Crime - Page 194

A family in Southern California was held hostage at gunpoint this week when four armed robbers broke into their home and tied them up, demanding to know where they kept their valuables, police announced.

An Indiana man who accidentally recorded a voicemail of himself killing his mother’s boyfriend was sentenced to 85 years.

The crime situation in Washington, D.C., is so dire that residents are afraid to walk anywhere and are nervous to go out after dark.

The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance will hold a hearing on the trafficking and exploitation of children on Wednesday.

Federal authorities are expected to release Emma Coronel Aispuro, the wife of imprisoned Sinaloa Cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, from prison on Wednesday. The jailed narco-queen had been staying at a halfway house in California as she served the last part of a three-year prison sentence for money laundering and drug trafficking conspiracy in connection with her husband’s criminal empire.

During Day 6 of the impeachment trial of suspended Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, House Impeachment managers called the special prosecutor hired to investigate state and federal investigators. These included officials who were investigating Nate Paul, and AG Paxton’s securities fraud cases. A “prosecution” witness from the bank said they had to stop the foreclosure of Paxton’s donor’s properties and that pulling the foreclosure due to the controversial AG opinion benefitted the donor.

Crimson Tide football walk-on player Antonio Ross has been arrested and charged with second-degree sodomy with a juvenile female.

During the sixth day of the impeachment trial of suspended Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, House Impeachment managers called the special prosecutor hired to investigate the AG’s and his donor’s investigators, including investigators who were also investigating Paxton and his securities fraud cases. The “prosecution” witness from the bank said they had to stop the foreclosure of Paxton’s donor properties and that pulling the foreclosure due to the AG opinion letter benefitted the donor.

The California State Senate has passed a bill requiring employers to prepare workplace violence plans — without a controversial provision that would have prevented bosses from telling their employees to confront shoplifters.

Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio claimed federal prosecutors tried to “coerce” him into implicating former President Donald Trump in the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

A member of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, an anti-Catholic drag queen group recently honored by the Los Angeles Dodgers, was reportedly arrested last month for public masturbation.

A brutal new television ad will hit airwaves in Kentucky this week ahead of November’s gubernatorial election slamming incumbent Democrat Gov. Andy Beshear for signing an order in early 2020, at the outset of the coronavirus pandemic, authorizing the release from prison of a “monster” who sodomized a six-year-old child.

Five police officers already charged in the murder of Tyre Nichols, a young African American who died after being beaten, now face federal indictment, the Justice Department announced Tuesday.

Matt Gaetz is demanding answers from Alejandro Mayorkas after DHS released into the U.S. an illegal alien now accused of nearly killing a police officer.

Voyager Labs, a tech startup claiming its AI can predict crimes based on personal data from social media, faces a legal showdown with Facebook over privacy concerns.

Nike has decided to abandon reopening one of its iconic factory stores in Portland, Oregon, due to issues involving “theft and safety.”

House Managers in the Texas Senate impeachment trial of suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton are expected to wrap up their case during Day 6 of testimony.

McDonald’s announced Monday it is calling time on self-serve soda stations in dining areas across the country with theft cited amongst a list of concerns working to end the popular practice.

The former chief of staff to suspended Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton confronted her boss after his security detail, state-employed personal assistant, and other staff members complained about Paxton’s adulterous relationship with Laura Olson. She also testified about the impact of calendaring changes, extra hours, and weekends staff had to work due to his behavior. This “was not state business,” she testified.

An alleged intruder was shot by a teenage boy around 10 p.m. Friday night after breaking the window of a Phoenix, Arizona, home.

A group of cartel gunmen attacked a search party of women who were looking for clandestine gravesites throughout Mexico in an attempt to find their loved ones. The women survived the ordeal when a police escort fought off the attack.

The former deputy attorney general for law enforcement for suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton testified that Paxton wanted the office to investigate federal investigators who were investigating his donor and him.

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham admitted that her ban on carrying handguns in cities like Albuquerque will not impact criminals. 

Day five of the Texas Senate Impeachment Trial of suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton opened with direct testimony from Mark Penley. Mr. Penley served as deputy attorney general for law enforcement before resigning.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) granted an absolute pardon to a father arrested at a school board meeting for coming to his daughter’s defense after she was reportedly raped in the school bathroom by a boy wearing a skirt.

A fourth-grade teacher in Covington, Tennessee, has been arrested for allegedly raping a 12-year-old boy and befriending other young students online.

An escaped inmate in Pennsylvania has avoided being captured by authorities for eleven days now.

At least 14 people were shot, four of them fatally, Friday into Saturday night in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s (D) Chicago. 

Country music star Zach Bryan did wrong and he was happy to admit it while at the same time offering an apology for his actions. That was message from the National Police Association in the wake of Bryan being booked on Thursday in Oklahoma on an obstruction of investigation charge.

Celebrity couple Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis have issued a public apology for writing character letters in support of their former “That ’70s Show” co-star Danny Masterson in the wake of his rape conviction.

A group of cartel gunmen attacked a group of close to 20 tourists who had just crossed into Mexico on their from Texas. Mexican authorities rushed seven injured tourists to a U.S. port of entry, where medical personnel tended to them and took them to local hospitals. Cartel gunmen used an armored vehicle to ram the cars being used by the tourists and began shooting at them.

A married Alabama schoolteacher is facing charges for allegedly having sex with two teenage boys who are her former students.

A Ugandan was given a life sentence for beating and raping a pensioner in London, despite already losing his right to remain in the country.

A former soldier who escaped from a London prison while awaiting trial on terrorism charges was captured Saturday, police said.

Hollywood couple Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis wrote letters of support for their “That ’70s Show” co-star Danny Masterson as he awaited sentencing after being convicted of raping two women nearly 20 years ago.

An anti-police Democrat party official in Minnesota wants tougher crime laws after being violently attacked during a carjacking in Minneapolis.