30 Charged in New 333-Count Indictment in Richmond County Following Major Gang, Drug Trafficking Investigation.

Attorney General Chris Carr and Richmond County Sheriff Richard Roundtree today announced the indictment of 30 people in Richmond County following a major multi-agency investigation into the distribution of illegal narcotics and other acts of violence that have occurred throughout the Central Savannah River Area. As asserted in the indictment, the defendants are associates of…

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New York Woman Gets 18 Years for Funding Terrorism With Cryptocurrency

A New York woman was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Tuesday for funding terrorism by using cryptocurrency to send financial support to groups operating in Syria. After Judge Althea Drysdale imposed the sentence, the woman, Victoria Jacobs, 44, yelled that the trial had been “a sham” and “Islamophobic” as officers led her from…

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The Islamic State group claims Afghanistan mosque bombing that killed 6 people

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a deadly shooting this week targeting members of the country’s minority Shiite community inside a mosque in western Afghanistan that killed six people. The militant group said in a statement posted on its Telegram website late on Tuesday that one of its members attacked a “Shiite temple”…

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Backpack near crime scene led police to triple homicide, arson suspect in Aberdeen

A 35-year-old man has been charged in a triple homicide and arson investigation in Aberdeen after a backpack connected him to the crime scene. Michael Swann faces multiple counts of first and second-degree murder, arson, reckless endangerment, and other related charges. Three adults — 54-year-old john Claytor, 45-year-old Melissa Williams and 48-year-old Talaya Wiley —…

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Former NSA employee from Colorado sentenced to 21+ years for attempted espionage

A former National Security Agency employee was sentenced Monday to 262 months in prison for attempted espionage. Jareh Sebastian Dalke, 32, of Colorado Springs was sentenced in connection with his efforts to transmit classified National Defense Information to an agent of the Russian Federation. Dalke pleaded guilty to six counts of attempting to transmit classified…

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