Noncitizens and double voters: Ohio exposes potential election fraud in 8 states, DC



Election integrity has become a top concern among the American public, and Ohio is leading an effort to address those concerns and root out fraud.

On Tuesday, Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose (R) revealed that an ongoing review discovered potential voter fraud impacting eight states and Washington, D.C.

'Critics of Ohio’s election integrity efforts may try to minimize the significance of these referrals, as though some small amount of election crime is acceptable.'

“During an ongoing review of the Ohio Voter Registration Database using state and federal data, evidence of 30 noncitizen registrations were uncovered by Election Integrity Unit investigators. In addition, the review found 11 individuals from Virginia, Arizona, Colorado, District of Columbia, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, and South Carolina who appear to have voted in multiple jurisdictions,” a press release from LaRose’s office read.

LaRose referred the findings of “potential fraudulent noncitizen registrations and fraudulent double votes” to Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost (R), as well as the attorneys general of the seven other states and Washington, D.C.

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Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose. Photo by Bonnie Cash/Getty Images

LaRose stated, “We must send a clear message that election fraud won’t be tolerated.”

“The only way to maintain Ohio’s high standard of election integrity is to enforce the law whenever it’s broken. Through the investigations of our Public Integrity Division’s Election Integrity Unit, we are rooting out lawbreakers so we can bring accountability and justice,” he added.

The attorneys general will determine whether to review the evidence further and ultimately decide whether to prosecute.

While LaRose can initiate investigations, he must refer his findings to the AG or local district attorneys for prosecution.

LaRose wrote in a letter to Yost, “Critics of Ohio’s election integrity efforts may try to minimize the significance of these referrals, as though some small amount of election crime is acceptable.”

“Even one illegal vote can spoil the outcome of an election for the citizenry at large, whether it be a school levy, majority control of a legislative chamber, or even a statewide election contest. Just this last election, a single vote in Licking County decided the outcome of a local levy after the final certified count,” he continued. “If we intend to give Ohioans absolute confidence in the integrity of our elections, we must have zero tolerance for misconduct.”

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The South Carolina Attorney General’s Office told Blaze News it had not yet received LaRose’s evidence. However, it noted, “We did get a phone call from them and expect them to forward the evidence.”

The Colorado Attorney General’s office stated it “cannot confirm or otherwise comment on investigations.”

The offices for the attorneys general of Ohio, Virginia, Arizona, D.C., Illinois, Kentucky, and Maryland did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Blaze News.

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16-year-old linked to 121 car break-ins in 1 night released after 5 hours in custody. Police chief decries 'broken system.'



A Maryland police chief decried what he called a "broken system" after a 16-year-old male arrested in connection with 121 car break-ins in one night earlier this month was released after just five hours in custody.

Police in Laurel said the male and two other teens smashed car windows and stole items from 54 cars in Laurel and 67 more in Prince George's, Anne Arundel, and Howard Counties on the night of May 4, WRC-TV reported.

'I had one woman stop me and mention to me that this is the third time this has happened to her car. And because the deductible was so high, she had to make adjustments in her home, including the purchase of food.'

Police arrested the 16-year-old on Wednesday morning, the station said, but just five hours later, police were forced to release him.

"He was released back into the community, back into the environment that allowed him to be out roaming the streets in all of these counties late at night and in the early morning," Laurel Police Chief Russ Hamill told WRC.

The State's Attorney's Office supported detectives' intention to hold the teen, but the Department of Juvenile Services shot that down, saying the young suspect didn't have a prior record, and the crimes weren't violent, Hamill added to the station.

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"We don't do this lightly. We don't ask for young people to be held on a whim. We do so to help protect the community and them," the chief also told WRC. "I have little hope there will be further accountability for him due to this broken system."

Blaze News on Friday morning asked a Department of Juvenile Services spokesperson if the agency had any comment on Hamill's "broken system" declaration, but the spokesperson told Blaze News that "laws in place preclude our ability to talk about individual cases at all."

Hamill told WRC that video from May 4 shows two suspects walk from car to car in a parking lot and use flashlights to search inside and that a third suspect is seen nearby driving a stolen car in case they need to make a getaway.

"They were just simply going through neighborhoods and targets of opportunity, breaking into cars," Hamill added to the station. "If there was something in there, they'd steal. If there was nothing in there, they'd move to another car."

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Investigators found the keys to the stolen car and keys to 25 other cars during a search warrant at the 16-year-old suspect's home in Beltsville, police said. They also found several stolen items, police said.

Hamill said although some might consider car break-ins a lower-level crime, they greatly affect the victims, who often have to pay hundreds of dollars on their insurance deductibles and miss work because they don't have a useable car.

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"I had one woman stop me and mention to me that this is the third time this has happened to her car," Hamill told the station. "And because the deductible was so high, she had to make adjustments in her home, including the purchase of food."

Laurel police on Friday morning told Blaze News that the two other juvenile suspects wanted in connection with the car break-ins were arrested for unrelated crimes in other jurisdictions.

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Video: Entitled female hits cop with car, drives down closed street because she has to 'go to work.' Bad idea.



A female was caught on police bodycam video hitting a police officer with a car Saturday and driving down a closed street in Laurel, Maryland, because she had to "go to work."

As you might guess, the woman's attempt to override the officer's directions didn't work out very well for her.

'I gotta go to work! What do you want me to do?'

Police said the city's Main Street Festival was under way when the female was recorded on bodycam video sitting in a parked car and arguing with an officer because she wasn't allowed to drive her car down the taped-off street.

Image source: Laurel (Md.) Police

The officer apologized to the female for the inconvenience and said he'd be happy to call her a taxi.

"There has to be another way," the woman told the officer. "I'm not taking a taxi all the way to Virginia. I work in Virginia ... I need to get out." It wasn't clear where in Virginia the female works, but Laurel is about 40 minutes north of Washington, D.C., which borders northern Virginia.

The officer replied, "I can't have you do that" as the woman exited the vehicle.

"I gotta go to work! What do you want me to do?" the agitate female replied.

Image source: Laurel (Md.) Police

The officer told her again that she wasn't allowed to drive her car away: "Please do not disturb this area."

The female's retort? "I might have to." She then tore the yellow police tape in front of the car.

Image source: Laurel (Md.) Police

With that, the woman got back in the car — and soon drove into the police officer, who used his palms to protect himself from the hood of the vehicle.

Image source: Laurel (Md.) Police

The officer began yelling for the female to stop as she began driving down the closed-off street.

She didn't get very far, as what appeared to be a couple of other officers pounded on the car's hood, and she soon came to a stop — and then the handcuffs were on.

Image source: Laurel (Md.) Police

The driver was identified as 28-year-old Kai Deberry-Bostick of Laurel, police said, adding that she didn't injure anyone in the crowd.

Police told WRC-TV that DeBerry-Bostick is facing multiple charges, including assault, resisting arrest, and reckless endangerment.

Police said one officer suffered minor injuries after being struck by the car.

You can view the police bodycam video below:

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Maryland Democrat proves loyalty to Kilmar Garcia; shirks constituents to visit him



Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) has been promoting his trip to El Salvador last week to meet Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the illegal immigrant who is currently sitting in an El Salvador prison.

President Donald Trump is not amused by Van Hollen’s leftist antics, and he made that clear in a Truth Social post, writing, “Senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland looked like a fool yesterday standing in El Salvador begging for attention from the Fake News Media, or anyone. GRANDSTANDER!!!”

“I probably haven’t seen a public stunt face-plant as hard since my pal and friend Eric Bolling put ketchup on his hands to talk about how Obama had blood on his, and nobody got it,” Christopher Bedford, Blaze News senior editor for politics, tells Jill Savage and Matthew Peterson of “Blaze News Tonight.”


“That he would go and leave his constituents,” he continues, “leave Maryland behind, go to a foreign country, post TikTok videos about it, post on Twitter about it, post on Instagram about it, go to a prison to demand the release of someone who’s not one of his citizens, someone who’s been affiliated with a gang, someone who an immigration judge and an immigration appeals court has found is affiliated with a gang.”

Meanwhile, Bedford notes that a Maryland mother of five was beaten to death by an illegal immigrant and only got a minor press release in response. Rachel Morin was only 37 years old when she was found dead near the Ma & Pa Trail in Harford County on August 6, 2023, a day after she left for a jog.

“Just to show you where his priorities are,” Bedford says, mocking Van Hollen, “‘I’m gonna fly all the way down to El Salvador, and you’re going to pay for it. And these are my constituents, the foreigners of the world.’”

“I’ve long written that Democrats care more about foreigners than Americans. Not all Democrats, but a lot of their politicians care more about foreigners than they do about their actual Americans,” he adds.

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