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Bay Area Defendants Plead Guilty to Bank Robberies in the Eastern District of California and the East Bay

homesafetytechpros — Sat, 03 May 2025 17:18:09 +0000

Dontae Jerome Jones Jr., 20, and JoMya Mauriyne Futch, 21, each pleaded guilty to one count of bank robbery, and JoMya Futch pleaded guilty to one count of perjury.

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Man will plead guilty in Kavanaugh assassination plot

homesafetytechpros — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 23:08:30 +0000

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Brett Kavanaugh watches as Taoiseach Micheal Martin speaks at a breakfast meeting hosted by U.S. Vice President JD Vance at his official residence in Washington D.C., as part of his weeklong visit to the U.S. on March 12, 2025 (Press Association via AP Images).

The California man who allegedly attempted to assassinate U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh will plead guilty as charged, according to a Tuesday filing in Maryland federal court.

Trial for Nicholas John Roske, 28, was slated to begin on June 9.

Now, the defendant will forego two more months of waiting, as well as the stress of the adversarial system. But, Roske will make his admission of culpability lacking the guard rails of a plea deal with prosecutors, according to the notice of intent to plead guilty.

“Because the parties have not entered into a plea agreement, this letter is meant to memorialize the factual basis for the plea and assist the Court in the Rule 11 colloquy,” the notice reads.

Roske and his attorneys say he will plead guilty to the lone felony count of attempting to kidnap or murder, or threatening to assault, kidnap, or murder a sitting U.S. Supreme Court Justice.

The rule of federal criminal procedure cited in the notice contains a broad suite of definitions and guidelines for pleas. Under the rule, for example, the judge overseeing the case can conduct an extensive interrogation of the defendant, and is even free to reject the plea.

In a concomitant letter filed Tuesday, Roske’s attorneys say their client’s decision to plead guilty in the high-profile case is being made with the knowledge and consent of federal prosecutors.

Roske faces a maximum sentence of life in prison. While a first-time offender would typically receive a considerably lighter sentence under federal guidelines, the potential punishment or divergence from the guidelines is anyone’s guess due to the nature of the crime.

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Roske was arrested outside of Kavanaugh’s home in Chevy Chase, Maryland, during the early morning hours of June 8, 2022.

“At approximately 1:50 a.m. today, a man was arrested near Justice Kavanaugh’s residence. The man was armed and made threats against Justice Kavanaugh,” the high court’s public information officer Patricia McCabe said in a statement to Law&Crime. “He was transported to Montgomery County Police 2nd District.”

Roske, a former substitute teacher from Simi Valley, is alleged to have become politically radicalized by the leaked Supreme Court decision that overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade opinion.

The defendant, however, armed with a Glock and other potential weapons, apparently was not driven to actual violence. A federal criminal complaint details how the abortive, would-be assassin was intercepted by law enforcement before a single shot was fired.

The charging document reads:

On June 8, 2022, at approximately 1:05 a.m., two United States Deputy Marshals saw an individual dress in black clothing and carrying a backpack and a suitcase, get out of a taxicab that had stopped in front of the Montgomery County, Maryland residence of a current Justice of the United States Supreme Court. The individual looked at the two Deputy U.S. Marshals, who were standing next to their parked vehicle, and then turned to walk down the street.

Shortly thereafter, Montgomery County Emergency Communications Center fielded a call from an individual who identified himself as NICHOLAS JOHN ROSKE. ROSKE informed the call taker that he was having suicidal thoughts and had a firearm in his suitcase. ROSKE also told the call taker he came from California to kill a specific United States Supreme Court Justice. The Montgomery County Police Department officers were dispatched to the location near the Supreme Court Justice’s residence where they encountered ROSKE, who was still on the telephone with the Montgomery County Emergency Communications Center. ROSKE was taken into custody without incident and law enforcement officers seized both the backpack and the suitcase that were still in his possession.

Once he was taken into custody and Mirandized, the defendant allegedly said: “he was upset about the leak of a recent Supreme Court draft decision regarding the right to abortion as well as the recent school shooting in Uvalde, Texas,” according to the complaint.

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The notice filed Tuesday relays a summary of events which Roske admits the government would be able to prove beyond a reasonable doubt if the case were to go to trial.

The filing says the defendant traveled from Los Angeles to Dulles International Airport in Virginia on June 7, 2022, “with an unloaded firearm and separately packed ammunition in his checked baggage.”

The next day, after landing, Roske “traveled by taxi from the airport to the Montgomery County, Maryland neighborhood” where Kavanaugh lived, according to the notice.

“Once there, Mr. Roske exited the taxi close to the residence and turned to walk away from the justice’s house,” the document goes on. “Shortly thereafter, Mr. Roske called 911 to report that he was having suicidal and homicidal thoughts. He further stated that he was from California and that he ‘came over here to act on them’. Mr. Roske also told the 911 dispatcher that he had weapons and burglary tools in his suitcase. Once in custody, Mr. Roske told law enforcement officers that he traveled from California to Maryland with the intent to kill the Associate Justice and then himself.”

In their filings, Roske’s federal public defenders asked the judge to set a guilty plea hearing for April 7 or 8.

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Suspects plead guilty in egging prank murder case: DA

homesafetytechpros — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 09:53:09 +0000

Sydney Maughon, on the left, Jeremy Munson, center, and McKenzie Davenport, on the right, appear in a mug shots. (Spalding County Sheriff’s Office)

A murder case in Georgia that stemmed from an alleged “lovers quarrel” and egging of the victim’s house is being wrapped up by prosecutors, with plea agreements being offered and accepted by two of the three suspects — and another deal waiting for the third, according to the DA’s office.

Sydney Maughon and McKenzie Davenport both pleaded guilty last month to charges related to the July 2023 shooting death of Johnathan Gilbert, according to the Spalding County District Attorney’s Office. Senior Assistant District Attorney Audrey Holliday told Law&Crime on Monday that Maughon entered a guilty plea for malice murder and Davenport pleaded guilty to a pair of misdemeanors stemming from her actions before the shooting. Jeremy Munson, the third suspect, had a deal offered to him and is currently waiting for his attorney to return from a “leave of absence” to accept or deny it, according to Holiday.

“He has been made an offer for voluntary manslaughter, but his attorney has been on a leave of absence, so his case has yet to be resolved,” Holliday said. “His offer has been extended until December 13, so there’s a possibility he could enter a plea on that day.”

Maughon, Munson, both 18 at the time, and Davenport, who was 19, allegedly went to Gilbert’s residence with the intentions of “egging” it — aka to throw eggs at it — in an act of revenge that stemmed from an “ongoing lovers quarrel,” according to the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office. Gilbert caught the trio in the act and tried confronting them about it, which led Maughon to open fire on him with a pistol she was carrying. Gilbert was unarmed and his body was left in the street.

“Because they all plotted and planned together and traveled to the location with the intent to commit a crime that led up to the murder together, they are all culpable just as if they had each pulled the trigger themselves,” Spalding County Sheriff Darrell Dix said in a 2023 press release. “They went to egg a house, the victim confronted them while they were doing it, he lost his life, and they drove off and left his body in the middle of the road. Together they bought that ticket; now, together, they can ride that ride.”

Maughon and Davenport appeared in court on Nov. 20 to enter their pleas, according to Holliday, with Maughon being sentenced immediately afterward.

“Maughon was sentenced to life with the possibility of parole,” Holliday said.

The young woman will have to wait until she is at least 30 years old before she is eligible for parole, according to the DA’s office. Munson currently faces charges of felony murder, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime.

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