Tag: Crime and Incidents

Fire Chief: 2 Missing After Massive Blaze at North Carolina Construction Site

May 19, 2023
blazecarolinaconstructionCrime & Public SafetyCrime and IncidentsNorth CarolinaRegional & State NewsState NewsUSUS News
0 Comment

CHARLOTTE, N.C.—Two construction workers were still unaccounted for late Thursday after a massive, fast-moving fire broke out at a North Carolina construction site earlier in the day, the city’s fire chief said. Fifteen workers, including a crane operator, were rescued by the more than 90 firefighters called to the five-alarm blaze in the South Park…

Read More

Suspect in Fatal Stabbing of Cash App Founder Pleads Not Guilty

May 19, 2023
appCaliforniacashCrime & Public SafetyCrime and IncidentsNorthern CaliforniaRegional & State NewsstabbingState NewsTechUSUS News
0 Comment

SAN FRANCISCO—Tech consultant Nima Momeni pleaded not guilty Thursday to a murder charge in the stabbing death of Cash App founder Bob Lee on the streets of San Francisco. San Francisco Superior Court Judge Victor Hwang ordered Momeni, 38, kept in jail without bail, saying he posed a public safety risk if released. Momeni, who…

Read More

Medical Providers Defrauded Arizona Medicaid Program, Held People Against Their Will: Hobbs

May 18, 2023
ArizonaCrime & Public SafetyCrime and IncidentsMedicaidRegional & State NewsState NewsUS
0 Comment

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs announced new actions against more than 100 medical service providers for defrauding the state and targeting vulnerable populations, particularly people in Arizona’s tribal nations. During a May 16 news conference, Hobbs said these service providers targeted vulnerable people struggling with homelessness and addiction and promised them food, treatment, and housing at group…

Read More

Pentagon Leak Suspect Was Warned Multiple Times About Mishandling of Classified Information

May 18, 2023
classifiedCrime & Public SafetyCrime and IncidentsinformationleakUSUS News
0 Comment

BOSTON—Superiors of the Massachusetts Air National Guard member charged with leaking highly classified military documents had raised concerns internally on multiple occasions about his handling or viewing of classified information, according to a court filing Wednesday. Justice Department lawyers made the disclosure in a court papers urging a magistrate judge to keep Jack Teixeira behind…

Read More

Man Charged With Killing 5-Year-Old Who Was Found Dead in a Suitcase 9 Years Ago

May 18, 2023
boyCrime & Public SafetyCrime and IncidentsMassachusettsmissingRegional & State NewsState NewssuitcaseUSUS News
0 Comment

WORCESTER, Mass.—Nine years after the body of 5-year-old Jeremiah Oliver was found in a suitcase beside a Massachusetts highway, the former boyfriend of the child’s mother will be arraigned Thursday on a murder charge in connection with the death, prosecutors said. Alberto Sierra Jr., 32, is charged with murder and disinterring a body and will…

Read More

Lawyers for Derek Chauvin File Petition in Minnesota Supreme Court Appealing Conviction for George Floyd Murder

May 18, 2023
Crime & Public SafetyCrime and IncidentsDerek ChauvinGeorge FloydMinnesotaRegional & State NewsState NewsUS
0 Comment

Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who was convicted in April 2021 of murdering George Floyd, has appealed his conviction, arguing that he was deprived of a fair trial. His attorney, William Mohrman, filed a petition for review with the Minnesota Supreme Court on May 17, arguing that the district judge’s decision not to move the proceedings…

Read More

Woman Pleads Guilty, Sentenced to 52 Years for Texas Boy’s Death

May 18, 2023
boyCrime & Public SafetyCrime and IncidentsDEATHRegional & State NewsState NewsTexasUSUS News
0 Comment

HOUSTON—A woman on Wednesday agreed to a 52-year prison sentence after pleading guilty in the 2021 death of her boyfriend’s 5-year-old Houston son, whose body she had kept hidden in a storage unit before it was discovered in an East Texas hotel, according to prosecutors. During a court hearing, Theresa Balboa, 31, pleaded guilty to…

Read More

Man and 12-Year-Old Boy Arrested After Fatal Shooting at Sonic Restaurant in Texas

May 18, 2023
Crime & Public SafetyCrime and IncidentsRegional & State NewsRestaurantshootingState NewsTexasUSUS News
0 Comment

KEENE, Texas—A 12-year-old boy and a 20-year-old man have been arrested on a murder warrant in the fatal shooting of a Sonic Drive-In employee in Texas, police said. Matthew Davis, 32, was shot and killed Saturday night as he fought with Angel Gomez, 20, in the parking lot of the restaurant in Keene, about 40…

Read More

Reps. Jim Jordan, Mike Turner Threaten to Subpoena CIA in Hunter Biden Laptop Investigation

May 18, 2023
Central Intelligence AgencyChairman Mike TurnerCrime & Public SafetyCrime and IncidentsFormer CIA Deputy Director Michael MorrellHouse Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim JordanHunter Biden laptopintelligence communityPoliticsUSUS Newsweaponization of government
0 Comment

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner (R-Ohio) are threatening to subpoena the CIA to force it to address claims of its involvement in an intelligence community letter to discredit reports on Hunter Biden’s laptop. Last week, the two Republican-controlled House committees published a report alleging the CIA’s…

Read More

2nd Escaped Inmate Captured After Breaking out of Philadelphia Prison

May 17, 2023
captureCrime & Public SafetyCrime and IncidentsinmatePennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaRegional & State NewsState NewsUSUS News
0 Comment

PHILADELPHIA—A federal marshals fugitive task force has recaptured the second of two inmates who escaped from a Philadelphia prison earlier this month, a man who had been held on charges in four slayings, authorities said. Ameen Hurst, 18, was taken into custody at about 8:30 a.m. Wednesday in west Philadelphia, according to Robert Clark, supervisory…

Read More