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YouTube Star Austin Jones Hit With Child Porn Charges

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CHICAGO — Austin Jones, a musician and YouTube star has been hit with child pornography charges for allegedly talking underage fans into sending him sexually explicit videos.

The 24-year-old pop singer, who resides in Bloomingdale, Illinois, has hundreds of thousands of followers on social media, most of whom are young girls, and his YouTube videos are routinely watched millions of times.

Federal prosecutors say he is charged with talking two 14-year-old girls he met on Facebook into sending him video of them exposing their private parts while twerking for the camera and talking about how young they are.

“Get super close and say these lines: hey Austin, it’s (name) and this butt is (age) years old and then make it clap for 30 seconds. Got it?” he was quoted in the indictment as telling one of the victims.

To the second victim, Jones was quoted as saying: “Think about how amazing that would be for you!! To have your favorite singer spanking your ass!” He then said, “If you’re lucky, maybe I’d let you suck my d**k.”

Prosecutors said Jones would goad the victims into making more explicit videos by telling them they had to prove they were his biggest fans. If they demurred, he would threaten to break off communication. He admitted to the FBI that he would masturbate to the videos.

After being contacted by the FBI, Facebook deactivated Jones’ account, prosecutors said.

Jones was arrested on Monday at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago and was set to go before a judge on Wednesday to face two counts of producing child pornography. He faces between 15 and 30 years on each count.

In 2015,  a petition circulated demanding Jones be removed from the Warped Tour for allegedly soliciting underage girls to send him twerking videos. He later apologized to fans, saying in a post on Facebook that he had gone into therapy and that he never “intended to mistreat or humiliate anyone.”

Sheriff Suspended After Flashing Bust in Atlanta Park

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Jeff Mann was elected Dekalb County Sheriff in 2014

ATLANTA– A Georgia sheriff has placed himself on suspension after he was busted for exposing himself in a public park and then fleeing from police.

DeKalb County Sheriff Jeffrey Mann was caught with his pants down late Saturday in a part of Atlanta’s Piedmont Park known for people committing “sexual acts after dark,” Atlanta police said.

According to a police report, Mann had exposed himself and was walking towards and officer. As they got close, the officer turned on his flashlight, and commanded Mann to stop. But Mann fled instead and led the officer on a quarter-mile chase before giving up, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

He was charged with indecency and obstruction.

DeKalb County Commissioner Nancy Jester said the arrest was “certainly not a good headline for DeKalb County.”

She said Mann — who has been with the department for more than a decade and was elected sheriff in 2014 — had always been considered professional, but “now we have this, so I don’t know.”

“We’ll see where this takes us,” she told the paper.

In a memo to his staff, Mann said he had no choice but to place himself on suspension for conduct unbecoming an officer.

“I cannot ask my employees to abide by a code of conduct unless I am willing to subject myself to it as well.  In fact, I must be held to an even higher standard than my employees,” he wrote.

Still, he said the suspension didn’t qualify as an admission of guilt and that he planned to defend himself against the charges.

Joker Look-Alike Hauled in On Gun Charges

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MIAMI — They didn’t need to call Batman to bust this joker.

Cops in Miami had no trouble at all taking in a man accused of pointing a gun at passing cars whose face tattoo and dyed green hair gave him an uncanny resemblance the joker character in the Batman movies.

Lawrence Patrick Sullivan, 29, was stopped Tuesday night with a loaded handgun in his pocket after residents had called to complain that a man had been brandishing a gun at motorists, cops said. He was easy to track down due to his facial tattoos.

The police report states that Sullivan told the cops that he had “a gun in my pocket,” but that he didn’t have a concealed weapons permit, “cause it’s expensive.”

Sullivan was charged with carrying a concealed weapon and he was released on $5,000 bond.

He told cops he works as a tattoo model.

Sullivan questioned why he was charged with a felony.

“The gun’s in my name, it’s not a dirty gun. Why they gonna charge me with a felony?” Sullivan told WTVJ-TV after being released.

When reminded he didn’t have a permit for the gun, Sullivan responded, “F**ck the permit. We live in America.”

Cops Bust Steven Tyler Look-Alike Who Dressed as Woman to Evade Police

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OCALA, Florida — This dude indeed looks like a lady.

A fugitive wanted on gun charges dressed up as woman to evade police, but bore a striking resemblance to Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler when cops eventually tracked him down.

Marion County Sheriff’s deputies had been searching for Woodrow Dyer, 38, last week to arrest him on gun possession charges but he got away.

The following day, cops caught up to him dressed in women’s clothing and wearing long scarf wrapped around his head in an effort to fool police as he drove through town in a friend’s car.

DUDE LOOKS LIKE A LADY!!

The ruse didn’t work as it was clear to deputies that Dyer was just a unshaven dude wearing women’s clothes.

“Any resemblance to Steven Tyler of Aerosmith is purely a coincidence,” the department said in a statement.

After cops pulled the vehicle over, a police dashboard camera recorded Dyer hop out of the car and flee into the woods where he was caught by a police dog named Tipster, the sheriff’s office said.

 

Masturbating Sicko Busted for Hiring Prostitutes to Strip on Neighbor’s Porch

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David Goldsberry

OMAHA, Nebraska– Worst. Neighbor. Ever.

A Nebraska man has been charged with hiring prostitutes to strip on his neighbor’s front porch while he covertly watched and masturbated in his home across the street.

Douglas Goldsberry, 45,  was arrested The couple who lived in the home with their two young children reported to police numerous alarming encounters of call girls showing up at their door demanding payment and pimp’s peeking in their windows, police said.

Investigators say they believe Goldsberry had been engaging in the bizarre practice for several years. His neighbors reported at least 75 instances of woman coming to their home, but cops believe there may have been many more instances that occurred when the family wasn’t home.

At first, the episodes would occur once a month or so, cops said, but had recently escalated. In March, the family said women had arrived on eight separate occasions.

“When it got more and more and more, they got law enforcement more heavily involved,” Lt. Will Rinn of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office told the Omaha World.

The reports led police to set up surveillance and they were able to zero in on Goldsberry after interviewing several of the prostitutes, who had been hired out of classified ads posted on Backpage.

“What we found out was, basically, this guy hasn’t been paying these prostitutes either,” Dunning said.

When Goldsberry, who works as a chef,  was arrested last week, cops found him in an Omaha Hotel with a suicide note and a noose fashioned from an electrical cord nearby. He was charged with felony pandering.

On the day of his arrest, Goldsberry’s wife filed for divorce.

Blood-Soaked Man Carrying Mom’s Severed Head Stabs Oregon Grocery Clerk

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Joshua Lee Webb

ESTACADA, Oregon — A blood-covered lunatic carrying his mother’s severed head was arrested after walking into Oregon grocery store and stabbing a clerk, police said.

The Clackamas County Sheriff’s office said Joshua Lee Webb, 36, was taken into custody on Mother’s Day after being subdued by other workers at at the Harvest Market Thriftway in Estacada.

Investigators later determined that the head belonged to Webb’s mother, Tina Marie Webb, 59, who was found dead at her home in nearby Colton, Oregon.

Police said the gory sequence of events came to an end when Webb stabbed 66-year-old grocery clerk, David Wagner, before being tackled by other employees. Wagner is expected to live, police said.

Cops said Webb appeared catatonic as he was placed under arrest and didn’t say a word.

Webb’s father, David Webb, said his son lived at home and was on social security as he and had problems with his eyesight.

“I never foresaw a problem. If I had I would have stopped it,” David Webb told The Associated Press. “I just can’t believe I lost my wife and son in one day. … I don’t know. I wish I did. I wish I had some answers, but I don’t. I waited all my life to retire with my wife, and now I can’t. That’s all I know.”

Portland-Hating Perv Busted ‘Masturbating Vigorously’ in Public

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PORTLAND, Oregon — Perhaps it’s time to move.

Oregon police say they busted a man they found “masturbating vigorously” outside a Portland center for homeless youth and when they asked why, he said it was because he: “f—ing hates Portland.”

Cops found Terry Lee Andreassen, 59, after receiving calls about public indecency at the building. When they arrived they found Andreassen, “with his erect penis exposed to the public,” according to a criminal complaint.

When Andreassen spotted the officers, he “put his penis back in his pants and began to walk away.”

After cops stopped him, they asked Andreassen why he was masturbating in public and he replied that he was high on meth and wanted to go back to prison, because he “f–ing hates Portland,” according to the Oregonian.

Andreassen has a propensity for public lewdness and has convictions for public indecency going back to at least 2001.

 

In 2014, he was convicted of laying a sidewalk outside a Portland bar two nights in a row, while  “stroking his penis outside of his pants” as he was “staring at several females in the bar that were standing in line.”

‘Sons of Guns’ Reality Star Sentenced to Life in Prison for Child Rapes

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‘Sons of Guns’ ran from 2011 until 2014 on the Discovery Channel

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana — A former star of the reality show “Sons of Guns” will spend the rest of his life behind bars after being found guilty of repeatedly raping two young girls.

Will Hayden, 51, was convicted in April of raping the two girls — one in the early 1990s and the other in 2013 and 2014 — when they were just 11- and 12-years-old. The younger woman, who is now 15, testified that Hayden raped her repeatedly over the course of two years.

“One test of society is how it treats those who are at the dawn of life, the children,” East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney Hillar Moore said.

Hayden and his family were stars of the show “Sons of Guns” which featured their Louisiana custom gun business, Red Jacket Firearms. The show ran from 2011 until 2014 on the Discovery Channel and was cancelled after Hayden was arrested on the rape charges.

The judge sentenced Hayden to concurrent life terms on the aggravated rape convictions, as well as 40-years for forcible rape. Hayden will not be eligible for probation, parole or a suspended sentence, the judge ruled, meaning he will spend the rest of his days behind bars, the Baton Rouge Advocate reported.

The reality show star testified in his own defense in the case to deny that he had raped the girls. His attorney says he is planning to appeal the verdict.

He also faces charges of aggravated incest involving his oldest daughter, Stephanie Hayden, who co-starred on the show. In 2014, she told Dr. Phil that her father once came into her bedroom one night when she was child, stinking drunk and pinched and kissed her while trying to take her clothes off. She told the talk show host she managed to escape and that he never did it again.

Woman Filmed Stomping Boyfriend’s Car Says She ‘Prayed About it and Stuff’

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CULLMAN, Alabama — A woman caught on video angrily smashing in the windshield of her ex-boyfriend’s car says a night of prayer convinced her not to launch the wild attack but that she changed her mind when she saw a shovel lying near the vehicle.

Barbara Emily Lowery, 24, landed behind bars on a disorderly conduct charge for the Monday episode in which she stomped in the windshield and sunroof of the car in the parking lot of a furniture store. She also scrawled on the hood in permanent marker: “You’re so pretty, fucker.”

The furious fracas was filmed by several stunned passersby and the video spread online.

“I prayed about it first, and I slept on it, and I decided it wasn’t a good idea. Then I saw a shovel,” Lowery told WBMA-TV.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obwHFRG42i8

The station reported that the eruption of violence stemmed from a love triangle that took an ugly turn, but Lowery declined to kiss and tell.

“Well I’m not trying to give his personal business out like that,” she said.

The owner of the car, Nick Myrick, said on his Facebook page that Lowery was not his ex, but was simply, “an angry person.”

But Lowery said she had no regrets.

“I already knew going into it that I would have to face some consequences, and you know it kind of sucks, but like I said I prayed about it and stuff, and I did it anyway,” Lowery said to the station.

Swinger Couple Charged With Assaulting Teen Girl in Sex Room in Their Home

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Cops found a sex room like this one hidden above the Germain’s garage

GOODHUE, Minnesota — A pair of Minnesota swingers have been charged with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl repeatedly over several months in an adult toy-filled sex room they had hidden in their home.

The Goodhue County Sheriff’s office said they were approached by the girl in January, saying that Michael Germain had raped her numerous times with the encouragement of his wife, Heather Germain, and that she had joined them in a threesome on at least one occasion.

Deputies executing a search warrant discovered a warren of electronically-locked rooms in the attic above their garage that were filled with sex toys, cameras, whips, chains and other bondage devices, the Red Wing Republican Eagle reported.

Michael and Heather Germain

Investigators also found cats of lubrication, disinfectant wipes and evidence of cocaine and methamphetamine on several items in the house.

The couple told investigators they engaged in the swinger lifestyle, but Michael Germain denied having sex with the young girl. But a search of video found at the house turned up footage and photos of the girl engaged in sexual activity.

Michael Germain, 43, has been charged with multiple counts of criminal sexual conduct as well as interference with the privacy of a minor. Heather Germain, 49,  has been charged with criminal sexual conduct, interference with the privacy of a minor and drug possession.