Archive for December 2024
ICE arrests more than 1,700 during largest ever nationwide gang surge: 4-month long Operation Community Shield initiative takes dangerous criminals off the street
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-arrests-more-1700-during-largest-ever-nationwide-gang-surge-4-month-long WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced today the arrests of 1,759 gang members and associates, criminals and immigration violators as part of a comprehensive law enforcement operation led by ICE agents. Law enforcement agencies at the federal, state and local level partnered during this four-month long public safety surge, which…
Read More1 killed, 9 injured after shooting, fiery crash in Baltimore suburb of Towson, police say
One person was killed and nine others were injured after a shooting and fiery crash in the Baltimore suburb of Towson Tuesday night, authorities said. Law enforcement responded around 7:15 p.m. to the 8500 block of Loch Raven Boulevard, Baltimore County Police Chief Robert McCullough said in a news briefing. “It appears to be a…
Read MoreSuspect charged with killing UnitedHealthcare’s CEO as an act of terrorism
The man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare’s CEO has been charged with murder as an act of terrorism, prosecutors said Tuesday as they worked to bring him to a New York court from a Pennsylvania jail. Luigi Mangione already was charged with murder in the Dec. 4 killing of Brian Thompson, but the terror allegation is…
Read MoreRussia detains Uzbek man over general’s killing in Moscow
Russia’s security service says a 29-year-old man from Uzbekistan has been detained over the killing of senior general Igor Kirillov and his assistant in Moscow. Lt Gen Igor Kirillov, head of the Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Forces, was outside a residential block early on Tuesday when an explosive device hidden in a scooter was…
Read MoreMichigan Man Pleads Guilty to Hate Crime for Plotting Mass Shooting of Gay Community
A Michigan man pleaded guilty today to one count of committing a hate crime by attempting to carry out a mass killing. According to court documents, Mack Davis, 22, of Owosso, admitted that he attempted to conduct a mass killing of individuals at a political party headquarters and a nearby bar in the Eastern District…
Read More12 ISIS fighters killed in new round of US strikes on Syria, DOD says
U.S. forces in the Middle East conducted the second round of strikes in Syria in as many weeks, killing 12 enemy fighters Monday. Central Command, which oversees the American military in the region, said the targets included “ISIS leaders, operatives and camps,” though it didn’t say how many of each were targeted or what weapons…
Read MoreKennedy Street Drug Gang Members Sentenced for Drug Trafficking While Armed with Guns
https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/kennedy-street-drug-gang-members-sentenced-drug-trafficking-while-armed-guns The KDY Crew Operated Open-Air Drug Markets in Northwest Washington D.C. WASHINGTON – Angel Enrique Suncar, 31, and Tristan Miles Ware, 25, both of Washington D.C. and members of the violent Kennedy Street Crew (KDY), were sentenced today for their roles in a massive drug trafficking organization that…
Read More15-Year-Old Girl Fatally Shoots Teacher And Teenager At A Christian School In Wisconsin
A 15-year-old student opened fire inside a study hall at a small Christian school in Wisconsin, killing a teacher and teenager and prompting a swarm of police officers responding to a second grader’s 911 call. The girl also wounded six others in Monday’s shooting at Abundant Life Christian School, including two students who were in…
Read MoreStillwater man told Minnesota police, FBI that his homemade explosives were for rocket hobby
A 46-year-old Stillwater man found with a trove of homemade explosives and hundreds of rounds of high-powered ammunition is part of an anti-government movement and claimed to authorities that he was not subject to certain criminal laws, according to the FBI. Wayne Robert Lund, indicted by a grand jury on multiple weapons charges this week,…
Read MoreUkraine kills top Russian general in Moscow it accuses of chemical weapons crimes
A top Russian general accused by Ukraine of being responsible for the use of chemical weapons against Ukrainian troops was assassinated in Moscow by Ukraine’s SBU intelligence service on Tuesday morning in the most high-profile killing of its kind. Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, who was chief of Russia’s Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Troops, was…
Read More