Russia’s security services shot dead four inmates on Friday who had taken hostages at a penal colony, fatally stabbed four of its staff and posted online videos describing themselves as Islamic State militants, officials said. “Snipers of the special forces of the Russian National Guard in the Volgograd region, with four precise shots, neutralised four...
Patrick Kugler, who recently served as co-offensive coordinator for Austin Peay State University’s football team, was taken into police custody this week. He was arrested as part of a human trafficking probe. Kugler has resigned from his assistant coaching role with the Governors. He was one of six suspects arrested during an undercover human trafficking...
A Florida man has accepted a plea deal after his joyride in a stolen emergency vehicle was cut short when he crashed it and led police on a multi-day search. On Thursday, Gregory Brian McGall, 36, agreed to a plea deal that will keep him behind bars for 25 years. Prosecutors said at a hearing...
The bank robbery and hostage situation that led to the coining of the term “Stockholm syndrome” began on this day in history, Aug. 23, 1973. On that date, Jan-Erik Olsson, an escaped prisoner who was sentenced to three years in prison for grand larceny, burst into Sveriges Kreditbanken, located in Stockholm‘s Norrmalmstorg square, armed with...
An Uber ride turned into a nightmare for a Central California woman after the driver allegedly tried to kidnap her and showed her nude images of himself during the drive. The incident happened Sunday afternoon in downtown Clovis, a suburb of Fresno. Ty Wood, the public information officer for the Clovis Police Department, confirmed the...
A former Las Vegas Democratic politician on trial for allegedly killing a veteran investigative journalist who had written critical stories about the official, took the stand on Wednesday to give his side of the story and plead his innocence. “Unequivocally I’m innocent,” Robert Telles, 47, declared from a Nevada witness box facing 12 jurors and...
CHICAGO – The Windy City saw at least 30 people shot during the first three days of the DNC, including six homicides. Chicago police ramped up security this week during the Democratic National Convention, but violent crime remains a reality despite the removal of unsightly homeless encampments and good behavior from the city’s illegal immigrant...
A Texas delegate in Chicago for the Democratic National Convention (DNC) was robbed at gunpoint early Wednesday by men in ski masks, according to a local report. The victim, 25, was walking in downtownChicago with a friendat around 2 a.m. in the 100 block of West Randolph when a black Range Rover pulled up alongside...
The Chicago Police Department recorded nine shootings involving 10 victims, one of whom died on Wednesday, and a stabbing on the third day of the Democratic National Convention in the city. The violence comes as police have managed to mostly contain the chaos in and around the convention site. That compares to five shootings involving...
Hall of Fame basketball coach Rick Pitino was the victim of a burglary this week, and officials say they are looking for two suspects who allegedly stole memorabilia from his office at St. John’s University. Pitino, who is in his second season as head coach of the St. John’s men’s basketball program, had his office...
