Tag: Crime and Incidents

Police: Aaron Hernandez’s Brother Arrested in ESPN Incident

April 1, 2023
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BRISTOL, Conn.—The brother of the late New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez is facing criminal and motor vehicle charges in Connecticut, accused of throwing a brick onto the ESPN headquarters campus and eluding police during brief pursuits in other towns. Dennis John Hernandez, 36, who also has been known as D.J. and Jonathan, was given…

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NY Man Gets 22 Years for Asian Immigrant’s Hate Crime Death

April 1, 2023
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A New York man was sentenced Friday to 22 years in prison for the fatal beating of a 61-year-old Chinese immigrant who was collecting cans for money. Jarrod Powell, 51, pleaded guilty in January to manslaughter as a hate crime in the 2021 death of Yao Pan Ma. Ma, who came to the United States…

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Alex Murdaugh to Be Kept in Protective Custody in Prison

March 31, 2023
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COLUMBIA, S.C.—South Carolina prison officials have decided to keep former attorney and convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh in a special protective unit as he begins serving his life sentence for killing his wife and son. Mental health and prison experts determined that Murdaugh should be kept in protective custody after they reviewed his case, including the…

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2 Men Get 220-Year Terms in Indianapolis for Killing 4

March 31, 2023
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INDIANAPOLIS—Two men convicted of murder and other charges in the fatal Indianapolis shootings of three young men and a young woman were both sentenced Friday to 220 years in prison. Cameron Banks and Desmond Banks were sentenced after being convicted in early March of four counts each of murder, felony murder and robbery resulting in…

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Body of Florida Toddler Found in Alligator Jaws After Search

March 31, 2023
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—The body of a 2-year-old Florida boy who had been the subject of a frantic search after his mother was slain was found Friday in a lake in the jaws of an alligator, police said. St. Petersburg Police Chief Anthony Holloway also said the boy’s father, 21-year-old Thomas Mosley, will be charged with…

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CDC Research Team Members Fell Ill Studying Toxic Ohio Derailment, Agency Confirms

March 31, 2023
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Nearly half of a government team investigating the potential health effects of a toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, fell ill while conducting their research, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In a March 31 statement provided to The Epoch Times, CDC spokesperson Belsie Gonzalez advised that the illnesses occurred…

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‘Please Hurry’: 911 Calls Released From Those Inside Nashville School During Massacre

March 31, 2023
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Harrowing recordings of 911 calls paint a disturbing picture of the distress and fear felt by those inside Nashville’s Covenant School on Monday as an attacker went on a killing spree that left six people dead. The audio of about two-dozen emergency calls, released Thursday by the Metro Nashville Police Department, unveiled more details about…

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DOJ Sues Rail Company Over Pollution from Ohio Derailment

March 31, 2023
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a lawsuit against Norfolk Southern Railway over the pollution caused in East Palestine, Ohio, by the Feb. 3 derailment of a train carrying hazardous materials. The complaint (pdf), filed March 31 in the Northern District of Ohio, seeks to hold Norfolk Southern accountable for “unlawfully polluting the nation’s…

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Florida Sues Far-Left Groups for Attacks on Pregnancy Centers

March 30, 2023
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Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody and a pregnancy crisis center are suing members of direct-action group Jane’s Revenge in federal court for violent attacks against pro-life counseling agencies. The two lawsuits, which were filed March 29 in federal court in Tampa, Florida, came a week after a federal grand jury in Tampa issued a superseding…

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House Minority Leader Accuses ‘Extreme MAGA Republicans’ of ‘Hiding’ Stance on Gun Control

March 30, 2023
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) accused “extreme MAGA” House Republicans of “hiding” their position on gun control on March 30, challenging them to bring related legislation to the House floor. “We have a gun violence epidemic in America that is unacceptable, unconscionable, and un-American,” Jeffries asserted at his weekly press briefing. “Children being slaughtered…

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