By MICHAEL BIESECKER, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and MICHAEL BALSAMO, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The man arrested in the mass shooting Saturday at a Pennsylvania synagogue appears to have made virulently anti-Semitic posts on a social media platform popular with far-right extremists, including one made shortly before the attack. Police have identified the suspect as Robert Bowers, …
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was among the Israeli officials who reacted to the Saturday morning mass shooting that left 11 dead and six others — including four police officers — wounded in Pittsburgh. According to Reuters, he said he was “heartbroken and appalled” upon hearing the news. “The entire people of Israel grieve with the …
Following a deadly mass shooting at a Pennsylvania synagogue on Saturday, authorities in New York City announced they would be increasing armed patrols near the city’s houses of worship and Jewish communities. As CrimeOnline previously reported, authorities are expected to consider hate crime charges against suspect Robert Bowers. Though no immediate evidence linked that mass …
An Oklahoma inmate sentenced to life without parole for killing his Lebanese neighbor in a hate crime has died just six months after he was condemned to life in prison. According to Tulsa World, Stanley Vernon Majors, 63, was found dead Wednesday in an infirmary bed at Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. The details surrounding his …
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Prosecutors charged a white man with manslaughter Monday in the death of an unarmed black man whose video-recorded shooting in a store parking lot has revived debate over Florida’s “stand your ground” law. Michael Drejka, 47, has been charged with the July 19 death of Markeis McGlockton outside a Clearwater …
A man is facing charges possibly related to a hate crime after police say cellphone video catches him threatening to kill an Indian man’s family during a heated dispute outside of a Canadian Walmart. According to CBC, authorities have charged a 47-year-old man with criminal counts including dangerous driving and failing to remain at the …
An African-American businessman staying in an upscale Florida hotel says his family was targeted with a racist note left in their room. According to the New York Post, Frank Davis was staying with his family, including 27-year-old son Michael, at the Art Ovation Hotel in Sarasota when they returned to the room to find a …
Authorities in California arrested a man on suspicion of threatening and intimidating members of the LGBTQ community and others. According to KRON, Vincent Joseph O’Sullivan was arrested on Saturday and linked to the recent string of alleged criminal behavior. Reports indicate he was booked into Sonoma County Main Adult Detention Facility later the same day …
Florida prosecutors charged four men under the state’s hate-crime enhancement law for allegedly attacking a gay couple during Miami Beach’s pride parade. From the Miami Herald, Juan Carlos Lopez, 21, Luis M. Alonso Piovet, 20, Adonis Diaz, 21, and Pablo Reinaldo Romo-Figueroa, 21, face up to 30 years in prison if found guilty of assaulting Rene Chalarca and …
A woman who pleaded guilty to her role in the beating of a mentally disabled teen last year learned her fate in court this week. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Tanishia Covington and three other suspects initially pleaded not guilty to kidnapping and attacking a bipolar man in an ordeal that played out live in a …
Three Kansas men were convicted this week for their roles in a plot to bomb an apartment complex largely occupied by Somali refugees and a nearby mosque. According to the Kansas City Star Patrick Stein, Gavin Wright and Curtis Allen were indicated about 18 months ago for planning an attack that would have been executed …
Mercer University has severed ties with an adjunct professor who was reportedly caught on tape last week attacking two U.S. Army Reserve captains—one of whom is pregnant. The Atlanta Journal-Consitution reports that Judy Tucker, 71, was criminally charged following an altercation at Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen in Macon. Officers who responded to the restaurant were met by Stephanie …
