Tag: Crime & Public Safety

Ex-officers at Federal Women’s Prison in California Plead Guilty to Multiple Sex Abuse Counts

July 14, 2023
abuseCaliforniaCrime & Public SafetyCrime and IncidentsNorthern CaliforniaRegional & State NewssexState NewsUSUS News
0 Comment

SAN FRANCISCO—Two former officers of a federal women’s prison in California pleaded guilty Thursday to multiple counts of sexual abuse, the latest to be prosecuted following an Associated Press investigation last year resulting in prison sentences for the former warden and chaplain. Andrew Jones, a former cook supervisor at Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, pleaded…

Read More

Microsoft’s Contract With Government Agencies Under Fire Following Chinese Cyber Attacks

July 14, 2023
Business & MarketsChinaChina NewsCompaniesCrime & Public SafetyCrime and Incidentscyber attackscyber securityeconomic policieseconomyMedia & Big TechmonopolyNational SecurityPolicies & ImpactsTechTech NewstechnologyU.S. governmentUSUS NewsUS-China relations
0 Comment

After Chinese hackers were able to hack into U.S. government email accounts last week, Microsoft’s security systems are now under fire from Congress. A cyber gang based in China was accused of stealing emails from senior U.S. officials in a major security breach through a weakness in Microsoft MSFT.O software. The attacks were allegedly able…

Read More

Contrasting Crime Trends: Tennessee Sees Reductions in Violent Crime While California Faces Challenges

July 14, 2023
Bill LeeCaliforniacrimeCrime & Public SafetyGavin NewsomRegional & State NewsState NewsTennesseeUSUS News
0 Comment

In the midst of Tennessee’s legislative session in March, California Gov. Gavin Newsom took aim at the southern state’s Republican Governor Bill Lee for signing a bill passed by the state’s legislature limiting drag shows in front of young audiences—making the claim Lee should be focused on Tennessee’s eighth place ranking in states with the…

Read More

LIVE 4 PM ET: FBI, Police Announce Major Development in the Murder Case on Gilgo Beach, NY

July 14, 2023
Crime & Public SafetyCrime and IncidentsEpochTVEpochTV LiveGilgo BeachhomicideLive VideosmurdersNYUSUS NewsVideo
0 Comment

Suffolk County officials, representatives from the New York State Police, and FBI hold a press conference at 4:00 p.m. ET on July 14 to announce a significant development in the investigation of the Gilgo Beach Homicide. …

FBI, Police Announce Major Development in the Murder Case on Gilgo Beach, NY

July 14, 2023
Crime & Public SafetyCrime and IncidentsEpochTVEpochTV LiveGilgo BeachhomicideLive VideosmurdersNYUSUS NewsVideo
0 Comment

Suffolk County officials, representatives from the New York State Police, and FBI hold a press conference at 4:00 p.m. ET on July 14 to announce a significant development in the investigation of the Gilgo Beach Homicide. …

Oklahoma Murder Conviction Reversed Due to Sexual Relationship Between Judge, Prosecutor

July 14, 2023
convictionCrime & Public SafetyCrime and IncidentsmurderOklahomaRegional & State NewsReversedState NewsUSUS News
0 Comment

OKLAHOMA CITY—An Oklahoma appeals court on Thursday threw out a first-degree murder conviction because of a sexual relationship between the judge and a prosecutor in the case. In a 3–2 decision, the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals ordered a new trial for defendant Robert Leon Hashagen III, who was sentenced to life in prison after…

Read More

2 Killed, 1 Injured When Small Plane Crashes in Lake of the Ozarks Region of Missouri

July 14, 2023
crashCrime & Public SafetyCrime and IncidentsMissouriPlaneRegional & State NewsState NewsUSUS News
0 Comment

OSAGE BEACH, Mo.—A small plane crashed Thursday in a wooded area near the Lake of the Ozarks in central Missouri, killing two of the three occupants. Killed were Hayden Ritchhart, 22, of Carrollton, Missouri, and Evan Vandiver, 19, of Richmond, Missouri, police said. Gary Vandiver, 54, of Richmond, suffered serious injuries. The crash happened just…

Read More

Georgia Athletics, Jalen Carter Sued by Passenger in Fatal Crash of Bulldogs Player and Staffer

July 14, 2023
CartercrashCrime & Public SafetyCrime and IncidentsGeorgiaNFLRegional & State NewsSportsSports NewsState NewsUSUS News
0 Comment

ATLANTA—A woman seriously injured in the January car crash that killed Georgia offensive lineman Devin Willock and an athletics staffer has sued the school’s athletics association and former Bulldogs defensive tackle Jalen Carter for damages. Victoria S. Bowles was riding in the backseat of the rented Ford Expedition driven by fellow UGA recruiting analyst Chandler…

Read More

Man Convicted of Teaching Bomb-Making to Target Authorities

July 14, 2023
bombCrime & Public SafetyNorth CarolinaRegional & State NewsState NewsUSUS News
0 Comment

A federal jury on Wednesday convicted a North Carolina man of instructing others how to build bombs with the intention of targeting federal law enforcement officers. Christopher Arthur, 39, faces a maximum 20 years in prison, according to federal prosecutors. He was also found guilty of illegal possession of unregistered devices, including a short-barreled rifle,…

Read More

Officials ID Suspect in Long Island Serial Killer Case

July 14, 2023
Crime & Public SafetyCrime and IncidentsGilgo BeachLong Islandserial killerUS
0 Comment

Officials in New York’s Long Island on Friday arrested a suspect in connection with the Gilgo Beach serial killer case, authorities confirmed, as police sources have revealed the name of the alleged killer. “I’ve lived with the Gilgo Beach investigation for my entire tenure as county executive, and I can tell you that during that…

Read More