Archive for August 2023
Michigan Judge to Hear Final Day of Testimony Before Sentencing School Shooter
A judge will hear a fourth and final day of testimony Friday to determine whether a teenager will get a life sentence for the fatal shooting of four students at a Michigan school in 2021. An immediate decision is not expected. Prosecutors are planning to counter claims made by a psychologist who said Ethan Crumbley was like a “feral child”…
Read MoreForeign National Sentenced to Over 21 Years for Mailing Ricin to President of the United States in 2020
Pascale Cecile Veronique Ferrier, 55, a dual citizen of Canada and France, was sentenced today to 262 months in prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for sending threatening letters, containing homemade ricin (a toxin), in September 2020, to then-President Donald J. Trump at the White House, and to eight Texas State law enforcement…
Read MoreGeorgia law enforcement probe threats after Trump grand jury identified online
Law enforcement officials are investigating threats related to former President Donald Trump’s election interference investigation in Georgia, after names and addresses of grand jury members were posted online, a sheriff’s office said. “Our investigators are working closely with local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies to track down the origin of threats in Fulton County…
Read MoreSecond Ecuador politician killed in less than a week
A local party leader has been killed in Ecuador, the second politician to be assassinated in the space of a week. Pedro Briones was shot dead by gunmen on a motorcycle at his home in northern Esmeraldas province. His killing comes just five days after presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was gunned down in the capital,…
Read MoreIndia and China pledge to maintain ‘peace and tranquility’ along disputed border despite tensions
Chinese and Indian military commanders pledged to “maintain the peace and tranquility” along their disputed border, China’s Defense Ministry said, in an apparent effort by the sides to stabilize the situation after a rise in tensions. China’s Defense Ministry issued a joint statement on social media late Tuesday saying the 19th round of commander-level talks…
Read MoreStudent from Vt. seeks to have terroristic threats case tossed in Minn.
A Vermont man accused of making terroristic threats at his Minnesota college is trying to get his case tossed. According to a court filing in Rice County, Waylon Kurts’ attorney says none of the charges against his client have any merit. In the motion to dismiss, the defense contends Kurts may have broken campus policy…
Read MoreIran blames ISIL for shrine attack, arrests foreign nationals
Iran has blamed the ISIL (ISIS) armed group for the second attack in less than a year on a major shrine in southern Shiraz and arrested a group of foreign nationals for the assault. “The motivation of this Daeshi [ISIL-affliated] individual was to take revenge for the executions of the two terrorists of the previous…
Read MoreGreat Falls man charged with threats to federal officer, firearms crimes
A Great Falls man appeared in federal court today on charges of making threats to a federal agent and illegal possession of firearms after law enforcement officers arrested him earlier in the day, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Paul J. Valenzuela, 55, appeared for an initial appearance on a criminal complaint charging him with threats…
Read MoreAsheville police cars ‘completely destroyed’ by suspected arson; seeking public’s help
After two marked Asheville Police Department vehicles were set on fire the morning of Aug. 14, APD is asking for the public’s help in finding who set the cars ablaze. The Asheville Fire Department responded to the scene and extinguished two police cars that had been set on fire near block 30 of Lynndale Avenue…
Read MoreMan Sent To Prison For 10 Years For Setting A Fire At An Illinois Planned Parenthood Clinic
A man who set a fire at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Illinois was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in federal prison. Tyler Massengill has admitted using a homemade explosive to set a fire at the Peoria clinic in January, a few days after Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a law with additional legal protections…
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