Posts by MCAC(Maryland Coordination and Analysis Center)
Shots fired outside US Embassy in Lebanon, but no injuries have been reported
An unknown gunman opened fire outside the U.S. Embassy in Lebanon late Wednesday night. Embassy spokesperson Jake Nelson said in a statement that “small arms fire was reported in the vicinity of the entrance” of the heavily fortified compound in the Beirut suburb of Awkar. “There were no injuries, and our facility is safe,” he…
Read More‘Maybe become the next shooter’: Former Monona student charged in school threats
A former Monona Grove School District student was charged Tuesday with felony terrorist threats after authorities say the student said they’d harm students at a high school. Authorities said at least two tips about Emma Hardiman, 18, came through the Wisconsin Department of Justice’s Speak Up, Speak Out portal. The site in the Office of…
Read MoreBrooklyn subway shooter Frank James seeking 18 years in N train attack
Attorneys for a man who opened fire on a crowded New York subway train, injuring 10 and sparking an intense city-wide manhunt, are asking that he be sentenced to 18 years in prison. Frank James, now 64, has been “tormented by lifelong paranoid schizophrenia,” his federal public defenders wrote in a sentencing memorandum this week.…
Read MoreFederal Jury Convicts Man of Detonating Pipe Bomb at Suburban Chicago Train Station
A federal jury in Chicago has convicted a man of detonating a pipe bomb at a suburban Chicago train station. On Sept. 1, 2006, THOMAS JAMES ZAJAC placed a pipe bomb in a trash can at the BNSF Railway station in Hinsdale, Ill. The device exploded during the morning commute, causing damage inside the station…
Read MoreMyanmar military junta ‘deliberately bombing medical facilities’ with secret jungle hospital now being sought
The Myanmar military junta is deliberately targeting medical facilities and medical staff with airstrikes, raids by soldiers and the burning down of buildings, using a map of public hospitals and clinics they drew up in 2019, according to a new report shared exclusively with Sky News. Myanmar Witness, a project run by the UK-based Centre…
Read MoreJudge rejects defense effort to throw out an Oath Keeper associate’s Jan. 6 guilty verdict
A federal judge on Tuesday upheld an obstruction conviction against a Virginia man who stood trial with members of the Oath Keepers extremist group in one of the most serious cases brought in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta rejected a defense effort to throw out the Washington jury’s guilty verdict…
Read MoreWhite supremacist pleads guilty to threatening Pittsburgh synagogue shooting jurors and witnesses
White supremacist Hardy Lloyd could spend more than six years in federal prison after pleading guilty Tuesday to threatening jurors and witnesses in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial, federal officials said. Lloyd, 45, ran a prolific and hateful website that, for much of the spring and summer, took aim at the prosecutors, witnesses, victims and…
Read MoreFlorida man charged with terrorism, intent to murder, after setting MSP vehicles on fire
A 39-year-old Florida man was arraigned on multiple felony charges Monday, after he allegedly set multiple Michigan State Police vehicles on fire and shot at them with a rifle. According to the MSP, James Itani was arraigned in 91st District Court on charges of one count of terrorism, one count of third-degree arson, 11 counts…
Read MoreMaryland Man Arrested for Assaulting Law Enforcement During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
A Maryland man has been arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges, including assaulting law enforcement, related to his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to…
Read MoreEx-Indiana substitute teacher gets 10 months in prison for sending hoax bomb threats to schools, newspaper
A former Indiana substitute teacher has been sentenced to 10 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to sending hoax bomb threats targeting numerous locations, including the school where she was employed at the time, the Justice Department announced Monday. In January, Mary Fortner sent a bomb threat to a Milltown, Indiana, police officer targeting…
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