Tag Archives: terrorism

The Associated Press reports: A Maryland woman who’s held white supremacist views for decades and recently conspired with a neo-Nazi leader to plan an attack on Baltimore’s power grid was sentenced Wednesday to 18 years in prison for her role in the plot. The high-profile case ultimately came to focus on the defendant’s past trauma and her mental state as …

CNN reports: The mayor of Springfield, Ohio, issued a proclamation Thursday claiming temporary emergency powers “to mitigate public safety concerns” as false claims about Haitian immigrants continue to stoke bomb threats and the specter of violence in the community. The proclamation grants Mayor Rob Rue temporary emergency powers to obtain and mobilize resources and address potential threats. “This will enable …

From the Justice Department: The Justice Department announced today that Dallas Humber, 34, of Elk Grove, California, and Matthew Allison, 37, of Boise, Idaho — leaders of the Terrorgram Collective, a transnational terrorist group — were charged with a 15-count indictment for soliciting hate crimes, soliciting the murder of federal officials, and conspiring to provide material support to terrorists. Humber …

CNN reports: A manhunt is underway for a suspect after five people were injured in a shooting Saturday near an interstate in a rural area of Laurel County, Kentucky, located south of Lexington, according to the sheriff’s office. All five victims are in stable condition, and authorities are searching for one shooter. Responding deputies later discovered nine vehicles had been …

Via press release from the Justice Department: A Pakistani citizen residing in Canada, Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, 20, also known as Shahzeb Jadoon, was arrested on Sept. 4 in Canada in connection with a complaint filed in the Southern District of New York. Khan was charged with attempting to provide material support and resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization (FTO), …

NBC News reports: The prime suspect in the plot to attack Taylor Swift’s upcoming Eras Tour shows in Vienna confessed that he had planned to kill himself and a large number of other people with knives and explosive devices, officials in Austria said Thursday. The 19-year-old Austrian with North Macedonian roots had downloaded manuals for bomb building, Omar Haijawi-Pirchner [photo], …

NBC News reports: Two men were arrested Wednesday in connection with alleged planned attacks at major events in Vienna, Austria, including Taylor Swift’s upcoming concerts. One of the men arrested by Austrian federal and state police was a 19-year-old who allegedly pledged his allegiance to ISIS, Vienna State Police Director Franz Ruf and Police Chief Gerhard Purstl said at a …

The New York Times reports: Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III on Friday overruled the overseer of the war court at Guantánamo Bay and revoked a plea agreement reached earlier this week with the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and two alleged accomplices. The Pentagon announced the decision with a memorandum relieving the senior Defense Department official …

From the Justice Department: Andrew Takhistov, 18, of East Brunswick, New Jersey, was arrested yesterday and made his initial appearance in court today for allegedly soliciting another individual to destroy energy facilities. “Andrew Takhistov was allegedly on his way to Ukraine to join the Russian Volunteer Corps when we arrested him on charges of recruiting an individual to destroy an …

CNN reports: The Republican National Convention in Milwaukee next week could be an “attractive” target for violent extremists or other people looking to sow chaos by disrupting a high-profile political event, according to a threat assessment from federal agencies and the Milwaukee Police Department obtained by CNN. This election season has seen a “resurgence in disruptive tactics targeting election symbols” …

Al Jazeera reports: A court in Oslo has found an Iranian-born Norwegian man guilty of an attack during Pride celebrations in the Norwegian capital in 2022 and sentenced him to 30 years in prison. Two people were killed and nine were seriously wounded in the centre of Oslo, on June 25, 2022, in the shootings at three locations, including the …

The Stars & Stripes reports: U.S. military bases in Europe were put on a heightened state of alert over the weekend as installations urged vigilance among their members. At U.S. European Command headquarters in Stuttgart, the Army garrison on Sunday issued a communitywide alert that the force protection threat level was elevated to condition “Charlie” until further notice. Similar directives …

From the Justice Department: Donavon Parish, 29, of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, pleaded guilty today to one count of cyberstalking and five counts of abuse and harassment using a telecommunications device. Parish also admitted to a special finding that he targeted his victims based on their actual and perceived religion. According to court documents, during April and May 2022, the defendant used …

Gentle readers, on today’s eighth anniversary of the Pulse massacre, I’m rerunning my account of that day. The story below originally ran on Pride Life’s website on July 12th 2016 and makes its fourth appearance on JMG today. Their Phones Kept Ringing One month ago today, Sunday June 12th, around 8AM, I began my day, as usual, by examining my …

Peoria’s NBC affiliate reports: 34-year-old Dalton Mattus will be back in court June 20th after being ordered held by a judge Wednesday, citing a concern for public safety. Mattus and a female driver were pulled over on Capitol Street in the early morning hours of May 17th. Police reportedly found a locked bag while searching the vehicle, where a loaded …

NBC News reports: Nine defendants will face judges at a special temporary courthouse built to accommodate the large number of defendants, lawyers and media dealing with the case. About 260 witnesses are expected at a trial that the Frankfurt state court expects to extend well into 2025, one of three related trials that in total involve more than two dozen …

The Associated Press reports: A federal judge will reopen the sentencing hearing for the man who broke into Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home and bludgeoned her husband with a hammer after the judge failed to allow him to speak during his court appearance last week. On Friday, District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley sentenced David DePape to 20 years for attempting …

ABC News reports: The U.S. State Department issued a “Worldwide Caution” alert on Friday, warning U.S. citizens overseas to exercise increased caution due to “the increased potential for foreign terrorist organization-inspired violence against LGBTQI+ persons and events.” The alert is connected to the recent announcement from the FBI and Department of Homeland Security that foreign terrorist organizations might seek to …

Via press release from the FBI: The FBI and DHS are issuing this Public Service Announcement to provide awareness to the public of foreign terrorist organizations (FTOS) or their supporters potential targeting of LGBTQIA+-related events and venues. Foreign terrorist organizations or supporters may seek to exploit increased gatherings associated with the upcoming June 2024 Pride Month. FTO efforts to commit …

From the Justice Department: A Florida man was sentenced today to 42 months in federal prison for helping the perpetrators of the March 2022 firebombing of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Orange County construct a Molotov cocktail. Xavier Batten, 21, of Brooksville, Florida, was sentenced by United States District Judge Cormac J. Carney, who also ordered him to pay $1,000 …