Posts Tagged ‘Crime’
Criminal Charges Unsealed Against Two Former High-Ranking Syrian Government Intelligence Officials for War Crimes against Americans and Other Civilians
An indictment was unsealed today in the Northern District of Illinois charging two high-ranking Syrian officials under former President Bashar al-Assad with war crimes. The indictment charges the former Syrian intelligence officials with engaging in a conspiracy to commit cruel and inhuman treatment of civilian detainees, including U.S. citizens, during the course of the Syrian…
Read MoreLuigi Mangione, man charged with murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO, has ties to Maryland
Luigi Mangione, 26, has been charged with murder in connection with the death of former UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, according to The Associated Press and NBC News, which both cited an online court docket. A man questioned by authorities in connection with the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO has ties to Maryland, the New York Police…
Read MoreHate crime charges dropped against most Salisbury students charged in off-campus attack
Prosecutors in Wicomico County are dropping felony assault and hate crime charges against at least 12 of the 15 Salisbury University students charged in an off-campus attack in October. Misdemeanor false imprisonment and second-degree assault charges remain for most of the defendants, and many trials are set for late January. The Wicomico State’s Attorney’s Office said in…
Read MoreHunt for the gunman who killed UnitedHealthcare’s CEO heads into third day as new clues emerge
As the investigation into a masked gunman who stalked and killed the head of one of the largest U.S. health insurers moved into its third day Friday, possible leads emerged about his travel before the shooting and a message scrawled on ammunition found at the crime scene. UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was killed in a…
Read MoreProud Boys’ Tarrio testifies for D.C. police officer in leak trial
Former Proud Boys chairman Henry “Enrique” Tarrio testified Thursday as a star defense witness in the federal leak trial of a D.C. police intelligence officer, denying prosecutors’ claim the officer told him in advance that a warrant had been issued for his arrest two days before the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack. The testimony during…
Read MorePolice Hunt For The Gunman Who Killed UnitedHealthCare’s Boss In Manhattan
Investigators are searching for clues that could help them identify the masked gunman who stalked and killed the leader of one of the largest U.S. health insurance companies on a Manhattan sidewalk, then disappeared into Central Park. UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 50, died in a dawn ambush Wednesday as he walked to the company’s annual…
Read MoreCalifornia Man Arrested for Allegedly Exporting Shipments of Firearms, Ammunition and Other Military Items to North Korea
Shenghua Wen, 41, of Ontario, California, was arrested today on a criminal complaint alleging that he exported shipments of firearms, ammunition and other military items to North Korea that were concealed inside shipping containers bound from Long Beach. Wen, a Chinese national illegally residing in the United States, was arrested this morning and is expected…
Read MoreBaltimore officials announce takedowns of four alleged gangs in ‘Operation Tornado Alley’
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/11/25/operation-tornado-alley/ Standing behind a table bristling with guns and drugs at Baltimore Police Headquarters, officials on Monday touted the takedown of what they said were four criminal organizations comprised of at least 39 people, as evidence of improving law enforcement coordination. The gangs operated in Southwest Baltimore and primarily dealt in drug trafficking, but were…
Read MoreViolent Venezuelan gang now appears to be in the DC area
https://wjla.com/news/local/dc-maryland-virginia-venezuelan-gang-violent-violence-crime-tda-tren-de-aragua-robbery-theft-venezuelan-gang-fairfax-county-president-nicolas-madura-migrants-immigrants-south-america-donald-trump-immigration-laws WASHINGTON (7News) — Alleged members of a violent gang that originated in Venezuela have operated in the D.C. area, WJLA confirmed The gang is called TdA, or Tren de Aragua. It originated in the Venezuelan state of Aragua, where it operated out of a prison that it allegedly ran for years, to the point…
Read MoreBaltimore Police try new approach in neighborhoods where people are ‘essentially fearing for their life’
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/11/19/baltimore-police-safegrowth/ Gangs and gun violence plague shopping plazas off Frankford Avenue and Sinclair Lane. One Highland neighborhood block sees frequent illegal dumping and rampant homelessness. Another area in Park Heights has increasing car and property thefts. All three are part of a new Baltimore Police Department effort to train police, community leaders and city agencies…
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