Tag: Crime and Incidents

Former Maryland Governor’s Top Aide Dies in Hospital After Confrontation With FBI

A former chief of staff in Maryland’s government who was wanted on corruption charges died on Monday in Tennessee after he was wounded in a confrontation with FBI agents, according to The Washington Post, citing the former politician’s lawyer. Roy McGrath, 53, who in 2020 was appointed chief of staff to Republican former Gov. Larry Hogan,…


Hawaii Authorities Say 33 Swimmers Were Harassing Dolphins

HONOLULU—Hawaii authorities said they have referred 33 people to U.S. law enforcement after the group allegedly harassed a pod of wild dolphins in waters off the Big Island. It’s against federal law to swim within 50 yards of spinner dolphins in Hawaii’s nearshore waters. The prohibition went into effect in 2021 amid concerns that so…


Nashville Police: School Shooter Planned Attack for Months

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Police said the person who killed six people, including three 9-year-old children, at a school shooting in Nashville last week, had been planning the attack for months. Police have not established a motive for the shootings at The Covenant School, a small Christian elementary school where the 28-year-old shooter was once a student, according…


Montana Rail Link Confirms Substance Spilled in Paradise Train Derailment

A train that derailed near the town of Paradise in western Montana on Sunday morning has been cleared of any environmental hazards and injuries after it triggered an emergency response with witnesses reporting carriages entering a nearby waterway. Upon news of the derailment, first responders, rail owner Montana Rail Link (MRL), and local leaders worked to…


Supreme Court Declines to Hear Death Sentence Appeal Where Prosecution Allegedly Withheld Evidence

The Supreme Court refused—over the dissent of three liberal justices—on April 3 to take up an appeal by a death row prisoner in Louisiana who was seeking a new sentencing hearing. The inmate, David Brown, argued the prosecution improperly withheld a confession from a co-defendant that could have affected the sentence Brown was given. The…


Former Drug Dealer Tells How San Francisco Failed the Homeless | Ricci Wynne

“When I came back to San Francisco, I started seeing things through a different lens, I started seeing it for what it really was. And it was really jarring to me.” Siyamak Khorrami sits down with Ricci Wynne, a San Francisco resident and videographer. He was once a drug addict and was labeled a career…


Police Reveal New Details About Nashville School Assailant Audrey Hale

Audrey Hale planned her attack on The Covenant Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee, for months before it occurred on March 27, police said on Monday. “In the collective writings by Hale found in her vehicle in the school parking lot, and others later found in the bedroom of her home, she documented, in journals, her planning…


Police: Shooting Outside Hookah Lounge Leaves 1 Dead, 4 Hurt

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.—One person was killed and four others were wounded in a shooting in the parking lot of a North Carolina hookah lounge, police said. The shooting happened shortly before 11 p.m. Sunday at the EV Lounge, the Fayetteville Police Department said in a statement posted on Facebook. A male victim died at the scene…


Teacher Shot by 6-Year-Old Student Files $40 Million Lawsuit

RICHMOND, Va.—A first-grade Virginia teacher who was shot and seriously wounded by her 6-year-old student filed a lawsuit Monday seeking $40 million in damages from school officials, accusing them of gross negligence for allegedly ignoring multiple warnings on the day of the shooting that the boy had a gun and was in a “violent mood.”…


Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg Won’t Charge Wounded NYC Garage Worker Who Shot Alleged Thief

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg won’t prosecute a Manhattan parking garage attendant who shot a suspected thief after he was wounded, his office confirmed on Sunday. Moussa Diarra, 57, was shot twice by suspected car thief Charles Rhodie, 59, on Saturday before he obtained the suspect’s handgun and shot the suspect, authorities said. Diarra was…