Tag: Public Safety

Attorney: Mom of Virginia Boy Who Shot Teacher Was Depressed

NEWPORT NEWS, Va.—The mother of a 6-year-old Virginia boy who shot and wounded his teacher had a series of miscarriages and post-partum depression in the year before the shooting, her attorney said Friday, after she was arraigned on charges of child neglect and failing to secure the handgun her son used in the shooting. Police…


Pence Calls for Federal Death Penalty Law for School Shooters

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Former Vice President Mike Pence told the National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) Leadership Forum that the solution to school shootings and increased violent crime isn’t the plan pushed by Democrats. “We don’t need gun control; we need crime control,” Pence told the group. “We need solutions to protect our…


Texas Residents Fearful as Massive Sinkhole Swallows Structures in Small Town

Researchers are monitoring a large sinkhole that appeared earlier this month in the small town of Daisetta, Texas. On April 2, the ground on the northwestern flank of the Hull salt dome began cracking and disappearing into a sinkhole. It is not the first time this town of about a thousand residents has experienced a…


Memphis Signee Mikey Williams Arrested in March Shooting

SAN DIEGO—High school basketball star and Memphis signee Mikey Williams has been arrested in a March shooting in San Diego County, authorities said. The 18-year-old who is a top recruit in the 2023 class was arrested Thursday on multiple counts of assault with a firearm and was released after paying a $50,000 bond early Friday,…


Bob Lee Stabbing Suspect’s Arraignment Postponed

SAN FRANCISCO—A judge has rescheduled the arraignment of Nima Momeni, the 38-year-old suspect in Bob Lee’s murder, for April 25. According to the motion to detain Momeni without bail, which was released on April 14, Momeni drove the victim to a deserted spot and stabbed him due to a dispute about his sister. Momeni appeared…


Suspect in Cash App Founder Killing Makes Court Appearance

SAN FRANCISCO—The 38-year-old tech consultant charged with the murder of Cash App founder Bob Lee made his first appearance in a San Francisco courtroom Friday but did not enter a plea. Nima Momeni, who police say knew Lee, is now scheduled to be arraigned April 25. The judge ordered Momeni held in jail without bail,…


EXCLUSIVE: Footage of Firebombing of Pregnancy Center Released by Pro-Life Group

The Epoch Times has obtained exclusive video of the firebombing of the pregnancy resource center that was attacked last June by suspected pro-abortion militants in Buffalo, New York. The video has been at the center of a controversy between CompassCare, the Christian pregnancy center, and the police who refused to return the video to the…


DA Says Elon Musk’s Tweet Related to Tech CEO’s Murder Is ‘Irresponsible’

San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins denounced a social media post shared by Tesla founder and Twitter CEO Elon Musk in relation to the recent stabbing murder of Cash App founder Bob Lee. Lee, a 43-year-old tech executive, died at a hospital after being found wounded on a sidewalk in a San Francisco suburb earlier…


US Will Not Prosecute Suspect in US Tourist Death in Mexico

CHARLOTTE, N.C.—U.S. officials in North Carolina will not federally prosecute the person suspected of killing a Charlotte-area woman vacationing in Mexico last year, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday. Federal prosecutors say they have presented the findings of their investigation to the family of Shanquella Robinson, who was seen being beaten in a viral…


What We Know About Jack Teixeira, Accused of Involvement in Classified Documents Leak

A 21-year-old has been taken into custody for allegedly being involved in the leak of secret U.S. military documents. Jack Teixeira of the Massachusetts Air National Guard was arrested on April 13 at a home in southern Massachusetts, about 18 miles east of Providence, Rhode Island. Here’s what we know about Teixeira. IT Specialist After…