Tag: Charged

Costa Mesa Music Teacher Accused of Molesting 2 Girls

SANTA ANA, Calif.—Orange County prosecutors asked for the public’s help Wednesday in identifying possible additional victims of a music teacher charged with molesting two girls in Costa Mesa. Anthony Philip Bruccoliere of Costa Mesa, 49, was charged Feb. 15 with sexually assaulting the two girls between December 2008 and 2019, according to the criminal complaint….


3 Officers Charged in Shooting Death of 8-Year-Old Girl

PHILADELPHIA—Three police officers have been charged with manslaughter and reckless endangerment after firing their weapons in the direction of a crowd of people exiting a high school football game outside of Philadelphia, killing an 8-year-old girl and injuring three people. A grand jury recommended the charges against the three Sharon Hill Police officers, Devon Smith,…


Man Charged With Giving Olympic Athletes Performance Drugs

NEW YORK—U.S. prosecutors charged a Texas man on Wednesday with providing performance-enhancing drugs to athletes competing in last summer’s Olympics in Tokyo, including the star Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare. Eric Lira, 41, of El Paso, is the first person to be charged under a new U.S. anti-doping law governing international sports competitions. The U.S. Attorney’s…


Ex-deputy Charged With Pouring Scalding Water on Man in Southern California Jail

By Gregory Yee From Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES—Authorities have charged a former Orange County sheriff’s deputy accused of pouring scalding water on an incarcerated person with mental illness. Guadalupe Ortiz, 47, faces one count each of felony assault or battery by a public officer, and felony battery with serious bodily injury, the Orange County…


2nd Man Charged in Killing of 8-Year-Old Atlanta Girl

ATLANTA—A second man was charged Wednesday in connection with last summer’s shooting death of an 8-year-old Atlanta girl who was killed near the site where police fatally shot a man weeks earlier. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said that Jerrion Amari McKinney, 23, of Loganville, was arrested on multiple charges, including murder and 12 gang-related…


Passenger Charged With Groping, Punching Flight Attendants

MIAMI—An Ohio man was arrested in Florida over the weekend after being accused of groping two female flight attendants and punching a male flight attendant during a flight from Philadelphia to Miami, officials said. Maxwell Berry, 22, of Norwalk, Ohio, was arrested Saturday at Miami International Airport and charged with three counts of misdemeanor battery,…


Man Charged With Sending Threatening Emails to Fauci

GREENBELT, Md.—A man has been arrested and charged in federal court with sending emails that threatened to harm and kill Dr. Anthony Fauci, National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins, and their families, federal prosecutors in Maryland announced Tuesday. A criminal complaint filed Monday charges Thomas Patrick Connally Jr., 56, with threats against a…


Man Accused Over Lockdown Rave Cleared After Police Fail To Attend Court

A man accused of helping to organise a rave in breach of lockdown rules has avoided a potential £10,000 fine after two police officers due to give evidence against him failed to attend court. Robert Bagot, 33, of Ilford, was charged with helping to organise the event on Childers Street in Deptford, south London, on…


NFL’s Richard Sherman ‘Deeply Remorseful’ After Arrest, Pleads Not Guilty

SEATTLE—Former Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers star Richard Sherman said Friday that he is “deeply remorseful” following his arrest on accusations of drunkenly crashing his SUV in a construction zone and trying to break in to his in-laws’ suburban Seattle home this week. Sherman tweeted a statement before appearing in court and pleading not…


Spanish Man Charged With Infecting 22 People With COVID-19

MADRID—A Spanish man with COVID-19 symptoms who coughed on work colleagues and told them “I’m going to give you all the coronavirus” has been charged with intentionally causing injury after allegedly infecting 22 people. Spanish police said their investigation began after a COVID-19 outbreak at the company where the 40-year-old man worked on the Mediterranean…