Tag: Crime and Incidents

Boston Dean Who Shot Student Gets 18 Years for Racketeering

BOSTON—A former Boston high school dean serving a 26-year sentence in state prison for shooting a student he had recruited to deal drugs has received an additional 18 years or more on a federal gang-related charge. Prosecutors said that Shaun Harrison, 63, lived a double life, portraying himself as an anti-violence activist and mentor for…


Former College Student Pleads Not Guilty to California Murder Charges

DAVIS, Calif.—A 21-year-old former university student on Friday pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder and one of attempted murder in connection with a series of stabbings in the college community of Davis. Yolo County Superior Court Judge Daniel Wolk also denied bail to Carlos Dominguez, citing the risk to public safety and the…


Texas Petrochemical Plant Fire Sends 9 Workers to Hospital

HOUSTON—Fire erupted at a petrochemical plant in the Houston area Friday, sending nine workers to a hospital and causing a huge plume of smoke visible for miles. Emergency responders were called to help around 3 p.m. at the Shell facility in Deer Park, a suburb east of Houston. The city of Deer Park said in…


Colorado Man Pleads Guilty for Setting Fire to Church in Hate Crime Case

A 22-year-old man has pled guilty in a Colorado federal court for setting fire to a church in Loveland in January. Darion Ray Sexton entered a guilty plea on Thursday, admitting fault for setting fire to the Abiding Love Lutheran Church on Jan. 19. Sexton was arrested and charged on Jan. 23 with causing damage…


Massachusetts Blast Site Where 1 Died Moves to Cleanup Phase

NEWBURYPORT, Mass.—Authorities in Massachusetts on Friday identified the worker who died after a powerful explosion tore through a pharmaceutical chemical plant with a history of safety violations. Fire crews in Newburyport were still cleaning up the site, a day after what they described as seven-alarm hazardous materials event that tore the roof off the building…


Lawyer Says ‘Psychotic Break’ Explains Stepson’s Killing

DENVER—A lawyer for a Colorado woman who repeatedly stabbed and then shot her 11-year-old stepson before driving his body across the country said Friday that the brutality of the attack was the strongest evidence that the killing was the result of a “psychotic break.” During closing arguments in Letecia Stauch’s murder trial in Colorado Springs,…


Shooting Leaves 12-Year-Old Florida Boy Dead at Store

DANIA BEACH, Fla.—A gunman fatally shot a 12-year-old boy and wounded a man before turning the gun on himself inside a South Florida convenience store in an apparently random attack, sheriff’s officials said Friday. Broward County Sheriff’s deputies said Darren Rosenthal, 29, shot a man sitting inside a car outside the Dania Beach 7-Eleven at…


Maryland Police: Attackers Tried to Shoot Boy on School Bus

OXON HILL, Md.—Three masked attackers boarded a school bus in Maryland earlier this week and tried multiple times to shoot a boy, but the attack was foiled by a malfunctioning gun, police said. The bus stopped in Oxon Hill, a suburb of the nation’s capital, to drop off students just before 5 p.m. Monday, when…


‘Not a Safe Place Anymore:’ Actor Scott Baio Leaving California

Actor Scott Baio is leaving California, after feeling unsafe due to the state’s insurmountable homeless crisis, the star announced on Wednesday. The 62-year-old has lived in Los Angeles for 45 years, but says it’s now time to “exit stage right’ from California” adding it’s “not a safe place anymore.” “After 45 years, I’m making my way to…


Police Video Shows Idaho Killings Suspect in Traffic Stop

PULLMAN, Wash.—Newly released body camera video shows the man accused of fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students being pulled over for allegedly running a red light about a month before the killings. The video shows Washington State University campus police stopping Bryan Kohberger on Oct. 14, 2022, in Pullman, the Idaho Statesman reported Thursday….