US Secret Service did not have agents in local police command center when Trump was shot
The acting director of the U.S. Secret Service said on August 2 that the local police command center was not staffed when an emergency radio alert was received about a man with a gun on a roof 130 yards from where former President Donald Trump was speaking in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13. “This case […]
Butler lawmaker slams ‘inappropriate’ treatment of local police after Trump incident: ‘Thrown under the bus’
Mars, Pennsylvania – A Pennsylvania state representative whose district includes the Butler Farm Show has accused national media of “victimizing” local police and emergency responders after last month’s assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. Republican state Rep. Aaron Bernstein, who represents Butler and Lawrence counties, said Saturday that the media is unfairly criticizing Butler […]
Senators accuse Secret Service of trying to make local police a ‘scapegoat’ following Trump rally shooting
Senators are accusing the Secret Service of trying to scapegoat local police for the Trump rally shooting after the agency’s acting director testified this week about why the Butler, Pennsylvania, shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, wasn’t found earlier. In his testimony before Congress on Tuesday, Ronald Rowe appeared to blame local police for not seeing Crooks […]
Trump assassination attempt: Butler DA says local snipers were not responsible for rooftop shooter fired from
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Pennsylvania officials dispute Rowe’s testimony which he blamed local police for not manning roof
Officials in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, disputed several parts of Acting Director of the U.S. Secret Service Ronald Rowe Jr.’s testimony before a Senate committee on Tuesday. Director Rowe was quick to shift the blame to local police for allowing a man who plotted to assassinate former President Trump at a July 13 rally in Butler, […]
Blame Game Underway Between Secret Service, Local Police on Trump Shooting
As the investigation into the shooting that nearly killed former President Donald Trump continues, local police and Secret Service agents are trading accusations — some overtly, some behind the scenes — over who is to blame. Local law enforcement snipers from the Beaver County Emergency Services Unit (ESU), Beaver County’s SWAT team, were tasked with […]
Trump assassination attempt: New texts show local police scramble to assist with covering rally
New text messages between emergency services officials in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, show how understaffed they were before an assassin tried to shoot former President Donald Trump and others at a rally earlier this month, killing one spectator. During discussions between team leaders from emergency services called to assist with the rally, several people, who declined […]
NYC dad bullied witnesses against son who fatally stabbed local basketball star: DA
The father of a man who stabbed a local basketball player to death has been found guilty of creating an Instagram account to intimidate and harass witnesses who would testify against his son, prosecutors said. Steve Darvasy, a 44-year-old salesman, was sentenced to six months in prison on Monday for publicly attacking witnesses on anonymous […]
Secret Service never used local police radios furnished for Trump rally coordination, senator says
During Donald J. Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13, local police provided the U.S. Secret Service with walkie-talkies for interagency coordination, but the Secret Service never used them, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said on July 28. Johnson also revealed that an anti-sniper team “acquired” would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks on a riflescope after […]
France is selling scratch-and-sniff baguette stamps — but local bakers are causing a stink
Are these stamps toast? France has released a scratch-and-sniff stamp featuring a baguette, but bakers complain that the stamp doesn’t adequately capture the yeasty smell of freshly baked bread. “You just rub the stamp like this with your fingernail,” postal worker Clarice Briend said. today“It smells like bread, baguettes.” But Jeanne Barélet, manager of Léonie […]