Tag: Crime and Incidents

Is the White House Backing Efforts to Topple Foreign Leaders?

Demonstrations in Israel are designed to bring down the government, and the Biden administration is behind the scenes, funding the protestors. Israel is a U.S. ally, but the White House wants a different man in charge. So the Biden team is deploying the same tools and tactics it used to target its domestic opposition.   …


JPMorgan Sues Former Executive Over Ties to Jeffrey Epstein

JPMorgan Chase is suing one of its former executives, Jes Staley, over his ties to the late financier and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, who died mysteriously while in prison in an alleged suicide, in 2019. In late 2022, a female plaintiff filed a lawsuit against JPMorgan, accusing Staley, who was employed there from 1979 to 2013, of allegedly…


Florida Bar Association Investigating Lawyer Charged With Domestic Terrorism in ‘Cop City’ Attack

The Florida Bar Association has said it is investigating a lawyer who was part of a group of activists that attacked the site of a planned police training center in Atlanta on March 5 and were subsequently arrested. Thomas Webb Jurgens, a 28-year-old employee at the nonprofit legal advocacy organization, Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), was among 23 people arrested on…


Florida Bar Investigating Lawyer Charged With Domestic Terrorism in ‘Cop City’ Attack

The Florida Bar has said it is investigating a lawyer who was part of a group of activists that attacked the site of a planned police training center in Atlanta on March 5 and were subsequently arrested. Thomas Webb Jurgens, a 28-year-old employee at the nonprofit legal advocacy organization, Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), was among 23 people arrested on charges…


Rep. Stefanik Wants Answers From FBI on Hunter Biden Laptop and Mar-a-Lago

The conversation between Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY.) and FBI Director Christopher Wray during the March 9 House Intelligence Committee hearing was already icy and contentious when Stefanik asked Wray, “Do you believe the Hunter Biden laptop story is disinformation?” Wray responded, “Well, I want to be careful about—there is an ongoing investigation that is relevant…


Railway CEO Declines to Commit to Pay for Long-Term Health Testing for Ohio Residents After Derailment

Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw made an ambiguous promise Thursday to do “what’s right” for East Palestine, Ohio, residents after one of his rail company’s trains derailed there last month, releasing toxic chemicals into the environment. “We’re committed to doing what’s right for the folks of East Palestine and the community,” Shaw assured Sen. Tom…


New York Goldman Banker Gets 10-year Sentence in 1MDB Looting Plot

NEW YORK—A former Goldman Sachs banker was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison for his role in looting a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund of billions of dollars used to finance lavish parties, a superyacht, premium real estate, and even the 2013 film “The Wolf of Wall Street.” Roger Ng was convicted last April by…


Bankman-Fried’s Lawyers Say October Trial May Need to Be Delayed

NEW YORK—Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyers said on Wednesday it may be necessary to delay the FTX cryptocurrency exchange founder’s scheduled Oct. 2 criminal trial, arguing it may take more time than expected to review the evidence and prepare a defense. In a letter to U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan, the 31-year-old former billionaire’s lawyers said federal…


NYC Man Freed After Wrong Photo Led to Murder Conviction

NEW YORK—A photo of another person with the same name led to the wrongful arrest of a New York City man who was exonerated and freed Thursday after spending more than 18 years behind bars for murder. The prosecution of Sheldon Thomas, now 35, “was compromised from the very start by grave errors and lack…


Woman Fails to Reduce Her 40-Year Sentence for 2012 Husband Killing in Carlsbad

VISTA, Calif.—A woman who fatally shot her husband at their Carlsbad home over a decade ago was re-sentenced March 9 to 40 years to life in state prison. Julie Harper, 49, was convicted of second-degree murder and a gun-use allegation for the 2012 slaying of her husband, Jason Harper, 39. She was convicted in a…