Former teacher's aide gets crushing prison sentence after her conviction of sexually abusing 4 boys: 'Justice was served'



A former teacher's aide in Wisconsin has been sentenced to more than half a century in prison after her conviction of committing child sex crimes against four boys, according to authorities.

The Kenosha County District Attorney announced last week that Judge David Hughes sentenced 34-year-old Anna Marie Crocker to 51.5 years in prison and 32 years of extended supervision. Crocker — a mother of four — will not be eligible for release until she is approximately 85 years old.

'Her betrayal of trust, victim-blaming, and efforts to intimidate the victims only deepened the harm.'

In December, Crocker pleaded guilty to first-degree child sexual assault, child sexual exploitation (filming), second-degree sexual assault of a child, use of a computer to facilitate a child sex crime, intimidation of a victim, and child enticement-sexual contact, according to WITI-TV.

Before being sentenced, Crocker claimed to have taken "full responsibility for what has taken place," WISN-TV reported.

"I am disturbed by the harm and distress, along with the trauma that you have to endure," Crocker continued. "I am deeply sorry that this has caused confusion, pain, and anger, and that you have to live with this the rest of your lives."

WISN reported that Judge Hughes said during sentencing, "She sought out children, she used children, and she took advantage of children."

Kenosha County Deputy District Attorney Rosa Delgado prosecuted the case and proclaimed, "Justice was served today for the four children this defendant groomed and sexually abused."

Delgado also declared, "Her betrayal of trust, victim-blaming, and efforts to intimidate the victims only deepened the harm."

Kenosha County District Attorney Xavier Solis said in a statement, "This case represents a profound breach of trust."

Solis added, "When an adult connected to our schools exploits our children, the harm is severe and lasting."

As Blaze News reported in October 2024, officers with the Sensitive Crime Unit of the Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department began an investigation into Crocker after she was suspected of sexual misconduct involving a "current and former student of the school."

At the time, Crocker had been a teaching assistant at Riverview Elementary School.

According to a criminal complaint, Crocker sexually assaulted a 12-year-old boy in the winter of 2023-2024.

The victim told investigators that Crocker removed his pants and was on top of him and noted that she was "naked."

"She then began making him do things that she wanted," the complaint read.

According to the complaint, the victim repeatedly told Crocker "to get off of him, but she would not listen," and that he "also tried to push her off."

The criminal complaint stated that the victim told investigators that he was "scared and traumatized."

The complaint noted that the victim said Crocker told him to apologize for the sexual abuse and that she was trying to "make him feel guilty."

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A detective with the Twin Lakes Police Department interviewed a 13-year-old boy who "reported to a school staff member that he received inappropriate material and messages" from Crocker, the complaint stated.

The victim told police that he had received sexually explicit videos from Crocker, according to court documents.

Court docs said the second victim was "scared" about interacting with the educational assistant because the first victim, who is his friend, told him that Crocker raped him.

A 14-year-old male victim told police that he had been "exchanging sexual chats and pictures via Snapchat with the defendant," according to the criminal complaint.

The court documents said the victim told investigators that Crocker "sexually assaulted him in a parking lot in Racine County in August of 2024."

Detectives searched Crocker's Snapchat and discovered a conversation between her and a 16-year-old that the former school staffer made sexual, according to the complaint.

Court docs noted that the boy's younger brother is "friends with the defendant’s son," and Crocker told the victim not to tell his younger brother "about them having sex, if it were to happen."

The teen said Crocker "sent him pictures in which sex was 'inferred,'" according to court records.

The court docs said the victim told police that Crocker "wanted to have sex with him at her residence and that they agreed upon a day, but that he never went through with it."

The criminal complaint said Crocker invited the boy to her home on Oct. 11, 2024, even though the underage victim divulged his age.

WITI reported that Crocker was taken into custody on Oct. 11, 2024.

According to WISN, the school board terminated Crocker on Oct. 14, 2024.

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A federal jury last month convicted Hannah Dugan of obstructing ICE agents attempting to arrest an illegal immigrant.

'I'll get the heat': Milwaukee judge is now a convicted felon after violent illegal alien dodged ICE from her courtroom



Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan tried her best to avoid consequence for her role in Eduardo Flores-Ruiz — an illegal alien from Mexico who later pled no contest to one count of battery and guilty to re-entering the U.S. — briefly evading U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Her best was evidently not good enough.

Dugan, relieved of her duties as a judge in April by the Supreme Court of Wisconsin, was found guilty on Thursday of obstructing federal agents — a felony. The jury did not, however, find Dugan guilty of the lesser misdemeanor charge of concealing a fugitive from justice.

'Dugan's actions to obstruct this violent criminal’s arrest take "activist judge" to a whole new meaning.'

"The defendant is certainly not evil nor is she a martyr for some greater cause," Brad Schimel, the interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, told reporters after Dugan learned her fate. "We must all accept the verdict peacefully."

Schimel emphasized that "experience and common sense as well as the evidence presented in this case" demonstrate that the safest place to execute an arrest warrant is within a public area of a courthouse that has security screening — and that the 66-year-old judge's actions endangered multiple people.

"The defendant's actions provided an opportunity for a wanted subject to flee outside that safe courthouse environment, which led to a dangerous foot chase through automobile traffic and eventually to an agent taking the subject to the ground, which is always hazardous for both the officer and the suspect," said Schimel. "There was certainly potential for many other dangers as well."

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ICE agents accompanied by both FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration agents traveled to the Milwaukee County Courthouse on April 18, 2025, to arrest Flores-Ruiz, aware that the previously deported Mexican national was scheduled to attend a pre-trial hearing overseen by Dugan.

Upon learning of ICE's presence from an attorney, the now-felonious judge "became visibly angry, commented that the situation was 'absurd,' left the bench, and entered chambers" while Flores-Ruiz was seated in the gallery of the courtroom, according to the original FBI charging document.

The indictment claimed that Dugan proceeded to commit several affirmative acts to aid the illegal alien in evading arrest, including:

  • confronting members of the ICE task force and falsely telling them they needed a judicial warrant to effectuate the arrest;
  • directing the federal agents to go to the chief judge's office after she learned they had the required administrative warrant for Flores-Ruiz's arrest;
  • dealing with Flores-Ruiz's criminal case off the record while the ICE task force was in the chief judge's office;
  • directing the illegal alien and his counsel to flee the courtroom via a non-public jury door; and
  • advising the Mexican's counsel that he could appear remotely for his next court date.

The judge's actions were observed by multiple witnesses and captured on film.

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With Dugan's help, the Mexican national ran out of the building. Federal agents were, however, able to catch up with him.

Flores-Ruiz was ultimately deported on Nov. 13.

Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, noted at the time, "Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, a previously removed illegal alien, has a laundry list of violent criminal charges, including strangulation and suffocation, battery, and domestic abuse. Judge Hannah Dugan's actions to obstruct this violent criminal’s arrest take 'activist judge' to a whole new meaning."

In the lead-up to the trial, Dugan's lawyers tried desperately to get her case dismissed, citing the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Trump v. United States and claiming that the radical judge was immune from criminal prosecution for judicial acts, that her prosecution violates the limits of federal power under the 10th Amendment, and that her indictment should be dismissed under the canon of constitutional avoidance.

Such efforts proved fruitless.

The jury saw and heard plenty of damning evidence during the trial that began on Monday.

They heard, for instance, an audio recording where Dugan told a court reporter that Flores-Ruiz could escape through a side door, reported the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Although Dugan's court reporter volunteered to walk the illegal alien out, Dugan said she instead would do it: "I'll get the heat."

The jury also heard from numerous witnesses, including Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Kristela Cervera, who testified, "Judges should not be helping defendants evade arrest."

Cervera was the individual who escorted the federal agents to Chief Judge Carl Ashley's office.

For her felony conviction, Dugan could face up to five years in prison and a maximum fine of $250,000.

The disgraced judge's attorney, Steve Biskupic, indicated Dugan's team will file a motion with the Clinton-appointed federal judge overseeing the case, U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman, asking to set aside the conviction.

"The case is a long way from over," said Biskupic.

While Dugan has been on administrative leave for several months, the New York Times indicated she has continued to collect her $174,000 salary.

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Male, 21, found guilty of beating up 80-year-old in gym locker room; attacker left victim unconscious, bleeding: Prosecutor



A 21-year-old male has been found guilty of severely beating an 80-year-old in a gym locker room in Farmington Hills, Michigan.

Authorities said the attack took place on March 1, 2024, at the YMCA at 28100 Farmington Road near 12 Mile Road, the Detroit News reported.

'And then I see the guy ... he grabs the back of the victim’s head by the hair, and he was about to slam it down on the counter.'

Police received a call about the attack around 10:45 a.m. and found the victim unconscious with severe facial injuries in the men’s locker room, the paper said, adding that medics took the victim to a hospital.

An Oakland County Circuit Court jury on Friday convicted Malik Ali Smith of assault with intent to do great bodily harm, the county prosecutor's office told the paper.

"The victim was left unconscious and bleeding, and he had to be hospitalized after this assault," Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald said in a Monday statement, the paper added. "When we first brought charges, I said this was a vicious, senseless attack, and clearly the jury agreed after looking at the evidence. Their verdict will hopefully provide the victim a measure of justice."

Smith's sentencing is scheduled for May 27, the News said, citing court records. Smith faces up to 10 years in prison, the paper also reported.

During Smith's trial, witnesses and authorities testified that Smith and the victim exchanged words inside the locker room, the News said, citing the county prosecutor.

Former pro football player Braylon Edwards told WDIV-TV he heard the fight escalating.

“I walk into the locker room after work, and I hear some noise about four rows behind me; it was over ... someone playing music too loud,” Edwards added to the station. “So I’m not paying attention; it's none of my business.”

Edwards — a wide receiver who played eight seasons for four NFL teams as well as for the University of Michigan — noted to WDIV that "the noise escalates, and then you can hear some pushing and shoving — you know what fighting sounds like ... but once I heard a thud, that’s when I got up and turned around. And then I see the guy ... he grabs the back of the victim’s head by the hair, and he was about to slam it down on the counter.”

Edwards pulled Smith away from the 80-year-old, the station said.

Police said the assailant fled before they arrived, but they identified him from the YMCA's membership records and soon made an arrest, the News reported.

Smith's attorney, Mitchell Ribitwer, on Monday said he wasn't willing to comment at this time, the paper added.

You can view WDIV's 2024 interview with Edwards about the incident here.

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Son who reported J6 father to FBI now 'terrified' of what his dad might do to him after Trump pardons: 'I’ve picked up a gun'



Jackson Reffitt — who reported his father, Guy Reffitt, to the FBI after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots — told CNN's Erin Burnett in an interview Monday night that he's now "terrified" of what his dad might do to him in the wake of President Donald Trump's J6 pardons.

In fact, Reffitt's scared enough that he said he got himself a gun.

'I just cannot feel safe around him. I cannot feel safe around people he knows. I cannot feel safe around the people my mother knows.'

Burnett used the left's favorite word to describe the riots — "insurrection" — and then asked Jackson Reffitt for his reaction to Trump's pardons and sentence commutations, which presumably include his father's.

"I'm honestly flabbergasted that we've gotten to this point," he told Burnett. "I mean, I'm terrified. I don't know what I'm gonna do."

He also said he's "taken as many precautions as I could recently. I’ve picked up a gun, I’ve moved, and I’ve gotten myself away from what I thought would be a dangerous situation and staying where I thought my dad could find me — or [where] other people" also could locate him.

"People that are gonna feel so validated by these actions, by this pardon," he added. "I'm just so filled with paranoia about what could happen. I've been waiting all day [for] a call from the [Department of Justice] to just figure it out and know what to do next 'cause right now I don't."

Reffitt also told Burnett, "I don't even know what my father's thinking. I mean, I've talked to my father before, but I had thought it [had] gotten better, but it really hadn't. My dad is still involved with these militias, he still talks with ... a martyr's status. He has no change; he's more galvanized than ever that I've seen. My mom, too. My sisters are waiting outside the jail ... right now. And ... I feel for them, and I know who they are, and I love them, but I can't feel safe. ... And what could happen when they're released? I mean, who knows? ... My dad once called me a traitor, and he said, 'Traitors get shot.'"

Burnett suggested to Reffitt that January 6 "broke your family apart." Reffitt agreed.

“My father’s actions coming from the Trump presidency and [my dad thinking] what he was doing was right just destroyed [my family]," he said, adding, "I made a very, very disgusting decision to inform authorities about what he was doing, and I still feel horrible about it every day. My sisters are out there right now, and they’re rooting for him. ... I understand that. I come [from a place] of love toward that. I want to be there for them, but I can’t. ... It's hard."

Burnett then asked Reffitt whether he still loves his father — and he replied in the affirmative.

"Of course," Reffitt said. "I love him. I love him. I just cannot feel safe around him. I cannot feel safe around people he knows. I cannot feel safe around the people my mother knows. My mom has used my name to sit in front of a crowded room of these far-right Trump supporters, and whenever she brings up my name and what I've done, the crowd will just roar in ... anger about, like, 'What the hell did that kid do?' ... terrifying."

You can view the video of the interview here.

What else?

Blaze News reported that Guy Reffitt was the first Jan. 6 defendant to go to trial in March 2022. A D.C. jury found him guilty on all five charges, including transporting a firearm in furtherance of a civil disorder, obstruction of justice, hindering communication through force or threat of force, obstructing officers during a civil disorder, and entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds.

But U.S. District Judge Dabney L. Friedrich reduced Reffitt's prison time to 80 months from the original 87-month sentence. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit had ordered a new sentencing based on the Supreme Court's ruling in Fischer v. United States, which greatly limits use of 18 U.S. Code 1512(c)(2) — a 20-year felony for obstruction of an official proceeding — in Jan. 6 prosecutions.

Newsweek said Jackson Reffitt — a key witness in the government's case against his father — first reported Guy Reffitt's political views to the FBI in December 2020, only days before the Capitol riots.

The magazine said Jackson Reffitt later forwarded text messages from his father to the FBI after Guy Reffitt attended Trump's rally in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6. Prosecutors read some of those messages and played audio of family conversations in court as part of their case against Reffitt, according to Newsweek.

Blaze News investigative reporter Steve Baker weighs in

Steve Baker covered Jan. 6 at the Capitol as an independent journalist and began writing investigative stories about that day for Blaze News in the fall of 2023. Despite only taking video while walking through the Capitol, Baker was arrested last year and pleaded guilty to four misdemeanor charges in November to "avoid the shaming exercise of the trial."

Baker was set to hear his sentence in March — but the DOJ has now filed a motion to dismiss the charges against him. The filing comes after President Donald Trump on Monday night gave around 1,500 January 6 defendants a promised pardon.

Baker also weighed in on Jackson Reffitt's CNN interview for Blaze News:

As I mentioned last night on BlazeTV, many families have been broken apart because of January 6. Divorces, children disowning their parents, and this tragedy in the Reffitt family. Many J6 defendants were turned in by family members, but also by members of their churches, neighbors, coworkers, and classmates. While there already may have been a strained father-son relationship in this case, I think you’ll find the common thread among those who "dropped a dime’" on family members to be a difference in their politics. Especially a hatred for Trump by the ones making those calls to the FBI.

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College football player raped girl on family cruise, feds say — and allegedly asked her appalling 2-word question afterward



A college football player with a reported history of sexual assault was convicted of raping a teen girl while she was on a family cruise vacation.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland said in a statement that James Thomas Kelley, 22, was found guilty of aggravated sexual abuse, sexual abuse, and assault in connection to a rape of a 17-year-old girl on a Carnival Cruise ship in 2023. Kelley faces a maximum sentence of life in prison in the federal case, the U.S. Attorney’s Office stated.

'Kelley saw that [she] was intoxicated [by his own admission], realized she was vulnerable, and offered to take her to the bathroom.'

Federal prosecutors said Kelley raped the then-underage girl between Jan. 1 and Jan. 2, 2023.

Kelley met the teen girl after a party on the Carnival Legend cruise ship on the night of Jan. 1. Kelley took her to his cabin because she needed to use a restroom, according to court documents.

Citing court filings, The State reported that after the victim stepped outside the bathroom, Kelley pushed her on the bed "face first," and raped her.

After sexually assaulting the teen girl, Kelley allegedly asked the victim an appalling question.

Court documents stated: "After raping [her], Kelley asked, ‘You good?'"

The Carnival cruise ship returned to port in Baltimore on Jan. 2.

The victim and her family left the cruise ship and returned home to Virginia. Once home, the teen girl reported the rape to local police. She reportedly was examined at a Virginia hospital, where it was determined that she had bruises on her right arm and shins, as well as "vaginal abrasions, tearing and bruising," according to court docs.

In April 2023, FBI agents interrogated Kelley regarding the alleged sexual assault. At the time of the interview, Kelley was a redshirt junior running back for the Wingate University football team.

Kelley purportedly told investigators that he and the underage girl had kissed and touched each other outside of his room before he let her use the bathroom. Kelley allegedly said that he believed the teen was under the influence of alcohol.

"Kelley saw that [she] was intoxicated [by his own admission], realized she was vulnerable, and offered to take her to the bathroom,” prosecutors wrote in court documents. Kelley “took full advantage of the situation,” prosecutors stated.

FBI agents arrested Kelley at Wingate University on Sept. 20, 2023, according to the Wingate Triangle — the university’s student newspaper.

After news was released about the allegations of sexual assault on the cruise ship, a Wingate University student came forward to report him for raping her.

As of November 2023, there was an outstanding arrest warrant for Kelley for second-degree forcible rape out of Union County, North Carolina, according to The State.

Kelley also was convicted as a minor in a 2019 sexual assault case, prosecutors said.

During his two-week trial for the rape on the Carnival cruise ship, jurors heard testimony from six people accusing Kelley of other sexual assaults on separate incidents.

“Kelley has an alarming history of allegations of sexual assault from males and females spanning from early 2017 through September 2023,” prosecutors wrote in court documents according to the New York Post.

Carnival Cruise Lines didn't immediately respond to a request for comment from The State.

"We will never stop working to serve justice for the victims of predators like Mr. Kelley, no matter where the crime occurs,” said Erek L. Barron — U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland. "Today’s conviction reflects the unwavering resolve of the FBI to protect our communities and keep Americans safe."

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