In the Spotlight is a Fresno Bee series that digs into the high-profile local issues that readers care most about. Story idea? Email tips@fresnobee.com. Fresno Police Chief Paco Balderrama resigned on Tuesday, following a months-long investigation into an alleged affair he’d been having with the wife of a subordinate officer. The scandal, which broke only […]
A Pierce County man was sentenced to four years in prison Thursday for unlawful possession of a machinegun and other firearms. Brady Lee Eltz, 39, was arrested in October 2023 at an auto glass business in Fife. Eltz has been in custody since his federal arrest on October 31, 2023. Chief U.S. District Judge David […]
Man facing charges after dozens of explosives found in Squirrel Hill apartment building A local man is facing a number of charges after investigators found dozens of explosives in a Squirrel Hill apartment building. William Murray, 33, lived along busy Forbes Avenue and was evicted in April. While moving his belongings, someone spotted suspicious substances […]
There was a booming noise, several plumes of smoke and then a splash as millions of pounds of Francis Scott Key Bridge debris fell into the Patapsco River Monday evening. Crews had previously placed linear shaped charges — explosive cutting devices — on the large piece of bridge that has sat on the front of […]
A man wearing a fake explosives vest and making threats has been detained outside the Iranian consulate in Paris after police locked down the area, authorities said. The incident came at a time of heightened tensions in the Middle East, and with Paris on high security alert as it gears up to host the Olympics […]
Apr. 11—TROY — A Miami County physician arrested a week ago after the FBI said it recovered explosive devices from his home near Troy, made an initial appearance Thursday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Dayton on a federal firearms charge. Steven J. Werling, 53, a Concord Twp. resident, had been charged in Miami County […]
A new video appears to show a Ukrainian ground drone detonating near a Russian trench. Ukraine has recently begun production of a new fleet of small unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs). Both sides are investing in the drones, a military analyst said. New footage from Ukraine appears to show Ukrainian forces using an unmanned ground vehicle […]
Apr. 1—KEWADIN — The Michigan State Police bomb squad was deployed twice on Easter Sunday in Antrim County — once to dispose of a military flare and a second time to seize a prohibited firework that a trooper discovered on the dashboard of a car he had stopped in Mancelona. MSP spokesman Lt. Derrick Carroll […]
An ordeal at a Fullerton Wells Fargo bank on Tuesday evening began with a possible robbery attempt in which a man threatened witnesses with an “explosive device” and ended when police shot the individual outside the bank’s doors, according to law enforcement officials. In a statement on social media, the Fullerton Police Department said officers […]
Imagine you’re driving to work on a rainy day, when a distracted, reckless driver hits your car out of nowhere. With a “boom,” an air bag deploys faster than you can blink your eyes to save your life. That air bag deployed rapidly thanks to an energetic material called sodium azide, which generates nitrogen gas […]
Uncrewed, remote-controlled boats have been around since the end of World War II. Late last century, technological innovations broadened their potential uses. Lethal, advanced sea drones developed and deployed by Ukraine in its war with Russia have opened a new chapter in that story. Ukraine claims it is the first country to set up a […]
Nearby residents in an Orangevale neighborhood were told to shelter in place Wednesday after Folsom police detectives found drugs, cash, guns and explosives in a home. An extensive Folsom Police Department investigation targeting someone prohibited from owning or possessing firearms led detectives to the home in the 9100 block of Golden Gate Avenue in Orangevale, […]