Make sure his future cellmate sees this: Joseph Downing Barnes Jr., 35, of Virginia Beach, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for producing child s*xual abuse material.
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Barnes, a biological male who identifies as a transgender female, engaged in webcam chat sessions with boys aged approximately 10 to 15.
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He exposed his br*asts so the boys would believe he was a biological female and induce them to perform s*x acts on camera.
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He recorded the sessions and saved the files to his Google account.
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Barnes is a previously convicted s*x offender who pleaded guilty in 2016 to distribution of CSAM and received a 9-year sentence.
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Judge Elizabeth W. Hanes imposed the sentence after an HSI investigation.
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The case is part of Project Safe Childhood.
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#VirginiaBeach #Virginia
James Talarico now calls himself a "border security Democrat."
His Texas House record says otherwise.
While millions poured across the border under Biden, Talarico voted NO on:
❌ $1.8 billion for border security
❌ The Texas Border Protection Unit
❌ Arrest powers for Border Patrol
❌ Funding for the border wall (twice)
❌ Tougher human smuggling penalties
❌ Making illegal entry a state crime (twice)
❌ Requiring sheriffs to work with ICE
Nine votes. Nine NOs.
Don’t send Talarico to Washington to vote with the Democrats who let millions pour across the border.
Early voting ends Oct. 30.
Go vote, Texas.
James talarico says he will keep fighting against bills banning transgender surgeries and drugs for kids, and keeping boys out of girls sports:
"Trans kids are something special. They are beautiful... We've got to keep our vigilance up and make sure those bills never become law." #TXsen
Accused cop-killer Emonnie Branch, 51, pleaded not guilty today in Warren Circuit Court.
He is charged with murder in the death of Kentucky State Trooper Hayden Phillips.
He's also charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and tampering with evidence.
He allegedly shot Phillips twice during a traffic stop on I65.
He has at least 9 prior arrests.
He was on Tennessee probation with a warrant out.
He's held with no bond.
Prosecutors haven't said if they'll seek death.
His next court date is Feb. 12, 2027.
Hayden was 28, two days shy of his 29th birthday.
He left a wife and little boys.
His family sat in that courtroom today.
Death. Penalty.
⚖️OHIO vs Derrek Dove⚖️ Sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 15 years.😡
😡Shot a INNOCENT man in the back of the head
Antoine Latham—who worked full-time as a bus driver for children with special needs and part-time for Lyft—picked up Dove and two unidentified individuals.
The group attempted to rob Latham of his cell phone, and
Dove shot him in the back of the head. 😡
Latham's car then crashed into a guardrail, where emergency responders initially mistook the scene for a standard traffic accident.
On Oct. 24, Tanisha Shelton, 45, allegedly argued with Nathaniel Mathis, 33, and threatened to come back with someone to beat him up.
She allegedly returned hours later.
But she didn't come back with someone else.
She allegedly came back with an accelerant.
And a lighter.
She allegedly doused him with the liquid and set him on fire.
Mathis suffered burns on 80% of his body.
He's not expected to survive.
A witness pepper sprayed her as she fled, and deputies found her still wearing the same clothes.
Someone who does that has to have a record, right?
CORRECT.
Court records show she pleaded guilty to arson in a 2005 Brevard County house fire.
That case that started with child abuse and animal cruelty charges.
She was also found guilty of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, firefighter or EMS worker in 2005, and she served time in Florida state prison for both cases.
Now she has set a man on fire.
And he is likely to die.
The judge ordered her held without bond.
This is a person who should NEVER be released into society again.