The 14 men accused of devising a plot that included the kidnapping of Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer allegedly also planned to stage weeklong, televised executions of other public officials. WLS reported that the militiamen intended for 200 combatants to storm the state Capitol Building before the executions. Authorities said another plan involved burning down the …
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) restricted airspace over the Delaware home of Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden. The agency issued a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) showing a no-fly zone in Wilmington. CNN reported that the one-mile radius covers Biden’s home. According to the news outlet, the FAA also restricted airspace over …
A Georgia prosecutor who received criticism for her handling of several high-profile cases — including the February 23 murder of Ahmaud Arbery — was voted out of office Tuesday. Republican Jackie Johnson lost her reelection bid for Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney to independent candidate Keith Higgins. Higgins received 52.8 percent of the more than 86,000 …
A video posted to social media appears to show an election commissioner in Mississippi fight with a supporter of her opponent on Election Day. According to the Mississippi Clarion-Ledger, Sheri McClatchy and Pearlie Howell are facing simple assault charges for a filmed altercation that unfolded across the street from a polling precinct in Holly Springs. …
Law enforcement agencies throughout the United States are preparing for the possibility of violent uprisings as the votes for the 2020 general election are tallied. While millions of registered voters have already cast their ballots at early polling sites or voted via absentee ballot, millions more are expected to line up at the polls on …
Federal authorities announced Thursday that they arrested six suspects for plotting to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. In a criminal complaint, the FBI alleged Adam Fox, Barry Croft, Ty Garbin, Kaleb Franks, Daniel Harris, and Brandon Caserta conspired to recruit militia members and take Whitmer hostage from her vacation home in northern Michigan. The conspirators …
A South Dakota family is calling the state’s attorney general a “coward” after he struck and killed a man with his vehicle, an incident relatives fear might be covered up, the Daily Mail reports. Earlier this month, South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg hit 55-year-old Joe Boever while driving in a rural part of the …
A family member of the man killed when he was hit by a car driven by South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg said he went to the scene of the crash and saw evidence that suggests Ravnsborg’s car was partially on the road shoulder before he applied the brakes. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Ravnsborg was …
Disgraced former congressman Anthony Weiner may have found the right job for the next phase of his life: CEO of an employee-owned Brooklyn company that makes countertops using shards of broken glass. And that’s not all. IceStone, Weiner’s new company, says its “commitment to second chances goes beyond our factory and our products.” “We hire …
A nurse at an ICE detention center in Georgia has submitted a whistleblower complaint alleging that a doctor performed mass hysterectomies on women behind held at the Irwin County Detention Center (ICDC). Law & Crime obtained court documents filed by legal advocacy groups on the nurse’s behalf, which cite numerous witnesses who claim that women …
Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump’s former campaign adviser, was arrested on Thursday morning and charged with defrauding donors who contributed to a fundraising campaign the donors believed was intended for the construction of a border wall between the United States and Mexico. As CNN reports, Bannon and three other individuals were taken into custody on …
Former Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum announced on Sunday he was headed into rehab for alcoholism, two days after he was reportedly found drunk in a hotel room with a male escort who suffered an apparent drug overdose, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported. The reported incident involving Gillum, 40, occurred early Friday at a hotel in …
