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Supreme Court Justices Deserve Around-The-Clock Police Protection

3 years 7 months ago
Washington, D.C. - After a man attempted to kill Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanagh early this morning, U.S. Representative Rodney Davis (R-IL) is calling on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to immediately call a vote on legislation that would provide families of Supreme Court justices with around-the-clock police protection. “Attempted violence against a Supreme Court justice isn’t random,” said Rep. Rodney Davis. “Left-wing groups have published the home addresses of justices and encouraged protests. Democrats like Chuck Schumer have amped up their rhetoric in recent years, saying justices ‘will pay a price’ for legal decisions Democrats don’t like. Dangerous rhetoric from Democrats against Supreme Court justices threatens our institutions and the safety of justices and their families. It’s long past time for Speaker Pelosi to call a vote on the ‘Supreme Court Police Parity Act,’ which passed the Senate unanimously a month ago

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Jury Convicts Man in Methamphetamine Trafficking Conspiracy

3 years 7 months ago
EAST ST. LOUIS – After a week-long trial, a federal jury returned a guilty verdict convicting a California man of Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Deliver Controlled Substances. Arturo Ledesma, Jr., 33, of Watsonville, CA., was charged in a superseding indictment on December 10, 2019, with Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute Controlled Substances between January 2017 and May 2018. The jury heard evidence that Ledesma supplied marijuana and methamphetamine to co-conspirators in California and Pennsylvania starting in 2017. In May of 2018, co-conspirators were arrested in Madison County, Illinois, while they trafficked more than 30 pounds of methamphetamine across the country. Sentencing will be held on September 19, 2022, before the Honorable Chief Judge Nancy Rosenstengel. Co-Defendants Enrique Vazquez and Dastisha Velez of Reading, Pennsylvania; Mitchell Abreu of Pawtucket, Rhode Island; Jeremy Inderyas of Brooklyn, New York; and Lauren Korn

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