New York City, NY

Nassau County, NY

A convicted New York drug dealer and predatory lender who was freed from federal prison after his sentence was commuted in 2021 by then-President Donald Trump was arrested on assault charges. Jonathan Braun is accused in Nassau County court of assaulting his elderly father-in-law as he tried to protect his...

New York drug dealer whose prison sentence Trump commuted arrested on assault charges

The Shade Room

A federal judge has dismissed charges against two former officers involved in the Breonna Taylor raid. RELATED: Breonna Taylor’s Mother Shares That It Took Several Hours Before She Learned Of Her Passing More Details On The Dismissed Charges Against The Officers Involved In The Breonna Taylor Raid According to CNN, US District Court Judge Charles Simpson [...]
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UPDATE: Federal Judge Dismisses Charges Against 2 Former Officers Involved In The Breonna Taylor Raid

Georgia State

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Swainsboro, GA

Daily Coffee Press

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) has arrested and charged former Soperton Police Department officer Kenneth Bishop, 60, of Swainsboro, Georgia, with three counts of aggravated assault and one count of terroristic threats and acts.

Georgia Police Officer Arrested on Charges of Aggravated Assault and More

California State

Inmate on death row for 33 years must either be released or retried over prosecutorial misconduct

California inmate on death row for 33 years must either be released or retried due to prosecutorial misconduct

ABC News

A man identified as a suspect in the 1991 murder of a 23-year-old has died by suicide, days after a DNA swab from his cheek matched evidence collected at the crime scene.

1991 murder suspect dies by suicide after submitting DNA sample

Rhode Island State

Law & Crime

An attorney from Massachusetts is accused of trying to smuggle drug-infused paper to a man incarcerated in a Rhode Island federal prison.
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Attorney caught smuggling drug-soaked papers disguised as legal docs into prison at 4:20, came up with Staples story but had no receipt: Feds

Mississippi State

New York Post

An illegal immigrant from Mexico allegedly raped a 10-year-old boy in Mississippi.

The Pontotoc County Sheriff’s Department said its deputies arrested “illegal alien” Filiberto Gonzalez, 34, at his area home Aug. 12 for the alleged rape.



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Gonzalez remains in the sheriff’s custody pending his upcoming hearing on two charges of rape.

It remains unclear when and where Gonzalez entered the US.

The sexual assault is only among the latest in a slew of alleged migrant-perpetrated sex crimes. Over a recent two-week period, there were at least three such...

Illegal immigrant accused of raping 10-year-old boy in Mississippi

Sag Harbor, NY

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NewsNinja

Justin Timberlake had a pricey wristwatch, a vape pen, and over $300 in cash on him when he was arrested on DWI charges on eastern Long Island in June. Law enforcement officers discovered the singer, 43, holding a vape device, a Rolex watch, a gold band, and a wallet containing $306 in bills when he was arrested in Sag Harbor on June 18, as reported by the Daily Mail.

Justin Timberlake had a vape pen, Rolex, and $306 cash at the time of his DWI arrest: police report

Boston, MA

CBS Boston

An inmate has been sentenced for his role in the deadly bludgeoning of infamous Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger in a West Virginia federal prison in 2018. The inmate, Paul J. DeCologero, was sentenced to more than four years imprisonment after pleading guilty to an assault charge. DeCologero faced a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.Prosecutors initially had said DeCologero and inmate Fotios "Freddy" Geas used a lock attached to a belt to repeatedly hit the 89-year-old Bulger in the head hours after he arrived at troubled USP Hazelton from another lockup in Florida, while another man, Sean McKinnon, served as...

Inmate sentenced in prison killing of infamous gangster "Whitey" Bulger

Los Angeles County, CA

Herbie J Pilato

Actor Van Johnson, who died in 2007, was one of Hollywood's ideal films idols. In the 1940s, the charming screen icon was box office gold, and remained a popular presence on TV in shows like Murder, She Wrote (which starred his good friend Angela Lansbury).

The Secret Gay Life & Horrific Car Accident of Actor Van Johnson: 16 Years After His Tragic Death

Butler, PA

TheDailyBeast

The FBI told Donald Trump last week that Thomas Matthew Crooks may have been much smarter than many initially thought. The FBI reached that conclusion in part because Crooks scored higher than 1500 on his SAT pre-college exam—a score that would put him in the running for universities like Harvard, where an admitted student’s average score is 1520.Federal agents sat down with Trump on Aug. 1 to inform him of new information they’d uncovered about his would-be assassin, sources told ABC News. The FBI said in the meeting that they believe Crooks was “strikingly intelligent” but likely suffered from an...

FBI: Thomas Matthew Crooks Had SAT Score High Enough for Harvard

The Independent

 A convicted murderer who permanently disfigured a prison guard and injured another while trying to escape custody during a hospital visit has been jailed for more than three years.James Demarco, 34, had been taken to Perth Royal Infirmary for an X-ray appointment on September 25, 2023 when he attacked a female GEOAmey guard.Prosecutors said he was handcuffed to the woman when he caused her to fall halfway down a flight of stairs.He then put his knee on her chest and pinned her to the ground, which caused her head to strike the floor, and he then demanded the handcuffs...

Inmate who injured prison officers in escape bid at hospital jailed

New Jersey State

Florida State

Monroe Township, NJ

Three Florida residents have been arrested in connection to an apparent acid attack on a New Jersey woman who suffered burns to more than 35% of her body, according to a Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office press release obtained by CNN affiliate KYW.

Florida trio charged in apparent acid attack that left a New Jersey woman with burns to a third of her body, prosecutors say

Daytona Beach, FL

Flagler County, FL

NBC News

A Florida student accused of beating a school employee unconscious after she confiscated his Nintendo Switch last year was sentenced to five years in prison Tuesday, court records show. Brendan Depa, 18, pleaded no contest to one count of aggravated battery on an elected official or education employee, according to...

Florida student who assaulted school employee over Nintendo Switch gets 5 years in prison

Tennessee State

Oak Ridge, TN

Seventh Judicial District Attorney General Dave Clark said that a Tennessee man who kidnapped, raped, and abused a woman before strangling her to death has been given the death penalty. Several news outlets, such as the Oak Ridger, WATE, and WBIR, say that Sean Finnegan, 56, was found guilty of...

The Man Who Tortured and Killed a Woman, Taking Breaks to Smoke, and Then Put Her Body in a Freezer is Now Being Put to Death

Miami, FL

Real estate developer Sergio Pino, one of the country’s largest Hispanic residential builders, died by suicide Tuesday morning after FBI agents arrived at his Cocoplum home amid what the bureau called a “murder for hire” investigation related to threats made against his estranged wife, Tatiana Pino. It...

Miami developer Sergio Pino found dead amid FBI ‘murder for hire’ investigation

Maine State

Sagadahoc County, ME

Lewiston, ME

The Maine Monitor

Editor’s note: This story contains references to suicide. When a bill to strengthen Maine’s yellow flag law went into effect earlier this month, Sagadahoc County Sheriff Joel Merry said he felt a sense of relief.

Law enforcement officers can now get a warrant to take someone into protective custody

Indiana State

Atwater, CA

Fox News

Three people are facing charges in the death of a prison worker who died after handling a drug-laced package sent to an inmate in California.

Federal prison worker dies after touching drug-laced package sent to inmate: DOJ

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Abdul Ghani

A local source has learned that a Senegalese immigrant who came to the US illegally has been caught and charged with raping a woman in New York City. On August 5, police say Papa Diop, 38, "brutally" struck a woman in the South Bronx. He was charged with first-degree rape by the New York Police Department. He was caught on Saturday.

Police Arrested An Illegal Migrant Who Is Facing First-Degree Rape Charges

Salem, OH

Northern Kentucky Tribune

Every day, 8-year-old Emma sits in a small garden outside her grandmother’s home in Salem, Ohio, writing letters to her mom and sometimes singing songs her mother used to sing to her.

Thousands of parents die of overdoses; advocates say their kids need more help

NewsBreak

Pair of correctional officers charged with assaulting detainee, obstruction of justice

A federal grand jury indicted two Passaic County correctional officers on Monday for allegedly violating a detainee’s civil rights. The grand jury charged Sergeants Jose Gonzalez...

Pair of correctional officers charged with assaulting detainee, obstruction of justice

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