 2020 on their way to demonstrate in front of the mayor’s house nearby in one of hundreds of similar demonstrations around the country after George Floyd’s death. The couple also said the group was trespassing on a private street.
Mark McCloskey emerged from his home with an AR-15-style rifle, and Patricia McCloskey waved a semiautomatic pistol, according to the indictment. Photos and cellphone video captured the confrontation, which drew widespread attention and made the couple heroes to some and villains to others. No shots were fired, and no one was hurt.
Special prosecutor Richard Callahan said his investigation determined that the protesters were peaceful.
“There was no evidence that any of them had a weapon and no one I interviewed realized they had ventured onto a private enclave,” Callahan said in a news release after the McCloskeys pleaded guilty.
Several Republican leaders — including then-President Donald Trump — spoke out in defense of the McCloskeys’ actions. The couple spoke on video at last year’s Republican National Convention.
Mark McCloskey, who announced in May that he was running for a U.S. Senate seat in Missouri, was unapologetic after the plea hearing.
“I’d do it again,” he said from the courthouse steps in downtown St. Louis. “Any time the mob approaches me, I’ll do what I can to put them in imminent threat of physical injury because that’s what kept them from destroying my house and my family.” He echoed those comments in a statement issued Tuesday by his campaign and added: “Today we are incredibly thankful that Governor Mike Parson righted this wrong and granted us pardons.”
Because the charges were misdemeanors, the McCloskeys did not face the possibility of losing their law licenses or their rights to own firearms.
The McCloskeys were indicted by a grand jury in October on felony charges of the unlawful use of a weapon and evidence tampering. Callahan later amended the charges to give jurors the alternative of convictions of misdemeanor harassment instead of the weapons charge.
Parson’s legal team has been working through a backlog of clemency requests for months.
He hasn’t yet taken action on longtime inmate Kevin Strickland, who several prosecutors now say is innocent of a 1978 Kansas City triple homicide. Parson could pardon Strickland, but he has said he’s not convinced he is innocent.
Missouri’s Democratic leader contrasted Parson’s treatment of Strickland’s case with the McCloskeys in bitter denunciations of the governor’s action.
“It is beyond disgusting that Mark and Patricia McCloskey admitted they broke the law and within weeks are rewarded with pardons, yet men like Kevin Strickland, who has spent more than 40 years in prison for crimes even prosecutors now say he didn’t commit, remain behind bars with no hope of clemency,” Missouri House Democratic Minority Leader Crystal Quade said in a statement.
Democratic state Rep. LaKeySha Bosley said, “The governor’s stunt ominously underscores that under his watch, justice belongs only to the privileged elite in this state.”
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Associated Press writer Summer Ballentine contributed to this story from Columbia, Missouri.
I try not to let nothing get me upset on these bgol streets but this is outrageous. Heads need to roll. Governor need to be tarred & feathered. Anybody from Missouri on this board? I'll be in St. Louis mid-september. I'll be ready to ride on these muthafuckas
Mitch would not have said shit to a male
This is actually dope... Regardless of race, seeing old people still enjoying life is always cool to see