Posts Tagged ‘domestic extremist threats & trends’
Lawyer Who Tried to Set Off Bomb Outside of Chinese Embassy Pleads Guilty
A Florida lawyer pleaded guilty on Friday to placing a bag of explosives near the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C., and trying to detonate it with a rifle, according to court records. This was not the first time the lawyer, Christopher Rodriguez, had attempted a detonation, prosecutors said. He had previously set off explosives in…
Read MoreRioters attack hotels used to house asylum seekers amid worst UK disorder in years
Rioters set fire and broke into hotels used to shelter asylum seekers in northern England on Sunday, as the country grapples with the worst social unrest it has seen in years. The violence was triggered by the stabbing of three young girls in Southport, northwest England, earlier in the week. The far right has seized…
Read MoreDefendants with Ties to White Supremacy Sentenced in Connection with Plot to Destroy Energy Facilities
Three men were sentenced today for various conspiracy and firearms offenses in connection with a racially-motivated scheme to destroy an energy facility. Paul James Kryscuk, 38, of Boise, Idaho, was sentenced today to six years and six months in prison for conspiracy to destroy an energy facility. Liam Collins, 25, of Johnston, Rhode Island, was…
Read MoreNew Jersey Man Sentenced for Series of Violent Assaults on Members of the Orthodox Jewish Community
A New Jersey man was sentenced today to 40 years in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release for committing a series of bias-motivated violent assaults on members of the Orthodox Jewish community in and around Lakewood, New Jersey. Dion Marsh, 29, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi…
Read MoreOhio Man Sentenced for Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act Violation, Communicating Interstate Threats and Conspiracy
An Ohio man was sentenced today for threatening to destroy a reproductive health services facility in Columbus, Ohio, and for conspiring to commit money laundering. Mohamed Waes, 33, was sentenced to 66 months in prison, three years of supervised release and was ordered to pay $273,982.08 in restitution. “This defendant threatened to burn down a…
Read MoreGeorgian National Charged with Soliciting Hate Crimes and a Mass Casualty Attack in New York City
A federal grand jury in Brooklyn yesterday returned a four-count indictment charging Georgian national Michail Chkhikvishvili, also known as “Mishka,” “Michael,” “Commander Butcher” and “Butcher,” with soliciting hate crimes and acts of mass violence in New York City. Chkhikvishvili was arrested in Chișinău, Moldova on July 6, 2024 pursuant to an Interpol Wanted Person Diffusion,…
Read MoreNew Jersey Man Charged with Soliciting Destruction of Energy Facilities
Andrew Takhistov, 18, of East Brunswick, New Jersey, was arrested yesterday and made his initial appearance in court today for allegedly soliciting another individual to destroy energy facilities. “Andrew Takhistov was allegedly on his way to Ukraine to join the Russian Volunteer Corps when we arrested him on charges of recruiting an individual to destroy…
Read MoreTucson ‘former incel’ gets 16 mos. for threatening UA mass shooting
27-year-old Tucson man who threatened to commit a mass shooting at the University of Arizona last year has been sentenced to federal prison for 16 months. Michael Pengchung Lee, who is not a UA student, used incel references in his threats. In a series of posts to a group Snapchat in October 2023, Lee said…
Read MoreSecret Service director: Current polarization ‘plays into’ threat environment
Secret Service Director Kim Cheatle said Sunday that current political divisions play into the domestic threat environment as her agency prepares to protect both parties’ nominating conventions this summer. When asked by “This Week” anchor George Stephanopoulos about how “extreme political polarization” feeds “into the threat environment,” Cheatle said threats are constantly evolving but conceded…
Read MoreCourt orders white nationalists to pay $2M more for Charlottesville Unite the Right violence
Four years after violence erupted during the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, a jury ordered white nationalist leaders and organizations to pay a total of more than $26 million in damages to people with physical or emotional injuries from the event. Most of that money — $24 million — was for punitive damages,…
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