Former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby was ordered Thursday to forfeit her Florida condo after she was convicted of perjury and mortgage fraud, according to local reports. A sentencing hearing before a federal judge for Mosby got underway Thursday after a forfeiture hearing. Mosby was previously convicted of one count of mortgage fraud after testifying that she unintentionally made false …
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4 arrested after Greek authorities dismantle international cocaine trafficking ring
Greek authorities have dismantled an international criminal group trafficking cocaine in shipping containers from Latin America to Europe, police said on Thursday. Two Albanians and two Greeks were arrested after a months-long investigation launched by Greek drugs and contraband enforcement authorities in cooperation with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Dozens of plastic bags containing more than 462 pounds of …
Read More »Arizona man convicted in 6-year-old son's starvation death
A northern Arizona man was convicted in a jury trial Thursday of first-degree murder and other crimes in the 2020 starvation death of his 6-year-old son. FORMER ARIZONA GRAD STUDENT CONVICTED OF KILLING PROFESSOR Authorities say the boy was locked in a tiny bedroom closet for 16 hours a day over a month with his older brother as punishment for …
Read More »$15M fine levied against owner of unlicensed New York cannabis shops who claims he gave free samples
The owner of seven unlicensed cannabis shops in New York whose promotions included an Easter egg hunt has been fined more than $15 million after state officials complained he repeatedly ignored notices to stop operating without approval, authorities said. A state Supreme Court justice in Lyons, New York, imposed the fine against David Tulley on Wednesday. Acting Justice Richard Healy …
Read More »Family baffled after son caught in failed Congo coup: 'Did not go to Africa with plans for political activism'
The family of an American caught up in a failed coup attempt in Congo said their son, Tyler Thompson, was in Africa on vacation with family friends and had not previously engaged in political activism, in a statement provided to The Associated Press. “We are stunned and heartbroken by the videos we have seen from the coup attempt,” his stepmother, …
Read More »Seattle mother shot twice in bed next to sleeping child after gunmen spray apartment with bullets, police say
Masked gunmen in Seattle unloaded a hail of bullets at an apartment building early Wednesday, wounding a mother and narrowly missing her toddler as they slept, authorities said. The shooting happened around 2:40 a.m. in the 9400 block of 27th Avenue Southwest in West Seattle, according to the Seattle Police Department. Surveillance video obtained by FOX13 Seattle shows three gunmen …
Read More »Virginia man detained in Turks and Caicos recalls moment he knew 'things were going sideways'
Tyler Wenrich, a Virginia father detained in Turks and Caicos for having stray bullets in his travel bag, said the possibility of being sentenced to 12 years in prison is “scary and daunting” as he faces his sentencing hearing in about a week. Five Americans have been arrested and detained since February for possessing ammunition on the islands under a …
Read More »Rapper Sean Kingston's mom arrested on fraud, theft charges following SWAT raid at his Florida home
Sean Kingston’s mother, Janice Turner, was arrested Thursday after a raid at the rapper’s home in South Florida. Deputies from the Broward County Sheriff’s Office and Davie Police SWAT members served search warrants at Kingston’s Southwest Ranches mansion May 23, Public Information Officer Carey Codd told Fox News Digital. It’s unclear if Kingston is affiliated with the investigation or if …
Read More »Seattle man has casual response after leading police on dramatic chase: 'Can I get a cigarette?'
Body camera video released by police in Seattle shows the moments when they say they located a man in a stolen car, tried to stop him from speeding away, pursued him while he ran over two people in tents and finally apprehended him after he was hiding out in a dumpster. It all happened around 5:40 a.m. May 5, when …
Read More »Lawmakers call for further inquiry into Virginia prison that had hypothermia hospitalizations
A raft of hypothermia hospitalizations and other questionable conditions at a Virginia prison uncovered in a recent report deserve further scrutiny, leading Democratic state lawmakers said this week. Lawmakers pledged to press Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration for answers and called for a newly created prisons watchdog to look into the findings of an Associated Press report, which found at …
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