Tag: Crime & Public Safety

FBI Whistleblower Testimony Should Pave Way for More Investigations, Former Agent Says

Information provided by three FBI whistleblowers to a U.S. House subcommittee in May weighs in favor of further investigation and testimony from more current and former agents, says whistleblower Stephen Friend. Friend said that while he, Garret O’Boyle, and Marcus Allen took hits from Democrats on the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal…


Radical Climate Group Deflating SUV Tires, Says It Has ‘Active Groups’ in 18 Countries, Including US

Under cover of darkness, activists from a radical left-wing group unscrewed the valve caps on tires, placed lentils or other pulses into the valve cap, and then screwed them back on. Tires of sports utility vehicles (SUVs) are covertly deflated. In the name of combatting “climate change,” the group that encourages people to carry out…


4 Dead in Missouri After Car Crosses Center Line, Strikes Motorcyclists

AURORA, Mo.—Four people died and seven others were seriously injured when a car crossed the center line of a Missouri highway and struck five motorcycles. The accident happened Saturday afternoon on Missouri Route 39 near the southwestern Missouri town of Aurora. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said a Toyota Corolla crossed the center line of…


Danny Masterson Convicted of 2 Counts of Rape; ‘That ’70s Show’ Actor Faces 30 Years to Life

LOS ANGELES—“That ’70s Show” star Danny Masterson was led out in handcuffs from a Los Angeles courtroom and could get 30 years to life in prison after a jury found him guilty on two of three counts of rape at his second trial, in which the Church of Scientology played a central role. Masterson’s wife,…


Danny Masterson Convicted of 2 Counts of Rape, Here’s What Happens Next

LOS ANGELES—A Los Angeles jury on May 31 convicted actor Danny Masterson of two counts of rape in a retrial that focused on allegations the “That ‘70s Show’ star raped three women between 2001 and 2003. The verdict sided with two of Masterson’s accusers, but the panel was unable to reach a verdict on similar…


Store Owner Charged With Killing a Teen Shot at People He Suspected of Shoplifting Before

COLUMBIA, S.C.—A store owner in South Carolina charged with murder after shooting a teen he wrongly thought stole water has shot at suspected shoplifters two other times in the past eight years and not faced charges, authorities said. In 2018, Rick Chow confronted a shoplifter at his Xpress Mart Shell station in Columbia and the…


San Francisco Man Convicted of Murder for Beating Roommate During Zoom Call and Burning Her Alive

SAN FRANCISCO—A jury has convicted a San Francisco man of killing his 79-year-old roommate by beating her with a baseball bat and lighting her on fire. The attack was partially captured on Zoom. Min Jian Guan, 63, was found guilty of first-degree murder on May 30 for the June 14, 2020, death of Yu Quin…


Sonic Boom in Greater DC Was F-16s Responding to Unresponsive Pilot

Authorities have confirmed that an explosive sonic boom heard by residents in the wider D.C. area were Defense-authorized supersonic flights responding to an erratic small plane flying through the capital’s restricted airspace. Federal officials have since said that a small plane that crashed into a mountainside in the George Washington National Forest, southwestern Virginia, was…


Missing Man’s Body Recovered at Iowa Apartment Collapse Site; 2 Others Still Missing

The body of one of three men who had been missing after the partial collapse of an apartment building in Davenport, Iowa, has been found, a city official confirmed Sunday. Branden Colvin Sr.’s body was recovered Saturday, city spokeswoman Sarah Ott said. Two other men—51-year-old Ryan Hitchcock and 60-year-old Daniel Prien— are still unaccounted for….


Florida Police Arrest Man, Search for 2 Others in Memorial Day Beach Shooting

Police in Florida arrested one man Saturday and announced arrest warrants for two others believed to be the gunmen who opened fire along a crowded beachside promenade on Memorial Day, wounding nine people. The Hollywood Police Department said authorities arrested Jordan Burton and are searching for Ariel Cardahn Paul and Lionel JeanCharles Jr. The suspects…