Archive for December 2025
Engineer Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Bombings of PG&E Transformers, Causing Property Damage and Widespread Power Outages
Peter Karasev, 39, of San Jose, California, was sentenced yesterday to 120 months in federal prison for two counts of willful destruction of an energy facility related to two separate bombings of PG&E electrical transformers in late 2022 and early 2023. U.S. District Judge Beth Labson Freeman handed down the sentence. “Karasev’s attacks on critical…
Read MoreLeader of Transnational Terrorist Group Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Soliciting Hate Crimes and Murder, and Conspiring to Provide Material Support to Terrorists
Dallas Humber, 35, of Elk Grove, California, — leader of the Terrorgram Collective, a transnational terrorist group — was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Dena Coggins to 360 months in prison for soliciting hate crimes, soliciting the murder of federal officials, and conspiring to provide material support to terrorists. “From the comfort of her…
Read MorePennsylvania Man Sentenced to Prison for Creating and Distributing Videos Depicting Animal Torture and Mutilation
A Pennsylvania man was sentenced today to 38 months in prison and three years of supervised release in connection with his involvement with online groups dedicated to creating and distributing videos depicting acts of extreme violence and sexual abuse against animals. Robert Berndt, of Philadelphia, pleaded guilty on May 6 to conspiring to create and…
Read MorePolish authorities foil Islamic State-inspired Christmas market attack plot
A first-year law student at the Catholic University of Lublin was arrested by Poland’s Internal Security Agency (ABW) over a foiled plan to commit a terrorist attack, officials said. Mateusz W, 19, a Polish citizen from a Catholic family, allegedly intended to join a terrorist organisation and was planning an attack in a public place…
Read More10-Year-Old Killed in Russia School Stabbing
A 15-year old student killed a 10-year-old on Tuesday in a knife attack at a school in the Moscow area. The attacker also stabbed a security guard and a staff member, according to Russia’s Investigative Committee. The attacker pleaded guilty, Olga Vradiy, a representative for the committee was quoted as saying by Russia’s state news…
Read MoreTrump orders blockade of ‘sanctioned oil tankers’ into Venezuela, ramping up pressure on Maduro
President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is ordering a blockade of all “sanctioned oil tankers” into Venezuela, ramping up pressure on the country’s authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro in a move that seemed designed to put a tighter chokehold on the South American country’s economy. Trump’s escalation comes after U.S. forces last week seized an oil…
Read MoreNew photo of person of interest in Brown University shooting is released as manhunt enters fourth day
Rhode Island officials on Tuesday released new images and video of a person of interest as the search continued for the shooter who killed two Brown University students and injured nine others Saturday. Like previously released images, the new enhanced photo shows a man with a black mask, a beanie and what appears to be…
Read MoreAlleged Bondi gunman charged with 15 murders as funerals of victims begin
A man who allegedly opened fire on a Jewish Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s famed Bondi Beach has been charged with 59 offences, including murder and terrorism, police said on Wednesday. The alleged father-and-son perpetrators opened fire on the celebration at Sydney’s famed Bondi Beach on Sunday, killing 15 in an attack that shook the nation…
Read MoreFrench interior ministry targeted in massive cyberattack, minister confirms
France’s Interior Ministry was targeted by a cyberattack several days ago that compromised email accounts and allowed hackers to access sensitive police files, Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez confirmed Wednesday. “We were the target of a malicious intrusion a few days ago,” Nuñez said in an interview on Franceinfo outlet. A judicial investigation is under way…
Read MoreFormer San Antonio City Council staffer arrested for threats toward District 9 office, affidavit says
A staff member for a San Antonio City Council district office has been arrested on a terroristic threat charge, according to an email obtained by KSAT from City Manager Erik Walsh to Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones and the city council. Bryan Naylor was arrested Monday, Bexar County court records show. Naylor, who was employed by…
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