Tag: Crime & Public Safety

Milwaukee School Bus Engulfed in Flames After Driver Safely Evacuates 37 Students

June 3, 2023
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MILWAUKEE—A school bus driver in Milwaukee safely evacuated 37 students from her bus just before it became engulfed in flames. The bus was just blocks from their destination at the Milwaukee Academy of Science Wednesday morning when Imunek Williams smelled something burning, WISN-TV reported. Williams had been driving the bus for two hours by then,…

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Boxer Gervonta Davis Jailed After Moving Without Permission While on Home Detention

June 3, 2023
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BALTIMORE—A Baltimore judge has ordered professional boxer Gervonta Davis to serve the remainder of his hit-and-run crash sentence behind bars instead of in home detention after he moved to a luxury hotel and then a new home without the judge’s permission, the state’s attorney’s office confirmed Friday. Baltimore Circuit Court Judge Althea Handy sentenced Davis…

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Toddler Returned to Parents After SUV Stolen With Child Inside in Florida

June 3, 2023
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A toddler was reunited with his parents in Florida shortly after someone stole his mother’s SUV with him inside, police said. The vehicle theft occurred Thursday morning outside a Holly Hill home, just north of Daytona Beach, after the 2-year-old boy was left sleeping in a car seat, Holly Hill police said in a news…

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Suspect in New Jersey Councilwoman’s Slaying to Remain Held Virginia Until Hearing

June 3, 2023
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A church associate charged with gunning down a New Jersey pastor and town councilwoman will remain in custody in Virginia until a June 29 extradition hearing after a hearing Friday was postponed, court records show. Rashid Ali Bynum, 29, of Portsmouth, Virginia, had previously lived in Sayreville, where victim Eunice Dwumfour lived with her 11-year-old…

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Suspect in New Jersey Councilwoman’s Slaying to Remain Held in Virginia Until Hearing

June 3, 2023
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A church associate charged with gunning down a New Jersey pastor and town councilwoman will remain in custody in Virginia until a June 29 extradition hearing after a hearing Friday was postponed, court records show. Rashid Ali Bynum, 29, of Portsmouth, Virginia, had previously lived in Sayreville, where victim Eunice Dwumfour lived with her 11-year-old…

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3 Activists Against Atlanta’s ‘Cop City’ Hit With Money Laundering, Charity Fraud Charges

June 3, 2023
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Three members of a left-wing activist organization protesting the building of a police complex in Atlanta, Georgia, were granted bond on Friday after their arrest for money laundering and charity fraud. A spokesperson for Attorney General Chris Carr’s office told The Epoch Times that the state discussed evidence in a hearing on Friday alleging that…

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8 Construction Workers Injured as Building Partially Collapses During Concrete Mishap in New Haven

June 2, 2023
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A building under construction partially collapsed Friday in New Haven, Connecticut, when a concrete pour went awry, injuring eight workers, including two critically, city officials said, adding there were no fatalities. City firefighters and other authorities were called to Lafayette Street shortly after 12:30 p.m. “Our units responded immediately within minutes and found several persons…

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Rescuers at Site of Iowa Building Collapse Complete Search for Survivors, Move on to Recovery

June 2, 2023
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DES MOINES, Iowa—An Iowa task force has completed its search for survivors at the site of a partially collapsed Davenport apartment building without finding three missing people who are feared dead, authorities said Friday. The focus has shifted to shoring up the structure so recovery efforts can begin. The remains of the six-story apartment building…

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Arizona Man Arrested in Fatal Gardenwalk Shooting Near Disneyland

June 2, 2023
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ANAHEIM, Calif.—A 21-year-old man was behind bars June 2 in Phoenix on suspicion of killing another man in the Gardenwalk parking structure last month. Aristeo Martinez of Phoenix was arrested May 30 in Arizona, Anaheim police Sgt. Jon McClintock said. He is accused of killing 32-year-old Deonte Marquis Lenin of Highland on May 21, the…

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US Keeping More Than 8,000 Hours of Security Video From Jan. 6 Defendants: Court Filing

June 2, 2023
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) has withheld more than 8,000 hours of U.S. Capitol security video covering noon to 8 p.m. on Jan. 6, 2021, leaving criminal defendants without access to more than 60 percent of the footage turned over to the FBI, a federal court filing says. William A. Pope of Topeka, Kansas, made…

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