Tag: Crime & Public Safety

Biden Labor Secretary Pressed by Congress Over Trafficking of Underage Illegal Migrants

Acting Labor Department Secretary Julie Su was grilled by Congress over the trafficking of unaccompanied alien children (UACs) to be used as illegal labor within the United States. Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) was scathing of the Labor Department’s approach to the issue during a House committee hearing on child migrant labor on June 7. Many…


Clerk Charged With Murder at Detroit Gas Station Weeks After Similar Shooting in City

DETROIT—A clerk was charged with murder Thursday in a second recent middle-of-the-night fatal shooting at Detroit gas stations related to disputes with customers. Anthony McNary, 25, was shot through the door after the clerk had kicked him out of the gas station and locked the door Monday, Worthy said. Moments earlier, Moad Al-Gaham had removed…


Under House Arrest, Fake Heiress Anna ‘Delvey’ Sorokin Launches Podcast to Rehab Public Image

NEW YORK—It’s a weekday afternoon and Anna Sorokin is on house arrest in a New York apartment building that has been condemned as imminently perilous to life. So she’s attempting to capture outside attention and relieving her boredom in the most quotidian way: starting a podcast. “So many people became famous for bad things and…


Under House Arrest, Fake Heiress Anna ‘Delvey’ Sorokin Launches Podcast

NEW YORK—It’s a weekday afternoon and Anna Sorokin is on house arrest in a New York apartment building that has been condemned as imminently perilous to life. So she’s attempting to capture outside attention and relieving her boredom in the most quotidian way: starting a podcast. For now, she wants to reimagine her public image…


Baltimore Police Release Photos, Offer Reward for Info on Man Assaulting Elderly Pro-Life Activists

The Baltimore Police Department has released photos of the man suspected of beating two pro-life demonstrators outside of a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic last month and is offering a cash reward for tips. The attack occurred around 10:30 a.m. Eastern on May 26 outside a Planned Parenthood location on North Howard Street. The victims, 80-year-old…


Chief Suspect in Natalee Holloway Disappearance Pleads Not Guilty to Extortion Charges

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Joran van der Sloot, the chief suspect in Natalee Holloway’s 2005 disappearance on the island of Aruba, walked shackled into an Alabama courtroom on Friday as her parents looked on. He pleaded not guilty to charges that he tried to extort money from the missing teen’s mother in exchange for revealing where to find…


Ex-Boyfriend Charged With Murder After Woman’s Body Found in Rural Minnesota

WINONA, Minn.—The former boyfriend of a Minnesota woman whose body was found hidden in a rural area of the state was charged Friday in her death. Adam Fravel, 29, was charged with second-degree murder. The charge comes two days after a deputy found the body of Madeline Kingsbury, who would have turned 27 on June…


Gun-Related Deaths Reached Record Levels in US in 2021: Report

The United States saw gun deaths reach record levels in 2021, according to a new report from the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions. Firearm-related deaths soared during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic and spiked again in the second year. Both gun-related homicides and suicides resulted in 48,830 total firearm fatalities in…


Defendant Seeks to Identify Jan. 6 Suspicious Actors, Government Informants at Capitol

A Texas man who says he was “set up for prosecution” for shooting video of a U.S. Capitol window smashing on Jan. 6, 2021, wants to compel prosecutors to identify suspicious actors or informants who could have been behind the vandalism. Ryan S. Zink, 34, of Lubbock, Texas, filed a motion with U.S. District Judge…


Driverless Cars Are Causing Havoc in San Francisco, Residents Say

Driverless cars have been causing havoc in the streets of San Francisco over the past year, much to the annoyance of local residents. The self-driving vehicles have become common in the Bay Area, after two tech firms, Cruise and Waymo, were given permission by local authorities several months ago to test their new vehicles on the…