Don Lemon, along with several other activists, pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges stemming from a protest at a Minnesota church, according to CBS News. The group is accused of disrupting services at Cities Church in St. Paul last month, targeting the church due to its pastor's former role as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement official.
Lemon, represented by former Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson, faces charges of conspiracy against the right of religious freedom at a place of worship, as well as injuring, intimidating, and interfering with the exercise of religious freedom at a place of worship, CBS News reported. Other activists, including Chauntyll Allen and Nekima Levy Armstrong, also entered their pleas during the hearing. Court documents detail the group's alleged interruption of services at the church.
In other news, Maryland Governor Wes Moore commented on immigration, stating that the country has "punted on" the issue "for a very long time," according to CBS News. While condemning the Trump administration's immigration policies, Moore also acknowledged that the Biden administration "needed to do more." He made these remarks during a town hall that aired on CBS.
In unrelated legal developments, Juliana Peres Magalhães, a Brazilian au pair, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for her involvement in a double murder in Virginia, ABC News reported. Magalhães, who took a plea deal, was involved in a plot with former IRS agent Brendan Banfield. Fairfax County Judge Penney Azcarate delivered the maximum sentence, stating that Magalhães' actions "were deliberate, self-serving, and demonstrated a profound disregard for human life."
Finally, authorities continue to investigate the kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie, who was taken from her Tucson, Arizona, home on February 1, ABC News reported. The FBI released images of a suspect, showing an armed person in a mask tampering with a security camera.
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