A New York City liquor store owner could face seven years behind bars after a video shows he shot a would-be thief who had been kicked off the premises along with an accomplice. But the head of a large bodega organization is calling on prosecutors to drop the charges. Francisco Valerio, 53, who owns Franja Wine and Liquors in Ridgewood, …
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An El Salvadoran man living in the United States illegally and subsequently convicted of sexual battery against a Virginia woman was arrested last week, authorities said. Deportation officers took Joe Alfredo Maldonado into custody on May 14 in Manassas, Virginia, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said. “Joe Alfredo Maldonado’s brutal actions have proven him to be a significant threat …
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The prosecutor in former President Donald Trump’s racketeering case in Georgia is appealing a judge’s decision to drop multiple charges against the former commander in chief. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee previously ruled in March that six charges against Trump and his co-defendants lacked sufficient detail and should be dismissed. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis filed a …
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FIRST ON FOX: Three of five Americans arrested and detained in Turks and Caicos since February for having stray ammunition in their luggage are bunking together as they await their fate on the islands. Bryan Hagerich, 39, of Pennsylvania, Ryan Watson, 40, of Oklahoma, and Sharitta Grier, 45, of Florida have become unlikely friends — even a kind of family …
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WhyareBlacks and Hispanics warming toRepublicans? Democratic strategists desperately want to know after aslewofpollsshowwhatmay be the start of a political realignment. They may want to consider the conversations I recently had at a South SideChicago impound lot. I foundmyself in that unhappy place last month aftermydaughter’s Jeep wasstolenfrom the city’s north side – a common occurrence. The police found it after …
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True crime is booming. Streamers pump out hit true crime documentaries, while cable channels dedicate all their programming to the genre. A legion of podcasters, YouTubers, TikTokers and Vloggers have built audiences of millions. They can do a lot of good, too. Forgotten cases can be rediscovered by citizen journalists, and sluthers committed to finding justice for victims can uncover …
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Christa Pike, who earned her spot as Tennessee’s only female death row inmate by stabbing and beating her classmate to death – then nearly executing an elaborate prison break – was featured on a recent episode of Investigation Discovery’s “Mean Girl Murders.” Now 48, Pike was convicted in 1995 for killing fellow Knoxville Job Corps computer programming student Colleen Slemmer, …
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A Mississippi man, and former Republican congressional candidate, pleaded guilty Friday in connection to the vandalism of a statue of a pagan idol at the Iowa state capitol in exchange for the dropping of a hate crime charge. Michael Cassidy pleaded guilty to an aggravated misdemeanor count of third-degree criminal mischief, the Des Moines Register reported. He was slated to …
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People living and working in Portland, Oregon, told Fox News Digital they hope the ousting of their progressive district attorney will end what they view as a permissive attitude toward crime. “They wanted law and order,” former Portland news videographer Andy Chandler said of voters’ decision. “They didn’t want this kind of hollow, empty gesture concept of law and order …
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The American soldier being detained in Russia on theft charges has lost an appeal Friday for his release, a report says. A court in the far eastern Russian city of Vladivostok has decided to keep Staff Sgt. Gordon Black in custody, Reuters reported, citing Interfax. Interfax said the 34-year-old Blackappeared in court by video from a pre-trial detention center and …
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