Music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs will head back to court in the fall as a federal judge has set a date for his sentencing. The rapper’s defense attorneys originally petitioned for expedited sentencing, but have since agreed to the original proposed date.
Court documents confirmed that the 55-year-old rap artist will face sentencing on October 3 after being found guilty on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. Combs was acquitted of the more serious charges of sex trafficking and racketeering.
The Bad Boy Records founder’s attorney submitted a petition to have his client released on a $1 million bond, but that was turned down and Combs will remain incarcerated until the sentencing date. People <a href="https://people.com/diddy-sentencing-oct-3-11761014">noted</a> that the rapper will likely be credited for time served for the amount of time he spends behind bars.
The outlet further noted that the government is seeking to sentence Combs to between 51 and 63 months in jail. The defense is seeking a 21 to 27 month sentence. If he had been convicted of all charges, the rapper could have been facing life in prison.
The federal investigation into Combs gained national attention earlier this year when raids on his Los Angeles and Miami properties yielded large amounts of electronic devices, reportedly containing potential evidence connected to the charges. Prosecutors alleged that Combs orchestrated a network of parties and events where women were trafficked and abused. Meanwhile, the rapper claimed that his sexual exploits were unorthodox but fully consensual.
Beyond the courtroom, the fallout has already impacted Combs’ vast business empire. This has led to speculation about whether his music legacy can survive the scandal.
The upcoming sentencing hearing is expected to draw intense media coverage as observers watch to see whether one of the entertainment world’s biggest moguls will ultimately face significant prison time or be let off easy. Many critics are already furious that Combs was acquitted of the more serious charges. 
After the verdict was delivered, Combs appeared to celebrate the jury’s decision that acquitted him on the most serious charges. He raised his hands in a prayer motion and then hugged one of his defense attorneys, Teny Geragos.
His lawyer also said Diddy received a standing ovation from fellow inmates following the conclusion of the trial.

Sean Combs

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Has Sentencing Date Set After Trial Conviction

Sean 'Diddy' Combs Has Sentencing Date Set After Trial Conviction

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The family of 20-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/devastated-family-awaits-sentencing-of-suspected-illegal-immigrant-charged-in-fatal-hit-and-run" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michael Archuleta</a>, who was hit and killed by a vehicle last November, remains distraught on Monday after a judge went easy on the 41-year-old suspected illegal immigrant who was behind the wheel.
North Carolina Superior Court Judge Tiffany Powers sentenced Maria Concepcion Cardona Alejo to just 120 days in jail, Brunswick County Assistant District Attorney Shirley Smircic confirmed in a statement to The Daily Wire. The judge, a <a href="https://www.robesonian.com/news/129298/powers-resigns-as-chairperson-of-elections-board" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Democrat</a>, could have sentenced Alejo to up to 29 months behind bars, but opted for 120 days in jail and 36 months of supervised probation after the jail stint, which begins on Monday.
Alejo pleaded guilty to the fatal hit-and-run and driving without a license.
Archuleta&#8217;s mother Emily Carpenter told The Daily Wire shortly after the sentencing that &#8220;it&#8217;s unjust.&#8221;
&#8220;Like I said before, I have a life sentence. She gets to go home in 120 days,&#8221; Carpenter said. &#8220;My son&#8217;s birthday is next month; he would&#8217;ve been 21.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m just numb from this,&#8221; she added.
The 120-day sentence means Alejo will be out of jail on December 23, just in time for Christmas. The suspected illegal immigrant gave no statement in court and did not offer an apology to Archuleta&#8217;s family before she was sentenced, according to Carpenter.
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Archuleta, who was developmentally delayed, was riding his bike home after spending time with a friend when he was struck and killed by Alejo. Archuleta&#8217;s body wasn&#8217;t found until the next day, and Alejo was arrested three days after the accident. She posted bail a few hours after being detained.
Alejo broke the law at least seven times between 2009 and 2021 for driving without a license, and was slapped with small fines for the infractions. Carpenter previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/devastated-family-awaits-sentencing-of-suspected-illegal-immigrant-charged-in-fatal-hit-and-run">told</a> The Daily Wire that it’s “not fair” that her son — who had recently scheduled an appointment to get his driver’s license — was killed by an illegal immigrant repeatedly charged with unlicensed driving.
According to the Brunswick County Sheriff’s booking report, Alejo is a Mexican national. An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) spokesman told The Daily Wire that he could not confirm if Alejo is in the United States illegally because she was bailed out of jail in November before ICE could issue a detainer request. In order for ICE to issue a detainer, a suspect must be interviewed by an agent in person to determine his or her status.
Carpenter said that even if Alejo is deported following her sentence, it won&#8217;t give the family any closure because &#8220;she&#8217;s just going to make her way back.&#8221;
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Following Alejo&#8217;s sentencing, Archuleta&#8217;s sister, Angel, wrote on Facebook, &#8220;Today [Alejo] got off on a guilty plea after we were told there was no chance of a plea deal, 120 days in jail and then probation for killing my 20 year old brother and admitting she saw him on his bike, still hit him and left him there because she had to go to work.&#8221;
&#8220;Our system and government in North Carolina and Brunswick county is truly corrupt and backward,&#8221; she added. &#8220;To sweep the case and string our family along for almost a whole year just for the court to laugh in our face and give her yet another slap on the wrist for breaking multiple laws as well as lying under oath in the court.&#8221;

Maria Concepcion Cardona Alejo/Michael Archuleta

Dem Judge Sentences Suspected Illegal Immigrant To Just 120 Days In Jail For Fatal Hit-And-Run

Dem Judge Sentences Suspected Illegal Immigrant To 120 Days In Jail For Fatal Hit-And-Run Of 20-Year-Old

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The defense attorney for rapper Young Thug was held in contempt of court and arrested in Fulton County, Georgia, on Monday after he refused to reveal information he obtained about an ex parte meeting held in the judge&#8217;s chambers between the prosecution and a key witness.
Attorney Brian Steel got into a heated exchange with Judge Ural Glanville after Steel revealed information about a private meeting between the judge, the state, and a key witness, 11 Alive <a href="https://www.11alive.com/article/news/crime/ysl-trial/young-thug-lawyer-brian-steel-taken-into-custody-held-in-contempt/85-47a2aceb-0eb7-467a-ae57-30ac94a3a635" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Young Thug, whose real name is Jeffery Williams, is in the middle of what has already been the <a href="https://www.ajc.com/news/crime/young-thug-trial-longest-in-georgia-history-started-one-year-ago-today/RLQKG42ZHFGABLSBUHJ5HBNTZM/#:~:text=Selecting%20a%20jury%20took%2010,state%20trial%20in%20Georgia's%20history." target="_blank" rel="noopener">longest trial</a> in Georgia history. Young Thug was indicted with 27 others in the spring of 2022 on allegations that he leads the YSL street gang, which investigators have tied to drug deals, drive-by shootings, and the deaths of at least three people in Atlanta.
Along with gun and drug charges, the rapper was charged with violating Georgia&#8217;s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) — the same charges leveled against former President Donald Trump, who is also being prosecuted in Fulton County.
Steel motioned for a mistrial, telling Judge Glanville that he received information about the ex parte meeting, which means it was done outside of the presence of opposing counsel, excluding the rapper&#8217;s defense team. The attorney alleged that during the meeting, the judge and district attorney&#8217;s office convinced Kenneth &#8220;YSL Woody&#8221; Copeland to testify. Copeland was previously held in contempt and arrested after pleading the fifth during testimony last week, but during the ex parte meeting, Copeland allegedly admitted to killing Donovan &#8220;Nut&#8221; Thomas Jr, who was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting.
&#8220;I need you to tell me how you got the information [about the meeting],&#8221; Judge Glanville told Steel. &#8220;If you don&#8217;t tell me how you got the information, I&#8217;m going to hold you in contempt.&#8221;
&#8220;I understand. I don&#8217;t want to be held in contempt,&#8221; Steel replied.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t want to hold you in contempt, but this is so sacrosanct to have a conversation in my chambers parrotted to you and others,&#8221; the judge added. &#8220;It is that serious.&#8221;
Steel agreed with the judge about the seriousness of the meeting, adding, &#8220;That&#8217;s why we should&#8217;ve been there.&#8221; He also asked why the meeting with a witness would be held ex parte.
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&#8220;It&#8217;s ex parte because that&#8217;s what the state asked me to do,&#8221; Glanville said. &#8220;It&#8217;s just like when you asked me for an ex parte conversation.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;ve never asked this court or any court to meet with me and a witness,&#8221; Steel said.
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Judge Ural Granville and Young Thug’s attorney Brian Steel.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/YoungThug?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#YoungThug</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RICOTrial?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RICOTrial</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Law?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Law</a> <a href="https://t.co/AoTASWSRFN">pic.twitter.com/AoTASWSRFN</a>
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Judge Glanville then again asked Steel to reveal how he obtained information about the meeting with the state and Copeland, but the defense attorney refused, arguing that he isn&#8217;t permitted to disclose his source.
&#8220;Well, I&#8217;m gonna hold you in contempt,&#8221; the judge said. &#8220;And you can think about it — 5 o&#8217;clock today we&#8217;ll see where you stand on that point.&#8221;
Glanville again ripped into the defense attorney, accusing him of eavesdropping to &#8220;get information that was not meant for you to hear at that particular point in time.&#8221; Steel argued that the meeting was proof of &#8220;coercion&#8221; and &#8220;witness intimidation&#8221; during &#8220;ex parte communications that we have a constitutional right to be present for.&#8221;
The judge <a href="https://x.com/Theprogressrep2/status/1800360343535046852" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ordered</a> Steel to be jailed for &#8220;no more than 20 days&#8221; for contempt of court. Steel will serve his jail sentence every weekend for the next 10 weekends, per the judge&#8217;s order. Steel asked if he could spend his time in jail with his client, Young Thug, to help him prepare for court, and the judge said he would ask the Fulton County sheriff if that would be possible.

Brian Steel

Fulton County Mayhem: Rapper’s Attorney Held In Contempt, Ordered To Jail After Refusing To Reveal Source To Judge

Fulton County Mayhem: Rapper's Attorney Held In Contempt, Ordered To Jail After Refusing To Reveal Source To Judge

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said she was worried that former President Donald Trump might throw her in jail if he were to win reelection in November.
The New York Congresswoman made an appearance on <a href="https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/on-with-kara-swisher-aoc-interview-ai-gaza-insults-and-trump.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kara Swisher&#8217;s podcast</a>, &#8220;On with Kara Swisher,&#8221; and she claimed — among other things — that Trump had run his entire 2016 campaign against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the promise to &#8220;lock her up.&#8221;
Ocasio-Cortez then went on to argue that since Trump had promised to lock Clinton up — in spite of the fact that he ultimately did not make an effort while president to do so — he could be reasonably expected to round up anyone who disagreed with him and throw them in jail if he was elected again.
&#8220;I mean, it sounds nuts, but I wouldn’t be surprised if this guy threw me in jail. He’s out of his mind. I mean, he did his whole first campaign around ‘lock her up.’ This is his motto,&#8221; she claimed. &#8220;I take him at his word when he says that he’s going to round up people. I take him at his word when he threatens journalists. I take him at his word. I feel like what we saw in his first presidency was an amuse-bouche to what his intentions are. He has learned from his mistakes of appointing professionals, and he will not make that mistake next time.&#8221;
Trump, as Fox News Digital <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/aoc-frets-donald-trump-would-throw-her-jail-he-wins-hes-out-his-mind" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>, recently told host Sean Hannity that he did not plan to use the Justice Department against even President Joe Biden if he were to win in November, despite a number of people claiming that he would.
&#8220;Number one, they&#8217;re wrong. It has to stop, because otherwise, we&#8217;re not going to have a country,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Look, when this election is over, based on what they&#8217;ve done, I would have every right to go after them, and it&#8217;s easy, because it&#8217;s Joe Biden and you see all the criminality, all of the money that&#8217;s going into the family and him, all of this money from China, from Russia, from Ukraine.&#8221;
Others pointed out that Ocasio-Cortez — who previously claimed that her critics wished they could <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/aoc-lashes-out-at-critics-after-being-caught-in-florida-republicans-are-mad-they-cant-date-me" target="_blank" rel="noopener">date her</a> — was off base in claiming that Trump would throw her in jail.
&#8220;This is what you call shock theater. Without evidence, @AOC alleged that Donald Trump would throw her in jail if he wins the election,&#8221; Gianno Caldwell posted.
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This is what you call shock theater. Without evidence, <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AOC</a> alleged that Donald Trump would throw her in jail if he wins the election. <a href="https://t.co/qpuDuzdNhC">https://t.co/qpuDuzdNhC</a>
— Gianno Caldwell (@GiannoCaldwell) <a href="https://twitter.com/GiannoCaldwell/status/1799921231506071576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 9, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;She takes Trump &#8216;at his word&#8217; for threats he’s not made, but ones AOC has imagined: &#8216;I take him at his word when he says that he’s going to round up people. I take him at his word when he threatens journalists. I take him at his word,&#8217; Ocasio-Cortez said,&#8221; Brian Doherty <a href="https://x.com/BDOH/status/1800143757918302348" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added</a>.

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

‘Shock Theater’: AOC Is Worried Trump Will Throw Her In Jail If He Wins

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Donald Trump

Former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> is getting interviewed by a probation officer on Monday as part of the process leading up to sentencing after a jury returned a guilty verdict in his New York hush money trial.
Sources told <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/09/nyregion/trump-probation-officer-hush-money-verdict.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Times</a> the discussion would be conducted virtually while Trump is at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, and one of his lawyers, Todd Blanche, would be present. The probation officer may collect information about Trump&#8217;s personal history and criminal record for a report that the judge, who in this case is Juan Merchan, can use to help decide a punishment.
&#8220;The pre-sentence report is a chance for the defendant’s lawyer to say good things about the defendant, like that the defendant is in a counseling program or has a steady job and takes care of an ailing family member,&#8221; says the <a href="https://www.nycourts.gov/courthelp/criminal/preSentenceReport.shtml#:~:text=The%20probation%20officer%20may%20talk,report%20makes%20recommendations%20for%20sentencing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York court system&#8217;s website</a>. &#8220;The pre-sentence interview is a chance for the defendant to try to make a good impression and explain why he or she deserves a lighter punishment.&#8221;
Jurors <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/verdict-trump-found-guilty-on-all-charges-in-hush-money-case" target="_blank" rel="noopener">convicted</a> Trump last month on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to allegedly cover up a tryst with adult film star Stormy Daniels as part of a &#8220;catch-and-kill&#8221; scheme to influence the 2016 presidential election. Trump, who denied the affair and pleaded not guilty to the charges, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-guilty-verdict-trial-05-31-24/h_5f39d02456672b825a69b106df7ed682" target="_blank" rel="noopener">vowed</a> to appeal.
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Merchan scheduled sentencing for July 11, just days before Trump is expected to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rnc-preparing-for-possibility-of-trump-being-in-jail-during-convention" target="_blank" rel="noopener">receive</a> the GOP&#8217;s presidential nomination at the Republican National Convention. Legal experts <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/29/trump-if-convicted-hush-money-trial-new-york/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">doubt</a> the 77-year-old Trump will end up behind bars, though the Secret Service has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/secret-service-prepares-for-possibility-of-trump-going-to-jail-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> coordinated with local jail officials just in case. Possible alternatives to imprisonment include probation or community service.
&#8220;President Trump and his legal team are already taking necessary steps to challenge and defeat the lawless Manhattan DA case,&#8221; Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung <a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-probation-interview-hush-money-ff76617722766fb305d32d84a2bf3600" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement over the weekend, referring to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
Three other criminal cases on the state and federal levels hang over Trump as he seeks a second White House term, prompting the former president to say he is the victim of a politically motivated <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-accuses-democrats-of-running-a-gestapo-administration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;witch hunt.&#8221;</a> It is unclear whether any of those cases will reach the trial stage before the November contest.

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Trump Getting Interviewed By Probation Officer

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Organizers for the GOP national convention next month in Milwaukee are preparing for the possibility that former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> will be in jail when he receives the party&#8217;s nomination, according to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/republican-national-committee-rnc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Republican National Committee (RNC)</a> Chairman Michael Whatley.
Judge Juan Merchan has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-sets-trump-sentencing-date-four-days-before-gop-convention" target="_blank" rel="noopener">scheduled</a> sentencing for the middle of July — four days before the start of the Republican convention — after a jury returned a guilty verdict on all counts last week in Trump&#8217;s hush-money trial in New York.
Whatley <a href="https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/rnc-michael-whatley-trump/2024/06/04/id/1167379/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told Newsmax</a> on Tuesday that RNC officials &#8220;expect&#8221; Trump to be in Milwaukee to accept the nomination, but are &#8220;working on&#8221; a plan for if he is in jail. &#8220;We will make whatever contingency planning we need to make for it. But the fact is, he is going to be our nominee and he is going to be the 47th president of the United States,&#8221; Whatley added.
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The RNC chief declined to get into specifics when pressed for details on the preparations, including how Trump might address the convention. Host Rob Finnerty floated the possibilities of Trump recording a speech before he is sentenced or delivering remarks from jail.
&#8220;Everything is being thought about. Everything is being considered at this point in time,&#8221; Whatley said, adding, &#8220;We will have to wait and see what the courts present us with the opportunity to do, but look, Donald Trump will communicate directly with the American voters the way that he always does.&#8221;
The case involves <a href="https://manhattanda.org/district-attorney-bragg-announces-34-count-felony-indictment-of-former-president-donald-j-trump/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">34 felony counts</a> of falsifying business records to allegedly cover up damaging information as part of a “catch-and-kill” scheme to influence the 2016 election. Trump, who pleaded not guilty to the charges, said he would be <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/white-house-race-plunges-into-uncharted-territory-trump-awaits-july-sentencing-2024-05-31/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;appealing this scam</a>.&#8221;
Sentencing is scheduled for July 11. Legal experts <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/29/trump-if-convicted-hush-money-trial-new-york/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">doubt</a> the 77-year-old Trump will end up being placed behind bars given that he had no criminal record prior to the conviction, though the Secret Service has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/secret-service-prepares-for-possibility-of-trump-going-to-jail-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> coordinated with local jail officials just in case. Possible alternatives to imprisonment include probation or community service.
Three other criminal matters on the state and federal levels hang over Trump as he seeks re-election this year, prompting the former president to say he is the victim of a politically motivated <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-accuses-democrats-of-running-a-gestapo-administration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;witch hunt.&#8221;</a> It is unclear whether any of those will reach the trial stage before the November election, but Trump can run despite a conviction.
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President Joe Biden is also running for a second term this election cycle. Democrats are <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrats-plan-virtual-nomination-for-biden-ahead-of-chicago-convention" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly planning</a> to nominate him virtually weeks before their August convention in Chicago as part of a shuffle that could avoid complications that could leave Biden off the ballot in Ohio and avoid embarrassing protests by critics.
Whatley guessed Democrats also fear Biden being on the air for an &#8220;extended period of time.&#8221; He added, &#8220;They want to try and hide him. That&#8217;s their entire campaign plan &#8230; they&#8217;re going back to the basement like they did in 2020. He just is not able to communicate directly with the American people, so they&#8217;re going to do it as a studio production.&#8221;

RNC Preparing For Possibility Of Trump Being In Jail During Convention

Michael Whatley

Republican National Committee (RNC)

The Secret Service has reportedly met with jail officials in New York in anticipation of a possible conviction in former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a>&#8216;s hush-money case.
A corrections source <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-happens-if-trump-is-convicted-in-new-york-trial/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told CBS News</a> that such preparations were underway as the Manhattan trial reached closing arguments and jury deliberations this week.
The report said corrections officers would be responsible for protecting any Secret Service agents tasked with safeguarding Trump if he spends any time behind bars.
Although the location of where Trump might serve jail time remains unclear, CBS noted shorter sentences can be served at the Rikers Island complex, which has two wings typically used for high-profile inmates.
Trump&#8217;s allies expressed outrage in response to the report, criticizing the case brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and pointing out how the defendant himself is a candidate for the presidency.
&#8220;Today the government is trying to throw the leading candidate for President in prison on bogus charges in a city stacked with far left jurors,&#8221; political commentator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/robby-starbuck-announces-release-of-the-war-on-children-documentary" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Robby Starbuck</a> <a href="https://x.com/robbystarbuck/status/1795496785487798413" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on X.
&#8220;The lack of evidence won’t matter to many of these lunatics. Total commies. Trump’s only way out is if some sane people got on the jury,&#8221; he added.
Social media influencer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/country-star-jason-aldean-poses-with-pro-trump-sticker-hangs-with-popular-conservatives-for-wifes-birthday" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rogan O’Handley</a>, better known as “DC Draino,&#8221; <a href="https://x.com/DC_Draino/status/1795498955041575303" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, &#8220;If Biden puts Trump in jail, Trump will win in a landslide we haven’t [seen] since Reagan.&#8221;
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The case involves <a href="https://manhattanda.org/district-attorney-bragg-announces-34-count-felony-indictment-of-former-president-donald-j-trump/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">34 felony counts</a> of falsifying business records to allegedly cover up damaging information as part of a “catch-and-kill” scheme to influence the 2016 election.
Trump, who has pleaded not guilty to the charges, is also trying to fend off other criminal matters ahead of a potential 2020 rematch against President Joe Biden in November&#8217;s White House contest.
If Trump is convicted in New York, POLITICO <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/28/trump-merchan-sentencing-prison-00151613" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the presiding judge would schedule a separate hearing to determine a sentence. He may not end up serving any prison time, with possible alternatives including probation or community service.
During closing arguments, defense lawyer Todd got a scolding from Judge Juan Merchan for suggesting to the jury that Trump could go to jail if convicted, <a href="https://x.com/washingtonpost/status/1795501978161688591" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to</a> The Washington Post.
“That was outrageous, Mr. Blanche. Someone who’s been a prosecutor as long as you have, someone who’s been an attorney as long as you have knows that is highly inappropriate,” he said.
Merchan also reportedly announced that he would give the jury a curative instruction after a lunch break.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump

Secret Service Prepares For Possibility Of Trump Going To Jail: Report

Secret Service

Four inmates have escaped from a jail in Amite, Louisiana, including three accused of breaking into a home and killing a father and shooting his 12-year-old daughter.
Two of the escaped men have already been caught, the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tpsosheriff/posts/pfbid035ro9P86bdTkJWvmpKqMw3ei7CAaMXS6GKBANUS7QCcZNEmWuotJNQw6hotA3kXwol" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
The sheriff’s office said that the four men escaped from the local jail on Sunday evening during their recreation time in the yard. The TPSO said the four men were able to escape through a section of the perimeter fence that was “found to be vulnerable and easily maneuvered in such a way that a small statured body could slide through.”
The four escapees were identified as Omarion Hookfin, 19; Avery Guidry, 19; Jamarcus Cyprian, 20; and Tra&#8217;von Johnson, 21.
Guidry, Hookfin, and Johnson were arrested in 2022 for their alleged roles in a homicide. WWL-TV <a href="https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/crime/two-people-arrested-connected-deadly-home-invasion/289-49acdd29-d389-469d-8c78-69ded4d8c201" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> at the time that the three allegedly broke into a home in Hammond, Louisiana, on September 13, 2022, and shot and killed Donte Perry. The group also allegedly shot Perry’s 12-year-old daughter at least 10 times, the outlet reported.
The fourth escapee, Cyprian, was serving time for armed robbery and weapons charges, the sheriff’s office reported.
On Monday, Chief Jimmy Travis of the TPSO told reporters on Monday that the jail didn’t know the men escaped until a family member of one of the escapees called Sunday afternoon saying Guidry and Johnson had appeared at their home asking for a place to stay.
Johnson and Guidry were found hiding in a dumpster behind a Dollar General and taken into custody, after police received a tip from someone who saw the pair.
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Hookfin and Cyprian are still missing.
“Sheriff [Daniel] Edwards asks anyone with first hand knowledge of any of the four subjects whereabouts to contact 911, OR if you wish to remain anonymous, please call Crime Stoppers of Tangipahoa’s anonymous tip line at 1.800.554.5245 or visit <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tangicrimestoppers.com%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2k2fIt0D68E9vpEY4C_f45cWo-kxmXLYeIzVydVhorXNBIsxPUzUcTBGQ_aem_ARVhLMTRXMyQjR6L6yEJIZGsJrX55UBJQrZKU3OAEeaAv3KDdyMvkDZuLuDD1xwGCDyROvcHppvAZZRWKDdQ4aY4&amp;h=AT1KGloOfXiNjAT2iexpNCH0qcfzx4im8tl3MxCxIMVoJFvFwTXMK5EUL5C0UUYwRtUXvmcrRQ2JZ-pJxkC-HapUG8tva-xEWHgd_28Q0TapM0lvVxcLi1XdeG_diJSvrgbCiQ&amp;__tn__=-UK-R&amp;c%5b0%5d=AT2LSMMCC6hOhULF0Lkat3J5vcGoZCF9eSipbjHuc5EBEJT1BQNMmpZudjPiotE8lAV3MoUO3iJjHO4xwQFhKIj7620hlWIp-PzyLLEUBrq85da-dVnbWYTcVUnVfyZD71-nkFSxZEzSS1NfKHxJBWZB3wTHwvZf2Lzz0kBc1L7tQamSrJccRSQ9OOlrTD921aq6fTm6mQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.tangicrimestoppers.com</a> and click on the P3 Tips icon or Submit A Tip! You may be eligible for a cash reward,” the TPSO said in its initial statement.

Jamarcus Cyprian Mugshot

4 Inmates, Including 3 Accused Of Murder, Escape From Louisiana Jail; 2 Already Captured

Louisiana

Murder

Former President Donald Trump said on Monday that getting thrown behind bars for violating the gag order in his New York hush-money trial would be worth it because &#8220;our Constitution is much more important than jail.&#8221;
Trump made the comment while taking questions from reporters outside the Manhattan courthouse after the conclusion of another day in his criminal trial. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee has already been fined $10,000 for multiple violations of Judge Juan Merchan&#8217;s gag order, which prohibits Trump from talking about potential witnesses, jurors, court staff, attorneys, and the judge&#8217;s family during the trial. After issuing his latest fine on Monday, Merchan told Trump he would &#8220;consider a jail sentence&#8221; if the former president violates the gag order again.
&#8220;The last thing I want to consider is jail. You are [the] former president and possibly the next president,&#8221; Merchan said, according to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ny-v-trump-to-resume-after-former-president-threatened-with-jail-told-trial-will-last-at-least-2-more-weeks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a>.
&#8220;The magnitude of that decision is not lost on me,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Your continued willful violation of the court’s order … constitutes a direct attack … and will not be allowed to continue.&#8221;
After court hearings had concluded for the day, Trump discussed the gag order and Merchan&#8217;s threat of throwing the former president in jail.
&#8220;I have to watch every word I tell you people,&#8221; Trump said, pointing at the reporters. &#8220;You ask me a question, a simple question, I&#8217;d like to give [an answer], but I can&#8217;t talk about it. Because this judge is giving me a gag order and said you&#8217;ll go to jail if you violate it.&#8221;
&#8220;And frankly, you know what, our Constitution is much more important than jail,&#8221; Trump added. &#8220;It&#8217;s not even close. I&#8217;ll do that sacrifice any day.&#8221;
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TRUMP: &quot;This judge is giving me a gag order and said you&#39;ll go to jail if you violate it. And frankly, you know what, our Constitution is much more important than jail. It&#39;s not even close. I&#39;ll do that sacrifice any day.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/qWjo0YBQPZ">pic.twitter.com/qWjo0YBQPZ</a>
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Trump was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-hits-trump-with-fines-threatens-jail-time-over-gag-order" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fined</a> $9,000 by Merchan last week after the judge said the former president spoke about people involved in the trial on nine separate occasions, mostly in posts on his social media platform Truth Social. He was then fined another $1,000 on Monday for another Truth Social post.
The prosecution said on Monday that the hush-money trial could last another two to three weeks, which would force Trump to remain in the Manhattan courtroom for four days a week until the end of May.
&#8220;So, we just found out the government just said that they want two to three more weeks. That means they want to keep me off the trail for two to three more weeks,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;The judge is so happy about two to three more weeks because they all want to keep me off the campaign trail. That&#8217;s all this is about. This is about election interference.&#8221;
The Republican presidential candidate is facing 34 felony charges as Democratic Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg alleges that Trump falsified business records to cover up an alleged affair with porn actress Stormy Daniels. Trump denies all of the allegations, arguing that the trial is a political &#8220;witch hunt&#8221; and &#8220;election interference.&#8221;

Trump Suggests He’s Willing To Face Jail Time Over Gag Order: ‘Our Constitution Is Much More Important’

Trump Suggests He's Willing To Face Jail Time Over Gag Order: 'Our Constitution Is Much More Important'

Judge

I have talked a lot about the collapse of the criminal justice system. The very concept of criminal justice — of enacting justice, and punishing crime — has been destroyed. But very few people ever take the time to trace the roots of our current state of lawless anarchy back to its origins. And the thing is, you don’t need to trace the roots very far.
There is a reason why we now live in a country governed by people who don’t believe in simply enforcing the law and punishing lawbreakers. These are people who are operating according to certain particularly crazy set of beliefs. And one of those beliefs is that deterrence doesn’t exist. Effectively, you cannot deter crime by punishing it. That’s the insane idea that began in our institutions of higher learning — the sort of insane idea that can only begin in our institutions of higher learning — and filtered its way down from there. As these ideas always do.
It began with the claim, first made years ago, that the death penalty doesn’t deter crime. This was always false, for reasons we’ll touch on later. But whatever you think of the death penalty, the implication underlying this &#8220;deterrence&#8221; argument was never going to stop with the death penalty. It was always going to progress far beyond that. And indeed, we&#8217;ve seen that progression in recent years. It&#8217;s no longer, &#8220;The death penalty is pointless because people don&#8217;t consider those consequences when they commit crime.&#8221; Instead, the argument we&#8217;re hearing today is, &#8220;All harsh punishment is pointless because people don&#8217;t consider any consequences when they commit crime.&#8221;
This is the intellectual origin of the &#8220;soft-on-crime&#8221; approach to law enforcement that we&#8217;re seeing in every major city in the country right now. And several years ago, this approach was adopted by the Obama DOJ without any fanfare whatsoever. In May of 2016, the National Institute of Justice, which is the research arm of the DOJ, published a <a href="https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/247350.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">document</a> entitled, &#8220;Five Things About Deterrence.&#8221; You’ve probably never heard of this document but it is essentially the modern manifesto of the anti-incarceration movement in the United States. It applies the reasoning of anti-death penalty advocates to all forms of crime. It’s truly a remarkable document.
So here are the &#8220;five things about deterrence&#8221; that the memo highlights and then expands upon.
Number one: &#8220;The certainty of being caught is a vastly more powerful deterrent than the punishment.&#8221; In other words, according to the DOJ, criminals are primarily worried about whether the cops are going to arrest them — not about how long they&#8217;re going to have to stay in prison. The question that apparently never occurred to this DOJ is: If the punishments aren’t severe, then why would the certainty of being caught deter anyone? Why would criminals care if they’re caught, if they know ahead of time that they won’t be punished? The whole reason that being caught is scary is that you will be punished. But if you aren’t punished, then being caught isn’t scary anymore. 
We are seeing this play out in cities across the country. Sure, the criminals are caught (sometimes), but it doesn’t matter because they aren’t punished and they’re back on the street a day later, committing more crimes. The argument from the DOJ is like saying that home invaders are deterred by guns, but it doesn’t matter if it’s a Glock or a super soaker. It makes no sense.
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The DOJ&#8217;s manifesto doesn&#8217;t bother to expound on this point in any way. It just says, &#8220;Research shows clearly that the chance of being caught is a vastly more effective deterrent than even draconian punishment.&#8221; So there you have it. &#8220;Research&#8221; shows that punishment doesn&#8217;t work. What kind of research? They don&#8217;t say, at least not in that paragraph. Buried in the fine print on the page, however, is a citation to an <a href="https://prohic.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2020-06-02-DeterrenceMetaNagin.2013.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">article</a> by a public policy professor named Daniel Nagin at Carnegie Mellon University. This is the primary paper the DOJ relies on, along with a couple of others. Apparently, Nagin has done the research, and he&#8217;s realized that criminals don&#8217;t really care that much about punishment. They only care about the prospect of being caught.
I looked around to see if Nagin actually thinks this, and if so, what his logic is. I came across this clip from many years ago, which I&#8217;m going to play primarily because it&#8217;s kind of hilarious. Watch as a local news team breaks the news that, according to Daniel Nagin&#8217;s first groundbreaking finding, when you have more police officers, criminals tend to commit less crime. And then the news station interviews a couple of random people who think that checks out. This is one of the best examples of &#8220;research&#8221; telling us something that&#8217;s incredibly obvious, to a comical degree. But buried in this report, if you listen really carefully, is Nagin&#8217;s second theory, which the DOJ finds so compelling. Watch:
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So the reporter holds up the stack of papers. &#8220;Here&#8217;s the research,&#8221; he says. &#8220;It shows that more police means less crime!&#8221; Cut to the two local residents and the sheriff who say, &#8220;uh, yeah. You think?&#8221; Apparently, being a professor at Carnegie Mellon isn&#8217;t what it used to be. Random people off the street think your research is incredibly obvious, because it is.
But the key part of that segment for our purposes is what Daniel Nagin says in that clip. He reports that, &#8220;There&#8217;s little evidence that making punishments even more severe than they already are has an incremental effect.&#8221; Right away, that&#8217;s a different argument from the one the DOJ is making. The DOJ said flat-out that, &#8220;draconian punishments&#8221; don&#8217;t deter crime. But the argument this Carnegie Mellon professor is advancing in that clip is that, if you make our existing punishments more severe, then they won&#8217;t deter crime that much. Those are two completely different arguments.
This little inconsistency confused me enough to look up Nagin&#8217;s actual paper — the one the DOJ cites in its manifesto on deterrence. And in that article, you&#8217;ll find two main claims.
The first one is the idea he outlines in that video clip, &#8220;There is little evidence that increases in the length of already long prison sentences yield general deterrence effects that are sufficiently large to justify their social and economic costs.&#8221; In other words, he&#8217;s saying that existing prison sentences are a sufficient deterrent, and we don&#8217;t need to make them longer.
But afterwards in the paper, Nagin goes on to say pretty much what the DOJ claims. He says, &#8220;I have concluded that there is little evidence of a specific deterrent effect arising from the experience of imprisonment compared with the experience of noncustodial sanctions such as probation. .. It is clear that lengthy prison sentences cannot be justified on a deterrence-based, crime prevention basis.&#8221;
Those claims don&#8217;t follow at all. His starting point is that we don&#8217;t need to make prison sentences longer. And somehow, without showing his work, he ends up with a declaration that criminals don&#8217;t really care about their punishments, only whether they&#8217;re apprehended — as though apprehension without punishment matters to anyone. We might as well just sentence everyone to probation, is what he&#8217;s saying.
The technical term for this kind of argument is that it&#8217;s garbage. It&#8217;s a clearly absurd result, but it&#8217;s the basis for the DOJ&#8217;s entire argument against deterrence. This is the document that the DOJ cites to justify its policy of releasing as many criminals as possible — or at least, criminals who share the DOJ&#8217;s politics. It&#8217;s hard to overemphasize how truly bizarre and incredible this is.
But it gets weirder. Citing Nagin&#8217;s research, the DOJ goes on to claim that, &#8220;Sending an individual convicted of a crime to prison isn’t a very effective way to deter crime.&#8221;
Again, that&#8217;s a direct quote from a document produced by the DOJ in 2016. &#8220;Sending an individual convicted of a crime to prison isn&#8217;t a very effective way to deter crime.&#8221; They&#8217;re saying that because some random Carnegie Mellon professor just wrote it down a few years earlier. Again, they don&#8217;t really clarify this point. Here&#8217;s the extent of the DOJ&#8217;s explanation: “Prisons are good for punishing criminals and keeping them off the street, but prison sentences (particularly long sentences) are unlikely to deter future crime. Prisons actually may have the opposite effect: Inmates learn more effective crime strategies from each other, and time spent in prison may desensitize many to the threat of future imprisonment.&#8221;
If this is true, it’s an argument for giving out even longer punishments, not shorter ones. In fact, this is a solid reason to be much more generous in handing out life sentences. If you give a life sentence — and actually make it a life sentence, meaning that the person isn&#8217;t released after 25 years or whatever — then the deterrence issue, at least for that individual, is a moot point. He’s gone. He’s off the street for good. But the DOJ doesn&#8217;t mention this possibility in the memo. Instead they conclude that we should let people out of jail sooner, after just telling us that jail only makes criminals more dangerous.
The rest of the DOJ document continues along these lines.
The third bullet point in the DOJ&#8217;s document says, &#8220;Police deter crime by increasing the perception that criminals will be caught and punished.&#8221; (This was the earth-shattering revelation that shocked those news reporters). 
Number four: &#8220;Increasing the severity of punishment does little to deter crime.&#8221;
And number five: &#8220;There is no proof that the death penalty deters criminals.&#8221;
Those latter two bullet points contradict everything we know about the human condition. Obviously longer, harsh prison sentences deter crime. This is a basic fact of human psychology. People are less likely to do something if the consequences are very bad. That doesn’t mean nobody will do it. It doesn&#8217;t mean that everyone will respond to incentives like a rational person. It just means fewer people will do it. It&#8217;s impossible for a reasonable person to deny this point because it is again a basic fact of human behavior, well established over the course of thousands of years of human civilization.
That’s why they have no way of disproving it. All they have are random studies done by quack sociologists which are supposed to outweigh the collective experience of all mankind for the past 10 thousand years. And by the way, these random studies contradict the random studies I cited earlier — the ones CBS News reported on back in 2007.
That&#8217;s a cue that it&#8217;s a good idea to ignore all of these studies, and use common sense. The DOJ is stacking a handful of research papers against the totality of human experience, and expect us to believe the research papers. Which is also how they come up with the ridiculous proposition that the death penalty doesn’t deter crime. Obviously people are less likely to do something if you kill them for doing it. If the death penalty in its current form is less effective as a deterrence than it has been in the past, that&#8217;s only because we put so much time in between conviction and punishment that the punishment loses much of its societal impact.
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And again, the DOJ&#8217;s arguments are all assuming that &#8220;deterrence&#8221; is somehow the only relevant goal. But long prison sentences have another important goal, known as &#8220;incapacitation.&#8221; They remove violent criminals from the public, so they can&#8217;t hurt anyone again. 
Later on in the document, the DOJ does briefly touch on the goal of incapacitation. Here&#8217;s what they say: &#8220;Individuals grow out of criminal activity as they age. &#8230; A more severe (i.e., lengthy) prison sentence for convicted individuals who are naturally aging out of crime does achieve the goal of punishment and incapacitation. But that incapacitation is a costly way to deter future crimes by aging individuals who already are less likely to commit those crimes by virtue of age.&#8221;
This is how the DOJ views criminal justice. They actually say that sending criminals to prison for a long time might be pointless because they&#8217;ll grow out of being criminals anyway. This is the type of thinking that is directing the justice system from the very top, and the mental rot goes all the way down from there.
But the DOJ does make one point that makes sense, which is that it&#8217;s impossible to say which criminals are likely to reoffend, and which criminals are likely to &#8220;age out&#8221; of a life of crime. That&#8217;s true. Really, it&#8217;s impossible to conduct a fully accurate study of deterrence. There&#8217;s no way to quantify the number of people who would have committed a crime had the punishments been softer, or the number who did commit one because the punishments were too soft. This would require not only self-reported data (which is notoriously unreliable) but also a person&#8217;s speculations about their theoretical mental states in some other possible universe. There&#8217;s just no way to compile that into a statistic and call it science.
We ultimately have to fall back on the history of human societies and our own basic common sense intuitions about how human beings operate and what sorts of things incentivize and disincentivize them.
And all of that points back to a simple and straightforward conclusion: if you want less crime, you have one choice. It&#8217;s the choice that academics and public health experts and politicians have avoided making for decades now. You have to punish criminals, and you have to punish them severely.

Chalk Outline at Police Crime Scene

Why The Criminal Justice System Gave Up On Punishing Criminals

Criminal Justice

Death Penalty

Matt Walsh

Prison

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Woke Culture

The second inmate who escaped last week from an Arkansas county jail has been captured, authorities said on Monday.
Jatonia Bryant, 23, was walking in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, on Monday when nearby officers conducting surveillance saw him. Captain Yohance Brunson of the Jefferson County Sheriff&#8217;s Office (JCSO) identified Bryant by his clothing, the sheriff’s office said in <a href="https://www.jeffcoso.org/press_view.php?id=1438" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a press release</a>.
Bryant walked near Brunson’s vehicle, and the captain called for additional personnel who assisted in taking Bryant into custody “without incident.”
Last Thursday, the other inmate who escaped, 22-year-old Noah Roush, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/one-escaped-arkansas-inmate-has-been-captured-while-the-other-is-still-at-large" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was apprehended</a> after the Metropolitan Emergency Association (MECA) received a 911 call from someone who said a person fitting Roush’s description was inside an abandoned home in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said in <a href="https://www.jeffcoso.org/press_view.php?id=1437" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a press release</a>.
At that time, Brunson arrived to find Roush, who attempted to flee. Brunson chased Roush and was able to apprehend him with the help of Captain Brad Vilches and Officer Aaron Torres of the Southeast Arkansas College Department of Public Safety (SEARKDPS).
“We appreciate the brave citizen who made the decision to get involved and call MECA as well as the outstanding efforts of our own Captain Brunson, as well as SEARKDPS Captain Brad Vilches and Officer Torres,” the JCSO said in the press release. “Over the last three days numerous hours were worked by our own Deputies as well as the Pine Bluff Police Department Vice and Narcotics, Arkansas State Police, and Arkansas Department of Correction. We appreciate all of their time and effort they have put in to make this happen.”
Roush and Bryant were discovered missing Monday night, around 10:30 p.m. local time, the JCSO said in an earlier <a href="https://www.jeffcoso.org/press_view.php?id=1434" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a>. Bryant was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/2-arkansas-inmates-escape-including-one-held-on-murder-charges">being held</a> on probable cause of capital murder, while Roush was being held on probable cause for residential burglary and theft of property. He is also the suspect in a homicide.
The sheriff’s office said on Monday that an internal investigation of the escape revealed that jail personnel had not conducted an accurate head count, leading to Roush and Bryant escaping 36 hours before they were discovered missing.
“While both Noah Roush and Jatonia Bryant have been returned to the detention center our investigation does not end. Our Investigators will continue to work bringing criminal charges against all the people who assisted Roush and Bryant in evading apprehension,” the JCSO said.
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The sheriff’s office also said that &#8220;the actions of our jailers&#8221; would not be excused and that an investigation continues into the escape.
&#8220;We are committed to transparency and accountability throughout this process, recognizing that the trust of our community hinges on our ability to effectively safeguard our community and those under our care. As Sheriff, I assure you that every resource will be mobilized, every protocol reviewed, and every effort exerted to prevent such incidents from occurring again,” Sheriff Lafayette Woods, Jr. said in the press release. &#8220;Let there be no doubt: the safety of our community and the integrity of our detention center are non-negotiable priorities, and we will spare no effort in upholding them.&#8221;

Jatonia Bryant and Noah Roush

Second Escaped Arkansas Inmate Captured

Arkansas

One of the inmates who escaped this week from an Arkansas county jail has been apprehended, leaving one inmate still on the run.
Noah Roush, 22, was captured on Thursday afternoon after the Metropolitan Emergency Association (MECA) received a 911 call from someone who said a person fitting Roush’s description was inside an abandoned home in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, the Jefferson County Sheriff&#8217;s Office said in <a href="https://www.jeffcoso.org/press_view.php?id=1437" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a press release</a>.
Captain Yohance Brunson arrived to find Roush, who attempted to flee. Brunson chased Roush and was able to apprehend him with the help of Captain Brad Vilches and Officer Aaron Torres of the Southeast Arkansas College Department of Public Safety (SEARKDPS).
“We appreciate the brave citizen who made the decision to get involved and call MECA as well as the outstanding efforts of our own Captain Brunson, as well as SEARKDPS Captain Brad Vilches and Officer Torres,” the JCSO said in the press release. “Over the last three days numerous hours were worked by our own Deputies as well as the Pine Bluff Police Department Vice and Narcotics, Arkansas State Police, and Arkansas Department of Correction. We appreciate all of their time and effort they have put in to make this happen.”
Roush, along with 23-year-old Jatonia Bryant, were discovered missing Monday night, around 10:30 p.m. local time, the JCSO said in an earlier <a href="https://www.jeffcoso.org/press_view.php?id=1434" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a>. The two escaped from the Dub Brassell Adult Detention Center and may have broken free within the previous 48 hours. It is unclear how long it had been before they were discovered missing. It is also unclear how they escaped.
Bryan is a black male, 5’11” tall, and weighs about 145 pounds. He was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/2-arkansas-inmates-escape-including-one-held-on-murder-charges">being held</a> on probable cause of capital murder.
Roush was being held on probable cause for residential burglary and theft of property. He is also the suspect in a homicide.
“We are relieved to have Roush in custody, but we also remain vigilant in capturing Jatonia Bryant who remains at large,” the JCSO said.
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Authorities are asking anyone with information about Bryant’s whereabouts to contact MECA (870)541-5300, Captain Yohance Brunson (870)692-3376, or Lieutenant Terry Wingard (870)510-0395.
A $2,500 reward is being offered for information leading to Bryant’s capture.

One Escaped Arkansas Inmate Has Been Captured, While The Other Is Still At Large

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