Archive for September 2023
Ex-Indiana substitute teacher gets 10 months in prison for sending hoax bomb threats to schools, newspaper
A former Indiana substitute teacher has been sentenced to 10 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to sending hoax bomb threats targeting numerous locations, including the school where she was employed at the time, the Justice Department announced Monday. In January, Mary Fortner sent a bomb threat to a Milltown, Indiana, police officer targeting…
Read MoreMan charged with hate crime after vandalism at Wing Luke Museum
A man was charged Monday with a hate crime after he smashed the windows of the Wing Luke Museum, King County prosecutors say. According to the charges, Craig Milne, 76, used a sledgehammer to break the windows of the museum along Canton Alley South in Seattle on Thursday night, as dozens of patrons inside were…
Read MoreModi Government Expels A Canadian Diplomat After Trudeau Says India Was Involved In Sikh’s Killing
India expelled a senior Canadian diplomat Tuesday and accused Canada of interfering in its internal affairs, escalating a breach with Ottawa over its allegations of Indian involvement in the killing of a Sikh activist in Canada. It came a day after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said there were credible allegations that India was connected…
Read MoreAzerbaijan Announces An ‘aNti-Terrorist Operation’ Targeting Armenian Military Positions
Azerbaijan announced Tuesday an “anti-terrorist operation” targeting Armenian military positions. A statement from the Azerbaijan defense ministry said the operation began hours after four soldiers and two civilians died in landmine explosions in the Nagorno-Karabakh region. The ministry did not immediately give details, but said “positions on the front line and in-depth, long-term firing points…
Read MoreEthiopian forces clash with al Shabaab in western Somalia, residents say
Ethiopian forces engaged in fierce clashes with al Shabaab fighters near the town of Rab Dhuure in western Somalia on Sunday morning, local residents said. At around 9 a.m. (0600 GMT) local residents heard large explosions followed by a heavy near the town of Rab Dhuure in Bakool region, around 20 km (12 miles) from…
Read MoreHammerskins: German branch of US-based neo-Nazi group banned
German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser banned the extremist far-right group Hammerskins Deutschland as well as its regional branches and the affiliated group Crew 38, the ministry said on Tuesday. In the early hours of the morning, police officers searched the flats of 28 suspected members of the association in ten German states: Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, Berlin,…
Read MoreLocal Leader Of Bloods Street Gang Sentenced To Over 16 Years In Federal Prison For Drug And Firearm Offenses.
Ocala, Florida – Senior U.S. District Judge John Antoon II has sentenced Antonio Eugene Brutton (36, Ocklawaha) to 16 years and 8 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and possessing with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, fentanyl, heroin, and marijuana. Brutton had pleaded guilty on February 23, 2023. According…
Read MoreMS-13 and Mexican Mafia Leader Sentenced to More than 17 Years for an International Drug Conspiracy
SAN DIEGO – Nelson Alexander Flores of Tijuana was sentenced in federal court to 210 months in prison for trafficking large quantities of methamphetamine into the United States from Mexico on behalf of MS-13 street gang and the Mexican Mafia prison gang. According to information presented in court, between 2018 and May 2020, Flores coordinated…
Read MoreMS-13 Gang Member Pleads Guilty to Four Murders, Multiple Attempted Murders, and Arson.
Today, in federal court in Central Islip, Enrique Portillo, also known as “Oso” and “Turkey,” a member of La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as the MS-13, pleaded guilty to racketeering and firearms charges in connection with his participation in four murders, namely, the September 13, 2016 murders of teenagers Kayla Cuevas and Nisa Mickens, in…
Read MoreGang Members Admit Racketeering Charge and Related Crimes
NEWARK, N.J. – Two members of the Rollin’ 60s Neighborhood Crips gang admitted their roles in a racketeering conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Tyheim Terry, aka “Ty,” aka “Rollin’ Ty,” 25, and Amir Edmonds, aka “G Baby,” 22, each pleaded guilty on Sept. 13, 2023, before U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton…
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