Crime - Page 176

Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador was forced to admit that the Gulf Cartel released a group of 32 kidnapped migrants — dismissing previous government claims that police and military forces had rescued the group. The statements by Lopez Obrador confirm details first published by Breitbart Texas, revealing that officials with the Tamaulipas government and the federal government had tried to take credit for the release of the migrants.

An Indianapolis, Indiana, homeowner who shot and killed an intruder on Tuesday said, “I shot him with his own gun.”

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius, a double-amputee who became a global star competing at his sport’s highest level while running on carbon-fiber blades, was released from prison on Friday after serving nearly nine years for killing his girlfriend, the model Reeva Steenkamp.

Experts with the United Nations are concerned about the execution of an Alabama man being carried out by nitrogen hypoxia.

A “street takeover” in Compton, California, led to a mom-and-pop bakery getting ransacked and robbed by a wild group of thugs, not even two days into 2024.

Broadway shows are reportedly taking a financial hit as tourists from the suburbs are increasingly avoiding New York City due to high levels of crime.

A father and son now face charges in the deaths of a pregnant woman identified as 18-year-old Savanah Soto, and her boyfriend, 22-year-old Matthew Guerra, in San Antonio, Texas. Both victims died of a gunshot wound to the head, per a medical examiner.

Mexican authorities are trying to take credit for rescuing 31 migrants that the Gul Carte kidnapped last weekend. In reality, the criminal organization dropped them off at a shopping center so authorities could find them. The “rescue” follows days of negative press at the national level in Mexico, causing tension and pressure within the administration of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

Police responded to reports of a shooting at Perry High School in Perry, Iowa, Thursday morning, January 4, 2024.

Bomb threats were sent to Jewish schools and synagogues across Southern California this week, as a wave of antisemitism continues.

A robbery suspect was hospitalized in serious condition on New Year’s Day after an Akron, Ohio, Taco Bell employee opened fire.

A presiding Nevada judge was attacked Wednesday by a defendant in a felony battery case who flung himself at the judge’s bench, landing on top of her with swinging arms sparking a bloody brawl involving court officials and attorneys.

The list of over 150 known associates of the late billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein is set to begin rolling out on Wednesday, despite an appeal from an anonymous woman in the group.

An attempted kidnapping suspect’s wife is claiming that her husband was just “joking” when he allegedly tried to abduct a 4-year-old from a Florida Walmart in a shocking incident caught on camera.

Authorities in the border Mexican state of Tamaulipas are trying to hide details of a cartel attack where gunmen injured two children who were innocent bystanders. The gunmen were trying to kill a squad of Mexican Army soldiers. The case is the latest of its kind where government officials try to hide cases of extreme cartel violence to claim that the region is safe under their watch.

A Harris County grand jury declined to file charges against a man who shot and killed a would-be robber in a Houston taqueria nearly one year ago. The man got the drop on the robber after throwing money on the ground as a distraction and then fired multiple shots leaving the robber dead.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) and his wife Texas state Sen. Angela Paxton (R) are the latest victims of swatting, a form of harassment, which occurred on New Year’s Day.

British authorities are currently investigating an unprecedented case of “virtual sexual assault” involving a minor on Mark Zuckerberg’s VR metaverse platform.

An alleged intruder was hospitalized Monday after kicking in the front door of a Blair, Wisconsin, home and being shot by the homeowner. 

Embattled Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) has been slapped with additional allegations of accepting bribes from the Qatari royal family.

An illegal alien arrested late last month outside the United States Capitol building with a machete and knife was previously released into the U.S. interior by President Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after crossing the southern border.

A California woman was sentenced Thursday in a case where she was convicted of supplying guns and money in a murder for hire scenario to have her husband killed

Officials say a 17-year-old exchange student from China who was the victim of a cyber kidnapping was located safe on Sunday in the mountains outside Salt Lake City, Utah.

Model Abigail Ratchford was terrified when three hooded home invaders broke into her home while she was in the residence on Saturday.

French authorities said this New Year’s Eve was a “calm” night in which only 745 vehicles were set on fire and nearly 400 arrests.

Washington, DC, recorded in 2023 the highest annual number of homicides the city has witnessed since 1997.

Beverly Hills, 90210 star Ian Ziering was the subject of a vicious group assault in Hollywood on Sunday, with the attack all caught on video.

The nation’s capital recorded more homicides in 2023 than any year since 1997, marking the fifth-highest murder rate among the nation’s biggest cities, according to a report.

Approximately nine people were hurt when a car crashed into a group celebrating New Year’s Eve in New York City near Madison Square Garden, and authorities have a suspect in custody.

Former President Bill Clinton (D) will reportedly soon be named in court documents linked to convicted sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein. 

A Colorado mother accused of killing her two young children and injuring a third was arrested in the United Kingdom on Saturday, according to the Colorado Springs Police Department.

A Missouri man who is the vice president of a nonprofit that assists veterans allegedly embezzled over $36,000.

A North Carolina cop was fatally shot while attempting to stop an ongoing crime while off-duty, the Greensboro Police Department said Sunday.

Three workers at an Academy Sports + Outdoors store in Metairie, Louisiana, were reportedly fired for trying to stop a shoplifter who fled with a gun on December 16.

The Arizona man accused of murdering a young woman on a Phoenix hiking trail in April shortly after his release from prison will get the death penalty if prosecutors get their way. 

A 76-year-old Redington Beach, Florida, homeowner shot and wounded an alleged intruder to save his wife from attack around 3 a.m. on December 27, 2023.