Hawaii’s Lieutenant Governor Sylvia Luke has been indicted

Hawaii’s Lieutenant Governor Sylvia Luke has been indicted on charges of criminal conspiracy to commit bribery and falsifying campaign reports.

A grand jury returned the indictment after a state investigation into allegations that Luke accepted campaign contributions from a lobbyist in exchange for helping advance a COVID-19 testing contract while she served as chair of the state House Finance Committee.

Also charged in the case are:
- Former State Representative Ryan Yamane
- Ford Fuchigami, an official with the Hawaii Department of Transportation
- Leo Asunción, a former official with the state’s public utilities commission
- Lobbyist Tobi Solidum

Prosecutors say the scheme involved efforts to secure favorable treatment for a COVID-related contract in return for financial support. Luke faces multiple counts related to the alleged bribery and the handling of campaign committee documents.

A 9-year-old girl in Illinois was abducted off her bike

A 9-year-old girl in Illinois was reportedly abducted off her bike, forced into a car, and raped by an illegal immigrant from Venezuela.

The suspect is now in custody, but Democratic Governor JB Pritzker has opposed deporting him.

Michigan doctor Oumair Aejaz, who came into the U.S. on a work Visa issued by Obama, was sentenced to 35-to-60-year

Michigan doctor Oumair Aejaz, who came into the U.S. on a work Visa issued by Obama, was sentenced to 35-to-60-year prison for secretly recording thousands of illicit videos and sexually assaulting victims including to children as young as 6

Doctor Aejaz, an Indian national who entered the country on a work visa in 2011 recorded unconscious hospital patients and people changing at a local swim school over at least six years,
His wife turned him in after discovering the material.

The 41-year-old pleaded no contest to 31 counts of sexual misconduct.
The charges included:

• Child sexually abusive activity,
• Capturing images of unclothed persons,
• Using a computer to commit crimes, and
• First-degree criminal sexual conduct involving the sexual assault of a 6-year-old child.
• Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard described his crimes as horrifying, revealing that authorities seized six computers, four cellphones, and 15 external storage devices.
• One hard drive alone had around 13,000 videos.

Detectives estimated up to 100,000 video clips across the devices, with recordings from hospitals, the swim school, and private homes.

Aejaz worked as an internal medicine physician with privileges at hospitals including Ascension Genesys in Grand Blanc Township and Henry Ford Macomb in Clinton Township, though not on staff.

He allegedly hid cameras to record unconscious or sleeping patients, including sexual assaults.

At Goldfish Swim School in Rochester Hills, he installed a hidden camera in the community changing room that streamed live over WiFi, capturing women and children undressing.
Victims included mothers and young kids as young as 2 years old.

His wife told police in August 2024 after finding hidden cameras and memory cards in their Rochester Hills home starting around 2022.

She identified footage from the swim school and other victims.

Additional accusations involved recording family members, including his own underage children and female relatives, plus sexual encounters with others.

Youngest confirmed victim in charges: a 6-year-old girl whom he allegedly molested on multiple occasions in 2023 while recording it.