Posts Tagged ‘domestic extremist threats & trends’
TN arsonist agrees to plead guilty to bombing offices of historic civil rights center
A Tullahoma white supremacist is ready to plead guilty to a million-dollar firebombing that destroyed the administrative offices of a historic East Tennessee civil rights and social justice center in 2019. Regan D. Prater, who authorities said aligns himself with Nazi causes, drove from his home to the New Market area Highlander Center on March…
Read MoreJury finds defendants guilty of terrorism-related charges in attack on Prairieland ICE detention center
Eight defendants were found guilty Friday of providing material support to terrorists for their roles in the antifa attack on the Prairieland ICE detention center in 2025, marking one of the most sweeping terrorism‑related convictions in the case to date. The verdicts came as nine defendants stood accused in the July 4, 2025, plot targeting…
Read MoreExplosive residue found in Bucks Co. storage unit connected to New York terrorism case, FBI says
FBI investigators conducted at least three controlled detonations at a Public Storage in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, late Monday while working the case of an alleged terror plot in New York City. Federal investigators said explosive residue was found at the storage facility on South Flowers Mill Road in Middletown Township. Only Action News was there…
Read MoreSocial media believed to be tied to Austin shooter is full of antisemitic, anti-Christian, misogynistic posts
The attacker who gunned down revelers at a bar in Austin, Texas, over the weekend appears to have posted antisemitic, anti-Christian and misogynistic posts in the year and a half leading up to the deadly shooting, according to law enforcement sources in Texas. Three people were killed and more than a dozen others wounded in…
Read More3 dead, 14 hospitalized in 6th Street mass shooting, Austin EMS chief says
Three people are dead, including a shooting suspect, and 14 were hospitalized after a mass shooting in downtown Austin, according to local officials who held a news conference early Sunday morning. Austin EMS Chief Robert Luckritz said paramedics and police officers arrived to the shooting scene and began treating patients 57 seconds after receiving a…
Read MoreLas Vegas Tesla arson suspect pleads guilty to all federal counts
The man charged with setting fire to several vehicles at a Tesla service center in Las Vegas pleaded guilty to all federal counts on Monday. U.S. District Court records show Paul Kim’s change of plea came without a plea agreement. Sentencing is now scheduled for May 27. Authorities arrested Kim for targeting the Tesla center…
Read MoreICE warehouse in Surprise targeted by arsonist days after massive community protests
Someone tried to burn down a Surprise warehouse that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to turn into a 1,500-bed detention center, according to the federal agency. On Saturday, “an individual committed arson on a newly purchased ICE building” by breaking a window, igniting a fire and throwing a propane tank into the building, according…
Read MorePennsylvania man accused of assaulting SoCal girl as part of extremist online group
A local 13-year-old girl was rescued from a Pennsylvania man who allegedly found her online and targeted her as part of a cult, flying cross-country to commit horrific acts of violence against the teen girl. The life-saving operation involving local and federal law enforcement rescued the girl from a Castaic motel room on Friday. Authorities…
Read MoreCourt releases “sovereign” citizens to be tried for radical attack plot targeting cops
Four of five men in custody for months on allegations they were plotting acts of terror targetting Dutch governmental organizations were released from pre-trial detention during the third preliminary hearing in the case. The decision by the District Court for Noord-Nederland was made despite prosecutors telling the judges in Leeuwarden that they were expanding the…
Read MoreParents of 764 victim file wrongful death lawsuit against Discord
The parents of a Seattle-area teenager who was allegedly pushed to take his own life by a member of the online extremist network “764” have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Discord, claiming the social media giant “caused” their son’s suicide and “abetted one of the most depraved and dangerous child abuse cults in modern…
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