A man who for years controlled the finances at a group that has turned Detroit’s riverfront into a popular attraction was charged Wednesday with embezzling tens of millions of dollars. William Smith routinely used money from the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy to pay credit card bills for travel, hotels, limousines, household goods, clothing and jewelry, according to a criminal complaint unsealed …
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A suburb outside Chicago has canceled its annual carnival after a large group of teens disrupted the event, authorities said. The four-day carnival in Posen had been held at Commissioners Park on West 148th Street and was a draw for thousands of visitors. This year, however, an unruly crowd caused enough concern over public safety that police shut down the …
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A Palm Bay, Florida, man faces several charges after he caused $10,000 worth of damage in a church before striking a police officer with a Stanley tumbler, according to court documents. An arrest affidavit filed by the Palm Bay Police Department charges 24-year-old Timothy Donald Bornman with conspiracy to commit burglary, criminal mischief at a place of worship, battery of …
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The Lebanese army thwarted an attack by a gunman on the U.S. Embassy in Lebanon on Wednesday morning in Beirut. The attack took place as tensions simmered in the tiny Mediterranean country, where months of fighting between Hezbollah militants and Israeli troops has displaced thousands along the border. Local media reported that there was a gunfight involving at least one …
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A 21-year-old woman who recently graduated from Washington State University in Pullman disappeared from Seattle International Airport the same day her fiance and his 2-year-old daughter went missing from Moscow, Idaho. Nadia Erika Cole was reported missing from the airport on May 29, according to the private investigator her family hired. Cole’s fiance, 21-year-old Aaron Daniel Aung, and his 2-year-old …
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A judge has dismissed felony animal cruelty charges brought against a Pennsylvania state trooper who hit a loose horse with a patrol vehicle multiple times and pinned it to the pavement, where it was then euthanized. The ruling came Tuesday after Chester County District Attorney Chris de Barrena-Sarobe notified the judge that Cpl. Michael Perillo’s attorney intended to argue at …
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A Wingstop employee in Texas was arrested for allegedly shooting and killing his boss during an argument, police said. Marc Leon, 22, was taken into custody Monday night after Irving Police found Christopher Govea dead and another person wounded at the Wingstop on E. Irving Blvd. in Irving, Texas. Police were called to the restaurant around 7:30 p.m. Monday in …
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A progressive Texas district attorney plans to file a request to reverse a pardon issued by Gov. Greg Abbott to a former Army soldier who shot and killed a Black Lives Matter (BLM) protester during a demonstration in 2020. Travis County District Attorney José Garza said his office will file a writ of mandamus with the Court of Criminal Appeals …
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A Michigan man is being accused of breaking into his former coworker and past romantic interest’s home with a backpack full of “concerning items” including a loaded gun, knife, and other troubling items. On Monday, June 3, Levi Trahern Smith, 34, an attorney and resident of Dearborn Heights, was charged by Oakland County prosecutors with attempted home invasion and felony …
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A Guatemalan national convicted of major sex crimes against a Maryland minor was released by Baltimore County Corrections, despite an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) request to keep him detained. ICE said in a press release that Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Baltimore’s Fugitive Operations Team arrested 25-year-old Raul Calderon-Interiano near his home in Baltimore on Saturday. Calderon-Interiano was first …
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