Tag: Crime & Public Safety

Man Convicted in Shootout at Minnesota Bar That Killed 1, Injured 15

ST. PAUL, Minn.—A second man has been found guilty in a shootout at a bar in St. Paul, Minnesota, that left one person dead and more than a dozen people injured. Terry Lorenzo Brown was convicted Wednesday of second-degree murder, four counts of attempted second-degree murder and illegally possessing a firearm, KARE-TV reported. Prosecutors said…


Florida Man Gets 5-Year Sentence for Assaulting Officer During Jan. 6 Breach

A Florida man was sentenced to nearly five years in prison on Friday for assaulting a police officer during the Capitol breach on Jan. 6, 2021. Mason Joel Courson, 27, from Tamarac, Florida, received a 57-month imprisonment term after pleading guilty in November 2022, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia….


IN-DEPTH: Computer Games Feature Same Conditioning as Military Training, Psychologist Warns

As mass shootings make headlines, one man who has spent years studying what it takes to get men to kill said it is clear that violent entertainment is a how-to manual for many killers. According to retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, violent media molds the character of its consumers just as military basic…


Ex-Long Beach EMT Faces 29 Years in Prison for Selling Fentanyl Resulting in Coworker’s Death

A former Long Beach first responder was sentenced on June 14 to over 29 years in federal prison for selling fentanyl to two coworkers, which resulted in one’s death, authorities said. Cruz Noel Quintero, 43, of Long Beach, was found guilty in September 2022 on counts of distributing fentanyl resulting in death, possessing machine guns…


Shooting, Fire at Tennessee Home Leads to 6 Dead Including 3 Children

SEQUATCHIE, Tenn.—Six people including three children were found dead in a Tennessee home where police responded to a shooting and arrived to find the residence ablaze, authorities said. A seventh person who had suffered gunshot wounds was found alive at the home in Sequatchie on Thursday night after firefighters extinguished the flames and was hospitalized…


‘Rust’ Film Set Weapons Supervisor Was Likely Hungover, Prosecutors Claim

Prosecutors say Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the weapons supervisor on the set of the film “Rust,” where a gun was discharged and killed a cinematographer, was likely hungover when she loaded a live bullet into the gun Alec Baldwin used. They accuse Gutierrez-Reed, 25, of drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana in the evenings during filming. Last month,…


Florida Man Executed for 1984 Killings of Teenage Babysitter, Mother of 2

STARKE, Fla.—A Florida man was executed Thursday for killing a 14-year-old babysitter and a 38-year-old mother of two in separate attacks months apart in 1984 while children were sleeping in the homes he targeted. Duane Owen was pronounced dead at 6:14 p.m. after a lethal injection at Florida State Prison, according to Gov. Ron DeSantis’…


ANALYSIS: West Australia’s New Gun Bans May Have Little Impact on Crime Rates

Analysis The Firearms Act 1973 has long been regarded as a cornerstone of firearms legislation, aimed at ensuring public safety and regulating the possession and use of firearms. However, recent amendments to the Act, particularly those banning certain calibres, have sparked controversy due to concerns over the lack of community consultation. Enacted in 1973, the…


Pool Deck at Collapsed Florida Condo Building Failed to Comply With Codes, Standards, Officials Say

MIAMI—The swimming pool deck of a beachfront South Florida condominium that collapsed two years ago, killing 98 people, failed to comply with the original building codes and standards, with many areas of severe strength deficiency, federal investigators said Thursday. Investigators with the National Institute of Standards and Technology gave an update on the collapse of…


Pittsburgh Synagogue Attacker Found Guilty of Hate Crimes

A jury on Friday found Robert Bowers guilty of dozens of federal hate crimes for the killing of 11 worshippers at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue in 2018, the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history. Bowers, 50, now faces the penalty phase of his trial at the U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh in which the…