A convicted John Raymond, a well-known Louisiana Republican pastor, on charges of cruelty to juveniles stemming from his disciplining students at the school he founded.

Raymond faced three felony charges of cruelty to juveniles for taping students’ mouths shut at the Christian school he founded in Slidell, Lakeside Christian Academy. He also faced a second-degree child cruelty charge for placing his hand over the mouth of a 4-year-old student until that child “went limp,” a witness testified at trial.

Albenita Rene Rael, the former Republican candidate for Quay County treasurer and former deputy treasurer, was charged with two felonies and jailed after being accused of altering county records so a property she owned wouldn't be placed in a state delinquent-tax list.

A no-bond arrest warrant was issued shortly after she was charged with tampering with public records and fraud. She was booked into the Quay County Detention Center that same day.

Both charges are fourth-degree felonies that can lead up to 18 months in prison and up to a $5,000 fine.

Carolina Amesty pleaded not guilty to four felony charges, including forgery.

Amesty represents Florida's District 45.

State legislator Jeff Dotseth was arrested in 2008 after his then-wife called police to report he’d assaulted her, one episode in what she and her son would describe in civil court filings as more than a decade of abuse.

Federal prosecutors will seek the maximum prison term allowed by law this week for a Texas man who mounted an unsuccessful bid for Congress after his conviction for participating in the Capitol riot.

Ryan Zink, 35, was convicted by a jury in September 2023 of a felony count of obstruction of an official proceeding and two misdemeanors for joining the mob on the east side of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. The Justice Department agreed to dismiss the obstruction charge in August following the Supreme Court’s ruling narrowing its use.

Monroe County commissioner Mark Brant was sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to a federal drug charge.

Brant pleaded guilty in the US District Court in the Northern District of Ohio to one count of Maintaining a Drug-Involved Premises on March 20. He was sentenced on Sept. 11 to 18 months in prison and will be on supervised release for two years after his incarceration.

Republican Kimberly Cates, Kosciusko County Council member, will serve six days in jail and 359 days on probation after driving a vehicle while under the influence.

Cates pled guilty to operating a vehicle while intoxicated - endangering a person, a class A misdemeanor. A second misdemeanor OWI charge was dismissed as part of a plea agreement.

Cates was sentenced in Marshall County Superior Court on August 30, 2024.
She was sentenced to 365 days in the Kosciusko County Jail, with six days to be served in KCJ and 359 days on non-reporting probation.

Florida state GOP Rep. Carolina Amesty was booked into the Orange County jail on August 29, 2024, on felony forgery charges.

Amesty has represented parts of Orange and Osceola counties in the Florida House of Representatives since November 2022. According to the Orange County government website, the 29-year-old Republican faces four charges: forgery, uttering forgery, notarizing her own signature, and false acknowledgement by notary public.

Evidence was presented to a grand jury, which found sufficient evidence to return an indictment.

Nicole Torres, who has represented the Republican party for the 81st Assembly district in the northwest section of the borough since 2019, is accused of using her job at the city Board of Elections to scam potential employees and cash fraudulent paychecks.

According to court documents, the alleged illegal conduct took place over a five-year period.

Former Clark County Sheriff Jamey Noel pleaded guilty to 27 of 31 felony charges in court on Monday, Aug. 26, 2024 in a massive corruption case that could land him in prison for more than a decade.

Noel, a prominent Hoosier Republican, was charged with more than two dozen felonies for allegedly misusing money from the fire and EMS departments which he oversaw.