This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255). A Chicago man admitted to targeting “dozens” of gay men in a cyberstalking and sextortion scheme and threatened to expose their concealed sexual orientation and leak their explicit […]
May 30—Authorities say a Marlow man wanted for criminal threatening was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound near his home on Sunday. State troopers had been looking for Brian Roffer, 44, since Saturday, when they responded to an “incident” on Route 10 in Marlow, according to a news release. Investigators learned that Roffer had […]
WASHINGTON — A 35-year-old Queens man pleaded guilty on Thursday to threatening to kill a congressional staff member and making more than 12,000 harassing phone calls to members of Congress over a less-than-two-year period. Ade Salim Lilly pleaded guilty to threatening to kidnap or injure someone on interstate commerce as well as making repeated harassing […]
The Florida Forest Service said Thursday afternoon that firefighters are battling a brush fire that is threatening nearby structures near Clermont. ▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS The agency said the wildfire, which is of an unknown size, is burning near Laguna Road in Lake County. Residents are asked to stay clear of the area. […]
A little-noticed piece of legislation that would make it a felony to threaten a school employee appears to be moving forward in the Rhode Island House of Representatives, but it faces last-minute opposition from civil-rights groups. The bill is scheduled for a House floor vote Wednesday, and it’s backed by powerful teachers’ unions. But it […]
CHICAGO — A former DuPage County prosecutor accused of making threats against state lawmakers and the Illinois Attorney General over social media has been charged. 30-year-old Samuel Cundari, who was an Assistant State’s Attorney in DuPage County, has been charged with transmitting in interstate commerce a threat to injure another person, according to the U.S. […]
A former DuPage County prosecutor was arrested and charged with threatening two Illinois state representatives in a social media post earlier this year, federal prosecutors announced. Authorities also connected Samuel J. Cundari with another social media post imagining someone leaving a bomb at an LGBTQ event in the state capitol. Cundari, 30, of DuPage County, […]
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A University at Buffalo student was arraigned Wednesday morning after allegedly making a threatening post on social media toward participants in a Jewish Student Union demonstration, the Erie County District Attorney’s Office announced. Officials said on the afternoon of May 6, 18-year-old Abdul Badjie of Newburgh, New York allegedly made a […]
Russia’s Defense Ministry has unilaterally moved to revise the borders of Russian territorial waters in the Baltic Sea, drafting a government decree on the expansion without even bothering to notify NATO members Finland and Lithuania. In reaction to the surprised responses of the Baltic Sea states, the Kremlin on Wednesday issued a statement that seems […]
“He was never faithful in our marriage, and he took pride in stiffing people he did business with and not paying his bills.” (Photo subject is a model.) – Getty Images/iStockphoto Dear Quentin, My ex-husband has a $250,000 life-insurance policy. I’m 50 years of age and only have $45,000 saved. When we divorced, I made […]
A Hobart woman faces multiple charges after an altercation with her roommate and her friends as the roommate tried to move her things out of their apartment. Amanee Wiley, 18, was charged with three counts of criminal confinement while armed with a deadly weapon, a Level 3 felony; four counts of intimidation with a deadly […]
SAN JUAN COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – A Fruitland man pleaded guilty in federal court to threatening a driver, attacking the driver’s vehicle with a machete and hatchet, stealing her car, and leading police on a high-speed chase, according to the Department of Justice. In his plea agreement, Brandon Barber, 38, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, […]