Archive for May 2024
Kuwaiti 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…
Read MoreNational Bloods street gang leader extradited to Long Island NY to face charges, Suffolk DA says.
The national leader of the notorious Bloodhound Brims street gang has been extradited to Long Island and will appear in Suffolk County Criminal Court on Thursday to face three counts of conspiracy for allegedly directing violent gang operations from behind bars in federal prison in California. Latique “La Brim” Johnson is portrayed by Suffolk District…
Read More30 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…
Read MoreThirty-Seven Gang Members and Associates Sentenced in Large-Scale Racketeering and Drug Trafficking Case.
The 37th and final defendant was sentenced today in a Northern District of Mississippi case that targeted the violent activities, drug trafficking, and money laundering of the Simon City Royals prison gang. Joshua Miller, 33, of Jackson, Mississippi, was sentenced to 16 years and eight months in prison for Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act…
Read MoreProtesters Clash At UCLA After Police Clear Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators From Columbia University
Dueling groups of protesters clashed Wednesday at the University of California, Los Angeles, grappling in fistfights and shoving, kicking and using sticks to beat one another. Hours earlier, police carrying riot shields burst into a building at Columbia University that pro-Palestinian protesters took over and broke up a demonstration that had paralyzed the school while…
Read MoreNew 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…
Read MoreThe 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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