Archive for March 2026
Australian fugitive Dezi Freeman accused of killing two police officers believed to have been shot dead
A fugitive accused of killing two police officers is believed to have been shot dead, Australian police have said. Dezi Freeman, 56, was on the run for seven months after allegedly killing two officers in a remote town in Victoria state. On Monday, police said they believed he was engaged in a three-hour standoff inside…
Read MorePlot to firebomb Palestinian activist’s home thwarted by NYPD undercover operation
A New Jersey man who planned to firebomb the home of a prominent Palestinian activist was arrested Thursday following a weekslong undercover operation led by the New York City Police Department, officials said. The target of the plot was Nerdeen Kiswani, an outspoken Brooklyn-based Palestinian activist who co-founded the group Within Our Lifetime. Kiswani, 31,…
Read MoreFrance probes possible Iran link after bomb attack foiled outside Bank of America
French authorities are investigating a suspected link to Iran after thwarting a bomb attack outside a Bank of American building in Paris on the weekend, the interior minister said Monday. The authorities suspect there could be a link to Iran due to similarities to other recent attempted attacks in Europe which a pro-Iran group claimed…
Read MoreSchool stabbing in Chile leaves 1 dead and 4 injured
A stabbing at a school in northern Chile killed at least one person and injured four others on Friday, police said. The attack occurred at about 10:40 a.m. local time at the Instituto Obispo Silva Lezaeta, located in the city of Calama, in the northern Antofagasta region. A 12th grade student attacked three students and…
Read MoreFour Members of D.C. Gang Sentenced in Conspiracy Case that Resulted in Two Murders and a Non-Fatal Drive-By Shooting in Southeast, Washington, D.C.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/four-members-dc-gang-sentenced-conspiracy-case-resulted-two-murders-and-non-fatal-drive WASHINGTON – Derrico Johnson, 21, Ronald Henderson, 19, Daveon Robinson, 18, and Demarco Robinson, 22, were sentenced Friday in connection with three different day-time shootings that occurred in Southeast Washington, D.C. between April 2022 and January 2023, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro. Each of the defendants, who are members of the Southeast D.C.…
Read MoreJudge Denies Several Motions in Gang-Related Homicide Case
Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Robert K. Taylor denied several key defense motions on March 23 in a gang-related homicide case. Keith Russell, 40, and co-defendant Cornell Moore, 39, face multiple counts of first-degree murder, attempted murder, and conspiracy. Prosecutors allege that Russell, along with Moore and other accomplices, engaged in a pattern of homicides,…
Read MoreMS-13 gang member sentenced for Silver Spring shooting that left 1 dead, 2 hurt
https://www.dcnewsnow.com/news/local-news/maryland/montgomery-county/ms-13-gang-member-sentenced-for-silver-spring-shooting-that-left-1-dead-2-hurt by: Odyssey Fields Posted: Mar 24, 2026 / 11:38 AM EDT Updated: Mar 24, 2026 / 11:38 AM EDT SILVER SPRING, Md. (DC News Now) — A MS-13 gang member will sit in prison for more than seven decades for his connection with a deadly shooting in Silver Spring in 2022. A Montgomery County judge handed down…
Read MoreBiker found not guilty of murder in Baltimore mass shooting as jury deadlocks on conspiracy
The 2024 shooting happened in Oliver near Caroline and Hoffman Park, killing 1 and wounding 7 others https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/eric-kibler-thunderguards-motorcycle-club-mass-shooting-baltimore-verdict-F3EYUGC3SVDMDAGF3GUIR6Y6EU Dylan Segelbaum Baltimore Banner March 23, 2026 dylan.segelbaum@thebaltimorebanner.com A Thunderguards Motorcycle Club member was found not guilty on Monday of first- and second-degree murder in a mass shooting in East Baltimore that killed one person and wounded seven…
Read MoreBrother and sister are charged after an explosive device was found outside a Florida Air Force base
A man who fled to China after leaving an explosive device outside MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa has been indicted along with his sister in Florida on federal charges, and their mother has been detained pending deportation for overstaying her visa, a federal prosecutor said Thursday. Alen Zheng, 20, and Ann Mary Zheng, 27,…
Read MoreMan Pleads Guilty to Participating in Online Neo-Nazi Group that Exploited Children into Producing Child Sexual Abuse Material
A Texas man and convicted rapist pleaded guilty to leading a child exploitation enterprise connected to an internet-based extremist group that entices and targets children into producing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and images of self-harm. Kaleb Christopher Merritt, 26, also known as “eTerror,” of Spring, Texas, pleaded guilty to one count of engaging in…
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