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drug-induced robbery scheme that is alleged to have led to the deaths of two gay men in New York City last year has pleaded guilty to robbery, grand larceny, and identity theft charges, according to the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.Eddie Ashley, 30, is alleged to have been part of a scheme that targeted at least 16 nightclub patrons from September 2021 to August 2022, resulting in the overdose-related deaths of 25-year-old social worker Julio Ramirez and 34-year-old John Umberger, a political consultant from Washington, D.C. Both Ramirez and Umberger were seen leaving gay bars with a group of other men, only to be found dead hours later.Part of the scheme involved the suspects drugging their victims with a substance that made them compliant and then using their incapacitated bodies and facial recognition technology to unlock their cell phones and access bank accounts to rob them.Ashley, who faced charges related to four separate incidents, including the drugging scheme, had previously pleaded not guilty to the charges against him.On Monday, he changed his plea to guilty.Terrence Grifferty, Ashley’s attorney, confirmed his client’s guilty plea, telling NBC News that Ashley is expected to be sentenced to nine years in state prison on November 20.He is currently being held at Rikers Island jail, but declined to comment further on the case or answer whether his client had accepted a plea deal.Umberger’s mother, Linda Clary — who has been critical of how the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has handled the case — said she was grateful that Ashley was willing to admit his guilt in the robbery scheme, adding that he should face consequences for his actions.

Biloxi Sun-Herald reported at the time.Facce was slated to go to trial later this summer on two robbery charges for allegedly stealing money from the BancorpSouth in Gulfport, Mississippi, on March 22, 2019. But Facce’s lawyer informed the court on Wednesday that Facce wished to plead guilty to the charges instead of moving forward with a trial, reports NBC affiliate WALA.According to police, Facce reportedly handed the teller at BancorpSouth a handwritten note reading: “You have 1 min.

The Associated Press.On the same day, Atomwaffen members sent or delivered posters to the homes of reporters or activists in Arizona and Washington State. One of Parker-Dipeppe’s alleged co-conspirators, Johnny Roman Garza, 20, of Arizona, was previously sentenced to 16 months in jail.

Visitation Alumnae Magazine.Although Catholic teaching currently frowns upon same-sex relationships, Visitation Prep justified publishing the announcements as part of its teaching that “we are all children of God…worthy of respect and love.”“As I have prayed over this contradiction, I keep returning to this choice: we can focus on Church teaching on gay marriage or we can focus on Church teaching on the Gospel commandment of love,” Sister Mary Berchmans, the school’s president pro emerita, wrote

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