Posts Tagged ‘Crime’
Multiple Life Sentences For Maryland Mass Shooter: State’s Attorney
Jabre Griffith was sentenced to two life terms plus 120 years on Tuesday, Feb. 18, for the murders of Ernest Hall and Micah Strong, as well as for a violent shooting spree in March 2023, according to Baltimore City State’s Attorney Ivan Bates. “I do not take a sentence of this length lightly when it…
Read MoreCultlike group’s leader connected to 6 killings in 3 states ordered held without bail in Maryland
The leader of a cultlike group connected to six killings in three states was ordered held without bail Tuesday in Maryland, where she faces trespassing and other charges. Jack LaSota, 34, of Berkeley, California, and two others arrested with her on Sunday appeared via videoconference for bail hearings in Allegany County District Court. A judge…
Read MorePensacola man accused of throwing explosive device at sub shop facing several charges
A man from Pensacola is facing several charges after allegedly threatening people with a gun and throwing a small explosive device at a Jimmy John’s in Fort Walton Beach. Deputies with the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office arrested 41-year-old Gregory Simonds on Saturday. According to an arrest report, Simonds went to the Emerald Coast Harley-Davidson around…
Read MoreMysterious leader of violent, cultlike Zizian group arrested in Western Maryland
Jack ‘Ziz’ LaSota, the apparent leader of the Zizians, a cult-like group tied to at least six deaths, was arrested Sunday evening in western Maryland. LaSota, who uses she/her pronouns, is being held in the Allegany County jail on charges of trespassing, wrongly possessing a handgun in a vehicle and obstructing or hindering authorities, according…
Read MoreWhite Supremacist Leader Found Guilty of Conspiring to Destroy Regional Power Grid
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/white-supremacist-leader-found-guilty-conspiring-destroy-regional-power-grid Defendant Planned Attack in Support of Neo-Nazi Accelerationist Ideology After a six-day trial, a jury found Brandon Russell, 29, of Orlando, Florida, guilty of conspiracy to damage an energy facility. According to evidence presented at trial, from at least November 2022 to Feb. 3, 2023, Russell conspired to carry out attacks against critical infrastructure,…
Read MoreVirginia Gang Members Sentenced to Decades in Prison for Kidnapping and Murder
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/virginia-gang-members-sentenced-decades-prison-kidnapping-and-murder Hezekiah Carney, 26, of Norfolk, Virginia, and Jayquan Jones, 22, of Richmond, Virginia, were each sentenced today to 38 years in prison for federal charges relating to the kidnapping and murder of a fellow Almighty Black P. Stone gang member. A total of four defendants have now been sentenced as part of the case.…
Read MoreMember of the 764 Criminal Enterprise Pleads Guilty to Racketeering Conspiracy and Other Charges
Jairo Jaime Tinajero, 25, pleaded guilty yesterday in the Western District of Kentucky to the following charges contained in the superseding information: racketeering conspiracy, online enticement, three counts of production of child sexual abuse material, three counts of distribution of child sexual abuse material (CSAM), five counts of interstate communications of threats, cyberstalking, and conspiracy…
Read MoreSuspect in Salman Rushdie knife attack goes on trial in upstate New York
Prosecutors in the trial of the man accused of attacking Salman Rushdie told jurors Monday that the author came “dangerously close” to dying in a frenzied assault that left him blind in one eye. Hadi Matar, a 27-year-old Lebanese-American who said “free Palestine” as he entered court, is charged with attempted murder and assault over…
Read MoreMS-13 gang member with weapons conviction arrested in Maryland
https://www.nottinghammd.com/2025/02/10/ms-13-gang-member-with-weapons-conviction-arrested-in-maryland/ BALTIMORE, MD—An MS-13 gang member convicted of possessing a loaded handgun was arrested in Maryland earlier this month, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. German Ronal Del Cid Carranza, 33, was taken into custody by ICE in Silver Spring on February 4, 2025 after he was arrested by Prince George’s County Police in Sept. 2022. Del Cid was…
Read MoreFBI searching for man wanted for breaking into a power plant in West Virginia
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is seeking help identifying a man who broke into a West Virginia power plant. The FBI offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of a man who entered a West Virginia power plant in 2023. According to the release, the unknown suspect gained unauthorized…
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