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Teens Found With 5K Ants in Test Tubes Are Sentenced

Belgium's Lornoy David and Seppe Lodewijck can choose between a fine and prison

(Newser) - Two Belgian teenagers found with 5,000 ants in Kenya were on Wednesday given a choice of paying a fine of $7,700 or serving 12 months in prison—the minimum penalty for the offense—for violating wildlife conservation laws. Magistrate Njeri Thuku said in her ruling that despite the...

Colombia Says Cartel Paid Bounty for Dead Cops

President says the Gulf Clan plotted to 'systematically murder' security force members

(Newser) - A massive wave of arrests has gone down in Colombia, with authorities there claiming they've detained more than 200 members of the nation's largest drug cartel. On Monday, armed forces chief Francisco Cubides held a presser in which he disclosed that 217 members of the Gulf Clan have...

2nd Teen Nabbed, Charged Over Jersey Wildfire

This time it's a 17-year-old charged with arson, joining 19-year-old Joseph Kling as a suspect

(Newser) - A second teenager has been charged over the Jones Road Wildfire in New Jersey, which scorched thousands of acres of land and spurred the evacuation of thousands. According to the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office , the unidentified boy, 17, was taken into custody on Thursday and charged with aggravated arson,...

Judge Releases Student Arrested at Naturalization Interview

Mohsen Mahdawi was arrested by ICE agents on April 14

(Newser) - A Columbia University student who was detained by immigration authorities on April 14 was released on bail Wednesday on a federal judge's orders. Mohsen Mahdawi was arrested by ICE agents at an immigration office in Colchester, Vermont, when he showed up for a naturalization interview. He is Palestinian, grew...

Cops: Woman Made, Nixed 400-Plus Hotel Reservations
Cops: Woman Made, Nixed
400-Plus Hotel Reservations
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Apr 13, 2025 3:00 PM CDT

Cops: Woman Made, Nixed 400-Plus Hotel Reservations

Taryn Dixon is accused of booking rooms at Pennsylvania Comfort Suites, then never showing

(Newser) - A Pennsylvania woman found out this week that hotels get kind of peeved if you don't show up after making a reservation. In Taryn Dixon's case, she's now accused of making a whole lot of reservations at a Comfort Suites in Cumberland County—then turning into a...

Woman Who Fired 5 Shots in Police Station Gets 12 Years

Bulletproof glass prevented anybody from getting hurt in Connecticut station

(Newser) - A Connecticut woman was sentenced Tuesday to 12 years in prison for firing a gun several times in the lobby of a police station, where an officer fired back but bulletproof glass prevented anyone from getting hurt. Suzanne Laprise walked into the Bristol police department in October 2023 distraught, under...

Man Says He Got Tigers From Joe Exotic. Now, an Arrest

Nevada cops seize 7 tigers from Karl Mitchell's home; he says they're 'emotional support animals'

(Newser) - A Nevada man has been arrested after cops raided his home and seized seven tigers—some of whom he says he got from reality-TV star Joe Exotic—that he says were his "emotional support animals." NBC News reports the raid went down on Wednesday in Pahrump, where 71-year-old...

He Taunted Cops Online to Come Find Him. They Did

Tennessee's Devon Bart has been arrested over domestic assault warrant after online dare

(Newser) - When a Tennessee man brazenly taunted law enforcement on social media to come find him, he might not have anticipated that they'd take the challenge seriously—resulting in an arrest that proves the reach of both digital footprints and the law. Fox News reports that 25-year-old Devon Bart...

After Tumultuous Weekend, NYPD Blue Star Dodges a Felony

Kim Delaney, husband both arrested in domestic incident; charges dropped for lack of evidence

(Newser) - Kim Delaney had a chaotic weekend, complete with accusations of domestic violence against and by her own husband. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ that the NYPD Blue and Army Wives actor, in her mid-60s, first called the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department on Friday night to file a domestic...

Prosecutors: Killer Teen Lived With Dead Bodies for 2 Weeks

Wisconsin's Nikita Casap, 17, charged with fatally shooting mom, stepdad on Feb. 11

(Newser) - A teenager in Wisconsin shot and killed his mother and stepfather, then went to school the next day like nothing happened, according to prosecutors. The bodies of 35-year-old Tatiana Casap and 51-year-old Donald Mayer were discovered partially decayed in their Waukesha home on Feb. 28 after odd text messages prompted...

Feds: US Airman Pretended to Be 13 on TikTok, Roblox

David Ibarra, 31, is now accused of having 9-year-old Long Island girl send him sexually explicit pics

(Newser) - A US airman has been charged with coercing a 9-year-old girl to share sexually explicit images of herself after he posed as a 13-year-old and chatted with the child on TikTok and the gaming site Roblox. David Ibarra, 31, was arraigned Wednesday in a New York federal court after being...

Cop Arrested for 4th Time in 4 Months

Julio Gil-Martinez, 29, has been detained for domestic violence incidents multiple times

(Newser) - A Connecticut cop is in hot water, again, racking up yet another arrest for domestic violence-related incidents. Brian Wright, chief of the New London Police Department, says Officer Julio Gil-Martinez was arrested by another law-enforcement agency on Wednesday, the fourth arrest to Gil-Martinez's name in about as many months,...

Feds Say They Busted Alleged Leader of East Coast MS-13

AG Pam Bondi, FBI chief Kash Patel say 24-year-old Salvadorean was arrested in Virginia

(Newser) - The alleged leader of the violent MS-13 street gang on the East Coast has been arrested in Virginia, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Thursday. Bondi lauded the early morning arrest of the 24-year-old man from El Salvador, who was described as one of MS-13's top three leaders in the...

Protest Leader at Columbia Now Faces Deportation
Protest Leader at Columbia
Now Faces Deportation
THE RUNDOWN
Mar 10, 2025 11:57 AM CDT

Protest Leader at Columbia Now Faces Deportation

Mahmoud Khalil arrested by ICE agents under new crackdown

(Newser) - A former Columbia University grad student and Palestinian activist who helped organize anti-Israel protests at the school was arrested in his university-owned apartment over the weekend by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, reports the AP , which calls the move "a significant escalation in the Trump administration's pledge to...

DHS: We're Making Workers Take Lie Detector Tests

Homeland Security chief Noem blames agency leaks for disrupting immigration enforcement efforts

(Newser) - Staffers at the Department of Homeland Security may soon find themselves hooked up to lie-detecting sensors, if they haven't been already. Sources tell NBC News that the federal agency has begun administering polygraph tests to workers in an effort to suss out leaks to the media that some say...

Cops: He Posed as NBA Player Rep, Swallowed $770K in Bling

Police say Jaythan Gilder, 32, made off with jewelry from Tiffany & Co. store in Florida

(Newser) - A Texas man has been arrested after police say he stole nearly $770,000 worth of Tiffany jewelry in Florida in the most desperately creative way. According to an Orlando Police Department arrest warrant, 32-year-old Jaythan Gilder strolled into a Tiffany & Co. store in Orlando's Mall at Millennia...

DOJ: 'Bonnie & Clyde' Made Romantic Stop While Criming

Feds say couple on robbery spree made Vegas stop to get hitched, then saw a Valentine's Day bust

(Newser) - Authorities say a couple busted for an armed robbery spree across California has been indicted by a federal grand jury, with some interesting details on what they allegedly did while they were criming and how their two-week run last year came to an end. Per a DOJ release cited by...

Ex-NFL Player Arrested in MAGA Protest
Ex-NFL Player
Arrested Protesting
MAGA Plaque
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Feb 21, 2025 10:53 AM CST

Ex-NFL Player Arrested Protesting MAGA Plaque

Ex-Viking Chris Kluwe went off in speech at City Council meeting in Huntington Beach, California

(Newser) - Former Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe pushed back against the "Make America Great Again" movement at a meeting of the California city of Huntington Beach City Council, earning an arrest for his efforts. The details:
  • Impetus: According to the New York Times , the 43-year-old showed up at the meeting
...

Biggest Sting Against Casa Nostra Since '80s Nabs 150-Plus
Sicilian Mob Suffers
a 'Historic Blow'
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Feb 16, 2025 3:30 PM CST

Sicilian Mob Suffers a 'Historic Blow'

Dawn raids, arrests of 150-plus in Palermo followed a 2-year investigation into La Casa Nostra

(Newser) - The Mafia "continues to maintain its grip" in Sicily, according to local police, but that grip just loosened somewhat after dawn raids this week led to scores of arrests. The numbers are still settling, but various outlets report that between 150 and 180 individuals were detained and weapons were...

Religious Groups Push Back on Migrant Raids

Federal lawsuit seeks to roll back giving immigration agents more access to houses of worship

(Newser) - More than two dozen Christian and Jewish groups representing millions of Americans—ranging from the Episcopal Church and the Union for Reform Judaism, to the Mennonites and Unitarian Universalists—filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging a Trump administration move giving immigration agents more leeway to make arrests in houses of...

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