Hagerstown teenager pleads guilty to making swatting calls across US

A Hagerstown teenager pleaded guilty to making swatting calls to multiple police departments across the country, threatening violence against schools, a casino, and an airport. Swatting is a form of criminal harassment, during which people falsely report an emergency to public safety to get emergency personnel to respond somewhere, despite no emergency existing. The U.S.…

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Florida State gunman used deputy mom’s former service weapon to kill 2 and wound 6, authorities say

The 20-year-old son of a sheriff’s deputy opened fire Thursday at Florida State University with his mother’s former service weapon, killing two men and wounding at least six others, investigators said. Officers quickly arrived and shot and wounded the shooter after he refused to comply with commands, said Tallahassee Police Chief Lawrence Revell. Authorities have…

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Man wearing gas mask in pepper spray attack at Mass. courthouse held without bail

A man accused of attacking several people with his fists and pepper spray at a courthouse in Woburn on Monday morning was charged and ordered held in law enforcement custody. Nicholas Akerberg, 28, of Yarmouth Port, faces nearly 20 criminal charges in connection with the reported incident at Woburn District Court, the Middlesex District Attorney’s…

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Prison unit emptied after Manchester bomber attack

All prisoners held in the terrorism prison unit where Manchester Arena bomber Hashem Abedi attacked guards have been moved, the BBC has been told. There were seven prisoners in the HMP Frankland separation centre at the time of Abedi’s attack on Saturday, including the extremist preacher Anjem Choudary. The centre has now been emptied and…

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Pennsylvania Man Charged with Making Threats to Assault and Murder President Donald J. Trump, Other U.S. Officials, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents

Shawn Monper, 32, a resident of Butler, Pennsylvania, has been charged by federal criminal complaint with making threats to assault and murder President Donald J. Trump, other U.S. officials, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. “I want to applaud the outstanding and courageous investigative work of the FBI and the Butler Township Police…

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Several prisons in France attacked with guns fired and vehicles burned

Vehicles were set on fire in several prison car parks and a prison in the southern city of Toulon was fired at with an automatic weapon. Attacks have been carried out on several prisons in France, which involved weapons being fired and vehicles set on fire, the country’s justice minister said on Tuesday. On Monday…

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