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PA Man Raped Girl, Filmed It, Paid Her $2K To Stay Quiet: FBI, DA
A York County man who raped a girl for years, recorded the abuse, and paid her $2,000 to stay silent now faces federal child pornography charges, authorities announced Thursday, April 24.
Robert Angel Haley, 41, of Shrewsbury, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Wednesday, April 23, for producing and possessing child pornography, according to Acting U.S. Attorney John C. Gurganus.
York County Regional Police say Haley began abusing the girl in 2020 when she was just 10. The now 15-year-old victim told police he showed her pornographic videos, forced her to mimic them, filmed the assault…
19-Year-Old College Student Firebombed Tesla Dealership While On Spring Break, Feds Say
A college freshman on spring break is now facing federal charges after allegedly tossing a Molotov cocktail at a Tesla dealership, torching two Cybertrucks in a late-night firebombing.
Owen McIntire, 19, of Kansas City, Missouri, who attends college in Boston, was arrested and appeared in federal court in Massachusetts on Friday, April 18.
Prosecutors say the charges stem from a Monday, March 17 blaze at the Tesla Center in Kansas City, where he’s accused of using incendiary devices, including one that didn’t detonate, to start a fire that destroyed two vehicles worth more than $100,000 eac…
Pepper-Spraying, Robbery Of PA Inmate By NJ Prison Guard Ends In Conviction: DOJ
A New Jersey prison guard pepper-sprayed an injured Pennsylvania inmate, helped steal his belongings, and lied to cover it up — and now she's been convicted at trial, federal authorities announced on Thursday, April 10.
Ivory S. Cousins, 35, of Glassboro, NJ, was found guilty of three counts of depriving the inmate of his constitutional rights under color of law and one count of filing a false report, U.S. Attorney David Metcalf said.
The case stems from Cousins’ conduct while employed at the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility in Philadelphia in August 2019. Trial evidence showed Cousins…
Would-Be Assassin Admits Plot To Kill Supreme Court Justice In Maryland: DOJ
A California man who traveled across the country armed with a gun, ammo, zip ties, and a crowbar to kill a sitting Supreme Court justice in Maryland has pleaded guilty, federal prosecutors announced.
Nicholas John Roske, age 29, of Simi Valley, admitted in court that he flew from Los Angeles to Dulles International Airport in June 2022, carrying a firearm and ammunition in his checked luggage.
From there, he took a taxi to a Montgomery County neighborhood, where he planned to assassinate a Supreme Court Justice at their home, according to the Department of Justice.
He was reportedly …
Record-Breaking 190 Dogs Seized From Ex-nfl Player Previously Convicted Of Dogfighting: DOJ
A former New York Giant faces dogfighting charges after authorities seized what they called the largest amount of dogs taken from a single person in a federal case.
A grand jury indicted LeShon Johnson of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, on charges related to animal fighting and trafficking, the Department of Justice said in a news release on Tuesday, Mar. 25.
Johnson, 54, was charged with possessing 190 pit bull-type dogs for use in an animal fighting venture, along with selling, transporting, and delivering a dog for use in an animal fighting venture.
"Dogfighting is a cruel, bloo…
4 Men Linked To PA Break-Ins As Part Of Multi-State Burglary Ring: Police
Four men believed to be part of a nationwide burglary ring were arrested this week following a months-long investigation that began with a home break-in in Westchester County, police said.
The suspects—Jose Hevia-Irribarra, 28; Sebastian Figueroa-Urzua, 30; Yordy Hernandez-Ramos, 21; and Alexander Silva-Yanez, 28—were taken into custody on Monday, March 24, in a joint operation by the Harrison Police Department and the FBI, authorities announced on Tuesday, March 25.
All four, who are Chilean nationals, were arrested under full extradition warrants connected to a recent home burglary …
Iran Sent Hitmen To Kill NY Journalist: Two Mobsters Convicted In Foiled Plot
Two Eastern European mobsters were convicted in a chilling plot to assassinate an Iranian-American journalist on US soil—at the behest of the Iranian government.
A Manhattan federal jury found Rafat Amirov, 46, of Iran, and Polad Omarov, 40, of Georgia, guilty on all five counts related to a murder-for-hire scheme targeting journalist and human rights activist Masih Alinejad on Thursday, March 20.
The pair orchestrated the plan under orders from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), offering a hitman $500,000 to kill Alinejad outside her Brooklyn home, according to prosecutors.
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