A report of a teenage runaway led to the arrest of a registered sex offender. The Rockford Police Department was contacted Thursday regarding a report of a 16-year-old female runaway. Officers responded to the 1600 block of Overdene Avenue where they located the juvenile in the presence of Travis Blomgren, 29, of Rockford, a registered […]
FILE – Christian B. centre, arrives at the start of his trial, at Braunschweig district court, in Brunswick, Germany, on Feb. 16, 2024. A man who is also under investigation in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann won’t respond to unrelated charges of sexual offenses at a trial that opened last week in Germany, […]
Feb. 4—As happens at this time every year, Republican lawmakers say they want to reinstate the death penalty in New Mexico. Democrats, as always, have assigned the latest bill for capital punishment to a legislative graveyard. A House committee soon enough will give the measure an unceremonious burial. Once the Republicans are back home and […]
A North Carolina man who helped lead the first attack on police at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was found guilty of multiple felonies and misdemeanors on Friday, prosecutors said. James Tate Grant, a 31-year-old Cary resident, and four other men who were found guilty Friday led the first breach of the restricted Capitol […]
A Santa Barbara man has been arrested for sex crimes authorities say he committed back in the year 2000. Peter Aibor Jeschke, a 50-year-old man who lives in Santa Barbara was arrested on Friday morning. The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department says Jeschke was arrested at the tennis courts in the 1400 block of Park […]
A Russian court Friday ordered that Sergei Udaltsov, a Russian pro-war activist and critic of President Vladimir Putin, be detained until Feb. 15 when he will stand trial for charges of “justifying terrorism,” Russian state news agency Ria Novosti said. Udaltsov told Ria Novosti that the charges relate to his posts in support of members […]
The Cabinet of Ministers has submitted a bill to the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, aimed at amending the Code of Administrative Offenses and the Criminal Code to enhance penalties for military misconduct on Dec. 25., according to a record of the bill on the parliamentary website. An explanatory note accompanying the bill states that its […]
Pro Picks is a weekly column where AP Pro Football Writer Rob Maaddi shares his picks for upcoming games. For all previous Pro Picks, head here. Mitch Trubisky gets another chance to prove he can be a starting quarterback, stepping in for the injured Kenny Pickett to lead the Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday night. He […]