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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

Georgia State

Atlanta, GA

The Independent

 An Atlanta man who threatened to murder far-right Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has pleaded guilty to making interstate threats.Sean Patrick Cirillo, 34, faces up to five years in prison at his sentencing scheduled for November 7.On November 8, 2023, Cirillo called the Republican congresswoman’s Washington DC office and told staff that he had “a bead on her like a sniper rifle” and was “gonna kill her next week.”“I’m gonna murder her,” he said over the phone, according to court records. “I’ll kill you too if you want.”He threatened to “shoot her in the f****** head” and repeatedly shouted...

Atlanta man pleads guilty to threatening to kill Marjorie Taylor Greene

Newark, NJ

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Morristown Minute

NEWARK, N.J. – Nygee Johnson, also known as “Gito,” a 25-year-old member of the Rollin’ 60s Neighborhood Crips, has admitted his role in a racketeering conspiracy. The announcement was made today by U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger. Johnson pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton in Newark federal court on July 17, 2024, to a superseding indictment charging him with Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) conspiracy.

Rollin' 60s Crips Member Pleads Guilty to Racketeering

Patrick McDonagh and Matthew McDonagh are accused of defrauding $435,000 from a US pensioner.

Brothers charged after FBI uncovers $435k fraud

Kansas State

Excelsior Springs, MO

A Missouri man has been accused of murdering a woman whose body was found by kayakers in the Missouri River nearly 13 months ago. He was already behind bars for accusations of kidnapping. Timothy M. Haslett Jr. was charged with the first degree murder of Jaynie Crosdale. Prosecutor Zachary Thompson...

White Missouri Man Charged For Torturing Black Women In Dungeon He Built To 'Punish Them'

New York City, NY

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Cheryl E Preston

Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

The family of a 14-year-old transgender girl whose dismembered remains were found at a Pennsylvania reservoir has called for her gruesome murder to be treated as a hate crime. Pauly Likens, a teenager from Mercer County, went missing on the evening of June 22nd after meeting up with a 29-year-old man whom she met through the dating app, Grindr.

A transgender teen’s body was allegedly dismembered by a dating app date. Her family argues it was a hate crime

Denver, CO

David Heitz

A dangerous drug that is being mixed into fentanyl is causing those who inject it to develop a rash of sores that resembles a case of flesh-eating bacteria. People experiencing homelessness around Denver can sometimes be seen with these bloody, weeping wounds. I recently mentioned this phenomenon to a fentanyl user who told me about the xylazine connection.

Denver homeless people suffer sores as xylazine enters fentanyl supply

Chicago, IL

 A man convicted of plotting to blow up a Chicago bar will have to spend another 11 years in prison. U.S. District Judge Matthew Kennelly resentenced Adel Daoud to 27 years in prison on Friday, the Chicago Tribune reported. U.S. District Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman originally sentenced Daoud to 16 years in prison in 2019 but a federal appellate court threw that sentence out in 2020, saying the punishment wasn’t tough enough, and ordered him resentenced. Daoud, of suburban Hilldale, was arrested in an FBI sting in September 2012 after pushing a button on a remote he believed would...

A judge adds 11 years to the sentence for a man in a Chicago bomb plot

Tampa, FL

Jacksonville, FL

NBC News

Florida authorities this week announced the arrests of four suspects in the slaying last month of the rapper Foolio, all of them charged with murder, and say one suspect is still at large. The slaying was fueled by an ongoing feud between rival gangs, Tampa police said in a statement...

4 suspects arrested in killing of Florida rapper Foolio, a slaying police blame on gang rivalry

Orange County, CA

Corcoran, CA

NewSantaAna

CORCORAN – California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are investigating the July 28, 2024, death of an incarcerated person at California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility as a homicide.

Pimp arrested in Orange County killed by an inmate at a state prison

New Jersey State

Woodbridge Township, NJ

New Jersey authorities in a statement on Monday announced the arrest of a 51-year-old fugitive who had evaded capture for 15 years after he allegedly participated in a $150,000 steakhouse robbery. U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger in the statement said that in 2014, Kofi Edwards of Trinidad and Tobago was...

Fugitive on FBI’s ‘Most Wanted’ list apprehended after 15 years

Foodie in Chicago

Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

Washington, DC

ComingSoon

Disclaimer: This article mentions murder and gun violence. Reader discretion is advised. In October 2002, two snipers terrorized America’s capital region as they murdered people across the Washington D.C. area over a span of three weeks. Several movies and documentaries over the years have depicted the Beltway sniper attacks. It has been more than two decades since the tragedy and one of the DC sniper killers continues to sit behind bars.

DC Sniper Killers: Where Are Lee Boyd Malvo & John Allen Muhammad Now?

Houston, TX

Galveston, TX

A 24-year-old lineman working to restore power from Hurricane Beryl has been arrested in Texas for beating another lineman, who is in critical condition. Galveston police responded to reports of a man lying on the sidewalk in the early morning hours of July 15. The man was found and appeared to have been struck repeatedly on his head and face, police said. The injured man was not identified, but police said the two men were staying at a nearby hotel.

Lineman working Hurricane Beryl restoration arrested for severely beating coworker in Texas

Manhattan, NY

New York Post

Two “callous” congirls duped at least 16 lonely old men out of more than $7 million in a long-running romance scam, Manhattan federal prosecutors said. 

Rosanna Lisa Stanley and Gina Guy reeled in the “elderly” marks with tall tales about kidney and liver transplants and paid the grifters big bucks for bogus business investments, prosecutors alleged. 

The romance scam ran from at least 2009 until this year when they were arrested last month, authorities said.

The heartbreakers hooked their victims through “in-person meetings, phone calls, text messages, and an online dating platform,” according to court documents.

One sucker handed Stanley, 48, more than $1...

Two congirls charged in ‘callous’ romance scam that duped over a dozen elderly men of $7M: feds

Virginia State

Ronkonkoma, NY

The New York Post reveals that two men who died in a plane crash at MacArthur Airport were from Virginia. The men had been visiting friends in Long Island and were returning home when the tragedy occurred.

Life partners from Virginia have been identified as the victims of a New York plane crash

Suffolk County, NY

ABC News

Alexi Saenz, a high-ranking member of MS-13, pleaded guilty Wednesday to eight murders.

High-ranking MS-13 gang member pleads guilty to 8 murders, including teen girls

Wisconsin State

CBS Minnesota

A Wisconsin man fled to Ireland and sought asylum to avoid a prison sentence for joining a mob's attack on the U.S. Capitol over three years ago, federal authorities allege in a court filing Tuesday.The filing charges Paul Kovacik with defying a court order to surrender and serve three months behind bars for participating in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol.Kovacik, 56, was arrested last month after he voluntarily returned to the U.S. from Ireland. Kovacik is serving his sentence at a federal prison in Chicago and is scheduled to be released from prison on Sept. 8. But...

Wisconsin man fled to Ireland to avoid Capitol riot prison term, charges say

Donna Massey, the mother of shooting victim Sonya Massey, is comforted during a press conference at New Mount Pilgrim Church on July 30, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. Sonya Massey was shot in the head and killed in her home by Sangamon County Sheriff's Deputy Sean Grayson after she called police to report a possible prowler. Grayson, 30, who has since been fired by the department, was indicted by an Illinois grand jury. He has pleaded not guilty to charges of first-degree murder, aggravated battery with a firearm and official misconduct. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Kamala Harris, Sonya Massey, and what it means to be a Black woman in 2024

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Wichita man pleads guilty to series of federal hate crimes, faces 5 to 7 years in prison

A U.S. District Court judge set sentencing for October after Wichita resident Austin Shoemann entered guilty pleas to charges tied to a \"hate-fueled crime spree\" in...

A U.S. District Court judge set sentencing for October after Wichita resident Austin Shoemann entered guilty pleas to charges tied to a "hate-fueled crime spree" in...

Wichita man pleads guilty to series of federal hate crimes, faces 5 to 7 years in prison

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