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21-Year-Old Accused Of Threatening To Shoot, Stab, Rape Jewish Students On Campus At Cornell
A student at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York has been accused of threatening to shoot, stab, and rape Jewish students at the Ivy League school.
Patrick Dai, a 21-year-old junior originally from Pittsford, New York, was arrested on Tuesday, Oct. 31 on a federal criminal complaint charging him with posting threats to kill or injure another using interstate communications, according to prosecutors in the Northern District of New York.
Dai allegedly posted threatening messages to the Cornell section of an online discussion site, including posts calling for the deaths of Jewish peopl…
Propaganda Stickers Found On Westport, State Property, Police Say
Propaganda stickers discovered on local and state property in recent days in Fairfield County prompted a swift response from the town administration and the police department.
On Wednesday, March 8, Westport Police were notified of propaganda, in the form of stickers, affixed to signs in the Saugatuck area of town, said Lt. Eric Woods.
"These stickers were small, and in some cases, old and tattered," Woods said.
The stickers are confirmed recruitment materials from a group called “Patriot Front," Woods added.
Woods said the Anti-Defamation League has documented the group and written ext…
Man Pleads Guilty To Hate Crime, Admits To Threatening CT Restaurant
A 37-year-old man has admitted he committed a hate crime, making threatening telephone calls to a Connecticut restaurant, along with businesses in other states.
Joey David George, a resident of Lynnwood, Washington, pleaded guilty on Monday, Nov. 7, to making interstate threats and a hate crime: interference with a Federally Protected Activity, United States Attorney Nick Brown announced.
He has been in federal custody since he was arrested on July 22, Brown said.
In his plea agreement, George admitted he made threatening phone calls to grocery stores in Buffalo, New York, restaurants…
Video Released Of Meryl Streep Nephew, New Canaan HS Grad, Road-Rage Fight
New videos have been released of actress Meryl Streep’s nephew assaulting a teenager outside a Long Island bank earlier this year during a bout of road rage.
Charles Harrison Streep, 31, allegedly assaulted his 18-year-old victim, David Peralta, in the parking lot of a Chase Bank on Main Street in East Hampton on Monday, Aug. 24, causing “serious head trauma,” police said.
On Wednesday, Oct. 27, lawyers for Peralta released videos of the incident, which show the much larger Streep lifting and slamming Peralta to the ground like a rag doll.
The two can be seen exchanging words in the video …
31 Killed In Two Mass Shootings 12 Hours Apart In Ohio, Texas
This story has been updated.
Separate mass shootings 12 hours apart left 31 people dead and dozens injured in Ohio and Texas.
The first shooting happened at a Walmart at a shopping mall in El Paso, Texas, just after 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 3 local time (and 1 p.m. Eastern time). In that incident, 22 people were killed and 26 injured.
It is unclear why the 21-year-old suspect taken into custody, who is from the Dallas suburb of Allen, Texas, targeted El Paso, on the border of Mexico, and about 650 miles away.
Less than an hour before the gunman opened fire, police said they believe he poste…
