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1…………> Las Vegas Shooting: New Leads

The question of the century? What motivated a 64-year-old multimillionaire professional gambler Steven Paddock to kill 58 people and injure hundreds by opening fire from a sniper’s nest on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay resort in Las Vegas into an outdoor country music concert below, attended mostly by Trump supporters and admirers?

2…………> Hijab Attack Up North: Toronto

Toronto police are hunting for an Asian male suspect in his 20s after he tried twice to cut off with scissors the hijab an 11-year-old Muslim girl on her way to
Pauline Johnson Public School.

“I felt really scared and confused,he continued cutting at my hijab again” Khawlah Noman said.

http://v.aa.com.tr/1029725

3…………> Venezuela Burning: Food Riots

“In this town, lots of people go hungry,” said Addy Coromoto Valero, deputy to the National Assembly for Merida state as 4 people died and 16 were injured during riots this week in Venezuela’s state over food shortages.

“An armed group in moving vehicles shot at people queueing to buy rice in front of a store,” said Mayor Silvio Luis Torres.

http://v.aa.com.tr/1029724

4…………> IS Brethren: Money Laundering

Marchello Dsaun McCain, a convicted violent felon and the brother of Douglas McCain, the first known American who died fighting for the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), was sentenced in federal court today to 10 years in prison for his illegal possession of a cache of firearms and body armor and making false statements to federal agents involving international terrorism.

In a related case, Canadian national and former San Diego resident Abdullahi Ahmed Abdullahi was charged with providing, and conspiring with Douglas and other individuals in the United States and Canada to provide, material support to terrorists engaged in violent activities in Syria, that is, a conspiracy to murder, kidnap and maim persons in a foreign country.

In imposing an 10 year sentence, the court found that defendant’s obstructive conduct frustrated, delayed and thwarted the United States’ efforts to uncover the scope and membership of conspiracies to provide material support to terrorists and a foreign terrorist organization, ISIS.

“ISIS has brought the war on terror closer to home by directing and inspiring attacks in the U.S. and other countries, thereby putting Americans lives in danger,” said U.S. Attorney Adam Braverman. “By lying to federal agents, Marchello McCain delayed, frustrated and thwarted an investigation into a group that supplied U.S. and Canadian fighters to ISIS. We are committed to doing whatever it takes to protect American lives here and abroad.”

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/brother-san-diego-man-killed-fighting-isis-sentenced-10-years-terrorism-related-charges-and

5…………..> Dog Fighting Boys: NC

Brexton Redell Lloyd, 54, of Eagle Springs, North Carolina, pleaded guilty to one felony count of conspiracy and two felony counts of possession and training a dog intended for use in an animal fighting venture, contrary to the animal fighting provisions of the federal Animal Welfare Act. Each count carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

“Organized crime has no place in North Carolina or the United States – and dog fighting of this sort is nothing short of organized crime. Our law enforcement partners at the Department of Agriculture, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Moore County Sheriff’s Office, and the N.C. State Highway Patrol demonstrated exceptional coordination in bringing this defendant to justice,” said United States Attorney Matthew G.T. Martin for the Middle District of North Carolina. 

“Yesterday’s guilty plea and our continuing efforts to investigate and prosecute these cases send a strong message that our justice system will not tolerate the torment and death of animals in the fighting ring, all for the sake of illegal gambling,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General. “Federal law is clear on this point and will continue to be enforced.”

“The provisions of the Animal Welfare Act were designed to protect animals from being used in illegal fighting ventures, which often entail other forms of criminal activity involving drugs, firearms and gambling,” said Special Agent in Charge Bethanne M. Dinkins for U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Office of Inspector General. “Together with the Department of Justice, animal fighting is an investigative priority for USDA OIG, and we will work with our law enforcement partners to investigate and assist in the criminal prosecution of those who participate in animal fighting ventures.”

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/north-carolina-man-pleads-guilty-multi-state-dog-fighting-prosecution

6…………> LA Skid Row: A “Shithole” Now

“The three major reasons for people being homeless in Los Angeles County are: housing availability, housing affordability and poverty,” Los Angeles homeless services authority executive director Pete White explained as his organization counted a raising number of individuals on the streets – about 58,000 in 2017, a 23 percent increase compared with the year before.

An eye-opening video featuring thousands of homeless people on the streets of Los Angeles appeared on the web over Christmas, showing people in the 50-block district Skid Row having erected tents to have a shelter for the night.