NEWS OF THE DAY
From Across the Nation
1 3-D gun owner: The owner of a Texas company that sells blueprints for making untraceable 3-D printed guns has resigned from the firm after being arrested on charges of having sex with an underage girl. An official with Austin-based Defense Distributed said Tuesday that Cody Wilson officially resigned Friday evening to tend to “personal matters.” Wilson is accused of paying a 16-yearold girl $500 to have sex with her in Austin. He was arrested in Taiwan and brought back to the U.S. over the weekend. After a federal court barred Wilson from posting printable gun blueprints online for free last month, he announced he had begun selling them through his website.
2 Weapon threat: A Florida 13-year-old who threatened to shoot up a school in a group chat on Instagram now faces a felony charge after another juvenile alerted adults. A Pembroke Pines police news release says the boy was arrested Monday on a charge of making a false report concerning the use of a weapon in a violent manner. Police say about nine juveniles were participating in the chat Sunday when the boy posted that he intended to shoot up Pines Middle School. Detectives soon arrived at the boy’s home, where he told them he only meant the threat as a joke. But posting a threat about a mass shooting is a felony now in Florida, where similar arrests have soared since the killings of 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
3 Gang leader sentenced: A federal judge has sentenced a former leader of the notorious Bandidos biker gang to two consecutive life terms and another 20 years in prison for directing a violent racketeering and drug trafficking enterprise. John Portillo of San Antonio was sentenced Monday. The 59-year-old was the national vice president of the Bandidos Outlaw Motorcycle Organization. Jurors in May found Portillo and the group’s president Jeffrey Pike guilty of directing Bandidos members to commit murder, attempted murder, robbery, assault, intimidation, extortion and drug trafficking. Trial evidence revealed the pair’s role in violent acts against rivals around Texas and trafficking methamphetamine and cocaine.
4 Bullying lawsuit: A wrongful death lawsuit accusing an Ohio school district of denying and covering up bullying of an 8-year-old boy who killed himself will be allowed to proceed. A federal judge on Monday denied Cincinnati Public Schools’ request to dismiss the lawsuit filed by Gabriel Taye’s parents who say he killed himself after being bullied at school. Attorneys say Gabriel’s mother didn’t know he was bullied until police described a scene outside a boys’ bathroom where attorneys say Gabriel was knocked unconscious. He hanged himself two days later at home in January 2017. Prosecutors investigated and didn’t file charges. The school district denies the allegations and says Gabriel never told staff he was bullied or assaulted.