Columbus Man Sentenced for Cyberstalking Local Law Enforcement Officer

COLUMBUS, Ohio – William E. Young, 54, of Columbus, was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 55 months in prison for cyberstalking.

Benjamin C. Glassman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, and Angela L. Byers, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Cincinnati Division, announced the sentence imposed by U.S. District Judge Michael H. Watson.

According to court documents, Young was arrested in October 1999 for menacing by stalking a female in Delaware County, Ohio. He has continuously harassed and stalked one of his arresting officers since the time of his arrest and conviction.

Young created webpages using the victim’s name in order to make derogatory statements about the victim and his official position.
He mailed letters on numerous occasions to the victim’s wife and family, neighbors, physician, barber, church, church pastor and pastor’s wife, as well as  to Ohio Wesleyan College, Delaware City Hall, the Delaware Chamber of Commerce, the Delaware City Mayor, Delaware City Council members, the Delaware Police Department, the Delaware County Sheriff’s Office, the Delaware County Jail, the Arapahoe County Prosecutor’s Office and other local community businesses.

The White House - 1600 Daily: The Day Ahead

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President Donald J. Trump participates in a

 Celebration of America | June 5, 2018

The Day Ahead

•	President Donald J. Trump will sign the VA MISSION Act of 2018, which will transform the VA healthcare system and provide more choices for America's veterans. Watch live at 12:15 p.m. ET.
•	First Lady Melania Trump will join the President for a hurricane preparedness briefing at the FEMA headquarters. Hurricane season officially began on June 1.

A celebration of America

Yesterday, President Trump addressed a crowd gathered on the White House South Lawn. "It is my great pleasure to welcome everyone to the White House for this patriotic celebration. A beautiful, beautiful day, and a beautiful celebration," the President said.
"We love our country. We respect our flag. And we always proudly stand for the National Anthem. We always will stand for the National Anthem," he continued. "So we stand together for freedom. We stand together for patriotism. And we proudly stand for our glorious Nation under God."
The ceremony included performances of the Star-Spangled Banner and God Bless America by the United States Marine Band and the United States Army Chorus. With the full Philadelphia Eagles football team unable to come to the White House for a commemoration of their Super Bowl championship, President Trump welcomed Eagles fans and others for a different kind of celebration.
Watch President Trump lead a celebration of America at the White House.

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Merriam-Webster Word of the Day - Boondoggle

WORD OF THE DAY June 7, 2018       boondoggle    noun | BOON-dah-gul     Definition   1 : a braided cord worn by Boy Scouts as a neckerchief slide, hatband, or ornament   2 : a wasteful or impractical project or activity often involving graft   Scroll down for more about boondoggle      TRENDING NOW: clemency suborn abhorrent embolization SEE ALL      PEOPLE ARE READING   10 Words from Pennsylvania German     The Strange Story of 'Lumber'     The Problems with 'Very'     8 Words for Really Big Things         WORD GAMES AND QUIZZES: WEEKLY CHALLENGE   Yearbook Superlatives Quiz   Is that your picture under "Largest Vocabulary"?     PLAY NOW     Nailed this quiz? We have plenty more to try!  TAKE ME THERE         Did You Know?   When boondoggle popped up in the early 1900s, lots of people tried to explain where the word came from. One theory traced it to an Ozarkian word for "gadget," while another related it to the Tagalog word that gave us boondocks.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation

National Missing Children’s Day On this day—and every day—the FBI works to reunite missing children with their families and asks the public for help in locating children who have been reported kidnapped or missing. May 25, 2018 Full Story

Hoax Threats are Crimes Making a hoax threat against a school or other public place is a serious federal crime that can land you in prison and affect the rest of your life. May 23, 2018 Full Story

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Merriam-Webster Word of the Day - Unbeknownst

WORD OF THE DAY June 6, 2018

unbeknownst    adjective | un-bih-NOHNST     Definition   1 :  happening or existing without the knowledge of someone specified — usually used with to   2 : not known or not well-known : unknown   Scroll down for more about unbeknownst      TRENDING NOW: suborn abhorrent embolization oleaginous SEE ALL      PEOPLE ARE READING   The Strange Story of 'Lumber'     The Problems with 'Very'     8 Words for Really Big Things     The Declassified History of 'Security Blanket'         WORD GAMES AND QUIZZES: WEEKLY CHALLENGE   Winning Words from Scripps Spelling Bee Quiz   Can you outdo past winners of the Spelling Bee?     PLAY NOW     Nailed this quiz? We have plenty more to try!  TAKE ME THERE         Did You Know?   Unbeknownst is an irregular variant of the older unbeknown, which derives from beknown, an obsolete synonym of known. But for a word with a straightforward history, unbeknownst and the now less common unbeknown have caused quite a stir among usage commentators. In spite of widespread use (including

Your Voice Ohio: What is the cost of the addiction epidemic?

Cost of an epidemic... A new study calculates the total cost of opioid dependency in Ohio in 2015 ranged from $6.6 billion to $8.8 billion. To put this into perspective, Ohio spent $8.2 billion of General Revenue Funds and Lottery Profits money on K-12 public education in 2015, thus, the opioid crisis was likely as costly as the state’s spending on K-12 education. read the full story WEEKLY ROUNDUP

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