A boy on a visit to a museum in Israel accidentally knocked over a 3,500-year-old jar, shattering the relic. “There are instances where display items are intentionally damaged, and such cases are treated with great severity, including involving the police,”Lihi Laszlo of the Hecht Museum told the BBC. “In this case, however, this was not...
Disgraced lawyer Tom Girardi was convicted Tuesday of defrauding clients in a years-long Ponzi scheme through his now defunct Girardi Keese law firm. Following a 13-day trial, Girardi, 85, was found guilty of four counts of wire fraud by a jury. Girardi faces a statutory maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison for each...
Two Nevada men accused of damaging rock formations estimated to be 140 million years old at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area back in April are facing charges and potential prison time. Wyatt Clifford Fain, 37, and Payden David Guy Cosper, 31, each face a federal indictment for one count of injury and depredation of...
The votes of the law enforcement professionals and their families will help determine the election as police officers weigh the prospect of heightened lawlessness on American streets under a potential Vice President Harris administration, a retired Illinois police chief predicted. “It’s my personal belief that no police officer or family member should vote for [Harris’]...
City council members in Atlanta, Georgia, are considering a $1.5 million settlement for a man who was wrongfully arrested and jailed nearly 14 months for a crime he did not commit. Keith Sylvester was arrested and booked into jail in Fulton County in December 2018 on accusations he strangled and murdered his mother, Deborah Hubbard,...
The Philadelphia Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying two young armed carjackers, including one who investigators believe could be as young as 10 years old. Police shared a video of the suspects accused of committing four carjackings at gunpoint in North Philadelphia, between Aug. 16 and Aug. 22. The first incident...
New York police made their first arrest for an alleged violation of a new ban on mask-wearing in Nassau County Sunday. Police say Wesslin Omar Ramirez Castillo, 18, was arrested for wearing a mask and acting suspiciously in Levittown, New York. He is an illegal immigrant from Guatemala who entered the U.S. in 2019, sources...
People caught with drugs in Portland, Oregon, between 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. and on weekends may be arrested and taken to jail starting next week, according to police. It’s a temporary solution as Multnomah County works to get a deflection center up and running to offer people suspected of low-level drug possession the option...
Two incidents of vandalism have reportedly taken place at Gettysburg National Park within one week. On August 15, park officials reported that multiple boulders had been defaced with graffiti inscribed onto the faces of large stones on Little Round Top, the National Park Services (NPS) reported. The second incident took place on August 19, when...
A Kentucky dentist and his son face criminal charges after an employee at their family restaurant was found stabbed to death in the older man’s home. Now, the woman’s family is searching for answers. Amber Spradlin, 39, was found dead with multiple stab wounds to the head and neck on June 18, 2023 on a...
