Posts Tagged ‘Crime’
North Merrick man indicted for terrorism over alleged plotted Uniondale attack
A North Merrick man was indicted for terrorism and a slew of other charges on Nov. 13 after allegedly plotting to attack the Nassau County Department of Social Services building in Uniondale, District Attorney Anne Donnelly announced. James Luca, 46, allegedly attempted to detonate a homemade bomb he placed at the front doors of the…
Read MoreCalifornia Teenager Pleads Guilty in Florida to Making Hundreds of ‘Swatting’ Calls Across the United States
Alan W. Filion, 18, of Lancaster, California, pleaded guilty today to four counts of making interstate threats to injure the person of another. Filion faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison on each count. A sentencing date has not yet been set. “This prosecution and today’s guilty plea reaffirm the Justice Department’s commitment…
Read MoreTwo Somali Pirates Sentenced to 30 Years Each in Prison for Armed Hostage Taking of American Journalist
Abdi Yusef Hassan, 56, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Mohamed Tahlil Mohamed, 43, of Mogadishu, Somalia, were both sentenced to 30 years in prison for hostage taking, terrorism, and firearms offenses, in connection with the 977-day hostage taking of an American journalist in Somalia. A jury in the Eastern District of New York convicted Hassan and…
Read More12 college students charged with hate crimes after assault in Maryland
A dozen students at a university on Maryland’s Eastern Shore have been arrested after they lured a man to an off-campus apartment, beat him up and called him a homophobic slur, according to local police. In addition to assault and false imprisonment, the 12 young men are facing hate crime charges for allegedly targeting the…
Read MoreNC State student charged after 12 shootings into cars, homes on and around I-40 in Raleigh
Raleigh police charged a 23-year-old student at NC State University with felony assault early Friday after a week-long flurry of rush-hour shootings along Interstate 40 and near I-440. Andrew Thomas Graney of Kentford Court faces charges of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury and discharging a weapon into an…
Read MoreMember of Violent 764 Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison For Sexually Exploiting a Child
Richard Anthony Reyna Densmore, 47, of Kaleva, Michigan, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for sexually exploiting a child. Densmore pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of a child, part of a broader indictment that charged him with other child exploitation offenses. “Richard Densmore will spend the next 30 years in federal prison for sexually…
Read More7 Salisbury University students charged with hate crime after assaulting a man, police say
Seven Salisbury University students are facing charges after an alleged assault that left a victim with a broken rib, according to police. Police said seven students, who were “members or associates of a fraternity at Salisbury University,” used a social media account to lure a man to an off-campus apartment in the 1400 block of…
Read More“Fat Leonard” sentenced to 15 years for massive Navy bribery, fraud scheme
Leonard Glenn Francis, a former defense contractor convicted for masterminding an unprecedented bribery and fraud scheme targeting the U.S. Navy, was sentenced Tuesday in federal court to 15 years in prison. He was ordered to pay $20 million in restitution and a $150,000 fine, the Department of Justice announced. Francis, known as “Fat Leonard,” pled…
Read MoreVirginia Company and Two Senior Executives Charged with Illegally Exporting Millions of Dollars of U.S. Technology to Russia
Eleview International Inc., Oleg Nayandin, 54, of Fairfax, Virginia, and Vitaliy Borisenko, 39, of Vienna, Virginia, made their initial appearance today in the Eastern District of Virginia pursuant to a now unsealed complaint charging them with conspiracy to violate the Export Control Reform Act. “As alleged, the defendants — a Virginia company and two of…
Read MoreFederal Jury Convicts Sumter Man of Gun Trafficking
A federal jury in Columbia has convicted Kelsey Antonio McCallum, 27, of Sumter, of illegally trafficking firearms. Evidence presented at trial revealed that McCallum and his sister, Daeja Hodge, conspired to purchase firearms and resale those firearms for profit. At least 13 times from 2020-2022, McCallum made false statements to acquire firearms at dealers in…
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