Homeland Security News
Virginia 11-year-old arrested, accused of bomb threats at Flagler County schools last year
The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office said it has arrested an 11-year-old boy from Virginia who is accused of making threats against Flagler County schools. On May 14, the FCSO Communications Center said it received a bomb threat toward Buddy Taylor Middle School. Following that initial threat, 20 more bomb or shooting threats were made toward…
Read MoreFrench minister thanks Belgium for detaining 7 terror suspects on eve of Olympics opening ceremony
On the eve of the Olympics opening ceremony in Paris, France’s interior minister thanked Belgium Thursday for a string of raids that led to the detention of seven people for questioning over suspected terrorist activities. The Belgian Federal prosecutor’s office said that the people detained during 14 raids in towns and cities across the country…
Read More95 Libyan Nationals Arrested In South Africa At Suspected Secret Military Training Camp
South African police arrested 95 Libyan nationals in a raid on a suspected secret military training camp on Friday and authorities said they were investigating whether there were more illegal bases in other parts of the country. The camp was discovered at a farm in White River in the Mpumalanga province, about 360 kilometers (220…
Read MoreDefendants with Ties to White Supremacy Sentenced in Connection with Plot to Destroy Energy Facilities
Three men were sentenced today for various conspiracy and firearms offenses in connection with a racially-motivated scheme to destroy an energy facility. Paul James Kryscuk, 38, of Boise, Idaho, was sentenced today to six years and six months in prison for conspiracy to destroy an energy facility. Liam Collins, 25, of Johnston, Rhode Island, was…
Read MoreTop Sinaloa cartel leaders, including son of El Chapo, taken into US custody: DOJ
Two top leaders of the Mexican Sinaloa drug cartel have been taken into custody by United States authorities to face charges for their role in leading the group’s vast drug trafficking enterprise, the Department of Justice announced Thursday. Sinaloa cartel co-founder Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada and Joaquin Guzman Lopez, the son of “El Chapo” Guzman,…
Read More3 tree workers shot while clearing way for power company before suspect shot by cops during arrest
A man shot three tree workers while they were clearing trees for a power company before being shot himself by police officers during his arrest, police said. The incident began near Murphytown, North Carolina, located in the Green Mountain area of Yancey County, when local resident 36-year-old Lucas Wilson Murphy confronted contract workers clearing the…
Read MoreFrance’s train network hit by arson attacks hours before Olympic ceremony
Saboteurs struck France’s TGV high-speed train network in a series of pre-dawn attacks that caused chaos on the country’s busiest rail lines ahead of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony on Friday. The coordinated sabotage took place as France rolled out an unprecedented peacetime security operation involving tens of thousands of police and soldiers to lockdown…
Read MoreNew Jersey Man Sentenced for Series of Violent Assaults on Members of the Orthodox Jewish Community
A New Jersey man was sentenced today to 40 years in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release for committing a series of bias-motivated violent assaults on members of the Orthodox Jewish community in and around Lakewood, New Jersey. Dion Marsh, 29, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi…
Read MoreMan Who Attacked Author Salman Rushdie Charged With Supporting Terrorist Group
A man who severely injured author Salman Rushdie in a frenzied knife attack in western New York faces a new charge that he supported a terrorist group. An indictment unsealed in U.S. District Court in Buffalo on Wednesday charges Hadi Matar with providing material support to Hezbollah, a militant group based in Lebanon and backed…
Read MoreDomestic machete assault leads to discovery of ‘potentially viable explosive device’ in car outside East Harlem NYPD precinct
The NYPD Bomb Squad and Emergency Service Unit responded to the department’s 25th Precinct in East Harlem on Wednesday afternoon after a domestic assault involving a machete led to the discovery of a “potentially viable improvised explosive device” in a car outside the station house. Two men, who are cousins, pulled up to the 25th…
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