Posts by MCAC(Maryland Coordination and Analysis Center)
Man Who Threatened to Kill Election Officials Gets More Than 3 Years in Prison
A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a Colorado man who threatened to kill Democratic election officials in Colorado and Arizona and blamed his actions on exposure to far-right political rhetoric to more than three years in prison, officials said. The man, Teak Ty Brockbank, 46, pleaded guilty in October to one count of transmitting interstate…
Read MoreEdmonton-area youth, 15, arrested for terrorism-related offence
An Edmonton-area youth, linked to a violent online network that targets vulnerable children, has been arrested for a terrorism-related offence, RCMP said Thursday. RCMP Federal Policing Northwest Region’s National Security Enforcement Team arrested the 15-year-old on May 12, police said in a news release. The youth is in custody and police have commenced proceedings “by…
Read MoreEight Mexican soldiers killed by improvised explosive device
Eight Mexican soldiers have died after triggering an improvised explosive device (IED) in the state of Michoacán, underlining the rising use of mines by organised crime factions. The soldiers were on patrol in an armoured vehicle in the municipality of Los Reyes, near the border with the state of Jalisco, when the mine detonated on…
Read MoreMan arrested after claiming he had grenade at Union Terminal, police say
A 44-year-old man is under arrest after police say he claimed to have an explosive device at Cincinnati Union Terminal early Thursday. Paul Padilla was taken into custody at about 12:30 a.m. after telling Union Terminal staff he had a hand grenade in his backpack and was going to “pull the pin,” newly filed Hamilton…
Read MoreAustralia fast-tracks machete ban after shopping centre attack
A fight involving machetes at a Melbourne shopping centre has prompted an Australian state to fast-track the country’s first-ever ban on the weapon’s sale. The ban – to start in Victoria this Wednesday, instead of September – comes after two gangs attacked each other at Northland shopping centre in Preston on Sunday afternoon. A man,…
Read MoreFBI releases over 100 pages of writings by Covenant School shooter
The FBI has released more than 100 pages of writings by Audrey Hale, the shooter responsible for the tragic 2023 Covenant School shooting that claimed the lives of three children and three staff members at the private Christian elementary school. The documents, which were found in Hale’s car, had been kept private by law enforcement…
Read More19-year-old sentenced for thwarted high school shooting in Maryland
A former Montgomery County student convicted of plotting a shooting at Wootton High School will spend another year in jail after a judge decided Wednesday he was unlikely to get into a dedicated mental health program. Judge Jill Cummins sentenced 19-year-old Alex Ye to 10 years in prison but suspended all but one year of…
Read MoreSyrian admits triple murder at trial for German knife attack
A Syrian man has admitted carrying out a knife attack in the German town of Solingen last August in which three people were killed. “I have committed a grave crime, I am prepared to accept the verdict,” Issa al H said in a statement read out by his defence lawyers at the start of his…
Read MoreHamas chief Mohammed Sinwar ‘eliminated’ by Israel, PM says
Mohammed Sinwar was the brother of former Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the mastermind of the 7 October 2023 attacks on Israel who was killed last year. Israel has killed Mohammed Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told lawmakers, following Israeli media reports that he had been targeted in a…
Read MoreMarshals’ Data Shows Spike in Threats Against Federal Judges
Threats against federal judges have risen drastically since President Trump took office, according to internal data compiled by the U.S. Marshals Service. In the five-month period leading up to March 1 of this year, 80 individual judges had received threats, the data shows. Then, over the next six weeks, an additional 162 judges received threats,…
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