One juror said they analyzed the video frame by frame and ultimately believed Serafini was the person depicted. "For us, it came down to if it wasn't Mr. Serafini, who else could it have been?" she said.

Read more: https://lawenforcementtoday.com/california-money-hungry-former-mlb-player-guilty-of-shooting-in-laws

*NEWS INTERRUPTION*

Happening Now: Flash flooding is occurring outside D.C. in Maryland, where a creek rose 10 feet in less than 30 minutes.

This past week, a visitor of the downtown Safeway reported having their wallet stolen without knowing what happened until it was too late. The victim was approached by two individuals - within seconds, the wallet was gone. Surveillance footage later revealed the two individuals working together—one acting as a “Lookout”, the other swiftly removing the wallet from the Victim’s purse. A third subject then walks past and gets handed off the wallet.

Pickpocketing is a crime of opportunity. Thieves often operate in busy areas such as our downtown shopping area. Their goal is to go unnoticed until it’s too late.

⸻

✅ How to Protect Yourself: Best Practices
1. Stay Alert
Be especially cautious in crowded places. Trust your instincts—if someone is getting too close, move away.
2. Secure Your Belongings
Use bags with zippers and wear them across your body. Keep them in front of you, not behind your back.
3. Avoid Easy Targets
Don’t carry wallets or phones in your back pocket. Use inside or zippered pockets instead.
4. Split Up Your Valuables
Carry only what you need and keep money, cards, and IDs in separate places. Consider a money belt when traveling.
5. Be Aware of Distractions
Pickpockets often work in teams using distractions like fake arguments, spills, or questions to divert your attention.
6. Limit Display of Valuables
Keep your phone, jewelry, or expensive items out of sight when not in use.

Walnut Creek Police Department

Trump supporters are at ends over the Epstein case being closed. Meanwhile, Ghislaine Maxwell’s family is claiming a past deal between the United States government and Epstein should result her release from prison.

Read more: https://lawenforcementtoday.com/ghislaine-maxwells-family-breaks-silence-amid-maga-infighting-over-epstein-files

ICYMI: Wild video shared by police in Ohio captured a bizarre police chase that ended up a massive pileup on the interstate.

Contracts Update!

Over the last 3 days, agencies terminated 80 wasteful contracts with a ceiling value of $831M and savings of $436M, including a DoT $265k professional services contract for “planning and environment workshop and roundtable discussion”.

Department of Government Efficiency

Utah: A South Ogden woman has been charged with assault on an officer for reckless driving that injured three Logan City Police officers overnight, requiring one to go to the hospital by ambulance.

Kindy Ann Viator, 37, has been charged with six counts of assault against a peace officer with a dangerous weapon, one count of failure to respond to an officer’s signal to stop — resulting in injury, one count of failure to stop at an injury accident, one count of reckless driving, and one count of failure to stop or yield.

She crashed into the two police vehicles again, and the two officers in the first vehicle sustained injuries. One officer had a wrist injury, and the other received a laceration to the head.

Finally, Viator was stopped in a fourth parking lot and struck the second police vehicle again. This crash caused both vehicles to become disabled, and the officer driving that vehicle sustained serious injuries and had to be transported to the hospital via ambulance.

Please join us in sending prayers and, or positive thoughts for his recovery.🙏🏻

More: https://www.eastidahonews.com/2025/07/woman-arrested-for-allegedly-crashing-into-police-cars-while-fleeing-injuring-3-utah-police-officers/

Officer Nick Wilt, who was seriously injured during the Old National Bank shooting in 2023, was the grand marshal of the Oldham County Parade Saturday.💙

*NEWS INTERRUPTION*

Warning graphic!

Los Angeles Digest 🧢 #76

Major Tara Craig has retired from South Carolina Department of Public Safety after 31 years of service. Well done Sister.

🐢TURTLE RESCUE: A photographer came upon a startling sight on Wednesday, when she discovered a 300-pound loggerhead turtle wedged between rocks on a southeast Florida beach.

Details: https://www.foxweather.com/earth-space/florida-beach-300-pound-turtle-stuck-rocks-freed

Arizona: On July 17, 2025, around 7:51 p.m., a Pinal County Sheriff's Office sergeant initiated a traffic stop that led to a pursuit after the driver refused to pull over.

The suspect, identified as 46-year-old woman, committed felony flight and intentionally collided with the sergeant's vehicle. The pursuit ended when her vehicle went into a ditch, she fired at deputies. The sergeant and two deputies returned fire, striking her, who was pronounced dead at the scene. A male passenger was detained with minor injuries and later booked on a traffic warrant.

One deputy sustained non-life-threatening injuries from glass fragments and has been released from the hospital.

Please join us in sending prayers and, or positive thoughts for his recovery.🙏🏻

More: Pinal County Sheriff's Office, FB

DEVELOPING! WA: Officers are investigating a shooting with multiple victims near Kirkland Ave NE and NE 18th St that occurred just after 7:30 pm. This is an active scene, so expect a heavy police presence and please avoid the area.

Renton Police Department, WA

UPDATE: Three people shot and killed in Renton.

https://komonews.com/news/local/three-people-shot-and-killed-in-renton-police-investigating

*NEWS INTERRUPTION*

ICYMI: Multiple roads were blocked and two were injured in Illinois after a trail derailment spilled hazardous materials.

The train derailment happened on E 170 road near the cities of Browns and Bellmont.

According to an official with Browns Fire Department, first responders believe Sulphur and other chemicals are leaking into the air.

The mayor of Bellmont says two employees of the train company have been sent to the hospital with injuries.

Clean up is now underway.

https://www.14news.com/2025/07/19/multiple-roads-shut-down-illinois-after-train-derailment-spills-hazardous-materials/