Archive for August 14, 2024
U.S. Army Intelligence Analyst Pleads Guilty to Charges of Conspiracy to Obtain and Disclose National Defense Information, Export Control Violations and Bribery
Korbein Schultz, a U.S. Army soldier and intelligence analyst, pleaded guilty today to all charges against him in the indictment returned by a federal grand jury in March 2024 charging him with conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defense information, exporting technical data related to defense articles without a license, conspiracy to export defense articles…
Read MoreMan gets life in Officer Holley murder after testifying to unsubstantiated gang hit, police conspiracy
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/06/04/man-given-two-life-sentences-in-murder-of-baltimore-police-officer-keona-holley-and-another-man/ Elliot Knox stood up to address a judge facing the prospect of life in prison and repeated calls from the relatives of two people he was convicted of killing to tell them why he did it. Knox spent an hour at his sentencing Tuesday reciting chilling details of the 2021 fatal shootings of Baltimore…
Read MoreBaltimore rapper YGG Tay sentenced to 25 years in federal prison on conspiracy charges
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/07/10/baltimore-rapper-ygg-tay-sentenced-25-years-conspiracy-charges/ Baltimore rapper YGG Tay, whose real name is Davante Harrison, was sentenced Tuesday to 25 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to allegedly paying $10,000 to a member of the Black Guerilla Family to kill a man. Harrison, 29, of Baltimore, was charged with one count of racketeering conspiracy by the U.S. District…
Read MoreFOX45 News: Another guilty plea given in federal racketeering case linking BGF to former Safe Streets site
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/07/11/fox45-news-another-guilty-plea-given-in-federal-racketeering-case-linking-bgf-to-former-safe-streets-site/ Another man connected to a notorious Baltimore gang pleaded guilty in federal court to racketeering conspiracy Wednesday, marking the latest following the indictment of six people in 2022. David Warren pleaded guilty to one count of racketeering conspiracy connected to the Black Guerilla Family gang, or BGF. Court documents indicate Warren was involved in…
Read MoreJudge removed from long-running gang and racketeering case against rapper Young Thug and others
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/07/15/judge-removed-from-long-running-gang-and-racketeering-case-against-rapper-young-thug-and-others-2/ ATLANTA (AP) — The judge overseeing the long-running racketeering and gang prosecution against Young Thug and others has been removed from the case after two defendants sought his recusal, citing a meeting the judge held with prosecutors and a state witness. Fulton County Superior Court Chief Judge Ural Glanville had put the case in…
Read MoreFormer Cornell student sentenced to nearly 2 years for threatening to kill members of the university’s Jewish community
A former Cornell University student was sentenced to nearly two years in prison for threatening to kill members of the university’s Jewish community last fall, according to the prosecutor’s office. The former student, Patrick Dai, was sentenced Monday to 21 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, according to Richard Southwick of…
Read MoreSoldier justified in shooting ‘suspicious’ Russian in yard taking photos, NC cops say
A U.S. Army Special Forces soldier was justified in fatally shooting an “aggressive” Russian national photographing utility poles in his yard for a survey project, according to investigators in North Carolina. The man who died was identified as Ramzan Daraev, “a Russian native from Chechnya who entered the United States across the southern border in…
Read MoreAustria plans tougher counter-terrorism moves after Taylor Swift plot
Chancellor Karl Nehammer said on Tuesday he would introduce steps to bolster Austria’s counter-terrorism capacity after authorities last week foiled a suspected ISIS-inspired plot against a concert due to be held by Taylor Swift in Vienna. In a post on X, Nehammer said he was presenting a package of measures to enable “decisive action against…
Read MoreUkraine Claims More Advances, Prisoners Taken As It Presses An Incursion Into Russia
Ukrainian forces pushed on with their major cross-border incursion into Russia’s Kursk region for a second week Wednesday, claiming to have taken more ground, captured more Russian prisoners and destroyed a jet bomber. Since the start of the day, assault troops had advanced 1-2 kilometers (miles) in some parts of Kursk, the commander of the…
Read MoreGermany Reportedly Issues 1St Arrest Warrant Related To 2022 Nord Stream Pipeline Blasts
German prosecutors have issued a first arrest warrant in their investigation into the undersea explosions in 2022 that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines between Russia and Germany, according to a media report Wednesday. German authorities refused to comment. German public broadcaster ARD, the daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung and the weekly Die Zeit said in a…
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