Archive for May 9, 2025
Ignited explosive device found inside church rectory
A man has been arrested after police say an explosive device was discovered inside a church rectory. According to the Mahanoy City Police Department, officers arrested 32-year-old Kyle Kuczynski, who was wanted on a bench warrant. Police say Kuczynski was wanted in connection with an incident at St. Teresa of Calcutta Rectory on May 6,…
Read MoreFBI has opened 250 investigations tied to violent online network ‘764’ that preys on teens, top official says
FBI officials say they are growing increasingly concerned about a loose network of violent predators who befriend teenagers through popular online platforms and then coerce them into escalating sexual and violent behavior — pushing victims to create graphic pornography, harm family pets, cut themselves with sharp objects, or even die by suicide. The online predators,…
Read MoreTexas Man Convicted of Making Threats to Kill Nashville District Attorney
David Aaron Bloyed, 60, of Frost, Texas, was found guilty today by a federal jury of one count of communicating a threat in interstate commerce to lynch and kill Glenn Funk, the elected District Attorney General (DA) for Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee. “The defendant’s heinous threats strike at the heart of our justice system…
Read MoreNew York Man Charged with Federal Hate Crimes After Repeatedly Assaulting Jewish Victims
An indictment was unsealed today in the Southern District of New York charging Tarek Bazrouk 20, of New York, New York, with three counts of committing hate crimes in connection with his repeated assaults of Jewish victims in New York City between 2024 and 2025. Bazrouk was arrested this morning and will be presented later…
Read MoreMan Sentenced to Over 30 Years in Prison for Crypto-Terror Financing Scheme
A Springfield, Virginia, man was sentenced yesterday to 364 months in prison for his efforts to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization. According to court records and evidence presented at trial, from at least October 2019 through October 2022, Mohammed Azharuddin Chhipa, 35, collected…
Read MoreTennessee Man Indicted on Arson and Explosive Charges for Setting Fire to Nonprofit Organization
A federal grand jury in Knoxville, Tennessee returned an indictment on May 7, charging Regan Darby Prater, 27, with arson for firebombing the Highlander Center, a nonprofit research and education center in New Market, Tennessee; and with carrying an explosive device during the commission of the arson. Prater appeared in court today before U.S. Magistrate…
Read MoreAnti-government group threatens crucial weather radars, NOAA warns
An anti-government group is making threats against weather equipment that it says is a “weather weapon” controlled by the military, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warned employees. In emails widely shared with National Weather Service staff this month and obtained by The Washington Post, the NOAA Office of Security warned of threats it said…
Read MoreFather of Madison shooter at Abundant Life Christian School charged criminally for giving daughter guns
The father of a teenager who shot multiple people at a Madison school late last year has been charged criminally after prosecutors say he gave guns to his daughter. Jeffrey Rupnow, 42, of Madison is facing two felony counts of intentionally giving, selling or loaning a dangerous weapon to a person under the age of…
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