Crime
Gate honors the Central Park Five
New York City opened a gate to honor the five boys, now men, known as the Central Park Five who spent decades in prison, having been pressured by police to confess to a crime they didn’t commit. Called the Gate of Exonerated, the gate is the first and only gate added to Central Park’s official…
Read MoreCapitol rioter sentenced to hard time
A rioter who chased U.S. Capitol Police Eugene Goodman during the January 6, 2021, insurrection, sparked by former President Donald Trump, has been sentenced to five years in prison. Douglas Jensen, who was one of 10 rioters to enter the Capitol, was convicted by a jury in September of seven charges. The charges included obstruction…
Read MorePan Am bombing suspect in jail
One of the suspects accused of building a bomb that killed 270 passengers and the crew aboard Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988 is being held in U.S. District Court in Washington, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. The U.S. Department of Justice charged Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi (Mas’ud), 71, of Tunisia…
Read MoreMan charged in rapper TakeOff’s murder
After Patrick Xavier Clark allegedly shot and killed rapper TakeOff, Clark wanted to make a clean getaway, like out of the country. He applied for an expedited U.S. passport which would allow him to fly to Mexico with bundlers of cash. But the long arm of law caught up with him on Thursday and he…
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