Category: Crime and Judiciary

Dozens of activists have staged a protest outside a mortuary in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, following the death of a 31-year-old man in police custody. Albert Omondi Ojwang’s death has sparked outrage in Kenya. He was arrested following a complaint by the deputy police chief, who accused him of tarnishing his name on social media. In...

A man in Texas has been charged with murder after he allegedly slipped an abortion drug into his pregnant girlfriend’s drink. Justin Anthony Banta was arrested on Friday after a months-long investigation into his former girlfriend’s accusation that he gave her the Plan C pill (known as an abortion drug) without her knowledge, according to...

Blood discovered at a campsite where three young Washington state sisters were found dead last week belonged to a male, authorities said Monday as the search continued for their father, a former soldier with extensive survival skills. Investigators have been looking for Travis Caleb Decker, 32, since the night of May 30, when he failed to return...

Police in India say a woman, who had gone missing after her husband was found brutally murdered during their honeymoon, is in custody after she surrendered. The families of the couple had alleged that the bride had also either been killed or abducted and mounted a huge campaign to find her. Police now allege that...

 A Hawaii-based U.S. Army soldier was sentenced Thursday to 23 years in prison for killing his wife and unborn child last summer and attempting to cover up the crime by dismembering and disposing of her body in the trash. Pfc. Dewayne Johnson II pleaded guilty earlier in the week to voluntary manslaughter, obstruction of justice...

Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco appeared in court Thursday in the Dominican Republic in a sexual abuse case involving a teenage girl who testified behind closed doors. Prosecutors also privately disclosed audio and video related to the girl as evidence during the trial that began earlier this week. Franco’s attorneys have argued that the evidence submitted by prosecutors...

Former EFCC chairman Abdulrasheed Bawa unveils explosive book on Nigeria’s fuel subsidy fraud Abdulrasheed Bawa, the former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has released a groundbreaking new book titled ‘The Shadow of Loot & Losses: Uncovering Nigeria’s Petroleum Subsidy Fraud’. This powerful exposé provides the most authoritative account yet of Nigeria’s...

FBI Director Kash Patel in a statement revealed that a Chinese nation identified as Yunqing Jian has been arrested by the investigative agency for allegedly smuggling dangerous fungus called “Fusarium graminearum,” into the country. Patel disclosed that the fungus can caused significant health issue. Jian who works at the University of Michigan has been said...

A man in central Washington state is wanted on suspicion of murder after his three young daughters were reported missing and then found dead. Authorities asked the public Tuesday for help finding Travis Decker, 32, who is wanted for three counts of murder and kidnapping, according to police in Wenatchee, about 100 miles (160 kilometers)...