Archive for July 2024
Fayetteville Felon with Rifles, Drugs, and Cash Sentenced to Six Years
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ednc/pr/fayetteville-felon-rifles-drugs-and-cash-sentenced-six-years RALEIGH, N.C. – A Fayetteville man was sentenced to 80 months in prison for possessing multiple firearms, as well as several high-capacity rifle magazines. On December 13, 2023, Jon Alan Davis, age 40, pled guilty to the charges. According to court documents and other information presented in court, on June 5, 2022, officers from…
Read More“Ghostface Gangster” Sentenced to 30 Years for Supplying Meth to a Raleigh-based DTO Run by a Leader of the Pagan Motorcycle Gang
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ednc/pr/ghostface-gangster-sentenced-30-years-supplying-meth-raleigh-based-dto-run-leader WILMINGTON, N.C. – A Georgia Ghostface Gangster member was sentenced today to 360 months in prison for supplying a Raleigh-based drug trafficking organization (DTO) led by a national leader of the Pagan Motorcycle Club with methamphetamine. On November 29, 2023, Ted Cannon, aka “Bam,” pled guilty to one charge of conspiracy to distribute and…
Read MoreU.S. Attorney’s Office Partners With Area Nonprofit to Raise Awareness About Human Trafficking
RALEIGH, N.C. – United States Attorney Michael Easley is partnering with the local chapter of A21 to host a training to raise awareness and provide tools on how to recognize and combat human trafficking. The training is being held on July 30, a day proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly to be “World Day…
Read MoreRadical British preacher Anjem Choudary sentenced to life in prison for directing a terrorist group
Radical British preacher Anjem Choudary was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison for directing a banned terrorist group that a judge said had put many lives at risk. Choudary, 57, was convicted last week in Woolwich Crown Court for directing the radical Muslim group al-Muhajiroun, or ALM, being a member of the banned organization and…
Read MoreSouth Korean Military Intel Official Arrested For Allegedly Leaking Secrets, Reportedly On Spies
A civilian employee in South Korea’s military intelligence command was arrested for allegedly leaking military secrets, the Defense Ministry said, as local media speculated the information was about South Korean spies operating abroad and that it may have been sent to North Korea. A military court issued a warrant Tuesday to arrest the employee in…
Read MoreIsrael Carries Out Rare Strike On Beirut That It Says Killed Hezbollah Commander
Israel on Tuesday carried out a rare strike on Beirut, which it said killed a top Hezbollah commander who was allegedly behind a weekend rocket attack that killed 12 young people in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights. The strike in the Lebanese capital killed at least one woman and two children and wounded dozens of people.…
Read MoreHamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh Is Killed In Iran By An Alleged Israeli Strike, Threatening Escalation
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed by a predawn airstrike in the Iranian capital Wednesday, Iran and the militant group said, blaming Israel for a shock assassination that risks escalating the conflict even as the U.S. and other nations were scrambling to prevent an all-out regional war. Iran’s supreme leader vowed revenge against Israel. There…
Read MoreThird child dies after knife attack at dance studio
A third child has died after a knife attack at a dance studio on Merseyside in which two other children were killed. The nine-year-old girl died in hospital early on Tuesday morning after the stabbing on Hart Street in Southport on Monday. Five other children and two adults remain in a critical condition. Merseyside Police…
Read MoreAustralian inquiry will hear evidence that Christian extremists killed 3 in an act of terrorism
An inquiry will hear evidence that three Christian extremists who killed two police officers and a bystander and wounded a third police officer in an ambush on a rural Australian property in 2022 committed an act of terrorism aimed at intimidating state authorities, a coroner was told on Monday. Queensland State Coroner Terry Ryan began…
Read MoreWoman arrested after ‘noxious substance’ attack left people ill in Bath
A 73-year-old woman has been arrested after a “chemical attack” in Bath saw a large emergency service response called. A number of people were left feeling unwell following reports of a person approaching people with a bag, Avon and Somerset Police has said. Emergency services were called at 2.30pm yesterday (July 29) to Stall Street…
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