Posts Tagged ‘officer safety & awareness’
California Teenager Pleads Guilty in Florida to Making Hundreds of ‘Swatting’ Calls Across the United States
Alan W. Filion, 18, of Lancaster, California, pleaded guilty today to four counts of making interstate threats to injure the person of another. Filion faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison on each count. A sentencing date has not yet been set. “This prosecution and today’s guilty plea reaffirm the Justice Department’s commitment…
Read MoreCharges: Alleged ‘sovereign citizen’ arrested with pipe bombs in vehicle in Oak Park Heights
A man arrested by Oak Park Heights police during a traffic stop early Saturday who had pipe bombs in his Chevrolet Trailblazer and told police he identified as a “sovereign citizen” has been charged in Washington County District Court. Wayne R. Lund, 46, of East Bethel, is facing felony charges of possession of an explosive/incendiary…
Read MoreServing police officer arrested on suspicion of supporting Hamas
A serving police office in South West England has been arrested on suspicion of supporting the Palestinian militant group Hamas. The officer, a constable aged in his thirties, was arrested on Tuesday in Gloucestershire by counterterrorism police, who said the suspected support “relates to activity online”. He has been taken to a police custody unit…
Read MoreCapitol Police arrest man who ‘smelled like fuel’ and had torch and flare gun
The U.S. Capitol Visitor Center was closed Tuesday afternoon, after Capitol Police arrested a man who was carrying a torch and flare gun during their security screening process. “Our officers just arrested a man who was stopped during our screening process at the Capitol Visitor Center (CVC),” the Capitol Police wrote in a statement online.…
Read MoreFBI: Canadian teen charged with Bethlehem threats and menacing calls to airports, hotels, suicide hotline
A 14-year-old boy in Halifax, Nova Scotia, has been charged under Canadian law with offenses tied to 11 calls threatening violence at Bethlehem High School as well as airports, hotels and a suicide hotline in a campaign the FBI describes as a “reign of chaos.” The teen was using IP and telephone spoofing technology to…
Read MorePresident Joe Biden scheduled to visit Baltimore on Tuesday
President Joe Biden is scheduled to visit Baltimore on Tuesday, October 29. The 46th President of the United States plans to discuss how his Investing in America agenda is helping to rebuild infrastructure, tackle the climate change crisis, and create good-paying union jobs, according to officials. The details regarding the location and time of his…
Read MoreGunman kills 3 people in southern Brazil during hours-long shootout
A 45-year-old man in southern Brazil barricaded himself in a house and killed his father, brother and a police officer in an hours-long shootout before he himself was fatally shot, authorities said Wednesday. Nine other people were injured. The incident in Novo Hamburgo, part of the metro area of Rio Grande do Sul state’s capital…
Read MoreCalifornia Man Charged with Weapon of Mass Destruction Offense in Connection with Bomb Attack in Lobby of County Courthouse
A three-count federal grand jury indictment was returned today charging Nathaniel James McGuire, 20, of Santa Maria, California, with committing a bomb attack at a courthouse in Santa Maria in which several people were injured. McGuire’s arraignment is scheduled for Oct. 25 in the Central District of California. According to the indictment and criminal complaint,…
Read MoreA Deadly Attack At A Police Station In Bosnia Is An Act Of Terrorism, Prosecutors Say
An attack by a teenager who broke into a police station in northwest Bosnia — killing one officer and wounding another — was described as an act of terrorism by authorities on Friday. The assault happened around 9 p.m. in the town of Bosanska Krupa on Thursday. The assailant, born in 2009, went into the…
Read MoreMan arrested in OKC after allegedly threatening terrorist action, spitting on officer
A man was arrested in Oklahoma City after court documents say he threatened terrorist actions while also threatening and spitting on a police officer. According to an affidavit, police responded to a disturbance of the peace call on Saturday at a park near Northwest 122nd Street and Council Road. They found Basim Alhaj Mahmoud, who…
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