Tag: Crime and Incidents

Off-Duty Hero Cop Takes Down El Paso Mall Gunman Before He Can Kill More

Law enforcement officials said that an off-duty police officer took down the suspect who fatally shot one person and wounded three others at a shopping mall in El Paso, Texas, on Wednesday, potentially preventing the gunman from taking more lives. El Paso Police Chief Peter Pacillas said at a Feb. 15 press conference that the…


Republicans Call for US Military to Target Mexican Drug Cartels as Terrorist Groups

A 25-year United States Border Patrol agent and a Texas Sheriff told Congressional lawmakers that Mexican cartels are pushing illegal immigrants across the border in orchestrated surges to distract law enforcement from drug-smuggling operations targeting other sections of the border, contributing to the corresponding wave of deaths related to fentanyl poisoning. “Each and every day…


2 Charged in Florida Mass Shooting That Left 11 Wounded

TAMPA, Fla.—Two men have been charged with gun-related crimes in connection to a central Florida drive-by shooting that left 11 people wounded last month. Nicholas Quinton Hanson, 32, was arrested Friday and charged with possessing ammunition as a convicted felon, and Marcus Dewonn Mobley Jr., 22, was arrested Monday and charged with possessing a firearm…


1 Dead, 3 Injured in Shooting at El Paso Mall

One person was killed and three others injured in a shooting at an El Paso, Texas, shopping mall on Wednesday. El Paso police reported that two males were taken into custody after the incident but the details surrounding the cause of the shooting are still unknown. The Cielo Vista Mall, where the shooting occurred, is being…


Senator Wants to Ensure Americans Stop Subsidizing Drug Smugglers, Human Traffickers

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) said it’s time American taxpayers stopped financing the smugglers and human traffickers, and has introduced a “Stop Taxpayer Funding of Traffickers Act.” “This legislation will put an end to our tax dollars subsidizing traffickers,” Blackburn said at a press conference on Feb. 15. Blackburn said she, Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss), and…


Democratic Congresswoman Criticizes DC Soft-on-Crime Policy After Elevator Assault

Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn.), who was allegedly assaulted last week at her Capitol Hill apartment building, is now calling for changes related to how repeat offenders are prosecuted in the District of Columbia. During an appearance on “CBS Mornings” that aired on Feb. 14, Craig claimed that the suspect, Kendrick Hamlin, assaulted at least a…


2 Tennessee National Guardsmen Killed in Black Hawk Helicopter Crash

At least two members of the Tennessee National Guard died in a fatal military helicopter crash on Wednesday afternoon near a highway in Huntsville, Alabama. The Madison County Sheriff’s Department in Alabama responded to the fiery crash site and reported two crew members onboard were killed. The Tennessee National Guard confirmed that one of its UH-60 Black…


Sheriff: Man Charged With Killing West Virginia Boy in 1985

KINGWOOD, W.Va.—Police have made an arrest in the cold case slaying of a 13-year-old West Virginia boy. David Monroe Adams, 56, was charged with second-degree murder in the death of Jerimiah “Jerry” Matthew Watkins, whose body was found in a shallow hole near railroad tracks on Nov. 12, 1985, in Terra Alta, news outlets reported,…


‘Wonderful’ Girl Commits Suicide After Videoed School Beating and Online Taunts From Her Assailants

Adriana Kuch saved a girl from drowning in a swimming pool, her 15-year-old friend Meredith told The Epoch Times. “Adriana was one of the most wonderful people I’ve ever met. We went to grade school together when she first moved here,” Meredith said. “She was awesome. She would do anything for anyone.” On Feb. 1,…


San Fernando Valley Pharmacist Gets 2 Years in False Prescriptions Case

LOS ANGELES—A San Fernando Valley pharmacist who used forged prescriptions to illegally sell narcotics, including opioids, to bogus patients has been sentenced to two years behind bars, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Feb. 14. Gevork Danielian, 41, of Granada Hills, was sentenced on Monday by U.S. District Judge Mark C. Scarsi, who…