Archive for September 2023
Bomb threat closes John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge
The John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge is closed in both directions due to a bomb threat, according to the Kenton County Emergency Communication Center. Investigators said they received a 911 call in the 5:00 a.m. hour Wednesday. The man on the line threatened to shoot police and put pipe bombs on the bridge, according to…
Read MoreLocal gang member, felon sentenced for retaliatory Creekwood shooting
WILMINGTON — A Wilmington felon was sentenced to 96 months in prison Friday for an incident that occurred last October. Quajohn Anthony Crews, 21, pled guilty June 7, 2023 to charges of possession of a firearm be a felon. On Oct. 12, 2022, Wilmington Police Department responded to two simultaneous ShotSpotter notifications in a neighborhood…
Read MoreNew campaign by Maryland’s top federal prosecutor aims to curb gun violence impacting youth.
BALTIMORE – In a one-on-one interview, Maryland’s U.S. attorney Erek Barron told WJZ his office is pushing to stop the violence impacting children and get the community involved. “We have to be relentless about it. We have to be relentless, and we have to work as a team,” Barron said. That includes a new public…
Read MoreBaltimore rapper Lor X pleads guilty to overseeing gang, having large amounts of drugs.
Baltimore rapper Lor X pleaded guilty Monday to leading a criminal organization that distributed drugs throughout the Baltimore area, and which authorities linked to at least one killing in the city. The artist, whose name is Xavier Johnson, admitted to one count of organizing, supervising and financing a gang and two counts of being in…
Read MoreAdult and two teens charged in Aberdeen shootings that police say were gang-related.
Sep. 6—The Aberdeen Police Department has charged an adult and two teens in two shootings in August. On Aug. 8 around 2:30 p.m., residents on East Bel Air Ave. reported hearing gunshots but officers could not locate a suspect or victim, according to police. Later that evening, however, an Aberdeen woman reported that someone had…
Read MoreTWO MS-13 MEMBERS CHARGED WITH RAPING AND KIDNAPPING TEENAGE GIRLS LAST YEAR.
Two members of MS-13 based in Houston were charged last year on suspicion of killing a teenager and kidnapping another in 2017. Gang leader Miguel Angel Alvarez-Flores, 22, who also goes by ‘Diabolico,’ and 18-year-old Diego Alexan Hernandez-Rivera, who had a Satanic shrine in their Houston apartment, laughed, smiled and waved in court as they…
Read MoreFlorida man’s motive unknown in arson, shooting at Michigan State Police Sault Ste. Marie Post
UPDATE: A Michigan State Police Lieutenant said he was shocked after three patrol cars were destroyed at the Sault Ste. Marie Post Wednesday morning. Charred metal is all that remains of three Michigan State Police cruisers that were set on fire by an arsonist Wednesday morning. Michigan State Police 8th District Public Information Officer Lt.…
Read MoreProcedural glitch clears French suspects in plot to attack Morocco World Cup fans
Shortly after 10pm on December 14, moments after France defeated Morocco en route to the World Cup final in Qatar, a flood of football fans hit the streets of Paris, converging on the Champs-Elysées, the French capital’s traditional rallying point for jubilant supporters. Most were draped in the French tricolour, though a sizeable contingent –…
Read MoreGang member wanted in car theft sting involving MLB legend’s ‘Hellcat’.
HOUSTON, — The Houston Police Department is looking for a known gang member who is accused of stealing several cars and leading police on a chase that later ended in a crash with multiple people injured. Police have accused 33-year-old Juan Luna of stealing the cars. Court documents alleged he was also involved in the theft…
Read MoreEscaped Pennsylvania inmate Danelo Cavalcante now armed, spotted in Chester County
Escaped Pennsylvania inmate Danelo Cavalcante is now armed as Pennsylvania State Police search for him 13 days after he escaped the Chester County Prison soon after being sentenced to life for the murder of his ex-girlfriend. According to State Police early Tuesday morning, Troopers were pursuing Cavalcante in the area of Ridge Rd/Coventryville Rd/Daisy Point…
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