Tag: Crime and Incidents

EXCLUSIVE: Capitol Police Knew 3 Million People Might Attend President Trump’s Jan. 6 Speech: Federal Court Testimony

The United States Capitol Police had information at least two days before the events of Jan. 6, 2021, indicating that attendance at President Donald Trump’s rally at the Ellipse on that day could swell to 3 million people, according to a federal trial exhibit and court testimony from a senior USCP commander. An email sent…


EXCLUSIVE: Internal Capitol Police Email, Court Testimony, Reveal Senior Official Knew ‘3 Million’ Might Attend Jan. 6 Rally

The United States Capitol Police had information at least two days before the events of Jan. 6, 2021, indicating that attendance at President Donald Trump’s rally at the Ellipse on that day could swell to 3 million people, according to a federal trial exhibit and court testimony from a senior USCP commander. An email sent…


Italy’s Highest Court Orders New Trial for US Tourists Over Policeman’s Murder

ROME—Italy’s highest court late on Wednesday ordered two American tourists to stand a new trial for the 2019 killing of a policeman in central Rome following a botched attempt to buy drugs, but upheld a murder sentence for one of them. Last year an appeals court had convicted Finnegan Lee Elder, who was 19 at…


Newborn Found Dead in Iowa Ditch; Mom, Granddad Charged

The mother and grandfather of a newborn found dead in a ditch in Iowa have been charged with first-degree murder, and court documents say they told investigators the baby was still alive when they put him in a trash bag and abandoned him. Megan K. Staude, 25, of Norfolk, told police the child was born…


Newborn Found Dead in Iowa Ditch; Mother, Grandfather Charged

The mother and grandfather of a newborn found dead in a ditch in Iowa have been charged with first-degree murder, and court documents say they told investigators the baby was still alive when they put him in a trash bag and abandoned him. Megan K. Staude, 25, of Norfolk, told police the child was born…


Jacob Chansley’s Lawyers Confront DOJ’s Claim It Didn’t Suppress Jan. 6 Evidence

The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) latest objection to allegations that it suppressed evidence in its prosecution of Jan. 6 defendant Jacob Chansley flies in the face of the Sixth Amendment, current and former attorneys of Chansley told The Epoch Times in separate interviews this week. “They are hiding. They affirmatively are electing not to disclose [exculpatory…


Adult, 3 Children Die in Fire in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich.—A house fire in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has killed an adult and three young children, authorities said Wednesday. The bodies of a 31-year-old adult and three children believed to range in age from 1 to 4 years old were recovered from the fire Tuesday morning in Sault Ste. Marie, the city’s police…


Wisconsin Man Pleads Guilty to Role in Whitmer Kidnap Scheme

BELLAIRE, Mich.—A Wisconsin man accused of assisting the key figures in a plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor pleaded guilty Wednesday to a lesser charge and will cooperate with prosecutors. Brian Higgins said he attempted to provide material support for terrorism, a crime that carries a maximum prison term of five years. He drove past Gov….


17 House Members, Hundreds of Staffers Affected by DC Health Data Breach

At least 17 House members and hundreds of congressional staffers were affected by the DC Health Link data breach that was first reported on March 8, a spokesperson for the House Committee on House Administration confirmed to The Epoch Times on March 15. Governed by Washington’s Health Benefit Exchange Authority, DC Health Link is the…


ANALYSIS: Free Rein For Radical Elements Partly to Blame For Protests Turning Hostile

If you ask National Police Association spokeswoman Betsy Smith, Antifa—not the police—seems in charge at many American protests. Political radicals control the streets because politicians have told police to stand down, Smith said. “What we’ve seen since 2014—and then being ramped up after 2020—is this unfortunate atmosphere where Antifa and Antifa-like groups seem to run…