Posts Tagged ‘protective intelligence’
Secret Service discovers hunting stand with direct sight line to Trump’s Air Force One exit in Florida
The U.S. Secret Service on Thursday discovered a suspicious hunting stand near Palm Beach International Airport with a direct sight line to where President Donald Trump exits Air Force One, the agency confirmed to NBC News on Sunday. The FBI is now leading an investigation into the discovery, Anthony Guglielmi, a spokesperson for the Secret…
Read MorePennsylvania man pleads guilty in arson attack at governor’s mansion while Shapiro’s family slept
A man who scaled an iron security fence in the middle of the night, eluded police and used beer bottles filled with gasoline to ignite the occupied Pennsylvania governor’s mansion pleaded guilty Tuesday to attempted murder and other charges. Cody Balmer, 38, also entered pleas to terrorism, 22 counts of arson, aggravated arson, burglary, aggravated…
Read MoreSuspected terror cell dismantled in Belgium thought to be planning attack on PM Bart De Wever
A suspected terrorist cell was dismantled by Belgium’s federal prosecutor’s office on Thursday, believed to have been planning an attack on Prime Minister Bart De Wever. Local media reported that during a search in Deurne, a district in the municipality of Antwerp, investigators discovered a homemade explosive which the suspects were reportedly planning to attach…
Read MoreFive arrested after alleged ‘assassination attempt’ on Ecuador President Noboa
Five people have been arrested following an alleged assassination attempt on Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa, according to the country’s energy minister Ines Manzano. Noboa’s car was surrounded by a group of around 500 people throwing rocks as he traveled in a convoy to Cañar province, where he was scheduled to announce a set of infrastructure…
Read MoreMan on trial in Albania kills judge in Tirana courtroom shooting
Three people in the Albanian capital Tirana have been arrested after a man on trial shot dead a judge in a courtroom on Monday, according to police. Judge Astrit Kalaja was presiding over a hearing about a property dispute in the Tirana Court of Appeal when the man shot him with a pistol, the authorities…
Read MoreJustice Brett Kavanaugh’s would-be assassin sentenced to 8 years prison
The California resident who pleaded guilty to attempting to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh at his home in 2022 was sentenced Friday to just over eight years in prison, far below the three-decade term sought by federal prosecutors. Federal prosecutors had sought at least 30 years in prison for Sophie Roske, who arrived outside…
Read MoreMan accused of threatening to shoot Virginia lawmaker in Loudoun County
Patrick Murphy has been accused of writing threats to Republican Del. Geary Higgins, which is a Class 6 Felony, according to the Loudoun County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office. Higgins’ staff told 7News Reporter Nick Minock that Murphy texted Higgins, “F* off Geary. I will shoot u @ yer next public rally. Then send you memes with…
Read MoreWould-be Trump assassin tries to stab himself in neck after guilty verdict
Ryan Routh, the 59-year-old accused of attempting to kill Donald Trump as the former and future president played a round of golf on his Florida course last year – the second attempt on Trump’s life during his second campaign – has been found guilty on all charges against him. Routh tried to stab himself in…
Read MoreMan Who Shined a Laser at Marine One With Trump Aboard Is Arrested, U.S. Says
A man who aimed a laser pointer at Marine One, the presidential helicopter, as it was departing the White House on Saturday with President Trump aboard was charged with a felony on Monday, the authorities said. The man, Jacob Samuel Winkler, 33, of Washington, D.C., was standing on the sidewalk on Constitution Avenue when a…
Read MoreTexas man indicted over series of violent threats to Zohran Mamdani
Authorities have arrested a Texas man for allegedly making phone and written threats to New York City mayoral candidate and state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, warning the self-described democratic socialist to “go back to Uganda” before someone shoots him in the head, the Queens district attorney said Thursday. Jeremy Fistel was arraigned on a 22-count grand…
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