Posts Tagged ‘domestic extremist threats & trends’
Failed Republican candidate charged in shooting spree aimed at New Mexico Democrats
A failed Republican state candidate in New Mexico was charged by federal authorities on Wednesday for a shooting spree targeting the homes of four elected Democratic officials, the U.S. Justice Department said in a statement. Solomon Pena, 40, lost a state House of Representatives race last November. After his defeat, Pena organized the shootings on…
Read MoreFBI arrests Florida man accused of threatening ‘mass casualty event’
A Florida man accused of posting online threats to carry out mass violence has been arrested and charged with making an interstate threat and a weapon violation, federal court records show. Alexander Lightner, 26, of Venice, Florida, allegedly posted comments online that were “intended to convey the message that he was planning to conduct a…
Read MoreMan charged with domestic terrorism following alleged plan to take over Barry Township
Police in Barry County say they thwarted a plan to violently overthrow the local government in a rural township. The Barry Township Police Department says a man from Prairieville Township made death threats to several people on December 11, 2023, along with promising to take over Barry Township. Investigators say the man behind those threats…
Read MoreMaryland “Proud Boy” Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Law Enforcement with Weapons During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
A Maryland man pleaded guilty today to a felony charge of assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers using a dangerous weapon during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes…
Read MoreWoman who burned Wyoming’s only full-service abortion clinic ordered to pay $298,000
A judge has ordered a woman who set fire to Wyoming’s only full-service abortion clinic to pay nearly $300,000 in restitution, the full amount sought by prosecutors. Lorna Green is serving five years in prison for burning Wellspring Health Access weeks before the clinic was set to open in Casper in 2022. The fire gutted…
Read MoreGerman man accused of forming armed group to oppose COVID measures arrested in Portugal
A German man accused of forming an armed group to oppose government measures against the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021 has been arrested in Portugal, German prosecutors said Tuesday. The 39-year-old man, whose name wasn’t released, most recently lived in Bavaria and was charged in June, prosecutors in Koblenz said. He is accused, along with two…
Read MoreProud Boy Jan. 6 defendant who shot at law enforcement is sentenced to prison
A member of the Proud Boys who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and shot at law enforcement officers this year after the FBI asked him to surrender was sentenced to two years in federal prison Wednesday. Nathan Pelham, of Texas, pleaded guilty to a federal felony charge of possession of a firearm by…
Read MoreMan agrees to plead guilty to firebombing Wisconsin anti-abortion group office in 2022
A man accused of firebombing an anti-abortion office in Wisconsin last year has agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge of damaging property with explosives. Online court records show Hridindu Roychowdhury, of Madison, filed a signed plea agreement Monday in the Western District of Wisconsin. He will face up to 20 years in prison…
Read MoreMontreal Jewish school targeted in shooting for 2nd time in less than a week, police say
A Jewish school in Montreal was shot at Sunday, the second time in under a week the school has been targeted with gunfire, according to police. The facade of the school in Montreal’s Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood sustained damage but was empty at the time of Sunday’s shooting, and no one was injured, Caroline Chevrefils, a spokesperson…
Read MoreMan, 71, charged with murder, hate crimes in stabbing death of 6-year-old
An Illinois man was charged with stabbing a 6-year-old Muslim boy to death and seriously injuring his mother in what police said was a hate crime linked to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas in the Middle East. Joseph Czuba allegedly stabbed the boy 26 times with a “military-style knife” and his mother more…
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