Update on the Billy Schmidt murder case

16-year-old suspect in Philadelphia murder of Penn State senior arrested by US Marshals over 1,700 miles away

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DAVE URBANSKI

The second teen suspect — believed to be the gunman in the fatal shooting of 22-year-old Billy Schmidt — was still at large.

One of the two teen suspects named in connection with the murder of a Penn State University senior in South Philadelphia less than a month ago was arrested by U.S. Marshals over 1,700 miles away from the crime scene — in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Philadelphia Police Deputy Commissioner Frank Vanore announced Wednesday night that 16-year-old Azzubair Outen-Fleming was arrested, WPVI-TV reported.

'Surrender now.'

Police are still searching for a second suspect, 16-year-old Kaiseem Smith, the station said.

Authorities said the suspects stole 22-year-old Billy Schmidt's cell phone in the 1900 block of Durfor Street on June 6, WPVI reported, adding that as Schmidt chased after the suspects, one of them turned and shot Schmidt in the chest.

Schmidt was pronounced dead a short time later, the station said, adding that family members said Schmidt had been returning home from a nearby bar where he was watching an NBA Finals game with friends.

Both Outen-Fleming and Smith are facing murder charges, WPVI said.

Officials describe Smith as standing 4' 10'' and weighing roughly 110 pounds, WPVI reported, adding that Smith is a resident of Wilmington, Delaware, but is known to frequent the 27th and Reed area of Philadelphia.

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner said investigators believe Smith was the gunman, the station said.

• • "Surrender now," Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal Robert Clark said, according to WPVI. "If you choose to remain fugitives, the Marshals Service will relentlessly pursue every lead, every associate, and every tip until you are located and taken into custody."

WPVI noted that U.S. Marshals have arrested Outen-Fleming's stepfather — 35-year-old Dante Abdul Malik — who faces charges, including hindering apprehension and tampering with evidence in connection with the case.

Schmidt had been studying digital journalism and media and was planning to graduate in December, WTXF-TV reported.

"I hope they find them. I want [them] in jail. That's what I want. They don't deserve to get to walk away from what they did," Matthew Segal of South Philadelphia told WPVI in a previous story.

Police released video of the wanted suspects earlier this month, WPVI said.

The Philadelphia Police Department was offering a $20,000 reward for an arrest and conviction in the case, the station said, adding that the U.S. Marshals Service said Wednesday it was offering up to $10,000 in reward money: $5,000 for Smith's arrest of Smith, and another $5,000 for Outen-Fleming's arrest.

Britain's grooming gangs

What Did He Just Say?

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/what-did-he-just-say

BY TYLER DURDEN

THURSDAY, JUL 02, 2026 - 09:00 AM

Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News,

In a parliamentary clash exposing deep failures in the justice system, Conservative MP Katie Lam confronted the Government over whether grooming gang perpetrators would serve their already lenient prison terms in full. 

The minister's reply has sparked widespread fury, highlighting a complacency that victims and the public find utterly unacceptable.

When Lam asked for assurances on full sentences, Justice Minister Jake Richards pointed to prison capacity, stressing the need to ensure serious offenders "serve time at all" amid prison shortages and building programs.

Yesterday, I asked the Government whether grooming gang perpetrators would serve their full sentences.

The minister seemed to say that we should be grateful that these people are serving prison sentences *at all*.

What on earth?! pic.twitter.com/saNOaE5oGJ

— Katie Lam (@Katie_Lam_MP) June 30, 2026

Lam slammed the reaction: "He wouldn't even commit to that. In fact, he seemed to suggest that we should be grateful that these men are serving time in prison at all because of a lack of prison places. What planet are these people living on?"

She continued, "Even if we're facing a shortage of prison places, how can it possibly be the case that grooming gang perpetrators aren't amongst the highest priority offenders...?"

"Ensuring that these vile men serve out their sentences isn't a nice-to-have. It's the bare minimum," Lam stressed.

In a piece for GB News, Lam further outlined "This week, Parliament debated the early release of rapists and child groomers from prison. It's appalling that this subject was even up for discussion."

She continued: "It's clearly true that those who've committed such heinous crimes should, at the very least, serve out their full prison sentences. But under this Government's prison plans, vile criminals like these are having their sentences cut short. They're being allowed back onto the streets after just a few years behind bars."

I confronted Labour on grooming gang rapists being released from prison. Their answer should terrify you – @Katie_Lam_MPhttps://t.co/kG2CouYjSg

— GB News (@GBNEWS) July 1, 2026

"Many Labour MPs still don't seem to have grasped just how horrific these crimes were and just how dangerous the men who committed them are. It's terrifying that people like this are in charge of making decisions about who goes to prison, who stays there, and for how long." Lam further urged.

This comes as one grooming gang ringleader - stripped of British citizenship - faces imminent release but cannot be deported back to Pakistan due to legal loopholes.

The inability to remove such individuals underscores deeper systemic issues with immigration enforcement, citizenship revocation, and prioritizing foreign offenders' "rights" over victim safety and public protection.

??"How can SCUM like that walk the streets?"

Jeremy Kyle EXPLODES at the fact Shabir Ahmed cannot be deported after being convicted for 30 child rape offences and leading the Rochdale rape gang.

"That VILE paedophile should be DEPORTED!"@jkyleofficialpic.twitter.com/MA26qq9AzN

— Talk (@TalkTV) July 1, 2026

Referencing a recent West Yorkshire case, Lam detailed: "In June, twenty perpetrators were convicted of the rape and abuse of three girls... One of the girls was just 12 years old when this gang began to prey on her. Abbas Kaji, one of the offenders, was sentenced to just seven years for rape; Mohammed Ishtiaq Hussain was sentenced to just eight. The idea that these men could be out on the streets even sooner is appalling."

The grooming gangs scandal represents one of Britain's gravest institutional betrayals. These groups terrorized communities across the UK, with authorities often ignoring, suppressing or downplaying the ethnic and cultural patterns - predominantly Pakistani Muslim men targeting white girls - out of fear of racism accusations.

When the UK Parliament were asked if they would vote for an inquiry into the mass rape of little girls

They voted against it

That's how evil these people are
pic.twitter.com/kBLF6zT95O

— Basil the Great (@BasilTheGreat) July 1, 2026

Lam has been vocal on the human cost. She referenced survivor Fiona Goddard, who received notice that her abusers - sentenced to 16-20 years in 2019 - could be eligible for early release: "The hard-won justice that she secured in court is being snatched away from her."

Calls for whole-life sentences, proper inquiries without blind spots on race and religion, and accountability for past cover-ups have grown, amplified by independent reports and public pressure.

The priority should be crystal clear: protect British children, enforce real justice, and reject any notion that jailing child rapists is an optional luxury.

Short sentences, early releases, and evasive answers only deepen the sense of betrayal that has defined this scandal for decades.

Britain needs a justice system that puts victims first and deters monsters - not one that debates basic incarceration as if it's a favor.

Wherever socialism prevails people suffer...who is responsible for not having enough electricity? The anti nuclear power Net Zero fools

"Set Your AC To 78F": NYC Socialist Pleads With Residents As Fragile Grid Faces Blackout Risk

https://www.zerohedge.com/weather/set-your-ac-78f-nyc-socialist-pleads-residents-fragile-grid-faces-blackout-risk

BY TYLER DURDEN

THURSDAY, JUL 02, 2026 - 05:00 AM

"Set your AC to 78 degrees, turn off lights/electronics you're not using, and unplug what you can," New York City Socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani wrote on X late Wednesday.

New Yorkers are now getting a real-world lesson in what Mamdani's recent "warmth of collectivism" comments actually mean: shared sacrifice, including being told to dial back air conditioning during blistering heat as the risk of power blackouts rises.

The deeper issue here is that years of left-wing climate policies and poor grid management have left the metro area and the broader region increasingly vulnerable during peak-demand hours.

Temperatures are forecast to top 100F across NYC and large parts of the Mid-Atlantic and East Coast beginning today. The extreme weather is set to sharply drive up cooling demand, just as power grids are already under pressure from failed climate-change policies colliding with the era of data centers.

On Tuesday, the Energy Department issued emergency orders allowing PJM Interconnection power plants to bypass certain environmental limits to keep electricity flowing. Backup generators have been placed on standby on the grid serving 67 million people across 13 states.

New York City power prices climbed above $1,100 per megawatt-hour by late Wednesday afternoon. PJM expects to break its all-time peak load record of 165.5 gigawatts later today.

Puppy mill outlet

NYC pet store sold ‘hundreds’ of illegal puppy-mill pups while posing as rescue center: suit

https://nypost.com/2026/07/01/us-news/nyc-pet-store-sold-hundreds-of-illegal-puppy-mill-pups/

By 

Peter Senzamici and 

 

Xavier Serrano

Published July 1, 2026, 2:59 p.m. PT

Human trafficking

Secret jailhouse calls from West Coast OnlyFans mansion lord — as victim speaks for the first time

https://nypost.com/2026/07/01/us-news/washington-state-onlyfans-house-trafficker-told-loved-ones-to-hide-his-earnings/

A man at the center of a disturbing human trafficking investigation who headed an OnlyFans hustle house allegedly made calls from prison instructing associates to move significant sums of cash out of his accounts.

Accused human trafficker Nikita Tyukalo, 22, was denied a bid to lower his $5 million bail Tuesday. He faces accusations of holding young women against their will at a Bellevue, Washington mansion and forcing them to make online sex content.

Attorneys for Tyukalo attempted to lower his bail to $100,00, arguing that all his assets were seized and any remain money was lost to credit card fraud.

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Tyukalo faces multiple charges for allegedly running a trafficking ring out of a series of ritzy properties in Washington.

However, prosecutors alleged in recorded jailhouse calls, Tyukalo instructed someone in Russian to move thousands of dollars out of his bank accounts.

https://nypost.com/2026/07/01/us-news/washington-state-onlyfans-house-trafficker-told-loved-ones-to-hide-his-earnings/

By 

Titus Wu

Published July 1, 2026, 11:14 a.m. PT

Why we need an El Salvador style gang prison

Inside LA’s most vile gang accused of branding women and kidnapping 14-year-old girls for sex

https://nypost.com/2026/07/01/us-news/hoover-gang-accused-of-branding-women-and-trafficking-girls-as-young-as-14-in-los-angeles/

By 

Ben Chapman

Published July 1, 2026, 3:50 p.m. PT

Los Angeles pimps used “horrific” acts of cruelty to keep a vicelike grip on a sleazy stretch of south LA road where perverts can buy sex with children, and women turn tricks for as little as $40, cops and prosecutors said.

Vile flesh peddlers maintain a thriving sex business on LA’s Figueroa Corridor by branding prostitutes, recruiting girls from foster homes, forcing them to get abortions, and even biting and punching them with Rolex watches, authorities said.

The sickening sex trade secrets of the infamous Hoover Criminals gang’s brutal prostitution ring were revealed in a massive takedown of the Hoovers that saw the arrest of at least ten prostitution kingpins operating in the Figueroa Corridor, an area known to locals as “the Blade.”

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Hoover sex traffickers branded their victims, prosecutors said. Obtained by CA Post

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Alleged Hoover members. Obtained by CA Post

“This is how they accomplish the sex trafficking in Figueroa,” explained LA’s top prosecutor Bill Essayli after Wednesday’s takedown, dubbed Operation Broken Blade. 

“They do it first through coercion, and then through violence.”

“It’s horrific,” he added.

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Hoovers are infamous for the EBK mindset. Obtained by CA Post

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Accused Hoovers were processed beneath LA’s federal Roybal building Wednesday. Carlin Stiehl for CA Post

The Hoover Criminals, which originated in the late 1960s and early ’70s, are one of the largest and most powerful street gangs in Los Angeles. 

After breaking away from the Crips, the gang flourished in the ’80s during the crack epidemic and expanded into several various criminal enterprises, including narcotics and prostitution.

They are infamous for operating under an “everybody killer” (EBK) mentality, which means they brawl with both the Bloods and the Crips.

The Hoovers operate a massive sex ring around infamous Corridor, authorities said, controlling women and young girls they force to walk sidewalks and attract johns, and then turn them in to seedy motels, where sex is sold for a cut to the front desk.

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These accused sex traffickers have been arrested in Operation Broken Blade. US DIstrict Attorney

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A bust at a brothel early Wednesday. Carlin Stiehl for CA Post

LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell said the Hoover gang recruits victims who “have no one left to protect them,” and they do it to girls who are as young as possible.

“They lure young children with promises of money, expensive clothes, affection, and a place to sleep,” said McDonnell. 

“Then they trap them through violence, intimidation, addiction, and fear.”

Many victims come from broken homes, the chief said, and Hoovers often recruit from foster homes. Pimps arrested in Wednesday’s takedown trafficked in girls as young as 14, according to court documents.

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Essayli and McDonnell vowed to clean up the Blade. Carlin Stiehl for CA Post

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Accused pimps being processed. Carlin Stiehl for CA Post

Once those victims are under the control of merciless pimps, the alleged sex kingpins keep them trapped in a cycle of exploitation through relentless physical and mental abuse, authorities said.

According to court papers, an alleged Hoover pimp named Cameron Lockett beat his victims and even “bit of a chunk” of one girl’s cheek so that she required stitches.

Lockett gave the girl a Percocet and sent her to the emergency room, taking a picture of the wound and texting it to a fellow Hoover gangster named Jared Evans, court papers said.

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Alleged Hoovers in a music video. Obtained by CA Post

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An alleged sex trafficer arrested Wednesday. Carlin Stiehl for CA Post

Essayli said the gash “went down to the cartilage.”

The flesh peddlers exercised psychological control over their victims by branding them with their names, according to prosecutors.

One accused Hoover madame named Amaya Armstead, known on the streets as “Lady Duck,” had her nickname tattooed on the backside of several of her victims, photos displayed by authorities showed.

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Alleged Hoovers show off their cash. Obtained by CA Post

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The Hoovers mark their turf in the Blade. Obtained by CA Post

“That’s one of the methods of coercion and force,” said Eddy Wang, Special Agent in Charge for Homeland Security Investigations Los Angeles, who was one of the lead agents on the case. 

“They’re branding them as their property,” said Wang. “That they are the sole individual that is able to profit from them.”

Such was the Hoovers’ control of their victims that an alleged pimp named Caleed Mouton could compel one of his girls to obtain an abortion, “warning her that after the procedure she would be bleeding,” according to court papers.

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Accused Hoover pimps. Obtained by CA Post

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An accused brothel operator is taken into custody. Carlin Stiehl for CA Post

After the 16-year-old girl had the procedure, Mouton then “ordered her to engage in commercial sex work the same day and threatened to fire her if she did not,” charging documents state.  

Essayli said that 25 sex traffickers have been arrested and charged as a result of Operation Broken Blade, including Lockett, Armstead and Mouton, with more arrests to come.

“We’ve identified over 50 victims as part of this conspiracy, and our work keeps going,” said Essayli. “We’re not gonna stop.”