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Category Archives: Crime
Gun Shots Usher In New Year In Pico-Robertson
I heard a lot of gunshots around midnight last night as the hood welcomed in the new year. I hear there was a big police presence at the 18th St/La Cienega Blvd mall in the early morning hours of Sunday. … Continue reading
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A Jew Obsessed With Making Explosives Haunting La Brea Shuls, Asking For Handouts
You’ll run into Gary Stephen Weksler at many a Fairfax-La Brea shul. He’s distinctive. He’s about 50 years old and he’s missing a hand because he blew it off. He has three felony convictions for setting off explosions and other … Continue reading
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Tagged angeles police department, felony convictions, persecution complex, personality problems, uncle sid, weksler
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Yisroel Pensack: Nazi-era Luftwaffe Nurse, Founder of Chile-based Anti-Semitic Religious Sect and Convicted Child Abuser, Dies In Prison; Was Under Investigation in 1985 Disappearance of Jewish Penn State University Math Professor
The New York Times reports: A former Nazi-era German soldier who founded a secretive German cult in southern Chile, where he sexually abused about 25 children, died of heart failure at a prison hospital early Saturday, Chilean officials said. He … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Anti-Semitism, Crime, Cults, Germany, Nazi, Predators, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged 20-year sentence, Boris Weisfeiler, Chile, Colonia Dignidad, died in prison, disappearance, drowned, executed, German cult, held captive, kidnapped, luftwaffe, mystery, Nazi-era German soldier, never charged, Paul Schaefer, Pennsylvania State University, Russian-born Jew, sexual abuse of minors, tortured, Villa Baviera
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Yisroel Pensack: Imagine The Difference — If They Had All Just First Taken The Time To Read This Book
I wonder if this book and these three articles will now become required reading for animal lab technicians and researchers at Yale University and graduate students at Columbia University.
Posted in Aish HaTorah, Animals, Books, Christianity, Crime, Education, Intermarriage, Judaism, Weddings, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged columbia university, yale university
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The Simpson Gangs Trigger Man?
From ERSNews: ERS News has learned that Michael F. McClinton, the man who, along with OJ Simpson, is charged with a multitude of crimes by the District Attorney for the armed robbery of memorabilia dealers Alfred Beardsley and Bruce Fromong … Continue reading
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