Tag: Crime and Incidents

23 Face Domestic Terror Charges Over Attack on New Georgia Police Training Center

The Atlanta Police Department arrested and charged 23 individuals with domestic terrorism after they set fire to construction equipment at a new police training facility and threw rocks, bricks, and fireworks at police officers on Sunday. Among those arrested was Thomas Jurgens, a lawyer and employee of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a non-profit…


Chicago-Area 17-Year-Old Pleads Not Guilty in Triple Slaying

BOLINGBROOK, Ill.—A suburban Chicago teenager pleaded not guilty Tuesday in the fatal shootings of his 17-year-old girlfriend, a 9-year-old girl and the child’s father. Byrion Montgomery, 17, appeared before a Will County judge in Joliet. Montgomery is charged as an adult with multiple crimes, including first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and home invasion. He has…


National Transportation Safety Board Opens Special Investigation Into Norfolk Southern ‘Safety Culture’

Prompted by a string of “five significant accidents” involving Norfolk Southern Railway, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced on March 7 that it is opening a special investigation of the company’s “organization and safety culture.” “Given the number and significance of recent Norfolk Southern accidents, the NTSB also urges the company to take immediate…


Newly Released Surveillance Footage Challenges Official Jan. 6 Narrative

News Analysis The unveiling of some of the 41,000 hours of video from Jan. 6, 2021, that was hidden from public view for more than two years has sparked a new national conversation about just how much still isn’t known about the Capitol incursion. Fox News host Tucker Carlson was given exclusive access by House…


Supreme Court Reverses Death Sentences of 6 in Arizona, Orders New Sentencings

The U.S. Supreme Court set aside the death sentences of six convicted murderers in Arizona after recently ruling that withholding certain information from the jury during the sentencing process was unlawful. The court previously held it was illegal to prevent jurors from being informed that if a condemned person were given a life sentence it…


Rancher Pleads Not Guilty on Murder Charge for Allegedly Shooting Illegal Border Crosser Trespassing on His Land

An elderly Arizona rancher has pleaded not guilty to a charge of second-degree murder for allegedly shooting and killing an illegal immigrant from Mexico trespassing on his borderland property. George Alan Kelly, 73, was initially charged with first-degree murder and two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in the fatal shooting occurred on…


2nd Victim From Stampede After GloRilla Concert Identified

ROCHESTER, N.Y.—The second person who died following a stampede after a rap concert in Rochester, New York, was identified Tuesday as 35-year-old Brandy Miller. Rochester police said Miller, who was from the city, and 33-year-old Rhondesia Belton of Buffalo, New York, died of injuries they sustained when fans surged dangerously as they were leaving Sunday…


LIVE 4:44 PM ET: Memphis City Council Votes on Police Reforms Amid Police Murder Charges

The Memphis City Council votes at 4:45 p.m. ET on March 7 on a third and final reading of police reforms enacted in response to the death of Tyre Nichols. Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old male from Memphis, died three days after a violent arrest by Memphis Police. All five police officers involved were charged with…


LIVE NOW: Memphis City Council Votes on Police Reforms Amid Police Murder Charges

The Memphis City Council votes at 4:45 p.m. ET on March 7 on a third and final reading of police reforms enacted in response to the death of Tyre Nichols. Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old male from Memphis, died three days after a violent arrest by Memphis Police. All five police officers involved were charged with…


Memphis City Council Votes on Police Reforms Amid Police Murder Charges

The Memphis City Council votes at 4:45 p.m. ET on March 7 on a third and final reading of police reforms enacted in response to the death of Tyre Nichols. Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old male from Memphis, died three days after a violent arrest by Memphis Police. All five police officers involved were charged with…