Homeland Security News
Americans convicted in Congo of a botched coup attempt now face US charges
Three Americans repatriated to the United States from Congo this week have been charged with participating in an elaborate coup attempt aimed at overthrowing the African nation’s government last year, the U.S. Justice Department said Wednesday. A fourth man alleged by prosecutors to be an expert in explosives was also charged with aiding the plot.…
Read MoreISIS Supporter Sentenced to Over 19 Years in Prison for Recruiting for ISIS, Obstruction, and Attempting to Flee Justice
A Brooklyn woman, Sinmyah Amera Ceasar, 30, a U.S. citizen, was sentenced today to serve 230 months in prison for three separately charged crimes: conspiring to provide material support and resources to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a foreign terrorist organization; obstructing justice while released on bail pending sentencing; and failing to…
Read MoreCalifornia Man Pleads Guilty to Attempted Murder of Supreme Court Justice in Maryland
Nicholas John Roske, 29, of Simi Valley, California, pleaded guilty today to attempting to kill a U.S. Supreme Court Justice. “This calculated attempt on the life of a sitting U.S. Supreme Court Justice was a heinous attack on the Court itself,” said Attorney General Pamela Bondi. “Anyone who thinks they can use violence or intimidation…
Read More3 dead and 3 wounded in mass shooting in Virginia
Three people were killed and three others were wounded in a shooting in northeastern Virginia on Tuesday evening, and one or more shooters was on the loose, authorities said. At about 5:30 p.m., 911 calls came in about a shooting at a town house complex in Spotsylvania County, just outside Fredericksburg and about 65 miles…
Read MoreIran’s shadow war with Israel is ensnaring Swedish teens, security services say
As darkness enveloped Stockholm one evening last May, the city set into its nocturnal rhythm and its criminal underworld came alive. In a home in Västerås, a lakeside city 60 miles west of the capital, a mother completed her nighttime routine, comforted by the sight of her 15-year-old son safely in bed. But, just before…
Read MoreISP: Terre Haute man arrested for social media threats against state lawmaker
A Terre Haute man was arrested on Monday after he reportedly made threatening statements on social media against an Indiana State Representative. According to a news release from the Indiana State Police, 55-year-old Robert Bennett has been charged with four counts of intimidation, each a Level 6 felony. Lucas, a Republican state representative from Seymour,…
Read MoreCT man who mailed over 100 death threats to police, judges, journalists to be sentenced Wednesday
A federal judge is scheduled to impose sentence Wednesday on a man who has admitted mailing more than 100 threatening letters to people — including Connecticut state representatives, news reporters, police officers, government officials, and state and federal judges — in 2021 and 2022. Garrett Santillo’s letters often threatened to kill the recipients and members…
Read MoreMan arrested over death threat to judge who convicted France’s Le Pen
A man has been arrested on suspicion of making death threats against the judge who barred French far-right leader Marine Le Pen from running for president in 2027, a public prosecutor’s office said. The prosecutor’s office in Bobigny, northeast of Paris, said on Wednesday that the 76-year-old man, whose name was not given, had published…
Read MoreWestern intelligence agencies warn spyware threat targeting Taiwan, Tibetan rights advocates
Western intelligence agencies warned on Tuesday of an increasing threat from Beijing’s security services to use malicious mobile phone applications to surveil Taiwanese independence activists, Tibetan rights advocates and others opposed by the Chinese government. An advisory issued late on Tuesday warned of “the growing threat” posed by malicious surveillance software deployed by a Chengdu-based…
Read MoreUK Asylum seeker jailed for glorifying terrorism
An Islamic extremist who arrived in the UK seeking asylum has been jailed for supporting terror group Islamic State. Turkish national Hakan Barac, 28, of Commercial Road, Newport, posted videos on social media sites glorifying terrorists Osama bin Laden and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. He admitted five counts relating to the online distribution of terrorist publications,…
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