Archive for May 2024
North Carolina man sentenced to prison for threatening to kill Jews in Charlotte
A North Carolina man was sentenced to a year-and-a-half in prison Wednesday for threatening to kill Jews in Charlotte days after the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack in Israel, prosecutors said. FBI agents arrested 64-year-old Jeffrey Hobgood in October, accusing him of emailing threats to the Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte, The Charlotte Observer previously…
Read MoreMan who bragged that he ‘fed’ an officer to the mob of Capitol rioters gets nearly 5 years in prison
A Georgia business owner who bragged that he “fed” a police officer to a mob of rioters storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced on Thursday to nearly five years in prison for his repeated attacks on law enforcement during the insurrection. Jack Wade Whitton struck an officer with a metal crutch…
Read MoreRussian troops enter base housing US military in Niger, US official says
Russian military personnel have entered an air base in Niger that is hosting U.S. troops, a senior U.S. defense official told Reuters, a move that follows a decision by Niger’s junta to expel U.S. forces. The military officers ruling the West African nation have told the U.S. to withdraw its nearly 1,000 military personnel from…
Read MoreMan who threatened to commit school shooting sentenced for owning machine gun
A local man who made online threats to commit a school shooting in California has been sentenced. Alex Jaques, 21, was sentenced to at least six years in federal prison for possessing a machine gun, according to the Department of Justice. As News Center 7 previously reported on Nov. 15, 2022, the FBI National Threat…
Read MorePolice fatally shoot student outside Wisconsin middle school while responding to report of person with a gun
Police shot and killed a student outside a Wisconsin middle school Wednesday as officers responded to a report of a person with a gun, officials said. No one else was hurt in the incident outside Mount Horeb Middle School, Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul said in an evening news conference. He said the investigation was…
Read MoreMan arraigned on charges for alleged bomb threat on Buffalo hospital
A Genesee County man has been arraigned on two charges in connection to allegedly making a bomb threat to Buffalo General Medical Center in March, the Erie County District Attorney’s Office said Wednesday. 31-year-old Lordseth Phoenix, of Corfu, is accused of falsely reporting in a 911 call on the morning of March 17 that an…
Read MoreKuwaiti man held on suspicion of planning bomb attacks on US forces
Kuwait has arrested a citizen accused of plotting bomb attacks on US forces in the country, prosecutors said. The Kuwaiti man was detained on charges of “joining an outlawed group plotting terrorist attacks” in the country and posted content on social media in support of the group, the Kuwait Public Prosecution said on X. “The…
Read MorePolice Move In And Begin Dismantling A Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators’ Encampment At UCLA
Police removed barricades and began dismantling a pro-Palestinian demonstrators’ fortified encampment early Thursday at the UCLA campus after hundreds of protesters defied police orders to leave, about 24 hours after counter-protesters attacked a tent encampment on the campus. The law enforcement action comes after officers spent hours threatening arrests over loud speakers if people did…
Read MorePolice Arrest Polish Teenager Suspected Of Throwing Firebombs At Synagogue
Polish police have arrested a 16-year-old male on suspicion of attacking a synagogue with Molotov cocktails and said they plan to ask prosecutors on Thursday to open an investigation. The Nożyk Synagogue was attacked around 1 a.m. on Wednesday, sustaining some damage to its facade. Nobody was in the prayer hall at that time and…
Read MoreJudge Denies Bail To Teen Charged With Terror-Related Offenses After Stabbings At Sydney Church
A judge denied bail Thursday to a 15-year-old boy alleged to be in a network planning terrorist acts and who claimed to be a friend of another teen accused of stabbing a Sydney bishop last month. The attack on the bishop triggered an investigation that led to the arrests of six teens, ages 14 to…
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