Homeland Security News
Man charged after alleged threats toward Catholic church in Marple Township
A potential tragedy was averted in Delaware County after police arrested a man accused of making threats against a Catholic church in Marple Township. Christopher Henderson, 37, of Exton, is now jailed on charges of making terroristic threats on Facebook targeting St. Pius Catholic Church in Broomall, according to police. According to the criminal complaint,…
Read MoreATF agent testifies linking arson suspect to dark web and AI use in Lachman Fire trial
An ATF special agent returned to the stand Wednesday in the federal arson trial of Jonathan Rinderknecht, telling jurors investigators found software on the defendant’s phone linking him to the dark web and that he asked ChatGPT how to delete all video messages from iCloud shortly after a search warrant was served. The agent also…
Read MoreMan suspected of torching Berkeley animal shelter arrested
Police have arrested the man they believe set fire to the Berkeley Animal Care Services shelter Saturday night, forcing the city-run facility near Aquatic Park to close and relocate all the animals living there. Police are also investigating whether the man they arrested was involved in vandalizing the shelter building by flooding it overnight Wednesday.…
Read More2 in Atlanta training center protests charged with federal arson offenses; 3 indicted by state
Two people accused of committing arson during protests of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center now face federal charges. In addition, Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr re-indicted the same two people, adding a third, he announced June 11. “The law does not protect, and the Department of Justice will not tolerate, organized acts of violence…
Read MoreToronto police officer fatally shot in investigation tied to U.S. consulate shootings: chief
A Toronto police constable has died after being shot following an exchange of gunfire with a suspect in the northwest end of the city Thursday morning, Chief Myron Demkiw says. Const. Marc Pinizzotto, 43, was “a hero in life, not death,” Demkiw said at a news conference outside Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. “There’s a very…
Read MoreMan pleads guilty to killing a top Minnesota Democrat and her husband while posing as an officer
A Minnesota man who posed as a police officer and went door-to-door in the middle of the night, killing the top Democrat in the state House and her husband and wounding a state senator and his wife, pleaded guilty to murder on Thursday so that federal prosecutors would not seek the death penalty. The attacks…
Read MoreGermantown Shopping Center Wall Bears Tags Linked to FBI-Flagged Violent Network
Black spray-painted graffiti bearing tags associated with 764 — a violent online network that has drawn a formal public safety warning from the FBI — appeared Sunday morning on the exterior wall of a building near the Noodles & Company at Neelsville Village Center on Frederick Road in Germantown, photographs obtained by MDBayNews show. The…
Read MorePolice blast water cannons at Belfast protesters as unrest flares again after stabbing
Police blasted water cannons Wednesday at protesters in Northern Ireland who set small fires and hurled bricks, rocks and bottles at them during a second night of violence over a brutal stabbing on a Belfast street. Demonstrators wearing masks tore bricks from the walls outside homes and smashed sidewalks with sledgehammers to toss at riot…
Read MoreFBI accuses 6 of armed Margaritaville kidnapping involving blowtorch torture, extortion
Six men are facing federal charges in connection with an armed kidnapping and robbery that began in the parking garage of the Margaritaville Hollywood Beach Resort, involving torture with a blowtorch, a gunshot and extortion, according to court documents made public on Wednesday. One of the two victims ended up dumped off the side of…
Read MoreTSA officers at Ohio airports discover training aid anti-tank mine, realistic replica pipe bomb at security checkpoints in one week
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at two Ohio airports discovered prohibited replicas of explosive devices at the security checkpoint during routine screening in one week. A training aid anti-tank mine was discovered at Dayton International Airport on June 3, and a realistic replica pipe bomb was detected at Rickenbacker International Airport in Columbus on June…
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