Posts Tagged ‘domestic extremist threats & trends’
3-time convicted ‘Boogaloo Boi’ sentenced to eight years in federal prison on gun possession charge
A three-time convicted felon who adheres to the “Boogaloo ideology” is off the streets. Mark Ryan Hauser, 35, was sentenced in a San Antonio federal court on Wednesday for one count of felon possession of a firearm. Hauser proclaimed his Boogaloo status while posting in an online group chat that he wanted to kill law…
Read MoreMan accused of supporting foiled plot to kidnap Michigan governor set to change not-guilty plea
A man accused of supporting a foiled plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor plans to change his not-guilty plea, records show. Shawn Michael Fix, 40, of Belleville, is one of five men charged with providing material support for an act of terrorism in the scheme to abduct Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 at her northern…
Read MoreSWAT personnel testify in Day 5 of Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial
At the start of the second week of testimony in the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, the jury heard from SWAT team members, including a police officer and paramedics, who described what they encountered inside the synagogue while the shooting was underway. First on the stand: Officer Michael Saldutte testified that as he entered the Tree…
Read MoreMilitia Members Indicted for Conspiracy to Murder Border Patrol Officers and Attempted Murder of FBI Agents
Two members of the self-styled 2nd American Militia who conspired to go “to war with border patrol” have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges related to a conspiracy to murder Border Patrol officers, which ended in a shootout with FBI agents who arrested them on the eve of their planned trip to…
Read MoreDefendant in Pittsburgh synagogue massacre carried out attack, defense acknowledges as trial begins
Robert Bowers carried out the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history when he killed 11 people and injured seven others by storming a Pittsburgh synagogue and shooting everyone he could find. On that, everyone agrees. Even though Bowers’ defense conceded the point Tuesday at the outset of his federal trial, they hope to spare the…
Read MoreOath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes sentenced to 18 years in prison on Jan. 6 charges
Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the far-right group known as the Oath Keepers, was sentenced to 18 years in prison for seditious conspiracy and other crimes related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, receiving the longest sentence in a Jan. 6 case to date. Judge Amit Mehta of the U.S. District Court…
Read MoreNorth Texas man with alleged ‘fascination with mass shooters’ made homemade bomb, feds say
The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas has charged a Burleson man with possessing a homemade bomb, officials announced Tuesday. Noah Robert Calderon, a 22-year-old who allegedly idolized the Columbine school shooters, was first charged through a criminal complaint on April 18, officials said. He was indicted May 10 on one count of…
Read MoreIllinois militia leader loses appeal in Minnesota mosque bombing conviction
A federal appeals court on Wednesday affirmed the conviction of the leader of an Illinois antigovernment militia who was sentenced to 53 years in prison for masterminding the 2017 bombing of a Minnesota mosque, an attack that terrified the local Muslim community. A three-judge panel rejected all the legal arguments raised by Emily Claire Hari.…
Read MoreFormer neo-Nazi accused of killing 2 Tampa roommates enters guilty plea on first day of trial
As Devon Arthurs’ trial was set to begin Monday, the Tampa man – accused of killing his roommates six years ago – suddenly changed his mind and pled guilty. “How do you wish to plead to the five charges asked the court?” “I plead guilty,” replied Arthurs. At the 11th hour, he took a plea…
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