Homeland Security News
Man in custody for arson after fire at Casa Grande Jewish community center
Casa Grande police say a 30-year-old man has been arrested for arson after a devastating fire at a Jewish community center earlier this week. Fire and police officials were called to the Khal Chasidim community center near Pinal Avenue and Florence Boulevard on Monday at 5 a.m. for reports of a fire. Police say the…
Read MoreMan accused of making online threats to shoot up prominent Manhattan synagogue held without bail
Luis Ramirez smiled on his way into court for arraignment on charges he threatened to kill Jews, representing himself as “Adolf Hitler reincarnated.” He appeared in court on charges of making terroristic threats and making terroristic threats as a hate crime. Ramirez was arrested last month by Port Authority Police on the New Jersey side…
Read MoreMan pleads guilty to setting fire outside Jewish Museum of Maryland: ‘I was out of my mind’
A man entered mental health court on Wednesday after admitting to setting a fire outside the Jewish Museum of Maryland in what Baltimore Police previously described as a hate crime. Assadollah Hashemi, 66, of Reservoir Hill, pleaded guilty in Baltimore Circuit Court to setting a fire and damaging a religious building. He was sentenced to…
Read MoreMan arrested for alleged bomb plot after suspicious Barbourville church visit
Officers report that a Barbourville police investigation into a “suspicious” church attendee revealed alleged plans to bomb a major city. The Barbourville Police Department received reports from an area church in January that 23-year-old Maurya Bharwad was behaving strangely and “attempting to survey various rooms inside the church. Other churchgoers reported that Bharwad appeared to…
Read MoreSalem man accused of shooting window, throwing Molotov cocktail at Tesla dealership
A Salem man is facing a federal firearm charge after authorities said he threw a Molotov cocktail through the window at Salem’s Tesla dealership, then shot at windows in a separate incident. Adam M. Lansky, 41, was arrested Tuesday in Salem after a federal investigation linked him to a suspected arson at the dealership Jan.…
Read MoreJustice Department Charges 12 Chinese Contract Hackers and Law Enforcement Officers in Global Computer Intrusion Campaigns
The Justice Department, FBI, Naval Criminal Investigative Service, and Departments of State and the Treasury announced today their coordinated efforts to disrupt and deter the malicious cyber activities of 12 Chinese nationals, including two officers of the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) Ministry of Public Security (MPS), employees of an ostensibly private PRC company, Anxun…
Read MoreNew Jersey Man Admits to Concealing Material Support and Resources to ISIS
Kyse S. Abushanab, 27, of Budd Lake, New Jersey, pleaded guilty today to a one-count information charging him with concealing material support and resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization. According to court documents, between in or around March 2021 and in or around January 2022, Abushanab compiled resources, including information pertaining to the manufacture…
Read MoreColombian National Sentenced to Prison and Another Pleads Guilty for Roles in Conspiracy to Kidnap and Assault U.S. Army Soldiers in Colombia
A Colombian national was sentenced and another pleaded guilty in separate hearings today in the Southern District of Florida for their respective roles in kidnapping and assaulting two members of the U.S. military who were on temporary duty in Bogotá, Colombia. Pedro Jose Silva Ochoa, 47, was sentenced to 27 years and three months in…
Read MoreFlorida Dentist Sentenced for Threatening Public Figures and an Election Official
A Florida dentist was sentenced yesterday to two years in prison for threatening public figures, an election official, and others between 2019 and 2024. According to court documents, from September 2019 to July 2020, Richard Glenn Kantwill, 61, of Tampa, sent over 100 threats via Facebook and Instagram messages, email, and text to various public…
Read MoreHigh-ranking MS-13 leader arrested in Hyattsville, Maryland, ICE says
Federal authorities have arrested a high-ranking MS-13 leader in Hyattsville, Maryland, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials on Monday. ICE and the FBI took David Alejandro Orellana-Aleman, 27, into custody on Feb. 27 in Hyattsville. Officials said Orellana, a Salvadoran national, is wanted in his home country on charges of firearm possession,…
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