It’s not surprising in Ontario that a suspect charged in the shooting of a shopkeeper was on bail for gun charges.
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10 Key Revelations in Idaho Murder Case
MOSCOW, Idaho — After weeks of unease over the murders of four University of Idaho students in a house near campus, the authorities this week released their most detailed account yet of the investigation that led them to arrest a criminology student from a nearby university.
The documents detail an array of evidence about the suspect, Bryan Kohberger, 28, a graduate student at Washington State University, who said through a lawyer that he looks forward to being exonerated. The records also provided jarring new details about the night the four students were murdered, while raising fresh questions about a mystifying case in which authorities have not explained a possible motive.
Who Are Sam Bankman-Fried’s Politically Connected ‘Wealthy Co-Conspirators’?
FTX and Alameda Research founder Sam Bankman-Fried was arraigned Tuesday in a Manhattan courtroom. Now attention turns to the legal process leading to an epic trial scheduled to start in October.
Understandably, the press focused on the big headline – that SBF had been accused of committing one of the largest financial frauds in U.S. history. But is there a time bomb ticking away in the indictment?
Far less attention was paid to the last count in the indictment: The allegation that SBF conspired with others to violate campaign finance laws. It was well-documented that SBF had been a major contributor to mostly Democratic candidates (while his colleague, Ryan Salame, was a major Republican donor).
h/t DM
Police Associations to Examine Issues Behind Officer Killings After Recent Deaths
Some of Canada’s largest police associations say they are banding together to identify the root causes behind the killings of five police officers in the past four months.
The Canadian Police Association, the Police Association of Ontario, the Ontario Provincial Police Association, and the Toronto Police Association say they are joining forces to examine the issues at play and will then call for change to make sure the “wave of violence” against police doesn’t continue.
‘It never stops’: killings by US police reach record high in 2022
Law enforcement killed at least 1,176 people or about 100 people a month last year, making it the deadliest for police violence
… The racial disparities have also persisted: Black people were 24% of those killed last year, while making up only 13% of the population. From 2013 to 2022, Black residents were three times more likely to be killed by US police than white people. The inequality is particularly severe in some cities, including Minneapolis where police have killed Black residents at a rate 28 times higher than white residents, and Chicago, where the rate was 25 times higher, Mapping Police Violence reported.
Slightly differing stats from Statista – that’s a lot of “Unknown”
Find more statistics at Statista
The WAPO has slightly differing stats as well
1,084 people have been shot and killed by police in the past 12 months
10 shot outside Miami restaurant during filming of Rapper French Montana’s music video
US Closes In on Bankman-Fried Inner Circle With Probe of FTX Chief Engineer
US authorities are ratcheting up pressure on Sam Bankman-Fried’s inner circle as they scrutinize former close FTX associate Nishad Singh, according to people familiar with the matter.
If federal prosecutors in Manhattan find Singh had a role in the alleged multiyear scheme at FTX and trading firm Alameda Research to defraud investors and clients, he could be charged as soon as this month, said one of the people. The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission are also probing Singh, said the person, who asked not to be identified discussing the matter.
Not lookin good, on paper at least.
Why did surviving roommate who came face-to-face with killer wait SIX HOURS before calling 911
Police have unsealed the arrest affidavit revealing why they have pointed the finger at Bryan Kohberger more than a month after four students were slain in their beds.
The explosive document shows how painstaking work by Moscow Police and the FBI tracked down the 28-year-old criminal justice graduate student.
He was denied bail today during a brief court appearance in Moscow shortly after the affidavit outlining some of the case against him was shared online.
FTX lawyer tied to poker scandal reportedly flipped on Sam Bankman-Fried
Daniel Friedberg — the former FTX “chief regulatory officer” who was tied to a notorious online poker cheating scandal — has reportedly flipped on Sam Bankman-Fried and has been cooperating with the feds in the epic crypto fraud case.
Friedberg, a member of Bankman-Fried’s inner circle and key legal adviser at FTX, met with investigators on Nov. 22 and detailed how the disgraced founder used customer funds “to finance his business empire,” Reuters reported on Thursday, citing a source with knowledge of the matter.
An 8 billion dollar fraud demands jail time, but Sam’s parents have the Democrat card to play. I expect a fairly quick pardon will be arranged once the dust has settled.
Idaho murders suspect Bryan Kohberger left DNA on knife sheath found by cops at crime scene: court docs
Idaho murder suspect Bryan Kohberger was identified as a suspect in the gruesome murders after he left DNA on a knife sheath found by cops at the crime scene, it was revealed Thursday.
As he made his first appearance in a Moscow, Idaho, court, cops released paperwork detailing what led them to suspect Kohberger of killing four University of Idaho students as they slept on Nov. 13.
The affidavit describes how officers discovered a bloody scene over two floors and a leather knife sheath in one room where two victims were discovered in a single bed.
How Police Surveillance Helped Catch Idaho Murder Suspect Bryan Kohberger
Police reportedly surveilled the man accused of the November slayings of four University of Idaho students as he traveled across the country and in Pennsylvania before swooping in to make an after-dark arrest.
Bryan Kohberger, a 28-year-old Ph.D. student and teaching assistant in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at Washington State University, was arrested at his parents’ home in Albrightsville, Pennsylvania, on Friday.
Sam Bankman-Fried pleads not guilty in sprawling crypto fraud case
Accused cryptocurrency fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried entered a not-guilty plea at his arraignment in Manhattan federal court Tuesday.
Judge Lewis Kaplan set a tentative trial date of Oct. 2, 2023, for the 30-year-old fallen wunderkind.
It was Bankman-Fried’s second appearance in Manhattan federal court since his extradition from the Bahamas.
He’s got about 10 months to ponder his non-existent defense.
Federal Sentencing Guidelines Spell Deep Trouble for Sam Bankman-Fried
Sam Bankman-Fried is expected to be arraigned in a federal district court in lower Manhattan today, on the indictment obtained by prosecutors in the Southern District of New York in December.
SBF is in deep, deep trouble. The main reason for that, besides what appears to be weighty evidence against him — including the prospective testimony of two close (alleged) accomplices who are cooperating with SDNY prosecutors — is found in the federal sentencing guidelines.
Twilight of the Tech Gods
Maybe a few years in a federal prison will be good for Sam Bankman-Fried. The high-tech grifter went from billionaire to broke in a matter of days when investors realized that his FTX crypto-currency trading platform had vaporized their money. FTX was a Ponzi scheme purpose-built to snare investors like them—people who thought they were smarter than everyone else. Up until his arrest on December 11, SBF, as Bankman-Fried styles himself, was still giving interviews. Like a frat boy who got caught “borrowing” the college president’s car, he seemed to think he could still talk his way out of this mess. But he’s about to learn that embezzling money is a crime. Even when the alleged embezzler is a fuzzy-headed nerd who convinced everyone he was just trying to save the world.
Accused Idaho University murderer Bryan Kohberger ‘never slept’
PULLMAN, Wash. — Bryan Kohberger’s downstairs neighbor said the alleged quadruple slayer “never slept” — and looked too weak to kill.
The neighbor, who asked to remain anonymous, told The Post Sunday that Kohberger usually kept to himself but could always be heard at odd hours.
“He’s normally a very late night person, going to the bathroom and vacuuming at 1 or 12 in the morning,” she said “I have kids, so sometimes I thought of speaking to him or complaining, but never did.
National Association of Police Chiefs Calls for Bail Reform After Murder of Constable
A national law enforcement organization has joined other law enforcement groups in calling for reform in Canada’s bail policies for violent repeat offenders and criminals who use firearms to break the law.
Following the shooting death of rookie Ontario Province Police (OPP) officer Grzegorz Pierzchala, the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP) issued a statement on Dec. 30, 2022, calling for changes to prevent criminal acts by offenders out on bail.
‘We will love and support our son and brother’: Idaho ‘killer’s’ family STAND BY criminologist
The family of the suspected Idaho quadruple murderer has said it will stand by him, adding: ‘We will love and support our son and brother’.
Bryan Kohberger’s family addressed the charges, shared condolences to the victims families and asked for people to refrain from judgement.
Kohberger, who has been called a ‘black sheep’ among his peers, was arrested Friday in his home state of Pennsylvania.