Posts Tagged ‘domestic extremist threats & trends’
Decades-long sentences announced in shooting at Alvarado ICE facility
Sentences are being announced for the people convicted on terrorism charges in connection with last year’s shootout at the Prairieland ICE Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas. The attack happened almost a year ago, on July 4, 2025. The alleged organizer, Benjamin Song, was sentenced to 100 years in prison; he could have received as little…
Read MoreSuspect in Montreal officer’s death left manifesto tied to incel ideology, source says
The suspect accused of killing a police officer outside a Montreal hotel had a manifesto that links him to an online community of frustrated men who talk about attacks against people who have sex, an official familiar with the matter confirmed Tuesday. The suspect armed with a long gun opened fire Monday before officers returned…
Read MoreTwo more arrested in alleged plot to attack UFC event at White House
Two more men have been arrested since Friday in connection with what authorities say was a plot targeting this month’s Ultimate Fighting Championship event on the White House lawn, prosecutors said Monday. William Lee Spartacus Falkner was arrested in Washington state Friday, and Jordan W. Rincker was arrested in Missouri on Sunday, the Justice Department…
Read MoreMember of Nihilistic Violent Extremist Group “764” Pleads Guilty to Child Exploitation Offenses
Shawn Krishendat Premsook, 26, of Clermont, Florida, has pleaded guilty to two counts of distribution of child pornography and two counts of possession of child pornography. According to the government’s factual basis, Premsook was a member of “764” and other Nihilistic Violent Extremist (NVE) groups for approximately two years. During that time, Premsook joined these…
Read MoreAlleged ‘ringleader’ of disrupted attack on White House UFC show arrested in Nebraska
Announcing the arrest of five suspects in the foiled plot to attack the UFC Freedom 250 event at the White House on Sunday, the U.S. Department of Justice said Tuesday that an Omaha man taken into custody was the mastermind behind the whole conspiracy. Abraham Hermosillo Alvarez, 31, of Omaha was arrested Sunday in a…
Read MoreUK Court of Appeal upholds ban on Palestine Action as ‘terrorist’ group
Britain’s Court of Appeal has ruled that the government’s proscription of the activist group Palestine Action as a “terrorist” organisation was lawful, overturning a decision by a lower court. The ruling on Monday came after the government lodged an appeal challenging a High Court ruling in February that banning the group under the Terrorism Act…
Read MoreFGCU student accused of praising mass shooters, making terrorism threats online
A Fort Myers man was arrested after investigators said he made online posts glorifying mass shooters and advocating violence. According to an affidavit, FBI special agents interviewed FGCU civil engineering student Joseph Baer, 21, on February 26, 2025, regarding a series of posts uploaded on Feb. 18, 2025, from an X account with the username…
Read MoreATF agent testifies linking arson suspect to dark web and AI use in Lachman Fire trial
An ATF special agent returned to the stand Wednesday in the federal arson trial of Jonathan Rinderknecht, telling jurors investigators found software on the defendant’s phone linking him to the dark web and that he asked ChatGPT how to delete all video messages from iCloud shortly after a search warrant was served. The agent also…
Read More2 in Atlanta training center protests charged with federal arson offenses; 3 indicted by state
Two people accused of committing arson during protests of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center now face federal charges. In addition, Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr re-indicted the same two people, adding a third, he announced June 11. “The law does not protect, and the Department of Justice will not tolerate, organized acts of violence…
Read MoreGermantown Shopping Center Wall Bears Tags Linked to FBI-Flagged Violent Network
Black spray-painted graffiti bearing tags associated with 764 — a violent online network that has drawn a formal public safety warning from the FBI — appeared Sunday morning on the exterior wall of a building near the Noodles & Company at Neelsville Village Center on Frederick Road in Germantown, photographs obtained by MDBayNews show. The…
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