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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Man, woman charged with roles in posting monkey abuse videos
June 11 (UPI) -- A Tennessee woman and a North Carolina man have been indicted on federal charges that they were involved with online groups that created and distributed videos online depicting extreme violence and sexual abuse against monkeys. In the Southern District of Ohio, a grand jury indictment, which was unsealed Wednesday, charges Katrina Favret of Tennessee and Robert Craig of North Carolina, the U.S. Department of Justice said. In October, Ronald Bedra, of Ohio, was sentenced to 54 months in prison for conspiracy of the postings. Craig is charged with creating and distributing the videos and Favret with conspiracy. They conspired to produce "animal crush videos," according to the indictment. The videos depict sadistic violence against juvenile and adult monkeys, prosecutors said. They included monkeys sodomized with a heated screwdriver and a monkey's genitals cut with scissors. They allegedly used encrypted chat applications to direct money to individuals in Indonesia willing to commit the requested acts of torture on camera. "We will punish participants of sadistic conspiracies like this one no matter their role in the crime," said U.S. Attorney Kenneth L. Parker of the Southern District of Ohio said after Bedra was sentenced. "As this case shows, even if you do not commit the torture first-hand, you will be held accountable for promoting this obscene animal abuse." The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Office of Law Enforcement and the FBI were involved in the investigation. In 2019, President Donald Trump signed a bipartisan bill into law that makes animal cruelty a federal crime. The Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act, which was unanimously passed in the House and Senate, revises and expands earlier legislation against making and distributing videos of animal cruelty. In 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a Virginia man's conviction under a federal law banning videos of animal cruelty, saying they were protected speech. The 8-1 ruling, with Justice Samuel Alito dissenting, said the government lacked the power to ban expressions of animal cruelty when that is done in videotapes and other commercial media. The opinion said wasn't curbing government's power to punish acts of animal cruelty, but the portrayals of such acts. Depictions of animal torture should be reported to authorities.
UPI
2 days ago
- Politics
- UPI
Man, woman charged with roles in posting monkey abuse videos
June 11 (UPI) -- A Tennessee woman and a North Carolina man have been indicted on federal charges that they were involved with online groups that created and distributed videos online depicting extreme violence and sexual abuse against monkeys. In the Southern District of Ohio, a grand jury indictment, which was unsealed Wednesday, charges Katrina Favret of Tennessee and Robert Craig of North Carolina, the U.S. Department of Justice said. In October, Ronald Bedra, of Ohio, was sentenced to 54 months in prison for conspiracy of the postings. Craig is charged with creating and distributing the videos and Favret with conspiracy. They conspired to produce "animal crush videos," according to the indictment. The videos depict sadistic violence against juvenile and adult monkeys, prosecutors said. They included monkeys sodomized with a heated screwdriver and a monkey's genitals cut with scissors. They allegedly used encrypted chat applications to direct money to individuals in Indonesia willing to commit the requested acts of torture on camera. "We will punish participants of sadistic conspiracies like this one no matter their role in the crime," said U.S. Attorney Kenneth L. Parker of the Southern District of Ohio said after Bedra was sentenced. "As this case shows, even if you do not commit the torture first-hand, you will be held accountable for promoting this obscene animal abuse." The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Office of Law Enforcement and the FBI were involved in the investigation. In 2019, President Donald Trump signed a bipartisan bill into law that makes animal cruelty a federal crime. The Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act, which was unanimously passed in the House and Senate, revises and expands earlier legislation against making and distributing videos of animal cruelty. In 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a Virginia man's conviction under a federal law banning videos of animal cruelty, saying they were protected speech. The 8-1 ruling, with Justice Samuel Alito dissenting, said the government lacked the power to ban expressions of animal cruelty when that is done in videotapes and other commercial media. The opinion said wasn't curbing government's power to punish acts of animal cruelty, but the portrayals of such acts. Depictions of animal torture should be reported to authorities.
BBC News
22-05-2025
- Climate
- BBC News
Cumbria farmer 'praying for rain' as dry spell costing £100k
A dairy farmer has said he is "praying for rain" as recent hot and dry weather has so far cost his business £100,000. Robert Craig, who farms near Castle Carrock in Cumbria, has 1,500 cattle across three dairy farms. The 55-year-old said he has been buying in supplementary feed for his cows as the grass "is not growing sufficiently".It comes as the Environment Agency (EA) said it had been a record-breaking start to the year, the driest since 1956 and the sunniest for more than 100 years. March was also the fourth driest month since 1836, the EA said. Haweswater Reservoir dropped to its second drought "trigger level" on Miles, the EA's environment and monitoring manager for Cumbria, said if trigger levels continued possible drought permits could be implemented. Drought permits and drought orders are management actions that, if granted, can allow more flexibility to manage water resources and the effects of drought on public water supply and the Miles said: "Those trigger levels - when reached - kickstart certain preparations and activities for us and the water companies, we continue to have a dry spell for the next couple of months and we see these levels come down, we will be preparing for possible drought permits coming in." 'Praying for rain' Mr Craig said his loss equated to about £30,000 per business, and he had had to start buying in animal feed as he could not currently grow it due to the lack of rain on the was becoming "an acute problem", he said."It's a big herd of cows here and they take an awful lot of feeding and if you are not growing the feed ourselves then we are reliant of bringing it in on a truck and then it starts to cost a huge amount of money," he added."We have got very little, practically nothing, in storage that we can use ourselves, we are praying for rain as soon as possible really." Follow BBC Cumbria on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram.
Yahoo
21-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Upstate Salvation Army offering free tickets to homelessness movie
ANDERSON, S.C. (WSPA)- Salvation Army of Anderson County is looking to spread awareness about homelessness and invite you to the movies. The movie is called 'No Address' and it's inspired by true events. It's a drama about a group of people experiencing homelessness and showing the reality that homelessness could happen to anyone. The Robert Craig film wants to show viewers the human side of homelessness and inspire people to act in their communities. It features several characters who find themselves homeless joining a community of others with no address including a veteran, a high school graduate, an actress and more. The film will be screened on February 27 at 7 p.m. at Regal Starlight Cinemas at 141 Interstate Boulevard. The film will also be screened at Camelot Cinemas in Greenville at 48E Antrim Drive. The film will be released to the public on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. Check out the QR code to register for free tickets below: Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
