Posts by MCAC(Maryland Coordination and Analysis Center)
Buxton man found guilty of social media threats against Jewish community
A jury convicted a Buxton man on Thursday of threatening to kill Jewish people in a 2021 Twitter post. Brian Dennison, 27, was found guilty of transmitting a threatening interstate communication. The verdict came after a three-day jury trial in the U.S. District Court in Portland. According to evidence presented during the trial, Dennison posted…
Read MoreDanish police arrest several people suspected of planning terror attacks
It comes only two days after the Netherlands announced it raised its terrorism threat level to ‘substantial’ Danish police detained several people on Thursday on suspicion of preparing terrorist attacks. The arrests were made in coordinated operations across the country, police said. Authorities haven’t specified the number of arrests, however a press briefing scheduled for…
Read MoreSchool security officer made, sold explosives with teenage student
A California school security officer has admitted to making explosive devices with a student and selling them on social media, according to federal prosecutors. On Monday, Angelo Jackson Mendiver pleaded guilty to conspiring to engage in manufacturing and dealing in explosive materials and mailing explosive devices, as well as to making false statements to FBI…
Read MoreAlleged Texas mass shooter had warrants, family violence history yet he wasn’t in police custody
The man accused of killing six people in a violent spree across Texas last week had repeated encounters with police over the years, including a mental health crisis just three months before the shootings. In August, sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to a home in East Bexar County. According to a retelling of the incident by…
Read MoreFirst of two defendants sentenced to prison for Christmas Day 2022 attack on power substations
One of two Pierce County men who vandalized electrical substations as part of a burglary scheme, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma, to 18 months in prison, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman. Jeremy Crahan, 40, pleaded guilty in September 2023, admitting he joined co-defendant Matthew Greenwood in a conspiracy to…
Read MoreSecurity breach at India’s parliament on 22nd anniversary of deadly attack
Two unidentified men stormed the lower house of India’s parliament on Wednesday, in a major security breach that fell on the anniversary of a deadly attack on the complex more than two decades ago. Video broadcast live on Sansad TV, the official channel for the country’s parliament, showed a man jumping over tables and running…
Read MoreProsecutor: Driver accused of targeting religious group in Billings claimed they were ‘terrorists’
The woman accused ofdriving a vehicle into a religious group Saturday in downtown Billings told police she intentionally drove at them after drinking two bottles of liquor because she thought they were “terrorists,” according to charging documents filed in Yellowstone County District Court Tuesday. Genevienne Marlene Rancuret, 55, was formally charged with nine felony counts…
Read MoreThe Dutch counterterror agency has raised the national threat alert to the second-highest level
The Dutch counterterrorism agency on Tuesday lifted the country’s threat alert to its second-highest level, saying the possibility of an attack in the country is now “substantial.” The announcement marked the first time the threat level has been so high since the end of 2019 and came a week after the European Union’s home affairs…
Read MoreAnonymous bomb threats made against all public schools not credible, says Baltimore County Schools
Anonymous bomb threats made against public schools in Baltimore County were not credible, according to Baltimore County Public Schools. “There have been reports of school systems across the state and nation receiving anonymous bomb threats in recent days,” according to the school system. This morning, school officials in Baltimore County notified parents about a bomb…
Read MoreCalgary youth suspected of terrorism activity to enter into 12-month peace bond
The Calgary teen who will be placed on a 12-month terrorism peace bond believed Sharia law dictated that gay people should be executed, court was told Monday. And among the materials found on the now-17-year-old’s electronic devices were videos of people being beheaded or thrown off buildings to their deaths. Article content RCMP Const. Trevor…
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