The Justice Department moved to dismiss the criminal case against Olympian David Hearn, who was alleged to have vandalized the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting pool, acknowledging the damage to the pool "was the result of flawed installation by the contractor."
Hearn pleaded not guilty to a felony destruction of property charge earlier this month after the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro accused him of allegedly "forcefully and violently" ripping up parts of the pool floor.
Pirro's office said in a filing Friday seeking to drop the case that it only learned of evidence pointing to "a rushed and flawed installation process" after Hearn had been indicted by a grand jury.
Finn Gomez/Getty Images - PHOTO: The drained Reflecting Pool and Lincoln Memorial are seen on the National Mall on July 22, 2026, in Washington, DC.
The filing stated Pirro herself visited the Reflecting Pool on July 17 after it had been fully drained and became aware of significant damage throughout the pool area, which spurred the DOJ to request all documents from the U.S. Interior Department about how the pool was lined.

#pool #lincoln #july #case

McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A Texas mother deported to Mexico despite having legal permission to stay in the U.S. after arriving as a child has filed a lawsuit against the federal government after it notified her it would be terminating her permission because of "unauthorized travel" stemming from her deportation.
Jessica Treviño, 34, filed a lawsuit through her attorney this week asking a federal judge to intervene.
Treviño and her husband were arrested in December after federal agents followed them and two of their daughters into a Home Depot parking lot in South Texas. Both were deported and are living in Matamoros, Mexico, just south of Brownsville, Texas. Their three children, all U.S. citizens, are living with family on the U.S. side near the border.
After being brought to the country as a child at the age of 7, Treviño subsequently received legal permission at 20 to remain in the U.S. under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA. Introduced in 2012, DACA does not confer legal status but has allowed hundreds of thousands of people who had come to the U.S. as children to temporarily remain and obtain work permits.
As a DACA recipient, she must maintain a clean criminal record and is not allowed to travel outside the United States.

#Legal

The felony criminal case against former PFL welterweight Logan Storley has been closed following a pretrial diversion agreement.
According to online records, a pretrial diversion agreement was entered into the court record on July 24. As a result, Storley's surety bond was discharged, and an upcoming court hearing scheduled for Aug. 3 was canceled, with the case status updated to closed.
The resolution stems from a May 18 incident outside a strip club where Storley, 33, was arrested on a charge of **** ual battery.
In Florida, a pretrial diversion program allows defendants to complete court-mandated requirements – such as community service, counseling, or probation – in exchange for having charges formally dismissed, avoiding a trial and a criminal conviction on their record.
Following the court filing, Storley's attorney and manager Dave Martin issued a statement to MMA Junkie on the situation:

#court #pretrial #agreement #record

Ex-PFL fighter Logan Storley had the charges against him dropped after he was arrested on **** ual **** ault allegations back in May in Key West, Fla.
Online records in Monroe County show that prosecutors closed the case while canceling the next court hearing, which was originally scheduled for Aug. 3. No further details were made available, but the case is now closed and Storley is cleared from the charges.
"We are pleased that the criminal case involving Logan Storley has been resolved through a pretrial diversion program, after which the State has agreed to dismiss the charges," Storley's manager and attorney David Martin said in a statement sent to MMA Fighting.
"We want to thank attorneys Jeff and Diego Weiner for their exceptional representation and most importantly, we want to thank everyone who refused to rush to judgment. The presumption of innocence remains a cornerstone of our criminal justice system, and every person deserves fairness, due process, and the opportunity to have their case decided based on the facts, not public opinion.
"Logan is committed to becoming the best version of himself and looks forward to focusing on his family, his career, and the opportunities that lie ahead."

#storley #case #charges #criminal

By Brad Heath, Kristina Cooke, M.B. Pell and Benjamin Lesser
July 30 - Christian Garcia admits that he threw a water bottle toward officers guarding a federal building near Los Angeles during an immigration protest last summer.
The plastic bottle was empty, he said, and hit no one but Garcia himself – the wind blew it back at him. Yet Garcia, a 32-year-old amateur photographer, was arrested by agents, jailed for three days and charged with a crime that could have kept him in prison for up to a year. He said he lost both of his jobs, as a security ‌guard and an undercover shopper, after his bosses told him they had been called by investigators.
Then, with no public explanation, prosecutors dropped the case.
The Trump administration has brought criminal charges against at least 851 people accused of attacking or impeding federal officers, only to abandon them at an unusually high rate. A ‌Reuters review of federal court records found that 31% of these cases that have been completed so far have ended in dismissal. That compares to 8% of all federal criminal cases that typically end in dismissal, according to records compiled by the Federal Judicial Center.

#garcia

Wisconsin democratic socialist state Rep. Francesca Hong, the Democratic primary frontrunner in the race for governor, sidestepped repeated questions from Politico reporter Jonathan Martin Tuesday at Marquette University in Milwaukee about whether she still wants to abolish police after a televised debate in which she pledged to preserve law enforcement funding amid scrutiny of her previous position.
"So, this system is not working," Hong said. "If we want to be serious, we better be putting these billions into things we know prevent crime."
Martin asked whether Hong still wanted to abolish police in the long term. Hong did not answer yes or no, instead calling for "systems of care" and redirecting criminal justice spending before a campaign aide ushered her away.
"I believe that we have to be serious about public safety, and I'm going to be a governor that is more serious than anyone else in making sure that we are building systems of care," Hong said.
Dem Socialist Running For Wisconsin Governor Pushed 'Abolishing The Police'

#socialist

London — Four women speaking to CBS News' partner network the BBC have accused actor and band frontman Jared Leto of criminal **** ual conduct when they were teenagers.
One woman said the Oscar-winning actor and "Thirty Seconds to Mars" band frontman **** ually **** aulted her in a motel when she was 17, while another told the BBC said she had **** with Leto in California when she was the same age — which would qualify as statutory rape.
A third woman told the BBC that Leto threatened her with **** ual **** ault when she was 19 while she was alone with him in a hotel room. Another alleges the star groomed her as a teenager, on one occasion suggesting they should have **** .
Others say they received **** ual phone calls or lewd comments from Leto.
In total, 10 women spoke to the BBC for the documentary, Jared Leto: Hollywood's Dark Secret, including nine who said they were sharing their stories for the first time.

#frontman

Burma's government approved the death penalty as punishment for internet scammers just months after the Fbi announced a sweeping $8 billion crackdown on scam networks coming from the country, according to the country's state-backed media.
The Anti-Online Scam Law passed the country's parliament on Tuesday, green lighting the death penalty for anyone who participates in a scam in which they "commit violence, torture, unlawfully arrest or detain, or treat any person in a cruel manner," according to The Global New Light of Myanmar, a media outlet jointly operated by a private company and the country's Ministry of the Interior.
Burma, also known as Myanmar, has become ground zero for digital scams, with criminals often recruiting migrants from other Asian countries with promises of legitimate work only to imprison them and force them to conduct the scams.
In May, the FBI announced a massive crackdown on a criminal network in Burma known as the "Democratic Karen Benevolent Army." The operation resulted in the seizure of 127,000 Bitcoin, worth over $8 billion as of July.
Fbi Brings Alleged China-linked Hacker To Us In Rare Extradition As Patel Defends Italy Trip

#myanmar #death #Media

Fresh accusations against Jared Leto are reigniting years of controversy surrounding the actor and musician, with a new BBC documentary bringing together multiple women who claim they experienced inappropriate encounters with him while they were teenagers.
Among the allegations is one woman's claim that the Thirty Seconds to Mars frontman dismissed concerns about California's age of consent by telling her that age was just a number.
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The BBC documentary "Jared Leto: Hollywood's Dark Secret" centers on the accounts of ten women, with nine speaking publicly about their experiences for the first time.
According to the broadcaster, four women accused Leto of criminal ******* ual conduct tied to incidents they alleged occurred between 2002 and 2016, when the actor was in his 30s and 40s.

#jared #claim #seconds

Four women have accused Jared Leto of criminal ******* ual conduct, with allegations involving underage ******* and ******* ual ******* ault
A BBC documentary features accounts from 10 women, nine speaking publicly for the first time, alleging misconduct from 2002 to 2016
The BBC said Leto had not responded to its request for comment on the allegations. His representatives previously denied claims of inappropriate behavior reported last year
Jared Leto has been accused of criminal ******* ual conduct by four women.
On Wednesday, July 29, the BBC published a story after speaking to multiple women for the new BBC documentary, Jared Leto: Hollywood's Dark Secret. The four women accusing Leto of criminal ******* ual conduct claim the alleged offenses took place when they were all teenagers.

#documentary

Warning: The following post contains discussions of ***** ual ***** ault.
Four women have accused Jared Leto of criminal ***** ual conduct in a new BBC documentary, Jared Leto: Hollywood's Dark Secret, which airs on July 29. The women all claim the alleged offenses took place when they were teenagers.
The BBC has confirmed that 10 women total are speaking out against Leto in the documentary, with nine sharing their stories for the very first time. The alleged incidents took place between the years of 2002 and 2016.
One woman featured in the documentary accused Leto of ***** aulting her in a motel bathroom when she was just 17 years old, according to BBC. A second woman alleges that she was unexpectedly left in a hotel room with the Thirty Seconds to Mars frontman, who allegedly threatened her with ***** ual ***** ault, when she was 19.
The third woman claimed she had ***** with Leto in California when she was 17. He allegedly "shrugged" it off when it was brought up that the age of consent in California is 18.

#documentary

Four women have accused Oscar-winning actor Jared Leto, lead singer of rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars, of criminal ******* ual conduct, with incidents happening when they were minors, according to a BBC investigation that aired on Wednesday.
The BBC reveals the allegations in the documentary ******* led Jared Leto: Hollywood's Dark Secret. According to the documentary, ten women accuse Leto of misconduct, and nine of them share their stories for the first time.
According to the BBC, one of the women, referred to in the movie as 54-year-old Leto, claims that she was raped in a motel bathroom when she was 17. Another one says she was threatened with ******* ual abuse when she was 19. The third woman says that she had ******* with Leto in California when she was 17, just under the age of consent in the state of 18 years old. Leto is described as shrugging off the discussion of age of consent.
The fourth woman says Leto kept calling her over the phone with explicit ******* ual suggestions when she was 16, including at least once suggesting to have ******* . Another four women say they got strange phone calls with Leto on the other end, with ******* ual undertones, when they were young.
According to Deadline, one of the accusers, using the name of Isabel, says that she was raped by Leto in a motel bathroom in Las Vegas when she was 17 and Leto was in his 30s.

#leto #according #four

Jared Leto has been accused of criminal **** ual conduct by multiple women in a bombshell documentary.
The Oscar-winning actor and Thirty Seconds to Mars frontman has been accused of **** ual **** ault, threatening **** ual **** ault, having **** with a minor and making **** ually explicit phone calls in the new BBC documentary Jared Leto: Hollywood's Dark Secret.
In the documentary, which airs in the U.K. on Wednesday, one woman alleged that she was **** ually **** aulted by the 54-year-old in 2002, when she was 17 and he was in his 30s.
The woman, going by the pseudonym Isabel, claimed that Leto called her into the bathroom of a "gross motel" while he was showering, "opened the shower curtain and started kissing" her before allegedly grabbing her hand and using it to **** himself.
Another woman claimed she was left alone with the Suicide Squad star in a hotel room when she was 19 and he threatened her with **** ual **** ault.
A third alleged that she had **** with Leto at his home in California when she was 17 and he was 34, and he "shrugged off" a conversation about the state's age of consent being 18. She visited his house two or three more times.

#sexual #assault #jared

Warning: Contains graphic details of alleged **** ual offences and misconduct, as well as strong language
Four women have accused Oscar-winning actor and Thirty Seconds to Mars frontman Jared Leto of criminal **** ual conduct, with the alleged offences having taken place when they were teenagers.
One of the women says she was **** ually **** aulted in a motel bathroom when she was 17. Another says the Hollywood star threatened her with **** ual **** ault when she was 19, and had been unexpectedly left alone with him in a hotel room.
A third describes how she had under-age **** with the star in California when she was 17 - which would be classified as statutory rape. Leto "shrugged off" a conversation about the age of consent being 18 in the US state, she says.
The fourth woman describes being groomed by Leto, saying he abused his celebrity status by making repeated **** ually explicit phone calls to her when she was 16. On at least one occasion, she says he suggested they should have **** .

#leto #describes

Jared Leto faces new ****** ual misconduct accusations from multiple women, with some of the allegations occuring when the women were teenagers.
On Wednesday, the BBC revealed that in total 10 women have come forward with allegations against the Oscar-winning actor and frontman of rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars as apart of a new BBC documentary, Jared Leto: Hollywood's Dark Secret. Four of the women have accused Leto of criminal ****** ual conduct, all occuring when they were teenagers, according to the BBC.
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#jared #occuring #oscar

Jared Leto has been accused of criminal **** ual conduct by four women, who claim the offenses occurred when they were teenagers.
In a new BBC documentary "Jared Leto: Hollywood's Dark Secret" — airing Wednesday — a total of 10 women come forward with allegations against Leto, nine of whom the BBC says are sharing their stories for the first time.
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#dark #variety #buys

Mia Bieniemy, the wife of Eric Bieniemy, was shot more than once Sunday evening. According to the criminal complaint, the couple's son shot her in the left forearm and shoulder. The Kansas City Chiefs head coach says she's in stable condition. NBC News' Shaquille Brewster has the story.

#according

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia university missed opportunities to learn of a student's terrorism-related conviction before the man opened fire in an ROTC class in March, injuring two students and killing an Army veteran who fought back with "extraordinary heroism," an investigative report released Tuesday found.
The federal probation officer working with Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, who spent eight years in prison for attempting to aid the Islamic State, did not share Jalloh's criminal background with Old Dominion University, despite the serious nature of the offense, according to the report, which was produced by the law firm Cooley on behalf of the university.
Jalloh, who also died in the March attack, had attended the public university in Norfolk beginning in 2007, was suspended in 2010 and reenrolled after his early release from prison in December 2024. He was readmitted to the school in May last year.
No federal or state law enforcement agency reported his prior conviction either, the report said.
State law prohibits the university from inquiring about student criminal history before admission or readmission, according to the report. The university could have asked readmitted students to voluntarily disclose their criminal history but did not at the time, the report said.

#conviction

The attorney for Duane "Keefe D" Davis, the man charged with the first-degree murder of Tupac Shakur, is speaking out ahead of the start of his trial.
In an interview with The U.S. Sun published Tuesday, July 28, Mike Sanft said there "should never have been charges" against Davis in the first place, adding that his client's past comments about his alleged involvement in Shakur's murder were not necessarily truthful.
"It's exercising your First Amendment right to free speech," Sanft said. "Is it in good taste? Probably not. But once again, it's exercising in his right to free speech."
Davis previously recalled in his 2019 memoir Compton Street Legend the night Shakur was shot.
According to Sanft, authorities "should have rolled their eyes at Keefe and been like, 'Dude, seriously, why'd you even write that book? That's dumb.' Ultimately, when you really look into the book itself and the details of it it's not necessarily criminal."

#first #exercising

ZURICH, July 24 (Reuters) - Switzerland takes note of the announced additional U.S. tariffs but ‌rejects allegations underlying the forced labour investigation, ‌the government said on Friday.
With tariffs of up to 12.5% on Swiss imports, effective July 24, the United States is still adhering to a joint statement of November 2025, the Swiss statement added.
The decision ‌to impose tariffs ⁠on Swiss imports based on allegedly insufficient measures against forced labour is ⁠neither understandable nor justified, Swiss business **** ociation Economiesuisse said.
"There is no evidence that Swiss supply chains are being used to smuggle goods produced through forced ‌labour into the U.S. market," the group added, calling allegations of forced labor unfounded.
"Forced labour is already prohibited in Switzerland under constitutional, civil and criminal law."

#imports #added

Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback and current CBS color commentator Tony Romo was arrested Thursday on suspicion of driving under the influence, according to multiple reports.
According to the report, Romo was traveling southbound on Interstate 43 on the high-rise bridge in Milwaukee when he was stopped by authorities on the evening of July 23. Law enforcement officials indicated that the former quarterback performed poorly on standardized field sobriety tests, which led to his arrest of operating while intoxicated (OWI), Wisconsin's legal term for DUI.
Romo, 46, was taken into custody, booked, and released the same night. The incident is reportedly being treated as a first-time offense, which in Wisconsin is typically categorized as a cicli violations rather than a criminal charge. Potential penalties could include fines and other administrative consequences.
A court appearance has been tentatively scheduled for September 21, where further details surrounding the case are expected to emerge. CBS is scheduled to broadcast four games on September 20, the day before his expected appearance, but announcers have not yet been ***** igned to specific games.
Since his 14-year career in Dallas, Romo has largely maintained a clean public image.

#quarterback #scheduled

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio,sent a letter to the Justice Department requesting a criminal investigation of former special counsel Jack Smith, alleging he made false statements during a congressional deposition last year. NBC News' Gary Grumbach reports on Jordan's referral.

#House #judiciary #committee

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Montana romance novelist Kyle Ann Morrow has been charged with deliberate homicide in the fatal shooting of longtime motel owner Gene Gudmundson
Court documents detail the moments leading up to the fatal shooting, including what investigators say Morrow told a motel employee after the gunfire
The case has garnered widespread attention because Morrow's books contain references to homicide, firearms and suspicious deaths
A Montana romance novelist whose books include storylines involving murder, firearms and suspicious deaths is facing a murder charge after authorities say she fatally shot the owner of a local motel she was once connected to.
Kyle Ann Morrow, 73, has been charged with deliberate homicide in the July 12 killing of Gene Gudmundson, the longtime owner of the Spa Hot Springs Motel in White Sulphur Springs, according to a probable cause affidavit filed by the Montana Division of Criminal Investigation.

#montana

A special prosecutor on Wednesday dismissed felony criminal charges against Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill, who was indicted on accusations of threatening the jobs of New Orleans officials who fought a Republican-led overhaul of courts in the heavily Democratic city.
The case was put on hold almost immediately after the July 2 indictment, when the Louisiana Supreme Court said the local court and special prosecutor did not follow procedures surrounding the indictment. The dismissal by special prosecutor Laurie White came a day after New Orleans District Attorney Jason Williams, Democratic Mayor Helena Moreno and five City Council members sent a letter urging her to drop the case.
"What I did was not a crime, it was never a crime," said Murrill, a Republican. "I think this was a malicious prosecution."
At the center of the case are deepening rifts between the state's Republican leaders and Democrats who control Louisiana's most prominent city.
Orleans Parish online court records show White submitted the letters from the elected city officials and the prosecutor to a judge before dismissing each count. The case against Murrill was then ordered "closed."

#orleans

Liverpool have turned up the heat in the battle against ticket touting, and their recent major campaign has already produced results.
According to The Guardian, more than £1.2 million in ****** ets have been seized and hundreds of supporters permanently banned as part of a joint operation with Merseyside Police.
This is the first time a Premier League club will be working closely with its local police force. The initiative was launched to tackle illegal ticket sales and the criminal network profiting from them.
Working alongside Merseyside Police’s economic crime team, Liverpool’s investigators ****** ysed almost 700,000 ticket registrations during the 2024/25 season to identify suspicious activity and trace money linked to unlawful ticket sales.
They have already detained more than £1.2m in ****** ets under the Proceeds of Crime Act. Two individuals have been convicted, while another is expected to appear in court in the coming weeks.

#ticket #police #merseyside #assets

CNN legal ****** yst Elie Honig called out New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Monday for saying he was looking at whether the city's authorities could arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he visits.
"So, Elie, give us a reality check here. Can Mamdani have Netanyahu arrested?" CNN's Brianna Keilar asked Honig.
"Absolutely not. It is utterly ridiculous for the mayor of New York City to even suggest that he might have the authority to order the arrest of Benjamin Netanyahu or any visiting foreign head of state. First of all, the mayor of New York City has zero law enforcement authority. He does not tell the Manhattan D.A., the NYPD, who to arrest, who to indict," Honig responded.
Honig noted that the U.S. was not a signatory to the International Criminal Court (ICC), and therefore the arrest warrant the ICC issued for Netanyahu has no impact here.
Mamdani's 'Deranged' Israel Take Resurfaces As He Targets Netanyahu

#city #arrest

A Secret Service agent on Vice President JD Vance's security detail is under internal review and has been put on administrative leave after being suspected of leaking information for a news story that included details about Vance's travel, a source familiar with the matter said.
A second source confirmed officials had identified a person believed to have been leaking information about Vance.
The review is being conducted by the agency's internal affairs component, the first source said, and it's unclear if any possible administrative punishment or criminal charges could be forthcoming.
The employee is suspected of having been a source for a recent story on MS NOW about agents on Vance's security detail dismayed by the purported burden the vice president's personal travel schedule has placed on his security team. As part of its coverage, MS NOW also described Vance's planned travel, including flying with his son on a Marine Corps helicopter to a golf lesson — plans that were later aborted.
The story caught the attention of Secret Service, FBI and White House officials, who fumed over operational details being described in the press, the first source said.

#security #internal

New York City socialist mayor Zohran Mamdani was widely mocked by conservatives on social media Tuesday after announcing that one of his campaign platforms, arresting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, isn't a tool he has at his disposal.
In a video post on X that was viewed over 36 million times, Mamdani called Netanyahu a "war criminal" while conceding that New York City could not enforce the International Criminal Court's warrant for the Israeli leader's arrest on its own despite the mayor saying he had looked at exploring avenues to do so.
Mamdani has often said on the campaign trail and as mayor that he wanted to arrest Netanyahu over what the mayor calls a "genocide" in Gaza.
While Mamdani's post was well received by many on the political left, conservatives on social media quickly mocked the mayor over the situation while taking issue with his determination to enforce the ICC warrant, which the United States government does not recognize.
Mamdani's 'Deranged' Israel Take Resurfaces As He Targets Netanyahu

#mayor #mamdani #york #conservatives

It was a seismic story in the middle of the 2025 Tour de France: a senior member of Ineos Grenadiers staff was sent home from the race over alleged links to a German blood-doping ring.
David Rozman was the head carer (soigneur) of the Ineos cycling team, a job which involves all manner of support for riders including nutrition and massage.
The Slovenian had a long ***** ociation with the team, now known as Netcompany-Ineos Cycling Team, stretching back to 2011 when he joined what was then Team Sky during their heyday, as Sir Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome sparked the British team's near-decade of Tour de France dominance under the leadership of Sir Dave Brailsford.
Rozman was first named publicly in relation to the case by The Irish Independent in an article published during last year's Tour. The next day, L'Equipe splashed the Rozman story, and the Ineos head carer's name was published in the British press for the first time two days later by The Times.
It followed an investigative documentary by German broadcaster ARD called Secret Doping: In the Slipstream, broadcast shortly before the Tour began, in which Rozman was not named for legal reasons. The ARD documentary revealed that a member of Ineos staff had allegedly shared messages with a notorious doping doctor, Mark Schmidt, and that some of those messages were used as evidence in Schmidt's criminal trial.

#ineos #tour #france #Cycling