Tag: Crime and Incidents

Tourist Kidnappings, Crime Spark US Embassy Warnings

May 21, 2023
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The U.S. State Department issued several travel warnings to Americans about visiting several South American or Caribbean countries due to a rise in crime and kidnappings. Namely, the agency last week called on U.S. citizens to “reconsider travel” to Jamaica and Colombia due to crime. It also said that the threat of terrorism is elevated in…

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Oklahoma Prisons Locked Down Following Inmate Stabbing in Northeastern Oklahoma

May 20, 2023
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HOMINY, Okla.—The Oklahoma Department of Corrections has locked down all prisons statewide and canceled all visitations following a stabbing at a medium security prison in northeastern Oklahoma. “It was inmate on inmate,” department spokesperson Kay Thompson said Saturday. “We’re still trying to sort everything out and we’re going to be on statewide lockdown until at…

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Former US Marine Charged in Death of Homeless Man Breaks Silence: ‘Nothing to Do With Race’

May 20, 2023
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Daniel Penny, the U.S. Marine veteran who is facing criminal charges after he put a homeless man, Jordan Neely, in a fatal chokehold in New York City at the start of the month, has decided to speak publicly about the incident. In an interview with the New York Post, the 24-year-old Penny said the deadly…

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Former US Marine Charged in Death of Homeless Man Breaks Silence

May 20, 2023
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Daniel Penny, the U.S. Marine veteran who is facing criminal charges after he put a homeless man, Jordan Neely, in a fatal chokehold in New York City at the start of the month, has decided to speak publicly about the incident. In an interview with the New York Post, the 24-year-old Penny said the deadly…

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$200,000 Bail Set for Detroit Clerk Who Locked Door Before Customers Were Shot

May 20, 2023
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DETROIT—A Detroit gas station clerk may have panicked when he locked a door to stop a possible theft before a man shot three bystanders, but he didn’t commit a crime, his lawyer said Friday. A magistrate set bond at $200,000 for Al-Hassan Aiyash, 22, who is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of a…

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Utah Police: Man Admits Killing Wife, Visiting In-laws, Surrenders

May 20, 2023
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LAYTON, Utah.—A Utah man killed his wife and her parents and then called police Friday to report and admit to the crime, authorities said. Jeremy Bailey, 34, surrendered without incident at the family home in Layton, just north of Salt Lake City, police said. The bodies of Bailey’s wife, Anastasia Stevens, 36; Becky Stevens, 61;…

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2 Arrested in Death of Kansas 6-Year-Old Gunned Down While Playing Outside

May 20, 2023
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Two suspects have been arrested in the death of a 6-year-old boy nearly two weeks after he was gunned down as he played in the yard of a Kansas home with his uncle and a 7-year-old cousin, police announced Thursday. Police said 20-year-old Lakevis Sloan and a 17-year-old were taken into custody Tuesday evening as…

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Pregnant Woman, Toddler Fatally Shot in Idaho, Sheriff Says

May 20, 2023
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WALLACE, Idaho.—A 33-year-old pregnant woman and her toddler son were found shot to death in a home in northern Idaho, authorities said. Deputies responded at about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday to a report of a death at the home, Shoshone County Sheriff Holly Lindsey announced on Facebook. There they found the bodies of Elizabeth Lawley and…

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‘Rust’ Weapons Supervisor Wants Charges Dropped in Alec Baldwin Shooting

May 19, 2023
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SANTA FE, N.M.—Attorneys for the weapons supervisor on the New Mexico film set where Alec Baldwin shot and killed a cinematographer asked a judge Thursday to dismiss her involuntary manslaughter charge, as Baldwin’s was last month. The motion filed in Santa Fe County court from lawyers for Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the armorer on the set of…

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Pentagon Leak Suspect Jack Teixeira to Remain Jailed as He Awaits Trial

May 19, 2023
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WORCESTER, Mass.—A Massachusetts Air National Guard member charged with leaking highly classified military documents will remain behind bars while he awaits trial, a federal magistrate judge ruled Friday. U.S. Magistrate Judge David Hennessy said releasing 21-year-old Jack Teixeira would pose a risk that he would attempt to flee the country or obstruct justice. The judge…

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