Tag: guilty plea

Former Maricopa County Elections Temporary Worker Pleads Guilty to Stealing Key FOB That Would Have Reprogrammed All Voting Machine Tabulators

Rachel Alexander
Walter Ringfield mugshot

Walter Ringfield Jr., a former Maricopa County Elections Department (MCED) employee and progressive activist who was caught on video stealing a key FOB that was capable of reprogramming all 140 voting machine tabulators on Election Day pleaded guilty last week to one count of Attempted Computer Tampering and three theft charges for unrelated crimes. The activist, who had vowed to stop Republican lawyers combating wrongdoing on Election Day, will be sentenced on March 5.

Ringfield was caught last year in June prior to the primary election. Although the charges aren’t very serious, he is being held without bail, according to KJZZ. 

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EJ Haust: Bannon’s Plea Likely to End Legal Drama and Media Frenzy

Kaitlin Housler

EJ Haust, a digital marketing expert and official guest host of The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, said Steve Bannon’s guilty plea to a felony charge related to his involvement in the fundraising effort called the “We Build the Wall” campaign signals that Bannon is avoiding a “very long trial experience” and giving the establishment media “more headlines.”

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Steve Baker Explains ‘Only Reason’ Why He Pleaded Guilty in January 6 Case

Kaitlin Housler
Steve Baker

Steve Baker, an opinion contributor for Blaze News and independent investigative journalist, said he pleaded guilty to four misdemeanor charges stemming from his presence at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, to avoid a “shaming exercise” of a trial by a liberal jury in a D.C. courtroom.

Baker, who is among a small group of journalists being prosecuted for being present at the Capitol on January 6, entered an Alfred plea to avoid a trial by jury in a Washington D.C. courtroom in front of U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper on Tuesday.

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Former Mayor of San Luis Pleads Guilty to Ballot Harvesting in Arizona 2020 Primary Election

Neil Jones

Guillermina Fuentes, the former mayor of San Luis, pleaded guilty this week to illegally collecting early ballots in the 2020 Primary Election as a part of a ballot harvesting scheme.

“Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced that Guillermina Fuentes of San Luis pleaded guilty on Thursday to one count of Ballot Abuse, a Class 6 Felony, for her role in an August 2020 Primary Election “ballot harvesting” scheme where early ballots from other voters were collected and deposited into a ballot box on primary Election Day,” according to an Attorney General Office (AGO) press release.

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