Tag: Crime and Incidents

DOJ Sought to Jail Jan. 6 Defendant and Police Beating Victim Victoria White for Meeting With Lawmakers on Capitol Hill

Federal prosecutors on Feb. 10 asked U.S. District Judge John Bates to have January 6 defendant and police beating victim Victoria White jailed because she met with GOP lawmakers on Capitol Hill. Judge Bates did not order White to be taken into custody. He did bar her from appearing at the U.S. Capitol or the…


Feces or Sewage Smeared on Laguna Beach City Manager’s Home

The home of Laguna Beach City Manager Shohreh Dupuis was smeared with feces or sewage in the front yard, on the mailbox, on planters, stairs, and a walkway Feb. 9, authorities say. Officers responded to the vandalism around 7:30 a.m. on Thursday at Dupuis’s home on 3rd Avenue, according to city officials. (Courtesy of the…


Eight Arrested in $1 Million Retail Theft Scheme Targeting Apple Stores in California

Eight suspects have been arrested for allegedly stealing about $1 million worth of merchandise primarily from Apple stores, state Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Feb. 9. The alleged retail theft operation occurred between August 2022 and January 2023—in several counties across the state, including Yolo, Monterey, Alameda, Santa Clara, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, Orange,…


8 Arrested in $1 Million Retail Theft Scheme Targeting Apple Stores in California

Eight suspects have been arrested for allegedly stealing about $1 million worth of merchandise primarily from Apple stores, state Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Feb. 9. The alleged retail theft operation occurred between August 2022 and January 2023—in several counties across the state, including Yolo, Monterey, Alameda, Santa Clara, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, Orange,…


Driver Arrested After Crash Through Fence at Texas Capitol

AUSTIN, Texas—A Texas woman has been arrested after an SUV she was allegedly driving crashed through a fence at the Texas State Capitol in Austin, authorities said. Karla Morales Mateo, 25, drove the vehicle onto a sidewalk and dropped her two daughters, ages 4 and 2, out of the vehicle, then drove through the southwestern…


Suspect Arrested in Assault Against Rep. Angie Craig

A homeless man suspected of attacking U.S. Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn.) in an elevator inside her Washington, D.C. apartment building has been arrested by police. Kendrick Hamlin, also known as Hamlin Khalil Hamlin, was arrested by detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s First District on Feb. 9, on the same day the attack occurred, according to a statement….


GoFundMe Takes Down Campaigns for Arizona Rancher Accused of Shooting Illegal Alien

The GoFundMe fundraising website removed multiple campaigns that were set up to support and raise money for a 73-year-old Arizona rancher who was arrested in late January and charged with first-degree murder after allegedly shooting and killing an illegal alien who reportedly trespassed on his property. A spokesperson for the platform told NTD in an…


LIVE NOW: South Carolina Attorney Alex Murdaugh Murder Trial Continues (Feb. 10)

The murder trial continues at 9:30 a.m. ET on Feb. 10, for Alex Murdaugh, the South Carolina lawyer accused of killing his wife and youngest son in June 2021. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. …


‘Help Me Save the Lives of Those I Love’: Price Calls for Return to Howard-Era Alcohol Ban

The Australian federal government is being called on to enforce intervention-era alcohol restrictions in the Northern Territory with Country Liberal Senator Jacinta Price calling the current ban a “half-baked policy.” Price, an Indigenous senator, sought bipartisan support for her Northern Territory Safe Measures Bill 2023, which will establish a federal and territory government partnership to…


Jordan and Biden DOJ Spar Over Subpoenas

House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) has fired back at the Department of Justice (DOJ) after it challenged his subpoenas of FBI Director Chris Wray and Attorney General Merrick Garland—the latest in an ongoing conflict between House Republicans and the Biden administration over allegations of politicization of federal law enforcement. “DOJ’s response is wholly…