On December 21, 2015, alleged serial rapist Paul Batchelor was arrested by Ottawa Police for sexual assault and released on bail. His case took years to wind through the legal system and ended with his shocking acquittal in June 2019. Ontario Superior Court Justice Robert Beaudoin accepted Batchelor’s evidence that he had consent in both cases, a claim that differed wildly f … [Read more...]
Jacob Malone: Former Youth Pastor Turned Sex Offender Faces Attempted Murder Charges
Jacob Malone, a former Pennsylvania youth pastor, needed to read his Bible more often. If he had, he would probably not be in prison for sexual assault nor would he be facing new charges of conspiracy to commit murder. Instead, Jacob Malone failed to heed the Biblical warnings provided by the story of King David and Bathsheba in 2 Samuel chapter 11. "On February 24, 2020, … [Read more...]
John LaFleche Bludgeons Wife and Two Young Children to Death With a Baseball Bat
This is part of my ongoing series on Canadian Mass Murders. On Sunday, March 5, 2006, John LaFleche got really, really drunk, fought with his estranged wife Wendy, then grabbed an aluminum baseball bat and bludgeoned her to death. Then, fearing his children would grow up in abusive foster care like he did, LaFleche beat 7-year-old Victoria and 3-year-old Jesse to death … [Read more...]
St. Louis Cop Nathaniel Hendren’s Penchant for Russian Roulette Kills Fellow Cop Katlyn Alix
Occasionally, people who should know better do really stupid things. Those stupid things can leave a person dead, as they did in the early morning hours of January 24, 2019. St. Louis Police Department officers Nathaniel Hendren and Katlyn Alix played a game of Russian Roulette at Hendren’s home. Katlyn Alix lost. On February 28, 2020, Nathaniel Hendren pleaded guilty t … [Read more...]
Antonio Sampogna: Licenced Gun Owner’s Choices Baffle Lawyers and Judges Alike
What makes a licenced gun owner, avid target shooter and hunter, decide selling guns to criminals is a good idea? That’s the unanswered question remaining after Antonio Sampogna was, on February 14, 2020, sentenced to five years in prison for a series of gun crimes. Sampogna was once a law-abiding man who, for reasons nobody understands, he chose to sell a gun and a … [Read more...]