Tag: Crime & Public Safety

Haitian Businessman Gets Life Sentence in 2021 Assassination of Haiti’s President

June 3, 2023
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MIAMI—A federal judge in Miami sentenced a Haitian-Chilean businessman Friday to life in prison for his role in helping Colombian mercenaries get weapons to assassinate Haitian President Jovenel Moïse in 2021. Rodolphe Jaar, 51, is the first person to be convicted and sentenced in what U.S. prosecutors have described as a broad plot by conspirators…

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911 Transcripts Point to Chaos, Fast-Evolving Situation in April Shootings in Maine

June 3, 2023
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PORTLAND, Maine—A frantic 911 call to report at least one person had been fatally shot led law enforcement to discover four bodies at a home in Maine and eventually to arrest a man who fired at vehicles on a nearby highway before confessing to police that he was behind the killings. According to heavily redacted…

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Adult and Teen Charged in Pennsylvania Shooting That Killed 2 Young Boys, Man

June 3, 2023
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Two young boys were playing with kittens in their backyard when shots rang out at a home in eastern Pennsylvania, killing both children and a young man who was the apparent target, authorities said Thursday. Brothers Jesus and Sebastian Perez-Salome, ages 8 and 9, and a third victim were killed Tuesday night in Lebanon. An…

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Federal Court Reinstates Death Penalty Order for Missouri Inmate Convicted of Killing Jailers

June 3, 2023
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ST. LOUIS—A federal appeals court has vacated a stay of execution for a Missouri inmate who is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday for his role in the deaths of two jailers. Michael Tisius, 42, was sentenced to death after being convicted of killing Randolph County jailers Jason Acton and Leon Egley during a failed…

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Florida Woman Charged After Leaving Children in Car That Caught Fire While She Was Allegedly Shoplifting

June 3, 2023
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A Florida woman is facing charges for allegedly leaving her two children in a car that caught fire while she was shoplifting, according to the Oviedo Police Department. Alicia Moore, 24, parked her car outside the Oviedo Mall near Orlando on May 26, before going inside and leaving her children in the car, according to…

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Key Suspect in Natalee Holloway’s Case Moved to New Prison Ahead of Extradition to US

June 3, 2023
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LIMA, Peru—The chief suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of American student Natalee Holloway is being transferred to a prison near Peru’s capital ahead of his pending extradition to the United States to face charges linked to her vanishing, officials said Saturday. The government of Peru, where Dutch citizen Joran van der Sloot was serving…

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Minnesota Trans Inmate Being Transferred to Female Prison, Awarded Nearly Half-Million Compensation

June 3, 2023
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A transgender inmate, identifying as female, will soon be transferred to a women’s prison, Minnesota’s Department of Corrections (DOC) announced on Thursday. Christina Lusk is presently housed at the Minnesota Correctional Facility (MCF) in Moose Lake from a 2018 drug conviction. Since 2008, Lusk has identified as a woman. In 2022, Lusk sued the Minnesota…

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Houseboats Catch Fire at Popular Destination Lake Powell on Utah-Arizona Line

June 3, 2023
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More than half a dozen house boats momentarily caught fire at a popular boating destination on the Utah-Arizona line on Friday, igniting while tourists and jet skiers stood by before the flames were extinguished. The decks of boats docked at Wahweap Marina on Lake Powell smoldered as black plumes of smoke wafted into the air…

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What to Know About the Case of the Missing Missouri ER Doctor Found Dead in Arkansas

June 3, 2023
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KANSAS CITY, Mo.—A doctor in the Missouri Ozarks went missing for over a week until his body was found in an Arkansas lake. But the case remains shrouded in mystery as investigators have released few details to his family or the public. What’s Known So Far Dr. John Forsyth, 49, was last seen alive on…

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Missouri Professor Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity in Stabbing Death of Colleague

June 3, 2023
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo.—A former history professor at Missouri State University charged in the stabbing death of a colleague was found not guilty Friday by reason of insanity. Greene County Judge David Jones announced his ruling in the case of Edward Gutting, who was charged with first-degree murder in the 2016 killing of Marc Cooper inside Cooper’s…

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