July 26, 2025

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Bond Raised for Texas Mom as Missing Daughter Sought

At a Travis County hearing on Tuesday, prosecutors moved to raise the bond for Virginia Gonzales, 33, who is charged with locking her 7-year-old daughter in a filthy closet and feeding her only one corn dog and half a cup of water daily, leaving the child malnourished at 29 pounds with permanent brain damage. Judge Chantal Eldridge increased the bond from $75,000 to $250,000, citing Gonzales’s history of missed court dates and flight risk.

Meanwhile, Austin police intensified the search for Gonzales’s older daughter, Ava Marie Gonzales, last seen by relatives in December 2017. Authorities released age-progressed photos of the now 9-year-old and urged anyone with information to contact the Austin Police Department immediately.

Mosques in Texas and California Bolster Security After Graffiti Attacks

Mosque leaders in Texas and California have stepped up security following a May vandalism spree in which graffiti—often depicting Star of David symbols—defaced four mosque properties. According to the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), three Austin mosques, including Nueces Mosque, were hit on the same night, and the Islamic Center of Southern California reported a similar attack weeks earlier.

Austin incidents: Security footage at Nueces Mosque showed a masked individual spray-painting symbols; CAIR Austin called it an intimidation attempt.

California incident: LAPD opened a vandalism/hate crime probe at the Islamic Center but has no suspect or confirmed motive.

Response: Mosques have added cameras, overnight guards and coordinated extra patrols amid a broader rise in Islamophobic incidents.

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Illinois Landlord Convicted of Killing Muslim Child Dies in Prison

Plainfield landlord Joseph Czuba, 73, has died in custody after being convicted of a 2023 hate crime. Per the Will County Sheriff’s Office, Czuba was sentenced last month to 53 years in prison for the October stabbing death of 6-year-old Wadee Alfayoumi and the wounding of the boy’s mother. Authorities said he targeted the family because they were Muslim amid tensions following the Israel-Hamas conflict.

Cause of death unreleased. The Illinois Department of Corrections notified law enforcement of Czuba’s passing, though officials have not disclosed when or how he died.

Agents Search TikTok Cult Pastor’s L.A. Home in Sex Trafficking Probe

Agents served a search warrant Friday at 6 a.m. on a Tujunga residence owned by TikTok-featured pastor Robert Shinn. Authorities from the FBI and El Monte Police Department executed the warrant on allegations including sex trafficking, tax evasion, mail fraud, money laundering and unspecified COVID-19-related violations.

KTLA’s Sky5 helicopter captured FBI personnel interviewing individuals—some appearing to be possible victims or witnesses—and at least six people detained. The home matches the one spotlighted in Netflix’s docuseries Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult, which chronicles claims of abusive, cult-like practices at Shinn’s Shekinah Church and 7M Films.

No arrests were confirmed. Legal battles over defamation and countersuits alleging human trafficking and abuse continue, with a related trial now set for October 27.

Chicago Tax Preparer Sentenced to 42 Months for $3.6M COVID Relief Fraud

Chicago — On July 22, 2025, tax preparer Farooq Khan, 31, received a 42-month federal prison sentence for orchestrating a scheme that siphoned more than $3.6 million from COVID-19 relief programs.

Key details:

Khan operated Hannan Tax Services in Chicago and filed at least 30 fraudulent PPP and EIDL applications between May 2020 and October 2021.

He falsified tax records, inflated payroll figures and revenue to secure millions in funds for nonexistent businesses.

The government ordered him to pay $3,645,104 in restitution after he personally kept about $1.2 million.

Khan’s case, brought by the FBI, Homeland Security Investigations and the DOJ Fraud Section, underscores ongoing efforts to combat pandemic-related financial crimes.

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Bond Raised to $250K for Texas Mom Who Starved Daughter as Search Continues for Missing Sister