Archive for February 2024
Scranton man accused of assault, terrorism
A Scranton man is being charged after police say he assaulted and berated a man at Dynamic Solutions on Thursday. According to a criminal affidavit, Austin Miller parked his car on Mattes Avenue around 2:52 p.m. when he saw a man in a red Subaru shouting out the window at other employees. As the affidavit…
Read MoreJudge rules today whether convicted killer of London, Ont., Muslim family committed terrorism
The judge overseeing the case of a man convicted of killing a London, Ont., family in 2021 because of their Muslim faith will rule today whether his actions amounted to terrorism in handing down Nathaniel Veltman’s final sentence. In November, a jury found Veltman, 23, guilty of four counts of first-degree murder and one count…
Read MoreAn Online Dump Of Chinese Hacking Documents Offers A Rare Window Into Pervasive State Surveillance
Chinese police are investigating an unauthorized and highly unusual online dump of documents from a private security contractor linked to the nation’s top policing agency and other parts of its government — a trove that catalogs apparent hacking activity and tools to spy on both Chinese and foreigners. Among the apparent targets of tools provided…
Read MoreCharges Against Two White Nationalists Are Dismissed as ‘Selective Prosecution’
A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed riot charges against two members of a neo-Nazi street gang who had attacked counterprotesters at several pro-Trump rallies in California in 2017, saying that the government had behaved improperly by neglecting to bring charges against left-wing activists who had also acted violently at the same events. The ruling by…
Read MoreTwo plead guilty in Maryland attorney general’s prosecution of violent Baltimore gang.
Maryland prosecutors earlier this month secured two more convictions in their prosecution of a violent North Baltimore gang that they attributed four homicides and eight attempted killings to. Eight of 11 men charged in the gang case brought by the Maryand Office of the Attorney General’s Organized Crime Unit have now pleaded guilty to varying…
Read MoreMother of 21-year-old killed by Howard County gang leader speaks.
BALTIMORE — Two years after a landmark indictment, six members of a gang operating in Howard County have been sentenced on convictions ranging from drug distribution to murder, county officials said Tuesday. A leader of the gang was convicted of murder on Monday, and an eighth man is expected to be sentenced this week. Jeremi…
Read More31 alleged gang members indicted on Long Island.
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (PIX11) — Their goal was to be the most violent street gang in the New York metro area, according to prosecutors, who say that an offshoot of the Bloods gang was on its way to achieving the infamy that its leaders sought. That changed on Thursday, said investigators, with the indictment of 31…
Read More2 Men Are Charged With Murder In The Deadly Shooting At Kansas City’s Super Bowl Celebration
Two men charged with murder in last week’s shooting after the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade were strangers who pulled out guns and began firing within seconds of starting an argument, according to court documents released Tuesday. Missouri prosecutors said at a news conference that Lyndell Mays, of Raytown, Missouri, and Dominic Miller, of…
Read MoreIran Accuses Israel Of Sabotage Attack That Saw Explosions Strike Natural Gas Pipeline
An Israeli sabotage attack on an Iranian natural gas pipeline caused the multiple explosions that struck it a week ago, Iran’s oil minister alleged Wednesday, further raising tensions between the regional archenemies amid Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The comments by Iran’s Oil Minister Javad Owji come as Israel has been blamed…
Read MoreMissouri Man Facing Charges Of Terrorism In Pulaski County
A 37-year-old from Ferguson is scheduled to be in Pulaski County Circuit Court on Wednesday for a bond review after being indicted by a public grand jury on a first-degree terrorist threat charge. Billey Ray Winters, Junior, is held on a $200,000 cash-only bond after sending social media messages threatening the spouses of Pulaski County…
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