Archive for December 2023
13-year-old charged after allegedly planning a mass shooting at an Ohio synagogue, according to court docs
A 13-year-old in Ohio is facing criminal charges after allegedly crafting “a detailed plan” for a mass shooting at a synagogue in September, according to court documents obtained by CNN. The teen, whom authorities have not publicly identified, posted “a detailed plan to complete a mass shooting” at Temple Israel in Canton, according to the…
Read MoreAPD: $200K reward offered in arson attacks linked to training center protests
The Atlanta Police Department, the Georgia State Fire Marshals and other law enforcement agencies have announced a reward of up to $200,000 in the search for people behind a series of arson attacks across the metro Atlanta area in protest against the city’s construction of the controversial Public Safety Training Center. At a press conference…
Read MoreNintendo cancels its Live 2024 Tokyo event after persistent threats to workers and customers
Nintendo canceled its upcoming video game showcase and postponed several other events because of persistent threats to the company, its workers and players. “We decided we could not amply ensure the safety of our customers,” Kyoto-based Nintendo Co. said in an online statement Thursday. The Japanese manufacturer behind the Super Mario and Pokemon canceled Nintendo…
Read MoreSelf-proclaimed sovereign citizen sentenced to 14 years in prison for kidnapping
A Missouri man was sentenced Friday to 14 years in prison for helping a woman with the kidnapping of her own children from their Stillwater foster home. A Payne County jury convicted Elijah Erlebach in November, and the 32-year-old maintained his innocence and claimed it was law enforcement that was unjustly abducting him at Friday’s…
Read MoreBuxton man found guilty of social media threats against Jewish community
A jury convicted a Buxton man on Thursday of threatening to kill Jewish people in a 2021 Twitter post. Brian Dennison, 27, was found guilty of transmitting a threatening interstate communication. The verdict came after a three-day jury trial in the U.S. District Court in Portland. According to evidence presented during the trial, Dennison posted…
Read MoreDanish police arrest several people suspected of planning terror attacks
It comes only two days after the Netherlands announced it raised its terrorism threat level to ‘substantial’ Danish police detained several people on Thursday on suspicion of preparing terrorist attacks. The arrests were made in coordinated operations across the country, police said. Authorities haven’t specified the number of arrests, however a press briefing scheduled for…
Read MoreSchool security officer made, sold explosives with teenage student
A California school security officer has admitted to making explosive devices with a student and selling them on social media, according to federal prosecutors. On Monday, Angelo Jackson Mendiver pleaded guilty to conspiring to engage in manufacturing and dealing in explosive materials and mailing explosive devices, as well as to making false statements to FBI…
Read MoreAlleged Texas mass shooter had warrants, family violence history yet he wasn’t in police custody
The man accused of killing six people in a violent spree across Texas last week had repeated encounters with police over the years, including a mental health crisis just three months before the shootings. In August, sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to a home in East Bexar County. According to a retelling of the incident by…
Read MoreFirst of two defendants sentenced to prison for Christmas Day 2022 attack on power substations
One of two Pierce County men who vandalized electrical substations as part of a burglary scheme, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma, to 18 months in prison, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman. Jeremy Crahan, 40, pleaded guilty in September 2023, admitting he joined co-defendant Matthew Greenwood in a conspiracy to…
Read MoreSecurity breach at India’s parliament on 22nd anniversary of deadly attack
Two unidentified men stormed the lower house of India’s parliament on Wednesday, in a major security breach that fell on the anniversary of a deadly attack on the complex more than two decades ago. Video broadcast live on Sansad TV, the official channel for the country’s parliament, showed a man jumping over tables and running…
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