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An Oregon man pleaded guilty to accessing and uploading child sexual assault materials, and was sentenced to probation and weekend jail that he will serve “at his convenience.”Scott Johnson, 27, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to three counts of Encouraging Child Sexual Abuse in the First Degree.The plea agreement ends a two-year investigation into Johnson for child pornography allegations.In January 2021, the St. Helens Police Department was tipped by the Oregon Department of Justice about child pornography being uploaded in St. Helens from a Kik messaging account. Detectives identified Johnson as a suspect, and search warrants were executed. OREGON SUSPECT ACCUSED OF…

Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced founder of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has allegedly tried to influence some potential witnesses of his trial via encrypted messaging software Signal. Federal prosecutors said the disgraced crypto boss has reached out to the “current General Counsel of FTX US who may be a witness at trial,” according to a letter filed in Manhattan federal court Friday. The current council for FTX US is Ryne Miller, who was also a former partner at Kirkland & Ellis. Miller was not identified by name in the government filing.Prosecutors said Bankman-Fried wrote to Miller via Signal on January 15. “I would really love…

Brittany Mahomes, the wife of Chiefs superstar Patrick Mahomes, fired back at Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval’s “embarrassing” comments Thursday. Pureval, who stated in an official city proclamation Patrick Mahomes is winless against Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow, bizarrely requested Burrow to take a paternity test to confirm whether he is Patrick’s father. “WEAK & embarrassing,” Brittany said in response to the mayor’s post. The post has been viewed over 2.2 million times as of early Saturday morning, a day prior to the AFC championship rematch between Patrick’s Chiefs and Burrow’s Bengals. “I hear the mayor of Cincinnati has tried to bring…

I’m “seeing the departmental tail wagging the ministerial dog” when it comes to Australia responding to our Taliban refugees, says Military Lawyer and Defence Academic Glenn Kolomeitz.“Andrew Giles needs to step up,” Mr Kolomeitz said to Sky News Australia about the Immigration Minister. “He needs to stand up to his department and say, well look if we can’t process the applications of Afghans in Afghanistan … and there are people who speak to their character and their credibility, then let’s give them these emergency 449 visas, get them out and let’s process them somewhere else.” Source: Sky News

CNN  —  A 29-year-old New Jersey woman is facing charges over claims she used false government documents in a ploy to pose as a teenager at a high school, according to police. Hyejeong Shin was charged with one count of providing a false government document after she allegedly submitted a fake birth certificate to the New Brunswick Board of Education, the New Brunswick Police Department said in a news release Wednesday. The police department said that Shin provided a fake birth certificate with the intention of enrolling “as a juvenile high-school student.” Shin does not have an attorney at this…

Miami – Since 20 GOP-led states filed a lawsuit Tuesday against President Biden’s new immigration plan, migrants are now rushing to fly into the United States. Hundreds of migrants flew into the Miami International Airport Thursday and Friday from Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Haiti—all coming to the United States legally under the parole program. Under the new immigration plan, the U.S. will allow 30,000 migrants from four countries to enter each month. Migrant families are now coming to the United States earlier than expected after the lawsuit – fearing the program could end.”My family particularly thought that if we couldn’t push up…

Federal police in Brazil have announced that the nephew of former President Jair Bolsonaro is under investigation in connection with the January 8 attack on government buildings in Brasilia. Leonardo Rodrigues de Jesus, also known as Leo Índio, is the first member of Bolsonaro’s family to be publicly targeted in the investigations. His home was searched in a series of raids on Friday, part of an ongoing inquiry into the perpetrators behind the attack, which was led by pro-Bolsonaro supporters. “Today, the Federal Police are carrying out 11 preventive arrest warrants and 27 search and seizure warrants against coup plotters…

The Memphis Police Department released bodycam footage Friday evening showing Tyre Nichols’ final moments following a traffic stop on Jan. 7 before he was hospitalized and died three days later.Nichols, a 29-year-old Black father and photographer, repeatedly called out to his mother and told five officers who were severely beating him — former Ofcs. Desmond Mills, Justin Smith, Emmitt Martin, Tadarrius Bean and Demetrius Haley — that he just wanted to make it home safely, the newly released bodycam video shows.”I’m just trying to go home,” Nichols can be heard telling the officers in the footage, which was released to…

The U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton announced Friday night that its main gate was temporarily closed after a driver attempted to ram their vehicle into security barriers.A car had been driven into security barriers at around 6:30 p.m. local time, prompting a closure of the Main Gate.The vehicle reportedly caught fire after crashing into the barriers. All passengers in the vehicle were taken to the hospital for treatment, according to FOX 5 San Diego. It is unclear how many people were in the car or the severity of their injuries.LA OFFICIALS WERE TRYING TO INVESTIGATE A BATTERY SUSPECT WHEN…

MADISON, Wis. — Dozens of people were injured in a massive traffic pileup amid snowy conditions in southern Wisconsin on Friday, which blocked Interstate 39/90 for hours, authorities said.Wisconsin State Patrol said 85 vehicles appeared to have been involved and 21 people were taken to area hospitals to be treated for injuries not thought to be life-threatening. State Patrol officials said snow, ice and whiteout conditions were factors in the crash.Most of southern Wisconsin remained under a winter weather advisory Friday afternoon with more snow expected Saturday.The crash occurred at around 12:30 p.m. in Rock County between Janesville and Beloit,…