Tag: Crime & Public Safety

Suspect in Infamous Long Island Serial Killer Case Finally Caught: Officials

Officials in New York’s Long Island on Friday arrested a suspect in connection with the Gilgo Beach serial killer case, authorities confirmed, as police sources have revealed the name of the alleged killer. “I’ve lived with the Gilgo Beach investigation for my entire tenure as county executive, and I can tell you that during that…


New Jersey Lawyer Pleads Not Guilty to a 2nd Series of Sexual Assaults in Boston

BOSTON—A New Jersey lawyer already charged in connection with a series of sexual assaults in Boston’s Charlestown neighborhood about 15 years ago pleaded not guilty on Thursday to new charges stemming from sexual assaults in another area of the city that occurred at roughly the same time. Matthew Nilo, 35, was released on $50,000 bail…


Psychologist Explains Why Societies Go Mad

In this brilliantly insightful episode of Over the Target, Michael Rectenwald, author of “The Great Reset and the Struggle for Liberty,” speaks with Lee Smith about the Polish doctor who lived through Nazism and communism and unlocked “the general laws of the origin of evil.” …


[PREMIERING at 11:00AM ET] Psychologist Explains Why Societies Go Mad

In this brilliantly insightful episode of Over the Target, Michael Rectenwald, author of “The Great Reset and the Struggle for Liberty,” speaks with Lee Smith about the Polish doctor who lived through Nazism and communism and unlocked “the general laws of the origin of evil.” …


Sam Bankman-Fried Attorneys Ask Judge to Remove Security Measures for ‘Close Friends’ Visiting

Lawyers for Sam Bankman-Fried on July 13 asked the judge overseeing his criminal prosecution to allow “close friends and colleagues” of the former FTX founder’s parents to visit him at his home without a security guard having to be present or conduct security checks. Mr. Bankman-Fried was extradited to the United States from the Bahamas in…


Ex-CEO of Bankrupt Cryptocurrency Exchange Celsius Arrested, Charged With Fraud

The former CEO of bankrupt cryptocurrency lending platform Celsius Network, Alexander Mashinsky, has been arrested and is facing a string of charges for allegedly misleading investors and manipulating the price of the company’s crypto token, the Department of Justice announced on July 13. Mr. Mashinsky was arrested Thursday and charged with securities fraud, commodities fraud, and wire fraud for defrauding…


Michigan Woman Seriously Injured in Roller Coaster Accident Sues Ohio Amusement Park

SANDUSKY, Ohio—A Michigan woman struck in the head by a metal bracket that fell off a roller coaster at an Ohio amusement park has sued the park and its parent company, alleging their negligence caused the accident that left her with traumatic brain injuries. The August 2021 accident occurred as the then-44-year-old woman was waiting…


Man Who Shot 2 Firefighters in Alabama Motivated by Personal Conflict With One of Them, Police Say

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Investigators believe the man who shot two on-duty firefighters at an Alabama firehouse had a personal conflict with one of them, a police spokesman said Thursday. Detectives are still trying to determine the basis for that conflict. They have not yet been able to talk to the firefighters, but believe only one of them…


Judge Rules Man Accused of Trying to Open Jet’s Door, Attacking Crew, Not Competent for Trial

BOSTON—A man charged with attacking a flight attendant with a broken metal spoon and attempting to open an airliner’s emergency door on a cross-country flight in March is not currently competent to stand trial, a federal judge ruled. Magistrate Judge Judith Dein, basing her decision on a mental health evaluation of Francisco Severo Torres and…


Coroner Identifies the 3 Men Killed in a Greyhound Bus Crash Near St. Louis

ST. LOUIS—Passengers from New Jersey, Arizona and Illinois were killed when a Greyhound bus slammed into three tractor-trailers parked along an exit ramp near St. Louis, a coroner said Thursday. Fourteen others were injured in the accident just before 2 a.m. Wednesday on Interstate 70 near Highland, Illinois, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) short of…