Archive for February 2026
Investigation into arson attack at Islamic Cultural Centre in Limerick
An investigation is under way into an arson attack on the Islamic Cultural Centre in Co Limerick. The centre, which is located in Dooradoyle, serves the Muslim community in Limerick. Emergency services attended the scene at around 1.30am yesterday morning and it took three units of Limerick Fire Service over half an hour to bring…
Read MoreTwo arrested in connection with bomb threats at Conn-Weld Industries
Two men were arrested on February 9, 2026, in connection with bomb threats made against Conn-Weld Industries. Leyton B. Jones and Gavin Hagerman are facing charges of Terroristic Threats and Conspiracy to Commit Damage to Persons or Property stemming from an investigation that began on November 18, 2025. On November 18, 2025, a bomb threat…
Read MoreDuplin County [NC] man arrested for threats against local judge and sheriff, faces felony charges
A Duplin County man has been arrested after he was accused of threatening to kill a judge and the Duplin County Sheriff. On Wednesday, State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) agents arrested 37-year-old Matthew Lane Tart. According to arrest warrants, Tart is accused of threatening to kill Sheriff Stratton Stokes and North Carolina 4A Judicial District…
Read MoreCourageous Student Report Leads to Arrest in School Threat Case
A Fort Walton Beach–area teenager has been arrested after investigators say he made repeated and increasingly specific threats to carry out a school shooting, prompting praise from law enforcement and school officials for students who reported the behavior. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office announced Thursday that 15-year-old Joel Bravo-Jaramillo was taken into custody and charged…
Read MoreFormer USDA employee accused of sending threats to investigator in Salem
A fired U.S. Department of Agriculture worker who has been living near the Mojave Desert appeared Thursday in federal court in New Hampshire to face accusations that he threatened to kill a USDA investigator. Keith Bergstrom, 40, is accused of sending threatening emails to a USDA investigator in Salem and others. According to court paperwork,…
Read MoreSarasota quadruple murder victims identified, linked to double homicide in South Florida
A shooting that left four victims and the suspect dead in a Sarasota gated community was linked to a separate homicide in Florida, authorities said. At 12:24 p.m. Tuesday, the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office got a call about a man being shot at a home in the Amberlea neighborhood near Proctor and McIntosh Roads. Upon…
Read MoreSecond teen arrested in alleged school shooting plot at Morristown Jr./Sr High School
A second teen is under arrest in connection with what investigators have called a planned mass shooting at Morristown Junior-Senior High School in Shelby County. Melanie Little, 17, of Corinth, Mississippi, was taken into police custody and charged with attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder. The Shelby County Prosecutor’s Office says Little was taken…
Read MoreLockdown lifted on SC State campus after deadly shooting
Update at 5:25 a.m.: The State Law Enforcement Division, SLED, says the lockdown on South Carolina State University’s campus is lifted, following a deadly shooting. Agents say the lockdown lifted at 5:00 a.m. Friday. No other updates were released. Original story: South Carolina State University officials say the campus is on lockdown following a shooting…
Read MorePolice nab St. Mary’s man wanted in Idaho on child sex abuse charges
Deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office, with the assistance of the Department of Defense and the Naval Criminal Investigative Services, arrested a 19-year-old Leonardtown man on Feb. 3 on a nationwide warrant issued in Canyon County, Idaho. The suspect, identified in a release from the Nampa, Idaho Police Department as Jacob William St.…
Read MoreTeenager steals gun from police and attacks a school in southern Thailand, killing 1
A 17-year-old stole a gun from police and opened fire at a public high school in southern Thailand, briefly taking people hostage Wednesday in a two-hour attack that killed one person and injured two others, police and local officials said. Police also wounded the assailant in a gunbattle at the Patongprathankiriwat School in Songkhla province…
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