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Hoke County man accused of leading ALE agents past possible IED earlier in April arrested Wednesday
A man was arrested on Wednesday after he was accused escaping from Alcohol Law Enforcement (ALE) agents earlier in April and leading them past a possible homemade explosive device (IED). According to the Hoke County Sheriff’s Office, the sheriff’s office’s “special response team” located Jonathan Oxendine, 32, around 9 p.m. in the southern part of…
Read MoreJordanian National Sentenced to Six Years for Threatening to Use Explosives and Attacking an Energy Facility
Hashem Younis Hashem Hnaihen, 44, a Jordanian national residing illegally in Orlando, was sentenced today to six years in federal prison for threatening to use explosives and destruction of an energy facility. A restitution hearing will be held at a future date to address the more than $450,000 in damages Hnaihen caused. “Threatening to commit…
Read MoreFrance drops terrorism probe into prison attacks, cites organised crime
French anti-terror prosecutors said Friday they were dropping an investigation into 30 suspects linked to a wave of prison attacks, determining the acts fell under the scope of “major organised crime”. Attackers in April struck at several jails and other facilities across France, torching cars, spraying the entrance of one prison with automatic gunfire and…
Read MoreHigh schooler faces terrorism charge after playing ‘Senior Assassination’ game in hospital
An 18-year-old high school student was arrested Wednesday on a felony threat of terrorism charge after he allegedly ran into a hospital carrying a Nerf gun as part of a “Senior Assassination” game. On April 30, two young males allegedly entered Jordan Valley Hospital with what appeared to be a gun and “asked if it…
Read MoreSchool Fire Leads to Reckless Endangerment and Arson Indictment for Prince Frederick Man
Juan Jared Perez-Lopez, 20, of Prince Frederick, has been indicted by a Calvert County grand jury in connection with a February fire at Calvert High School. Perez-Lopez was indicted on four criminal counts, including arson and reckless endangerment, stemming from the incident that temporarily disrupted operations at the school and endangered over 1,100 individuals. According…
Read MoreWhite Supremacist Is Charged in 2019 Arson at Tennessee Civil Rights Landmark
A Tennessee man with ties to several white supremacist groups has been charged with setting a fire in 2019 that destroyed the offices of a social justice center connected with Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr., according to court records. In a federal criminal complaint that was unsealed on April 24, the F.B.I. said…
Read MoreMan arrested for throwing explosive device at people near Baltimore Home Depot
A man is accused of throwing an explosive device at a group of individuals gathered near a Southeast Baltimore shopping center last weekend. The explosion happened Sunday near the Wendy’s and the Eastern Avenue entrance to The Home Depot. On Monday, bomb squad and arson investigators said they had identified a person of interest. Detectives…
Read MoreMan sentenced to 10 years for 2023 Baltimore mass shooting that killed 2, injured 28
A 20-year-old man was sentenced to 10 years in prison Tuesday for his role in a deadly Baltimore mass shooting that left two people dead and 28 injured. Tristan Jackson pleaded guilty in March to participating in the 2023 mass shooting in the Brooklyn Homes neighborhood. Jackson pleaded guilty to a second-degree assault charge, use…
Read MoreMisogyny to be treated as extremism by UK government
Extreme misogyny will be treated as a form of extremism under new government plans, the Home Office has said. Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, has ordered a review of the UK’s counter-extremism strategy to determine how best to tackle threats posed by harmful ideologies. The analysis will look at hatred of women as one of…
Read MoreFlorida man with ties to Wisconsin school shooter accused of mass shooting threats
A Florida man with ties to a teen girl behind a deadly shooting at a Wisconsin school last year has been arrested for allegedly making mass shooting threats. Damien Blade Allen, 22, was arrested Tuesday by the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office on charges including intimidation-threatening a mass shooting, unlawful use of a two-way communications device…
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