3 girls charged with making violent threats against school in Addison, Illinois

Three girls have been charged with threatening a school in the west Chicago suburb of Addison, with two of them making a video depicting a shooting at the school, authorities announced Wednesday. DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Addison police Chief Roy Selvik announced that a 14-year-old girl from Lombard and two 12-year-old girls…

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Calgary YouTuber charged with death threats against Prime Minister

A Calgary man accused of threatening Prime Minister Mark Carney’s life in a YouTube video will remain in custody. Jamie Da Costa, 31, was ordered detained earlier this month, defence lawyer Adriano Iovinelli noted during a court appearance on Tuesday. As of Tuesday morning, Da Costa was still in custody at the Calgary Remand Centre.…

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Argentine teenager planning school shooting with ChatGPT raided after FBI alert

The Argentine Federal Police (PFA, in Spanish) raided the home of a teenager in Quilmes, Buenos Aires Province, on Thursday after the United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) alerted them that he had been discussing murdering his classmates with the generative AI chatbot ChatGPT. Alejandro de Mena, legal assistant at the Quilmes Juvenile Criminal…

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Valley City man faces federal charges for threatening Lorain County mosque

A Valley City man accused of posting threatening social media messages and videos targeting a Lorain County mosque now faces federal charges. Wyatt Brzoska, 20, was arrested in March, accused of planning an attack at a Columbia Station mosque. Investigators said a search of his bedroom inside his family’s home turned up 10 guns, around…

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Coldwater man charged with making threats against police and other community targets

A Coldwater man has been charged with making a false report or threat of terrorism after allegedly threatening to carry out mass violence against law enforcement and community targets. 28-year-old Michael Paul Young, was arraigned in Branch County District Court , where Magistrate Valerie White set his bond at $250,000 cash or surety. Because Young…

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Suspect arrested for planned “mass stabbing” at CA high school

Fresno police arrested a suspect who allegedly planned to commit a mass stabbing at Duncan Polytechnical High School on Sep. 11. Police said a student potentially stopped the attack by speaking up. The big picture: The student who spoke up about the potential attack sent a message to friends. “There is going to be a…

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