A Wisconsin teen who killed a prison guard during a fistfight pleaded guilty to homicide Friday but contends he doesn’t deserve prison time because he was mentally ill and not responsible for his actions. Javarius Hurd, 17, entered a plea of guilty/not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect to one count of second-degree...
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Border Patrol Agents Shoot Suspected Gang Members In Portland Traffic Stop
Around 2:19 p.m. Thursday in the Hazelwood neighborhood, U.S. Border Patrol agents stopped a car carrying a Venezuelan national targeted for ties to the Tren de Aragua gang’s prostitution ring and a recent shooting. The driver, believed to be another gang member, reportedly accelerated toward the agents after they identified themselves, prompting one agent to...
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Former Catholic Priest Sentenced To 24 Years In Prison For Underage Rape Case In Brazil
A Brazilian court sentenced former priest Bernardino Batista dos Santos to 24 years and nine months in prison for the rape of an underage person, a document obtained by The Associated Press on Thursday showed. The ruling was issued earlier this week, though the case remains sealed. In a 22-page document, the court in the...
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ICE Officer Who Shot Renee Good In Minneapolis Has Served Decades In Military And Law Enforcement
The federal agent who shot and killed a driver in Minneapolis is an Iraq War veteran who has served for nearly two decades in the Border Patrol and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to records obtained Thursday by The Associated Press. Jonathan Ross, who shot and killed Renee Good on Wednesday, has served as...
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Luigi Mangione Heads To Court As He Fights To Block Death Penalty, Murder Charge And Key Evidence
Luigi Mangione is due in federal court Friday for a pivotal hearing in his fight to bar the government from seeking the death penalty against him in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Mangione’s lawyers contend that authorities prejudiced his case by turning his December 2024 arrest into a “Marvel movie” spectacle and by...
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Businessman Extradited From Cambodia To China Suspected Of Running Vast Online Criminal Empire
Chen Zhi boasted of pulling in $30 million a day, prosecutors in the United States said — a suspected criminal mastermind and onetime internet cafe manager who authorities say presented himself as a legitimate businessman. But in reality, they say, he ran online gambling sites, scams and other illegal businesses from a sprawling headquarters along...
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Gunmen Kill Crime Reporter In Eastern Mexico
A journalist Carlos Castro, who covered crime for local news outlet Codigo Norte Veracruz has been shot dead by gunmen in eastern Mexico. According to Mexican media and the State Commission for the Attention and Protection of Journalists, an autonomous body under the regional government, the victim, Castro, was a crime reporter with local news...
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Nigerian Man In Malaysia Handed Death Sentence Over Tragic Death Of Step-Grandson.
KUALA LUMPUR High Court in Malaysia sentenced a Nigerian man to death today for murdering his four-year-old step-grandson six years ago. According to Malaysian news outlet Berita Harian, Justice K. Muniandy handed down the sentence to Ibekwe Emeka Augustine, 48, after evaluating the totality of evidence presented before the court. Augustine was charged with causing...
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Former School Bus Aide Pleads Guilty To Assaulting 3 Students With Autism
A former school aide pleaded guilty to a dozen charges for assaulting children on a school bus. According to the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office, a criminal investigation into 30-year-old Kiarra Jones was launched after a parent of a nonverbal child with autism reported that her son came home with bruises on his foot. Upon...
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