US Army soldier Travis King, who fled to North Korea, pleads guilty to desertion
A U.S. Army soldier who was briefly detained by North Korea after crossing the DMZ last year pleaded guilty Friday to four other charges, including desertion and assaulting an officer, and was sentenced to 12 months in prison. A military court judge at Fort Bliss, Texas, reportedly told King that if he did not plead […]
Met officer who held Taser to black boy’s neck found guilty of gross misconduct | Metropolitan police
A Metropolitan police officer who held a Taser to an innocent black teenager's neck after he was forced to kneel in the street has been found guilty of gross misconduct but allowed to keep his job. Jamar Powell told the Guardian that the September 2020 incident left him traumatised, fearing he would die, and that […]
NYC Lawyer Pleads Guilty to Immigration Fraud Scheme, Faces Prison
A New York-based lawyer has pleaded guilty to participating in an immigration fraud scheme to illegally speed up refugee status applications. Kofi Amankwah, 70, a Bronx lawyer, circumvented loopholes in the system by getting asylum seekers in the city to claim they were victims of domestic violence and collect up to $6,000. Federal prosecutors have […]
What began as a fantasy football feud ended with a Pennsylvania man pleading guilty to federal felony charges in regard to an international incident involving bomb and mass shooting threats.
What began as a fantasy football feud ended with a Pennsylvania man pleading guilty to federal felony charges in connection with a fake cross-border mass shooting threat and a fake domestic bomb threat. Philadelphia player Matthew Gabriel got into an altercation with a member of his fantasy football league in a group chat in August […]
Philadelphia Man Pleads Guilty to Falsely Accusing Fantasy Football Rival of Planning Two Terror Attacks
Matthew Gabriel, 25, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty Wednesday to two counts of providing false terrorism information to police about a fantasy football rival. According to Daily MailOn August 3, 2023, Gabriel accidentally Tilted Police said Gabriel's rival was planning a shooting in Norway and would “take out as many people as he could at […]
Harvey Weinstein pleads not guilty to new sex crime charge as he awaits retrial | US news
Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty to new sex crimes charges in New York on Wednesday as he awaits a retrial in his landmark #MeToo case. Details of the new charges were not immediately released. He is accused of committing criminal sexual conduct. The jailed former movie mogul has long maintained that any sexual activity was […]
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Denied Bail, Pleads Not Guilty to Sex Trafficking; Racketeering
Disgraced hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs is facing federal sex trafficking and racketeering charges in an indictment unsealed Tuesday. He was indicted by a federal grand jury and arrested in New York on Monday. The arrest and indictment came 10 months after a months-long sex trafficking investigation and a string of women came forward with […]
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs to Plead Not Guilty to Racketeering, Sex Trafficking Charges
Sean “Diddy” Combs is expected to plead not guilty Tuesday to racketeering and sex trafficking charges, his lawyer said ahead of the superstar rapper's court appearance. Combs, 54, was arrested Monday by federal agents on an unsealed indictment filed by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. He is scheduled to be […]
Pakistani man with Iran ties pleads not guilty in alleged murder-for-hire plot to assassinate US politicians
A Pakistani national with suspected close ties to Iran pleaded not guilty on Monday to a charge of plotting to assassinate a US politician inside the United States. Asif Merchant, also known as “Asif Raza Merchant,” pleaded not guilty at his arraignment in Brooklyn federal court in New York on Monday. He was indicted on […]
Missouri Teacher Pleads Guilty to Sex with Student After Fleeing the State
A Missouri high school teacher has admitted to having sex with a 16-year-old student while another teenager acted as a “lookout.” Guilty Plea She could face up to four years in prison. Daily Mail. Haley Clifton Carmack, 26, was a math teacher at LaQue High School when she was arrested in January after another student […]