Category: crime

3 Chinese Nationals Charged for Pilfering Data From Spotify, Netflix, and Optus

Three Adelaide-based Chinese men have been charged for illegally obtaining the personal details of Spotify, Netflix, and Foxtel customers by using data leaked from Australian telecommunications giant Optus. Sheng Li, 24, on Dec. 20 faced 76 charges of money laundering and the federal charge of conspiracy, although he was initially charged with using other people’s…


Prison Dogs | Documentary

This film is only available in the United States because of territorial licensing. “The day that my crime occurred, it was a street beef, I felt threatened, and ultimately just pulled out a gun and​ ​shot a kid,” says inmate​ Luis Diaz. “I really hate the person who I was then. I’m looking for forgiveness….


LA Sheriff’s Department Launches Campaign Against Counterfeit Pills With Actor Danny Trejo

The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department launched a campaign Dec. 14 to raise awareness of the dangers of counterfeit pharmaceuticals with actor Danny Trejo and city officials with the tagline, “Bad meds kill real people.” Newly-elected Sheriff Robert Luna announced the campaign in an effort to stop the spread of black market pharmaceutical meds—especially fentanyl—alongside Trejo,…


Chinese Billionaire Faces Extradition to US for Allegedly Bribing San Francisco Officials

A Chinese real estate mogul is battling extradition to the United States from the UK for his alleged role in bribing San Francisco city officials. Zhang Li, the billionaire co-founder and CEO of Guangzhou-based R&F Properties, is wanted in California for allegedly bribing public officials between 2015 and 2020. Zhang is accused of paying kickbacks…


Sherlock Jr. (1924)

A movie theater projectionist and janitor is in love with a beautiful, loveable girl. However, he has a rival: the “local sheik.” Neither has much money. The projectionist buys a $1 box of chocolates, all he can afford, and changes the price to $4 before giving it and a ring to her. The sheik steals…


After 5 Years On the Run, ‘Child Predator’ Captured in Mexico

“International fugitive” and “child predator” Brad A. Hatter, as designated by the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), has been captured in Mexico after five years of evading law enforcement. The agency says he has been brought back to the United States to face justice.  In December 2005, Hatter, 58, was arrested in Gwinett County Georgia for attempting…


Police: Chicago-Area Man Killed 4 Family Members, Himself

BUFFALO GROVE, Ill.—A suburban Chicago man killed his wife, two young children, and mother inside their home last week before fatally stabbing himself, police said Monday. Officers found the two girls and three adults dead on Wednesday at the home in the Lake County village of Buffalo Grove. Police said the officers went to check…


Plan to Shutter Rikers Island Jails Could Endanger New Yorkers: Report

New York’s quest to replace the troubled Rikers Island jail complex with smaller facilities across the five boroughs could lead to either hazardous overcrowding or the release of dangerous detainees, according to a Dec. 1 report from the conservative Manhattan Institute. In a Nov. 30 interview with The Epoch Times, the report’s author, Manhattan Institute…


LAPD’s New Policy Reduces Traffic Stops, but Crime Is on the Rise

After the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and the Los Angeles Police Commission updated a policy earlier this year to restrict officers’ ability to make traffic stops, critics say doing so has led to an uptick in crime. At issue is what’s known as pretextual stop, or a traffic stop conducted by a police officer…


Biden’s Misplaced Emphasis on One Gun

Commentary We now know at least one of the priorities of the Biden administration during the remaining weeks Democrats control the House of Representatives. The president says he would try to “get rid of assault weapons.” Speaking to reporters at his Nantucket, Massachusetts, holiday house, Biden said: “The idea [that] we still allow semi-automatic weapons to be…