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Sixty-three cases of in-flight sexual assault were reported to federal authorities in the last fiscal year, up from the 38 cases reported in the 2014 fiscal year. The FBI will hold a news conference in Baltimore on the issue Wednesday.
Since 2002, at least 29 states have amended their prosecution deadlines so victims of child sexual abuse have more time to pursue criminal cases as adults. Ten states now have no time limit for filing charges for all or nearly all felony sexual assaults, no matter the victim’s age.
Four teenage inmates escaped from a Louisiana juvenile prison over the weekend in a jailbreak so violent one guard was airlifted for medical treatment. The escape marked the second in a week — and at least the fourth in 2018 — from the Swanson Center for Youth, an understaffed facility that has become a cauldron of violence and dysfunction.
Robert Patterson, acting head of the Drug Enforcement Administration, announced he is retiring, saying that running the agency as a temporary fill-in had become “increasingly challenging.” He replaced another acting administrator, Chuck Rosenberg.
Assaults on prison staff rose eight percent last year. “A big fear people have is, if I get assaulted, who is going to come help me?” said an employees’ union official.
The Pentagon has empowered the US Cyber Command to take a far more aggressive approach to defending the nation against cyber attacks. The shift in strategy could increase the risk of conflict with foreign states that sponsor malicious hacking groups.
Peter Strzok, who was removed from the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 campaign, would not invoke the Fifth Amendment if asked to testify before Congress. Strzok “wants the chance to clear his name and tell his story,” says his attorney.
“This is not middle school,” says U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson in sending President Trump’s former campaign chairman to jail while he awaits trial on conspiracy and money-laundering charges.
A 24-hour celebration that showcases local artists in Trenton, N.J., became the Wild West early Sunday amidst a fight inside a warehouse. One person was killed and numerous others were injured in a shootout at the Art All Night celebration. The violence was predicted in a Facebook post on Saturday morning.
The Illinois state police agency knows nothing about the nearly 40 shootings by people with concealed carry licenses since Illinois became the last state to allow them four years ago. A Chicago Tribune review found that most of the shootings have happened in public places in the Chicago area, and half the cases involved concealed carry holders firing to defend themselves or someone else from robbers.