A 9-year-old girl “should have known” there was a camera hidden under the toilet seat by an American Airlines flight attendant, the airline’s lawyers said in court filings. The employee, Estes Carter Thompson III, 37, allegedly filmed multiple little girls between the ages of 7 and 14 during a seven-month span last year, federal prosecutors said. One of the victims’ …
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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 »ICE ordered to stop knock-and-talk tactics for immigration arrests
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) suffered a legal blow recently after a federal judge ruled the agency’s so-called “knock-and-talk” tactics, which involve engaging illegal immigrants and other migrants subject to arrest, to be unconstitutional. California U.S. District Judge Otis Wright II, a President George W. Bush appointee, issued a motion for summary judgment in favor of the plaintiffs last week …
Read More »Rodeo star Spencer Wright's 3-year-old son hospitalized after falling into Utah River on toy tractor
The 3-year-old son of rodeo star Spencer Wright and his wife, Kallie, is in critical condition after the boy drove into the Utah River on his toy tractor. Wright family friend Mindy Clark, who has been posting updates via social media and spoke to KUTV, said the boy’s mother ran inside the family’s Beaver County home for just a moment …
Read More »Arizona Senate advances measure allowing local, state police to arrest migrants illegally crossing border
Arizona senators narrowly approved a proposed ballot measure on Wednesday that would give local law enforcement the authority to arrest people who illegally cross the US-Mexico border into the state. The proposal, which passed along party lines by a 16-13 vote, would make it a state crime for illegal migrants to enter Arizona from Mexico at any location other than …
Read More »US Marshals nab fugitive in Connecticut, wanted for murder and other crimes in Massachusetts
U.S. Marshals apprehended a Puerto Rican man in Willimantic, Connecticut on Thursday, who was wanted for allegedly shooting and killing a man in Massachusetts in December. The U.S. Marshal’s Service said 28-year-old Lee George-Maldonado faces multiple charges in Fall River, Massachusetts, including murder, carrying a firearm without a license, attempting to commit a crime, kidnapping with a firearm, and two …
Read More »The Trump Mar-a-Lago lethal force claim is just stupid. But it's par for the course
Having been at the Trump trial in Manhattan for the last couple of days, I cannot say I’m surprised at former president Trump’s inane claim that President Biden authorized the use of lethal force in connection with the FBI’s execution of a court-authorized search warrant at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. The claim is political red meat for conspiracy theorists. A search …
Read More »Spanish police recover fourth stolen Francis Bacon painting, valued at $5.4M
Spanish police say they have recovered the fourth of five paintings by Irish-born painter Francis Bacon that were stolen from a Madrid apartment in 2015. A police statement Thursday said the 1989 painting of a man’s head, titled on the back as “Study for Portrait of José Capelo,” is valued at $5.4 million. It was recovered following the arrest in …
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 »NBA closes investigation into Thunder’s Josh Giddey over underage relationship allegations: report
The NBA has closed its investigation into Josh Giddey’s alleged relationship with a minor, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Giddey, the sixth overall pick of the Oklahoma City Thunder in the 2021 NBA Draft, was not charged after the Newport Beach Police Department in California announced in January it was unable to find criminal activity. “No charges have been filed …
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