Leader of Hemet-based religious group struck congregant with microphone for disobedience, woman testifies at hearing in double-murder case

Kelli Byrd knew she was in trouble. She had violated one of the tenets of the Hemet-based His Way Spirit Led Assemblies: Do not question or ignore an order from Shelley “Kat” Martin, the Head Prophetess or, as Byrd has …

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County’s top prosecutor calls Mayor Brandon Johnson’s ICE executive order ‘wholly inappropriate’

Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke told her staff Friday that Mayor Brandon Johnson’s executive order targeting federal immigration agents is inappropriate and could jeopardize criminal prosecutions. In an email to employees obtained by the Sun-Times, O’Neill Burke said …

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