Archive for November 13, 2024
Charges: Alleged ‘sovereign citizen’ arrested with pipe bombs in vehicle in Oak Park Heights
A man arrested by Oak Park Heights police during a traffic stop early Saturday who had pipe bombs in his Chevrolet Trailblazer and told police he identified as a “sovereign citizen” has been charged in Washington County District Court. Wayne R. Lund, 46, of East Bethel, is facing felony charges of possession of an explosive/incendiary…
Read MoreServing police officer arrested on suspicion of supporting Hamas
A serving police office in South West England has been arrested on suspicion of supporting the Palestinian militant group Hamas. The officer, a constable aged in his thirties, was arrested on Tuesday in Gloucestershire by counterterrorism police, who said the suspected support “relates to activity online”. He has been taken to a police custody unit…
Read MoreOregon Man Pleads Guilty to Three Federal Hate Crimes for Defacing Synagogue
An Oregon man pleaded guilty today to three federal hate crimes after intentionally defacing a synagogue in Eugene, Oregon, on multiple occasions. Adam Edward Braun, 34, of Eugene, pleaded guilty to two counts of intentionally defacing a synagogue and one count of attempting to intentionally damage the synagogue because the synagogue was a place of…
Read MoreTwo Somali Pirates Sentenced to 30 Years Each in Prison for Armed Hostage Taking of American Journalist
Abdi Yusef Hassan, 56, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Mohamed Tahlil Mohamed, 43, of Mogadishu, Somalia, were both sentenced to 30 years in prison for hostage taking, terrorism, and firearms offenses, in connection with the 977-day hostage taking of an American journalist in Somalia. A jury in the Eastern District of New York convicted Hassan and…
Read MoreAmsterdam fears another night of unrest as it grapples with antisemitism and violence
Amsterdam police were bracing for yet another night of unrest on Tuesday as the Dutch capital grapples with antisemitic violence that started with attacks against visiting Israeli football fans last week. The Dutch capital was put under emergency measures last Friday, following the clashes that broke out after Thursday night’s soccer match between Israel’s Maccabi…
Read MoreRussia stages first missile attack on Kyiv since August, Ukraine says
Blasts boomed across Kyiv on Wednesday morning after officials said Russia launched its first missile attack on the Ukrainian capital since August, forcing elderly women and small children to take shelter in an underground metro station. Ukrainians have been waiting for a big missile attack for months, worried that it could deal a new blow…
Read More12 college students charged with hate crimes after assault in Maryland
A dozen students at a university on Maryland’s Eastern Shore have been arrested after they lured a man to an off-campus apartment, beat him up and called him a homophobic slur, according to local police. In addition to assault and false imprisonment, the 12 young men are facing hate crime charges for allegedly targeting the…
Read MorePentagon leaker Jack Teixeira sentenced to 15 years in prison for violating Espionage Act
Former Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, who admitted he illegally posted sensitive military information to online chat rooms in what prosecutors called one of the “most prolific” and “rare” government leak operations, was sentenced to 15 years in prison by a Boston federal judge on Tuesday. Teixeira, a 22-year-old Massachusetts native, pleaded guilty in…
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