Tag: Crime and Incidents

Suspected Gunman in Texas Shooting That Killed 5 Neighbors Indicted on Capital Murder Charge

June 30, 2023
Crime & Public SafetyCrime and IncidentsRegional & State NewsState NewsSuspected GunmanTexasTexas shootingUS
0 Comment

CLEVELAND, Texas—A man accused of killing five neighbors in Texas after some of them complained that gunfire was keeping a baby awake was indicted Friday for capital murder of multiple persons, which allows prosecutors to seek the death penalty. Prosecutors said they do not yet know whether they will seek the death penalty against Francisco…

Read More

Ex-Ohio House Speaker Sentenced to 20 Years for Role in Corruption Conspiracy

June 30, 2023
bribery schemecorruption probecrimeCrime & Public SafetyCrime and IncidentsDOJJudiciaryJustice DepartmentLarry HouseholderOhioPoliticsRegional & State NewsRepublicansState NewsUSUS News
0 Comment

Republican Larry Householder, the former speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in a major racketeering conspiracy that rocked the Buckeye State. The punishment, meted out by U.S. district judge Timothy Black, is the maximum penalty allowed under the law. “The court and the…

Read More

Helicopter Crew Rescues Firefighters Stranded When Rescue Boat Goes Over Falls

June 30, 2023
boatCrime & Public SafetyCrime and IncidentsfallsfirefightersNew JerseyoverRegional & State NewsrescuedState NewsUSUS News
0 Comment

CLIFTON, N.J.—Two firefighters involved in a rescue effort in a New Jersey river became stranded themselves when their boat went over a waterfall, but a state police helicopter crew was eventually able to bring the pair to safety. No injuries were reported in either of Wednesday’s rescues in the Passaic River, authorities said. The Clifton…

Read More

Rapper Travis Scott Will Not Face Criminal Charges in Deadly Crowd Surge at Texas Festival

June 30, 2023
chargeCrime & Public SafetyCrime and IncidentsEntertainmentEntertainment NewsrapperRegional & State NewsscottState NewsTexasUSUS News
0 Comment

HOUSTON—A Texas grand jury declined to indict rap superstar Travis Scott in a criminal investigation of a deadly crowd surge at the 2021 Astroworld festival, where some spectators were packed so tightly they could not move their arms or even breathe, his attorney and prosecutors said Thursday. Lawyer Kent Schaffer confirmed that the Harris County…

Read More

Driver Lost Control of Tanker Truck on Off Ramp Before I-95 Collapse, Federal Safety Officials Say

June 30, 2023
collapseCrime & Public SafetyCrime and IncidentsI-95PennsylvaniarampRegional & State NewsState NewsUSUS News
0 Comment

PHILADELPHIA—The driver of a tanker truck hauling gasoline lost control on a curved off-ramp on Interstate 95, causing the truck to flip and catch fire, leading to the collapse of the northbound lanes in early June, federal safety officials said Thursday in a preliminary report. The National Transportation Safety Board’s brief report outlined what happened…

Read More

Electrical Fire Sends Smoke Billowing From Under New York City’s Iconic Tiffany Store

June 29, 2023
Crime & Public SafetyCrime and IncidentsfireNew YorkRegional & State NewsState NewsstoreTiffanyUSUS News
0 Comment

NEW YORK—An electrical fire in a transformer that serves the Tiffany & Co. store on New York’s Fifth Avenue spewed thick gray smoke from under the iconic building on Thursday and caused two minor injuries, officials said. The fire did not spread to the store itself, but firefighters evacuated about 100 people from the building…

Read More

Indiana Man Confessed to Murders of Teenage Girls in Phone Call With His Wife, Documents Say

June 29, 2023
Crime & Public SafetyCrime and IncidentsgirlsIndianamissingmurdersRegional & State NewsState NewsteenageUSUS News
0 Comment

INDIANAPOLIS—An Indiana man charged with killing two teenage girls confessed multiple times to the murders in a phone call to his wife while in prison, according to court documents released Wednesday. Richard Matthew Allen allegedly told his wife, Kathy Allen, in an April 3 phone call that he killed Abigail Williams, 13, and Liberty German,…

Read More

Man Convicted of Driving Into Fundraiser Crowd, Then Killing Mother Gets 2 Life Terms

June 29, 2023
crashCrime & Public SafetyCrime and IncidentsfundraiserKillingPennsylvaniaRegional & State NewsState NewsUSUS News
0 Comment

BLOOMSBURG, Pa.—A man convicted of driving into a fundraiser crowd in Pennsylvania last summer, killing one and injuring 19 others, then going home and bludgeoning his mother to death has been sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole. President Judge Gary Norton told Adrian Oswaldo Sura Reyes, 25, in Columbia County Court on…

Read More

Man’s Death Awaiting Trial on Charges He Killed His Mother at Sea Was Not Suspicious, Autopsy Says

June 29, 2023
boatersCrime & Public SafetyCrime and IncidentskilledmissingmotherNathan CarmanNew HampshireRegional & State NewsState NewsUSUS News
0 Comment

CONCORD, N.H.—An autopsy has determined that the death of a man awaiting trial on charges of killing his mother off the coast of New England in a scheme to inherit millions of dollars was not suspicious, the New Hampshire attorney general’s office said Wednesday. Nathan Carman, 29, of Vernon, Vermont, was found dead in his…

Read More

DOJ Charges 78 People for $7.8 Billion in Health Care Fraud

June 29, 2023
Crime & Public SafetyCrime and IncidentsDepartment of Justicehealthcare fraudJustice DepartmentUSUS News
0 Comment

The Department of Justice on Wednesday announced criminal charges against 78 people across 16 U.S. states for alleged health care fraud and opioid abuse schemes that resulted in $2.5 billion in alleged fraudulent claims. According to the department, the elderly and disabled, as well as HIV patients, were among those targeted by the schemes. Of the…

Read More