Palm Beach County FL Clerk of Court championed death penalty for child sex crimes. Now he can face the death penalty if convicted of the thing he voted to kill

Win stupid games, win stupid prizes. Or do people just say FAFO now?

Either way, I don't pity this guy because he voted for the death penalty for the very thing he now stands accused of doing. 

https://www.rawstory.com/mike-caruso-florida-death-penalty/

Florida Republican could face death penalty under child abuse law he championed

Travis Gettys

A Florida Republican from Donald Trump's home district could potentially face the death penalty under a law he had championed as a state legislator.

Mike Caruso, the Palm Beach County clerk of courts and a staunch ally of Gov. Ron DeSantis, was arrested Tuesday morning on child sexual abuse charges, and a plugged-in reporter in the state pointed out a morbid irony in the case.

"As a FL legislator, Mike Caruso supported death penalty for pedophiles in 2023," said Axios reporter Marc Caputo. "Now he has been arrested for allegedly molesting his grandson. The state plans to present the case to a grand jury and that could lead to his own execution if he’s charged and convicted under that law."

Florida passed a law in 2023 that allows the death penalty for defendants convicted of sexual battery on a child under 12, and sources with knowledge of the allegations told the Miami Herald that Caputo's alleged victim was younger than 5 years old.

Caruso, who had been running unopposed in Tuesday's Republican primary, was arrested that same morning on suspicion of molestation, kidnapping, luring and enticing a child, lewd and lascivious exhibition and child abuse, according to an arrest affidavit.

The charges are related to three separate incidents, the Herald reported, and the boy's parents reported their suspicions to law enforcement after the little boy acted out sexually at home.

The Florida law calling for the death penalty for pedophiles is intended in part to challenge the 2008 Supreme Court precedent in Kennedy v. Louisiana, which found that execution was too harsh for a child sexual assault case that did not result in death.

The governor's office declared an intention to challenge that precedent after DeSantis signed the bill into law.

Caruso was previously accused of child sexual abuse, but investigators later determined those allegations to be unfounded after interviewing the child and the child's mother.

He was also the subject of other reports to the Florida Department of Children and Families, according to records, but details about those cases are not public.

Caruso had served two terms in the Florida legislature, easily winning both elections, but he left that term-limited seat in August 2025 when the governor appointed him Palm Beach County’s Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller.

A Democrat ultimately won the seat he vacated in the Palm Beach district, which includes the president's home at Mar-a-Lago, in a March special election.

https://www.newsweek.com/republican-who-backed-death-penalty-for-pedophiles-faces-child-sex-charges-12339656

Republican Who Backed Death Penalty for Pedophiles Faces Child Sex Charges

Aug 18, 2026 at 07:00 PM EDT; updated, Aug 18, 2026 at 08:55 PM EDT, By Alex Backus

Palm Beach County Clerk of Court Michael Caruso, a former Republican state legislator who previously backed the death penalty for adults convicted of sexually battering children under 12, was arrested Tuesday on five felony child sex abuse charges.

The 67-year-old married father of seven who was appointed by Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis faces five felony counts: kidnapping, child molestation, lewd exhibition, luring or enticing a child and child abuse causing mental injury, an arrest affidavit shows.

Investigators in Florida say Caruso violated a child—who is a relative—and allege the abuse occurred multiple times from fall 2024 to August 2025, including on a family cruise, a fishing outing and during a Thanksgiving gathering. The child has been receiving therapeutic services since April 2026, according to the police affidavit.

“Being in a position of public trust provides no shield from accountability,” state Attorney General James Uthmeier said. "This individual will face the full force of the law.”

DeSantis, who named Caruso to serve as court clerk and comptroller in August 2025, immediately suspended him from office Tuesday upon learning of the allegations.

“It was a very easy decision for me to yank him from that position," DeSantis said during a Tuesday news conference.

When asked whether he or anyone in his administration was aware of the allegations against Caruso before his appointment, he answered "of course not.”

“He had a clean vet, he was well-regarded in the community,” DeSantis said, calling the alleged crimes “horrific.”

Florida is the first state to reintroduce the death penalty for convicted pedophiles, DeSantis said, and if Caruso is convicted, "he is going to be in a world of hurt.”

What Bill Did Caruso Support?

While representing District 87 in the Florida House, Caruso backed what is now known as the 2023 Florida Capital Sexual Battery law. The legislation allows prosecutors to seek the death penalty for adults convicted of sexually battering a child under the age of 12. Caruso is listed as a “Yea” in the April 13, 2023, House vote. DeSantis signed the bill in May 2023 and it took effect six months later.

The Republican is up for reelection in November but is not appearing on Tuesday’s primary ballot, as he is running uncontested. The Florida GOP called on Caruso to immediately drop out of the race.

“While this is surprising news for our entire team, it does not change who we are at the Clerk’s Office or our commitment to the community and customers we serve,” the Palm Beach County Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller’s Office said in an email to Newsweek.

Following the arrest, Shannon Ramsey-Chessman was sworn in as clerk ad interim. As of Tuesday afternoon, Caruso’s official page on the clerk's office website was unavailable.

English Minger "Ffion Emma" is a half-assed tattoo artist twho literally did a half-assed job

Minger Emma needs to wash that nasty hair

Personally, I find tattoos and tattoo "artists" trashy AF and scum of the earth, but this cunt calling herself "Ffion Emma" is a whole new level of pathetic. Why anyone would want one of her shitty tattoos is beyond me, but to each their own. 

I’m sick of people thinking they can explain their story to a bunch of lowlifes. Stop explaining your label to folks unless absolutely necessary.

Let me make this crystal clear:

WE. DON’T. OWE. ANYONE. ANYTHING.

We served our time. That’s it. If they aren’t directly tied to us personally, don’t give them jack squat.

FFion Emma can go fuck herself, along with all her loser supporters. 

https://pembrokeshire-herald.com/140338/tattoo-artist-ejects-convicted-child-sex-offender-from-carmarthen-studio/

Tattoo artist ejects convicted child sex offender from Carmarthen studio

Published on June 8, 2026 by Tom Sinclair

A CARMARTHEN tattoo artist has said she stopped a tattoo session and asked a customer to leave after he allegedly disclosed his previous conviction for child sex offences.

Ffion Emma, who works from Mythical Ink in Queen Street, Carmarthen, posted online that the man had appeared to be “a normal human being” before opening up about his past during the appointment.

She said he told her he had been in prison and admitted he had been found with indecent images of children.

The tattoo artist said she immediately stopped the session and told him to leave the studio...

Studio stance

In her post, Ffion said Evans was “not welcome” at the studio and made clear that anyone convicted of similar offences would not be accepted as a customer.

The post attracted a large reaction online, with many people praising her decision to end the appointment.

Some comments went further, calling for violent or humiliating treatment of sex offenders, but The Herald is not repeating those remarks.

Businesses are generally entitled to refuse service, provided the refusal is not based on a protected characteristic under equality law.

Take a long walk off a short pier, you filthy ass hippie. 

Tarin Rud of Chippewa Falls, WI needs to be a special ed student rather than a teacher

They needed the panoramic
camera for her interview

I'm sick of these damned Karens and she is a disgrace to the education system. 

It has been proven long ago that residency restrictions don't work, and may actually increase crime. If someone wants to commit a crime they will go do one no matter where that person lives, just as Tarin Crud drives to pick up her McDonald's. 

You need a real job, Karen. Education isn't your forte. STFU and go work at McDonald's; it is obvious you patronize that place on the regular. 

https://www.news8000.com/news/originals/chippewa-falls-mother-inspires-city-to-update-sex-offender-ordinance/article_5fd9136b-0609-48c1-bbbf-7211c7594f8c.html

Chippewa Falls mother inspires city to update sex offender ordinance

Ken Kosirowski May 7, 2026 Updated 13 hrs ago 

Chippewa Falls mother inspires city to update sex offender ordinance

CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (WKBT) -- Tarin Rud has spent her whole life in Chippewa Falls.

By Ken Kosirowski

CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (WKBT) -- Tarin Rud has spent her whole life in Chippewa Falls.

"I went to school here. I grew up here. My husband's from here. My whole family is from here," she said.

She couldn't imagine raising her young family anywhere else. But in March, her sense of security was shaken by a Facebook post from city police.

"It was getting sent to me about, a sex offender who was getting released on my block," she said. "And all of these people were saying, oh, this is this close to you. And I was like, no, no, we live really close to school."

But the reality was in black and white--and chilling. 

"Three houses away from an in-home daycare and up three blocks away from my school, and we have churches everywhere and, nursing home. And so I was like, how is this a thing?" she said.

She went to the police department to find out. They told her the rules are limited to an ordinance written 20 years ago.

The ordinance as it's currently written does two things. Sex offenders cannot be within the physical boundaries of any city parks, pools, trails, or licensed daycare centers, and those offenders cannot loiter within 66 feet of those same locations. Now, schools are currently not listed as an off limits zone in the ordinance, such as Southview Elementary School, which is near Rud's home. News 8 Now measured it out: 66 feet from the edge of the school's playground amounts to being on the other side of the street. 

Rud started a petition to change the ordinance.

"We had over a thousand signatures, in the first two days," Rud said.

She also received a phone call with the mayor who asked her to come before the full council meeting April 7. 

"This isn't just one person speaking. It's a community standing together," Rud announced when she got up to speak that night.

It's a conversation many towns have had: the state restricts sexually violent offenders from 1,500 feet of places a child may be, but any other guardrails on residence are up to municipalities. 

The latest to act is Black River Falls last November. They wrote sex offenders can't live within 750 feet of places like schools and parks. Blair and Tomah have 1,500 foot boundaries for residence.

But Rud noticed all those towns restrict where sex offenders live. Chippewa Falls' does not. 

"We don't want to take away someone's rights, but also, I want to live in a community where I feel safe with my family," Rud said. 

City leaders have a first draft of changes to the language. If passed, it would keep offenders from living or being present within 500 feet of parks, pools trails, athletic facilities, schools, and licensed child day care centers. 

"When the ordinance was set many, many years ago, you know, 20 years ago, [66 feet]'s what they felt was correct. Well, you know, lot has changed in 20 years," Rud said.

The draft could go through several revisions before becoming law. What it can't do is ban sex offenders entirely--federal courts won't allow it.

The law may not change tomorrow, but Rud is happy she's spoken up for families just like hers in the city she loves, and that change is on the way.

"I think overall it feels great. And no matter if we get 500 or 1,000 or 1,500 feet, I'm going to feel like it's a pretty big success," she said. 

During the April 21 Committee #3 meeting, city leaders said they would plan future discussions after May 5 involving additional stakeholders including the district attorney and Department of Corrections. 

Emilee "Emma" Berger of Monroe Co. TN is truly a "Nothingberger"

This fugly freak of nature is Emilee "Emma" Burger, and it looks like she went to the Krusty Noem school for caking on makeup. At least she'll be in a place where she won't have to worry that she looks like puppy killing Noem's stunt double. 

https://www.local3news.com/local-news/tn-woman-charged-with-identity-theft-after-posting-registered-sex-offenders-warrant-online/article_3e6e6348-fa28-4116-999c-008c18da1f91.html

TN woman charged with identity theft after posting registered sex offender's warrant online

Addison Howard Mar 14, 2026

The Monroe County Sheriff's Office says one woman is charged with identity theft after deputies received word she posted a copy of an arrest warrant of a registered (person) on Facebook.

Sheriff Tommy Jones stated that Emilee "Emma" Berger posted a warrant for a (registered person, name redacted here) on a Facebook page titled "Uncensored Voices of Monroe County Revamped."... 

That document Berger posted, according to Sheriff Jones, contained personal information, including his Social Security number, date of birth, driver's license number, and full name.

Detectives later spoke with (the registrant), who confirmed he did not give anyone permission to publish his personal identifying information anywhere. They then reached out to Berger, who said she had redacted the identifying information after somebody told her about it, and then reposted the warrant with the personal information removed.

"However, the following day Ms. Berger created another post on the same Facebook page acknowledging that the warrant had originally been posted without the identifying information being redacted," Sheriff Jones wrote. "The copy of the warrant that appeared on Facebook contained a visible line through the document. Detectives determined that this line is automatically applied when documents are scanned into the Monroe County court system."

Since the original warrant does not contain that line, detectives believed that the copy posted on social media originated from the Monroe County Clerk of Court's electronic system and was transferred to Betger by someone who had authorized access to the system.

Investigators then had to try and figure out who accessed the document and sent it to Berger.

The county's clerk of court requested an audit of the court system from the time the warrant was signed and entered into the system until the time it appeared on social media. She found that two different authorized users had access to the document during the relevant timeframe, and neither was an employee of the sheriff's office nor the clerk of court's office. At this time, it has yet to be determined who the culprit is.

Sheriff Jones says his office will hand their findings off to "the appropriate authorities responsible" for furthering the investigation:

"While many county records are public records and can be viewed by the public, certain information contained within those records is protected by law and is not permitted to be publicly disclosed, including personal identifying information such as Social Security numbers and driver’s license numbers. Documents released through proper public channels have this information redacted to protect individuals from identity theft and fraud."

Deputies arrested Berger on Friday, March 13. 

A member of the Facebook group where the document was posted said they are disappointed the county prioritized putting this woman behind bars, referencing the sheriff's office arrest of a retired preacher who died while restrained for hours in a chair at the Monroe County Jail.

"Can't protect a 74 year old man but protection for Registered S** O** is a priority for 8 Monroe County Officers on a Friday night," the user posted. "Remember this when you vote."

Sheriff Jones says the public shouldn't always trust what they see on social media.

"The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office encourages the public to avoid relying on rumors or unverified information circulating on social media," he stated. "As always, we ask citizens to wait for accurate information released directly by the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office regarding ongoing investigations."

David Martinez of Ft. Worth TX severely overestimates his intelligence by taking credit for a bad law that had little to do with him

Here is David Martinez low-key admitting he lacks virtue

David Martinez of Ft. Worth TX reminds me a lot of tRump, taking credit for things in which he has little to no part in its creation. And so Ft. Worth passed a residency restriction law that will surely lead to a costly lawsuit. And here's this literal nobody acting like he did anything of note. (Ft. Worth council was going to pass it with or without this loser.)

Since I couldn't post a message myself, I has the fine folks running the Facebook account for OnceFallen to say the following:

"You're intentionally misleading people in a way to get them arrested and/or you simply can’t read/comprehend the law and cannot admit you have no clue what you are talking about. 

1. The law can't be applied to everyone currently living where they are living. It is called a grandfather clause. If you start harassing a person living at their current residence, then that is harassment and you will get arrested and/or sued into oblivion. 

2. There is no anti-loitering or presence restrictions in the ordinance; it only covers residence and it only covers those who move into the city or move from the current residence after the law will take effect. 

3. You aren't going to "save thousands of children" because the vast majority of sex crimes occur in the home, by someone known to the victim, and by someone with no prior sex offense record. Residency restriction laws have been proven long ago to have ABSOLUTELY NO IMPACT on sex offenses. 

4. Oh, there was never a prior 1000 foot restriction."

You see, Ft. Worth had NO residency or presence restrictions in place before the Ft. Worth city counil passed a 2000 ft residency restriction their own city attorney warned would make 98% of the city off-limits to Registered Persons looking to live in Ft. Worth. Hope they get sued!

But there was never a presence or anti-loitering restriction, and Ft. Worth did not pass such a presence or anti-loitering restricion, only a residency restriction. 

But I found quite a few screenshots showing this David Martinez fellow is the worst kind of moron. He's a pseudo-intellectual. He talks as if he is smart but instead he just spews batshit conspracies that pull back the veil on his bigotry and hatred for the disadvantaged:

Here is Davis looking to throw the unhoused out of his community. 

David bullies little old ladies by his own admission and actions

Here is David pushing an insane conspiracy theory

Here is Davis engaging in Predator Panic (tm)

Here he is encouraging vigilante violence

David is a Zionist and regularly accuses others of being anti-semitic. 

David Martinez, in my opinion, is a batshit conspiracy therorist, no different than Alex Jones. Davis is also a clown that only claims minority heritage when he needs a little sympathy. But the reality is he's a bully and a bigot. It is no wonder why his Facebook page says he's still single. 

Hey David, from one man with Indigenous heritage to another, lay off the firewater!

Deranged Lakemoor, IL man breaks into a home to spy on Registered Person while making homemade explosives

I guess you can say that Joseph A. Savino's plans... blew up in his face. 

https://www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/01/07/lakemoor-man-accused-of-creating-homemade-bomb-with-intent-to-blow-up-alleged-sex-offender/

Lakemoor man accused of creating homemade bomb with intent to blow up alleged sex offender

by Sam Borcia

Published January 7, 2026 11:37 AM

Prosecutors say a Lakemoor man created a homemade explosive device, which required the bomb squad to respond, and they believe he intended to blow up an alleged (Registered Person).

Joseph A. Savino, 43, of Lakemoor, was charged with one count of possession of an explosive or incendiary device, a Class 1 felony.

The Lakemoor Police Department responded on October 18 to the 31800 block of Darrell Road in Lakemoor for a report of a burglary.

Lake County Assistant State’s Attorney Michael Theis said a caretaker arrived at the home and found the back door open with miscellaneous items on the porch.

Officers located a plastic bag and a canvas bag hanging on the handle of the back door.

A note was left on the door frame that said, “I will ree pant if you want” and “there is a child m**ester right down the street look him up.” Savino’s inmate identification card was recovered at the scene, Theis said.

The door was open and inside the residence there was spray paint on the walls consisting of letters and artwork.

Officers took the bags back to the police department where an inventory search was performed.

Theis said an officer located a black bag inside a plastic bag that contained what was later determined to be a homemade explosive device.

The bomb squad was called to the department and they X-rayed the device and confirmed it could be detonated with a flame on the wick.

The X-ray showed there were nails in the device that would act as projectiles if the device were detonated, Theis said.

The bomb squad removed the device and transported it to a controlled environment where they confirmed it was a working device.

Savino was transported to the Lakemoor Police Department on November 24 after being arrested for felony retail theft.

Theis said Savino was interviewed regarding the explosive device case and said he made the device for the purpose of “shooting it off to watch the colors.”

Savino said he went to the house on Darrell Road and was using the home for surveillance of the (registrant), Theis said.

Savino said he had been to the house a few times to surveil the (Registrant) and admitted to using confetti popper in front of the (registrant’s) house.

Savino also admitted to writing and leaving the note and admitted that everything in the bags belonged to him, Theis said.

The crime lab located fingerprints on the components of the device after it was disassembled by the bomb squad.

Theis said the owner of the home on Darrell Road told officers they did not know Savino and did not give him permission to be in the residence.

“This defendant is showing a fixation on an alleged (registrant) that is supposed to live in his neighborhood. He broke into a house and used it as a surveillance post so he could watch the (registrant),” Theis said.