Homeland Security News
DHL cargo plane crashes near airport in Lithuania’s capital Vilnius amid concern over alleged Russian sabotage
A DHL cargo plane crashed early Monday near the airport in Lithuania’s capital, killing one person, authorities said as they searched for clues to what caused the tragedy. Lithuanian officials, who in the past weeks have been investigating incendiary devices allegedly sent on Western-bound cargo planes, stopped short of linking the crash with that investigation.…
Read MoreMan who set off explosive device Alabama Attorney General’s Office sentenced to 9 years in prison
An Irondale man who pleaded guilty to setting off an explosive device outside the Alabama Attorney General’s Office earlier this year has been sentenced to nearly a decade in prison. Kyle Benjamin Douglas Calvert, 27, was sentenced to 108 months in prison after pleading guilty to malicious use of an explosive back in August. Originally,…
Read MoreMiami County doctor pleads guilty in explosive device case, details under seal
The Miami County doctor at the center of a several day-long FBI raid was in federal court Wednesday. Steven Werling, according to U.S. District Court records, has pleaded guilty to one felony count. However, the plea agreement is under seal and is unknown. Dayton 24/7 Now has reached out to the court for more information.…
Read MoreHouse passes bill that would allow Treasury to target nonprofits it deems to support terrorism
The U.S. House passed legislation Thursday that would give the Treasury Department unilateral authority to strip the tax-exempt status of nonprofits it claims support terrorism, alarming civil liberties groups about how a second Trump presidency could invoke it to punish political opponents. The bill passed 219-184, with the majority of the support coming from Republicans…
Read MoreDual U.S. and Albanian Citizen Arrested for Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS and Distributing Instructions Regarding Homemade Explosives
A former New York man and dual citizen of the United States and Albania was arrested yesterday in New York on criminal charges related to his alleged involvement in attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) and distributing instructional information regarding the making of explosives. According to court…
Read MoreHouse passes bill that would allow Treasury to target nonprofits it deems to support terrorism
The U.S. House passed legislation Thursday that would give the Treasury Department unilateral authority to strip the tax-exempt status of nonprofits it claims support terrorism, alarming civil liberties groups about how a second Trump presidency could invoke it to punish political opponents. The bill passed 219-184, with the majority of the support coming from Republicans…
Read MoreTexas man pleads guilty in mass shooting plots targeting Buc-ee’s, several high schools
A New Braunfels 20-year-old pleaded guilty in a federal court to one count of attempt to receive firearm to use in a plot targeting a popular interstate store and several schools, per federal prosecutors. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Cameron Peterson, 20, began planning mass shootings in November 2022. On Jan. 4, 2024, Peterson…
Read MorePolice carry out controlled explosion as suspicious package found near U.S. Embassy in London
Police in London carried out a controlled explosion Friday after finding a suspicious package near the U.S. Embassy in the British capital. They blocked off at least one road near the embassy compound, which sits on the south side of the Thames river in the Nine Elms neighborhood. “We can confirm that the ‘loud bang’…
Read MoreMan indicted for terroristic threats, inducing panic at Tower City
The man accused of walking into Tower City with a gun and making threats has now been indicted, according to the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor. A Cuyahoga County grand jury charged 21-year-old George Ivery Jr. for making terroristic threats for live streaming inside Tower City with a gun, pointing a gun at traffic on I-90, and…
Read MoreBrazilian Police Indict Former President Bolsonaro And Aides In Alleged 2022 Coup Attempt
Brazil’s federal police said Thursday they indicted former President Jair Bolsonaro and 36 other people on charges of attempting a coup to keep him in office after his electoral defeat in the 2022 elections. The findings were to be delivered Thursday to Brazil’s Supreme Court to be referred to Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet, who will either…
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