Man charged with threatening to kill election officials and judges in Colorado and Arizona
A Colorado man has been indicted on charges of making threats against local election officials, federal law enforcement, a Colorado judge and the Department of Justice. Announced Monday. According to federal prosecutors, Teek Brockbank, 45, was arrested last Friday in Cortez, Colorado, on suspicion of making a series of online threats against officials in Colorado […]
New Jersey woman charged after allegedly hopping fence into tiger enclosure
A New Jersey woman has been charged after shocking video surfaced last week showing her entering a tiger enclosure at a southern New Jersey zoo, police said. The Bridgeton Police Department announced that 24-year-old Zaire J. Dennis of Millville was arrested and charged with trespassing and two violations of city ordinances after he climbed over […]
Upstate man charged in shooting death of popular NYC sneaker reseller ‘Upscale Cracc’
A Poughkeepsie man has been charged with shooting and killing a well-known sneaker reseller known as “Upscale Crack,” who was shot multiple times during a robbery in June, police said. Police said the suspected gunman, Jaquan Straker, 35, was taken into custody Saturday morning on suspicion of murder in the murder of Upscale, whose real […]
Alabama man charged for detonating explosive outside state AG’s office pleads guilty
An Alabama man charged with detonating explosives outside the Alabama Attorney General’s office pleaded guilty Friday. Kyle Benjamin Douglas Calvert, 26, of Irondale, Alabama, pleaded guilty in federal court to “malicious use” of explosives, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said. said in a release. “The defendant used nails and screws as shrapnel to create a […]
Tennessee man charged with threatening to assassinate Biden, Harris and Obama in online posts
A 37-year-old Memphis-area man has been indicted on charges of making threats against President Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Obama, the Department of Justice announced Friday. Kyle Alton Hall, 37, is accused of posting several times on X last month threatening to shoot and assassinate Biden and crash his plane, as well […]
Former Austin Peay coach Patrick Kugler arrested, charged in human trafficking investigation in Tennessee
Patrick Kugler, who until recently served as co-offensive coordinator for Austin Peay State University’s football team, was taken into police custody this week. He was arrested as part of a human trafficking investigation. Kugler resigned from his position as an assistant coach with the Governors. He was one of six suspects arrested in an undercover […]
Democrat charged in savage killing of journalist claims he’s being framed despite damning evidence to the contrary
Former Clark County Executive Robert Telles, 47, testified before a jury for the first time this week in his alleged role in the murder of Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German in 2022. Telles complained Wednesday about being incarcerated before his trial, stated“I want to state categorically that I am innocent and that I did […]
Dr. Salvador Plasencia, charged in Matthew Perry’s death, reopens practice
One of the doctors charged in Matthew Perry’s death has been told to resume his medical practice but can no longer prescribe controlled substances such as ketamine to patients, according to drug investigators who say the doctor supplied the drug-addicted “Friends” actor with drugs before his fatal overdose. Dr. Salvador Plasencia is expected to reopen […]
New York man charged with spying on US-based pro-democracy activist groups for Chinese government
Federal prosecutors in New York have arrested a Chinese dissident living in the United States on charges of working undercover for China’s intelligence agency and spying on pro-democracy activist groups. According to a press release from the Department of Justice, Yuanjun Tang, 67, was indicted on charges of conspiring to act as an unregistered agent […]
NYC Parks Dept. worker, Elijah Mitchell, charged with hate crime for deadly shooting of migrant
A city parks department officer accused of shooting and killing a Venezuelan migrant who was pitching a tent in a Brooklyn green space last month is now facing hate crime charges. Elijah Mitchell, a seasonal worker, was indicted on charges including murder as a hate crime during a court hearing Wednesday in the July 21 […]