JoCo sheriff tells "constitutional sheriffs" group at Vegas meeting his election fraud probe continues. Right-wing watchdog: “If you’re worried about January 6, now we have the far right building up an insurrectionary force inside law enforcement."
Judy Thomas
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Judy Thomas
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Reporter, Kansas City Star. Covers domestic terrorism and extremist groups and focuses on watchdog journalism.
- An Independence man sentenced Friday for breaching the Capitol on Jan. 6 blamed Trump, right-wing media and other elected officials — including Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley — for spreading the “Big Lie” that led to his actions.
- KS man charged in domestic terrorism plot asked people in Facebook post last year to track Muslims and mosques.
- A former staffer who ran the boot camp at Agape Boarding School in Missouri and later opened his own Christian school in Kentucky has been charged with 31 counts of abusing students there. His son and daughter-in-law also face abuse charges. kansascity.com/news/local/cri…
- BREAKING: The Missouri AG has charged Agape Boarding School's doctor with 8 counts of child sex crimes, including 1st-degree statutory sodomy or attempted statutory sodomy. David Smock remains at large after being charged last week with other sex crimes.
- A four-year investigation into sexual abuse in Kansas’ Catholic dioceses has identified 188 clergy members suspected of committing criminal acts, according to a KBI report released Friday by outgoing Attorney General Derek Schmidt. kansascity.com/news/local/cri…
- EXCLUSIVE: A Michigan woman has come forward with allegations that International House of Prayer founder Mike Bickle groomed and sexually abused her starting when she was 14 and before he formed the Kansas City ministry.
- BREAKING: William Chrestman, the Olathe Proud Boy who threatened a federal officer and carried an ax handle into the Capitol on Jan. 6, has been sentenced to 55 months in prison and 36 months of supervised release.
- A truck convoy scheduled to roll through Kansas and Missouri on Sunday and Monday on its way to D.C. to protest vaccine mandates pulled the plug early Saturday. kansascity.com/news/politics-…
- BREAKING: David Smock, the longtime physician for Agape Boarding School in SW Missouri, is considered a fugitive after being charged last week with child sex crimes, authorities told The Star Monday.
- Proud Boy William Chrestman will be transported from Kansas to Washington, D.C., by the U.S. Marshal’s Service, where he will be held without bond until his trial in the Capitol riot case, a federal judge in D.C. ordered Tuesday.
- “When are we going to start putting the welfare of children above the good ol' boys club in these small communities?” Missouri judge issues order to close Agape Boarding School, then delays action and schedules hearing for next week.
- BREAKING: “We’re calling them out, and we’re not going to stop until we have accountability and we shut Agape down." MO boarding school under scrutiny for abuse has accreditation revoked by two organizations.
- BREAKING: The long-time medical coordinator of the now-closed Agape Boarding School in SW Missouri was arrested Thursday night on allegations of kidnapping and four sex crimes. kansascity.com/news/local/cri…
