Category: Crime

We first wrote about Robert E. Brooks last year when someone sent us his records. It looked as though he had pumped up his records while he was still on active duty, even though his records didn’t need any embellishment. After a year of denying any shenanigans, he finally pleaded guilty in court this Spring to fabricating much of his military awards records. He faces a year in jail, but the judge, Stephanie Rose, was contemplating probation instead of jail. Well, as part of his pre-sentencing conditions, he couldn’t have guns in his home. Brooks didn’t seem impressed by those terms;

On Tuesday, he admitted to federal Judge Stephanie Rose that, while awaiting sentencing, he had failed to comply with a court order requiring him to get rid of his guns. Prosecutors said probation officers made several home visits and, in late April, discovered about two dozen firearms, “thousands of rounds of ammunition” and smoke grenades.

Prosecutors argued Mr. Brooks should have his pretrial supervision revoked. Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard Westphal said the violation deserved a contempt sanction from the judge and a two-day weekend jail sentence. Mr. Brooks had an “over 30-year pattern of providing false information about his military record” and continued to lie even after he was caught, Mr. Westphal said.

Smooth move, Exlax. When the judge is trying to help you out, you probably shouldn’t moon her. So, the judge sentenced him to home confinement with an ankle bracelet and 20 hours of community service before his sentencing in August. I really want to stop writing about this guy, but he keeps screwing up.

Here’s a surprise, a Clintonista, the carpetbagger governor of Virginia from Syracuse, is the subject of an investigation being conducted by the FBI and the Justice Department according to CNN. This won’t surprise you either; it involves Chinese money that may have been donated to his gubernatorial campaign;

Among the McAuliffe donations that drew the interest of the investigators was $120,000 from a Chinese businessman, Wang Wenliang, through his U.S. businesses. Wang was previously delegate to China’s National People’s Congress, the country’s ceremonial legislature.

“Neither the Governor nor his former campaign has knowledge of this matter, but as reported, contributions to the campaign from Mr. Wang were completely lawful,” said Elias.

It has a 90s feel to it doesn’t it?

Thanks to Mick for the link.

Associated Press reports that forty-one-year-old Christy Russell was sentenced to pay back more than $32, 000 that she stole via credit card from 55-year-old Steven Reis, an Air Force veteran, while he was a-moulderin’ in a shallow grave beneath his home for nine months. She was also sentenced to four years in prison.

Authorities aren’t sure how Reis came to be buried underneath a vacant Dayton home.

Reis’ body was discovered in September and authorities believe he died in January 2015. Police said in a statement that an autopsy couldn’t determine his cause of death.

There were four other people living in the home and Russell was his caretaker. No one called 9-1-1 when he died. The police couldn’t figure out who buried him under the house so the only thing they could prosecute was the theft.