A former Syrian government official has been charged with torture in the United States, authorities said on Thursday. Samir Ousman Alsheikh, who oversaw the Damascus Central Prison from 2005 and 2008, was charged by a federal grand jury with several counts of torture and conspiracy to commit torture. US authorities said the allegations against Alsheikh […]
YouTuber Yung Filly is facing new charges of reckless driving, according to reports in Australia, where he is accused of raping a woman. The 29-year-old, whose real name is Andrés Felipe Valencia Barrientos, is accused by police of driving past a speed camera at 158km/h (98mph) on a Perth highway last month. It is alleged […]
Two famous real estate brokers and their brother have been charged with sex trafficking in a case involving the alleged drugging, assaulting and raping of dozens of women over more than a decade. Prosecutors say Tal and Oren Alexander, who are known for selling high-end properties in New York and Miami, along with their brother […]
PA Department of Corrections Luigi Mangione was detained in Pennsylvania on Monday A 26-year-old man has been charged with murder over last week’s fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City. Luigi Mangione was taken into custody at a McDonald’s in the town of Altoona, Pennsylvania, about 280 miles (450km) west of […]
The Oklahoma City police officer involved in shocking video of a 71-year-old man being thrown to the ground during a traffic stop is now facing charges. The district attorney’s office announced that Sergeant Joseph Gibson was charged with one count of aggravated assault and battery. Video of the exchange between the officer and the driver […]
An Alberta RCMP officer has been charged with sexually assaulting two males in an Airdrie hotel room in 2022. Leduc Const. Bridget Morla faces two counts of sexual assault. Morla was off-duty at the time of the alleged assaults, according to the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT). ASIRT announced the charges Monday following a […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Two tax preparers submitted $65 million in false claims for refunds under programs designed to help businesses during the COVID-19 pandemicfederal prosecutors in Tennessee said Wednesday. A federal grand jury indicted Renata Walton, 44, and Nicole Jones, 36, on more than 50 counts of wire fraud, money laundering, preparing false tax […]
A Florida man was arrested Wednesday and charged with a plot to “reboot” the U.S. government by planting a bomb at the New York Stock Exchange this week and detonating it with a remote-controlled device, according to the FBI. Harun Abdul-Malik Yener, 30, of Coral Springs, Florida, was charged with attempt to use an explosive […]
A former professional American football player has been charged in connection with the riot at the US Capitol on 6 January 2021. Antwoine Williams is facing felony charges of civil disorder and assaulting, resisting or impeding police, along with several lesser misdemeanour charges. He was charged on 7 November, in what is reportedly the first […]
The rapper was searched and taken into custody amid what one source called a “dumb arrest” Grammy-winning rapper Nelly will not face any charges after he was searched and arrested at a Missouri casino last August when he tried to collect some winnings. “We don’t believe the facts in this case warrant the issuing of […]
