Over 2,490 autopenned commutations were granted on Jan. 17 in then-President Joe Biden's name — more in one day than any previous president granted over their entire presidency.

A statement attributed to Biden suggested that the clemency action was "an important step toward righting historic wrongs, correcting sentencing disparities, and providing deserving individuals the opportunity to return to their families and communities after spending far too much time behind bars."

'Crime must be met with consequences, not weakness.'

Among the supposedly "deserving individuals" who received commutations — which an associate deputy attorney general indicated at the time were legally flawed — was Khyre Holbert, a thug who pled guilty in 2018 to multiple crimes, including trafficking crack cocaine and knowingly carrying and using a firearm during a drug-trafficking crime. He previously served three years in prison for a separate felony firearm conviction.

Holbert, whom the Biden White House spared from serving the remaining 13 years of his 20-year sentence, was arrested last month in connection with a shooting in downtown Omaha, Nebraska, that sent a 28-year-old man to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

"Holbert should never have been released back into the community. I'm at complete loss as to why this administration continues to honor the directions of the Biden-era autopen," Oversight Project president Mike Howell told Blaze News. "He should have been re-arrested, as we've been calling for many months. Holbert won't be the last."

According to the Omaha Police Department, a gunshot rang out in the early hours of Oct. 4 as an officer was investigating a disturbance involving a firearm in the area of 13th and Howard streets. After additional units were called to the scene, police located a man suffering from a gunshot wound as well as a discarded firearm.

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Police caught Holbert and charged him with first-degree assault, using a firearm to commit a felony, and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. He has since also been slapped with a federal firearms charge.

An unsealed complaint alleges that forensic technicians successfully identified Holbert's fingerprints on the gun and that the gun appears to be the same weapon used in numerous other violent gun offenses in the state, WOWT-TV reported.

The Omaha Police Officers Association commended officers for rushing to the scene "before Holbert could get away or hurt anyone else" and condemned Holbert's early release by the Biden White House.

"Releasing dangerous criminals before proven rehabilitative efforts, puts our communities, our families, our kids, and our police officers at risk. We're grateful our members got there fast, before Holbert could get away or hurt anyone else," the OPOA added.

Attorney General Pam Bondi echoed OPOA's frustration, noting in a statement, "The Biden administration's last-minute commutations were not only a cruel blow to victims' families, but also a fundamental failure to hold criminals accountable."

"This tragic case proves that crime must be met with consequences, not weakness," Bondi continued. "Our prosecutors in Nebraska are doing the job that the prior administration refused to do."

The Biden White House reportedly commuted Holbert's sentence despite objections from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Nebraska, which cited Holbert's gang affiliation and multiple criminal convictions.

The Oversight Project obtained damning internal emails from the Justice Department in August revealing that former Associate Deputy Attorney General Bradley Weinsheimer had taken issue with the Biden White House's apparent efforts to mislead the nation about the violent criminal nature of the individuals who received commutations.

While the Jan. 17 statement attributed to Biden characterizes the recipients of the commutations as felons "convicted of non-violent drug offenses," many of those who received commutations along with Holbert were violent thugs, including

Russell McIntosh, who gunned down a woman along with her 2-year-old child after the woman threatened to expose his drug enterprise;
Adrian Peeler, sentenced for conspiracy to commit murder involving the slaying of an 8-year-old witness and his mother; and
Plaze Anderson, a former high-ranking member of the Gangster Disciples who was personally involved in two murders, an attempted murder and kidnapping, and obstruction of justice.

Editor's note: Mike Howell is a Blaze News contributor.

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Mother chaperoned junior high dance — then had a baby with her daughter's teen date: Court docs

An Illinois mother has been charged with criminal sexual assault and possession of child porn after she allegedly had a baby with her daughter's teen friend, according to multiple reports.

The Washington Police Department arrested Robyn Polston, 43, on Nov. 3. Polston is being detained without bail while her case is pending, according to the New York Post.

'Officers were able to get search warrants for the boy’s phone and found several images, allegedly showing him and Polston engaged in sexual activity.'

Polston was charged with two counts of criminal sexual assault with a victim between the ages of 13 and 17 and two counts of possession of child pornography, according to a court filing People magazine obtained. If convicted on all charges, Polston faces up to 60 years in prison.

Local law enforcement said officers launched an investigation in February after Polston gave birth to a baby in January, WMBD-TV reported.

A probable cause affidavit stated that Polston told investigators that the father was a man in his 20s, who she claimed hadn't seen the baby since the child was born.

However, investigators noticed that the baby's middle and last name on the birth certificate and other records matched the name of a teen, according to court documents filed last week in Tazewell County Circuit Court.

Investigators said the 14-year-old victim attended a junior high dance with Polston's daughter in May 2023, according to the affidavit. Polston served as a chaperone at the dance, court documents said.

The probable cause affidavit also said the boy moved out of state but returned to the Central Illinois area for a visit in April 2024 — approximately 40 weeks before Polston gave birth to the baby.

In August 2024, the teen moved back to live with the family of a "friend," according to the affidavit.

Citing the affidavit, WKRC-TV reported that law enforcement officers discovered "a large number of sexually explicit images and videos depicting [the alleged victim] and Polston."

WMBD reported, "Officers were able to get search warrants for the boy’s phone and found several images, allegedly showing him and Polston engaged in sexual activity. Some of the pictures were clearly taken by her, the affidavit stated."

Citing prosecutors, WEEK-TV reported that Polston and the alleged victim "used burner phones under fake names to protect their identities, and she allegedly tried to get the minor to participate in a cover-up."

A DNA test confirmed that Polston and the alleged victim are the parents of the newborn baby, according to the affidavit.

Polston is scheduled to appear in court Dec. 4.

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'Just crazy': Thug throws frozen water balloon through car windshield, hits driver in face while he travels down highway

A motorist was seriously injured after someone threw a frozen water balloon through his windshield, hitting him in the face Thursday night while he was traveling down a highway in Northern California.

The incident occurred on Highway 20 near Hallwood Boulevard in Marysville in Yuba County, KCRA-TV reported. Marysville is about an hour north of Sacramento.

'Somebody went through all of that for just a random act of violence.'

"It came through the window and hit me in the face," the victim, Alex Plant, told the station. "Forced a lot of this glass into my face, in my eyes."

Plant told KCRA he was driving home from work around 9:30 p.m. and traveling about 45 miles per hour when he said something from a car traveling in the opposite direction was thrown out its window.

"I barely saw it for a quarter of a second before it just came straight through," Plant told KCRA.

The victim added to the station that while he was able to pull off the two-lane highway, he had to ask Siri to call 911, as he had no idea what hit him after it crashed through his windshield.

"My eyes were already starting to close up, so I couldn't even look at the phone if I wanted to," Plant noted to KCRA.

Turns out that a piece of white balloon was stuck in the shattered glass as first responders arrived, the station said.

Plant told KCRA he was taken to a hospital where medical staff spent hours removing shards of glass from his face and eyes.

"I wasn't even sure I'd be able to see my family, to be honest with you," he added to the station. "It was really stressful."

Plant's eyes were open as he spoke to KCRA, but small cuts were visible on his face — and he told the station his vision has been compromised.

"Out of this right eye, if I were to close the left one right now, you know, everything's a little bit blurry. It's hard to focus a little bit. And like I said, just the sensitivity to light," Plant explained to the station.

In the end, the victim has been left wondering why someone would do such a dangerous and destructive thing to anyone.

"I was a random victim, but somebody didn't randomly do this act, right?" Plant noted to KCRA. "Somebody went through all that trouble to, like, freeze it, tie it off, you know what I mean? And then throw it through the windshield before it defrosted. That's just crazy. Somebody went through all of that for just a random act of violence."

The station said California Highway Patrol is investigating the incident, but officials have limited information and no witnesses. Officers are working to identify the suspect and the suspect vehicle, KCRA reported.

In addition, Plant and his family are asking anyone with information that could assist in the investigation to contact the California Highway Patrol, the station said.

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79-year-old landlord opens fire on naked intruder who body-slammed him to ground, breaking his legs

A 79-year-old landlord opened fire on a naked male intruder who body-slammed him to the ground Friday morning, breaking his legs, authorities said.

The incident occurred around 7:15 a.m. in the 4500 block of Tujunga Avenue at a Studio City apartment in Los Angeles, authorities told KABC-TV.

'Why is he out here naked?'

Surveillance video captured the intruder walking naked around the neighborhood, the station said, adding that video also shows him at the front door of a home and grabbing a sign and then continuing to walk.

The suspect soon entered an apartment, after which two women who were home at the time confronted him, a Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson told KABC.

NYC man allegedly raped 15-year-old girl he lured online while on probation for disturbingly similar attack

A man who was released on the condition of seeking mental health treatment after raping an underage girl is accused of doing the same again.

William Credle, 24, sent a rideshare driver Monday to go pick up a 15-year-old girl he met online and bring her to his apartment in the Bronx, where he raped and beat her, according to police.

He was being sought for arrest when he allegedly attacked the other victim.

Credle allegedly kept her against her will and kept her tablet device away from her, which was her only means of communication. When she begged to be allowed to go home, he raped her again and punched her in the head, police said.

After the girl's parents realized she was not at home in New Jersey, they tracked her location using the tablet to Credle's apartment, according to police. New Jersey police contacted police in New York City, who arrested him at Hughes Avenue near East 187th Street at about 11:40 p.m. Tuesday.

Credle was charged with a slew of crimes, including rape, sexual abuse, and unlawful imprisonment.

Bronx prosecutor Nicole Beachboard said in court that Credle made the victim "smoke marijuana and drink from a Snapple bottle containing a liquid tasting of orange soda with a strange aftertaste."

Even more disturbing, the suspect was on parole awaiting sentencing for a conviction of a similar crime in 2023.

"The defendant, then 21 years old, sent an Uber to a 14-year-old girl, who was transported by Uber to his apartment, and he forced her to engage in anal and vaginal sex," Beachboard said. "The complainant alleged that he had drugs and a gun in his apartment."

Credle was released on the condition that he seek mental and rehabilitative treatment, but he violated other terms, leading to a warrant being filed for his arrest.

He was being sought for arrest when he allegedly attacked the other victim.

Credle had also missed four court appearances and had been arrested for other violent criminal offenses, including one for allegedly punching his mother in the head.

He was held on $50,000 bail.

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Video: Woman pulls male intruder out of her car, throws him to the ground with ease — while her amazed husband watches

Astonishing surveillance video from a Hollywood gas station shows the moment when a woman pulled a male intruder out of her car and threw him to the ground with ease.

The woman, Star Carter, was sitting in the driver's seat of her red Alfa Romeo at the gas station Tuesday when a male stranger walked up and tried to open her passenger door, KCBS-TV reported.

'It was just like that Kendrick Lamar verse [from "Peekaboo"] was playing in my head, you know like, "Bing bop boom bop boom bop bam!"'

Her husband, Michael Carter, was pumping gas at the time and was on the other side of car.

"I stood up and was like 'Get outta here!' and then I walked around this way," Michael told KCBS, motioning toward the passenger side of the car.

But after Michael got back in the passenger seat, the crook sneaked back and opened the driver-side rear door closest to the gas pump and actually got into the back seat, video shows.

"I'm wrestling with him inside the car," Michael told the station, "and I'm kinda pushing him and pushing him, and all I know is he just disappeared."

With that, Star's husband smiled and told KCBS that "I'm looking over the back, and I said, 'Oh ... ohhh!'"

Michael's, shall we say, starstruck reaction was due to the fact that his wife got out of her driver's seat, got to the back door, ripped the intruder right out the car, and tossed him to the ground.

"I don't condone violence, but I do condone self-defense," Star told KCBS in the aftermath.

Star described what song was on her brain's playlist in that moment, telling the station that "it was just like that Kendrick Lamar verse [from 'Peekaboo'] was playing in my head, you know like, 'Bing bop boom bop boom bop bam!'"

With a laugh, she added to KCBS, "That's all I remember. I'm so embarrassed."

Wisely, the intruder ran off after Star introduced him to the concrete.

But she also had some parting advice for him: "I just said, 'Don't you ever do no stupid [word redacted in KCBS video] like this again!'"

The station said the Carters actually continued their night out, going to a comedy show at the Hollywood Improv.

The couple's unsurprised daughter later told KCBS that "my mommy, she was in like fight or flight — but she definitely fought, and he definitely took flight."

Star added to the station that she believes the intruder was on drugs at the time of the incident: "I don't know what this dude is capable of doing at all."

In the end, her husband was grateful that Star stood up to the crook.

"She is indeed my hero," Michael noted to KCBS with a laugh in the aftermath. "Thank you, Star!"

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Woman Who Harassed Stephen Miller’s Family at Their Home Is Harmless Academic ‘In the Field of Peace Studies,’ Her Lawyer Argues

The woman who posted flyers exposing White House adviser Stephen Miller’s address and calling for "NO NAZIS" in Northern Virginia is a harmless academic "in the field of peace studies," her lawyer claimed.

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Roy Cooper Enraged Victims' Families When He Took 15 Convicted Killers Off Death Row on His Final Day as Governor. Now He’s Pitching Himself as a Tough-on-Crime Senate Candidate.

On his final day as North Carolina governor, Senate hopeful Roy Cooper (D.) commuted the sentences of 15 convicted killers on death row, a move that blindsided and enraged the families of their victims. It’s another piece of his record on crime that Cooper will have to contend with as he attempts to sell himself as a tough-on-crime candidate.

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Ex-cop reportedly dead by suicide after being accused of sex with wife in front of kids, distributing child porn

A former New Jersey cop committed suicide at a state park just months after he and his wife were arrested for allegedly having sex in front of children, according to authorities.

'These actions are not only abhorrent but have also shaken our community’s sense of security and trust in those who are sworn to protect us.'

Brian DiBiasi — a former officer with the Hamilton Police Department facing child sexual abuse charges — was found dead on Tuesday from a self-inflicted gunshot wound near the Delaware River inside Washington Crossing State Park in Hopewell, the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office confirmed to WKXW-FM.

DiBiasi, 40, was a veteran officer, with the department for 21 years.

As Blaze News previously reported, New Jersey State Police arrested DiBiasi and his wife on Jan. 29 in connection with alleged child sex crimes.

The New York Daily News reported that DiBiasi was charged with permitting a child to engage in pornography, sexual conduct with a child by a caretaker, knowingly possessing/viewing/controlling items of child sexual exploitation or abuse, and distribution and storing of child pornography.

Elizabeth DiBiasi — the 43-year-old wife of Brian DiBiasi — was charged with sexual conduct with a child by a caretaker.

At the time of her arrest, Elizabeth was an 18-year veteran with the Mercer County Sheriff’s Office.

The couple was released from Monmouth County Jail shortly after their arrest.

Brian DiBiasi was terminated from his job after the charges were filed against him.

(L to R) Brian DiBiasi; Elizabeth DiBiasi. Image source: Monmouth County (N.J.) Jail

The New Jersey Attorney General's Office said in a statement that the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children notified law enforcement in New Jersey on Jan. 28 that a mobile messaging platform user "allegedly uploaded and distributed unidentified, possibly newly produced or homemade content, specifically, image and video files of suspected child sexual exploitation/abuse material."

"The user allegedly distributed multiple media files containing nude images of his wife in the presence of children," the statement read. "In the chat logs, the suspect allegedly mentioned children being present while he and his wife had sex. The cyber tip line reported a total of 36 files allegedly uploaded from an account belonging to the user."

Law enforcement said they tracked down the online user to the couple's home in Hamilton Township and conducted a raid at the residence on the morning of Jan. 29.

Citing court documents, NJ.com reported in February that Brian DiBiasi admitted to investigators that he was the owner of the mobile messaging platform account and confessed to distributing the files.

Elizabeth DiBiasi denied knowing about the account, according to court documents.

Elizabeth's attorney, Jerome Ballarotto, recently told the New York Post, "Nobody saw this coming. Brian’s case wasn’t that bad, because what he did was not good but it wasn’t nearly as serious as what he was accused of doing. This could have been worked out."

New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin declared in January, "Sexual offenses against children are among the most serious crimes we charge. It's especially disturbing when, as in this case, the accused are members of law enforcement."

Hamilton Mayor Jeff Martin previously stated in a press release, "These actions are not only abhorrent but have also shaken our community’s sense of security and trust in those who are sworn to protect us."

The Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office and the Hamilton Police Department did not immediately respond to Blaze News' request for comment.

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Outrage erupts after teenager pleads no contest to horrific rape charges and walks free

An Oklahoma teenager was facing 78 years in prison for 10 charges related to rape, but he was allowed to walk free after being granted youthful offender status.

Jesse Butler, 18, was instead sentenced to community service as well as counseling. He also will not have to register as a sex offender.

'The laws are there, but what do you do when they don't follow them? Does this sound like justice?'

Butler was charged with rape, attempted rape, sexual battery, forcible oral sodomy, and assault in relation to rapes committed against two fellow students that he was dating, according to court documents.

At the time of his arrest, he was 17 years old.

Police said they found video on his phone of him choking one of the victims. The other victim was reportedly choked unconscious and nearly died.

He initially pleaded not guilty but agreed to plead no contest in a deal with the district attorney that changed his status to a youthful offender.

Members of the Stillwater community who were shocked by the sentencing protested on Wednesday at the Payne County Courthouse.

"The justice system here in Stillwater has allowed a violent sex offender to walk free. Not only is he currently free and loose on the streets. He's a virtual student at Stillwater Public Schools as a senior, and after he finishes having the slap on the wrist, he doesn't even have to register as a sex offender," Tori Grey said at the protest.

"I want him to get what he deserves. He needs to be prosecuted," said Stillwater High School student Tristan Turner.

Oklahoma state Rep. Justin Humphrey (R) said on News Nation's "Banfield" that the development was "corrupt."

"How in the world did this judge get to this?" he asked.

"The laws are there, but what do you do when they don't follow them? Does this sound like justice?” he continued.

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