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Man Threatens PA Judges He'll Be Like 'School Shooter In Courtroom,' DA Says Man Threatens PA Judges He'll Be Like 'School Shooter In Courtroom,' DA Says
Man Threatens PA Judges He'll Be Like 'School Shooter In Courtroom,' DA Says A 28-year-old New York man who is awaiting the outcome of a court case, is facing additional charges after threatening two Berks County judges, authorities said. Tyrel R. Smith, 28, of the Bronx, is charged with terroristic threats and harassment for calling a judge's wife and court administrators on Nov. 9 because his court case is "taking too long," according to the Berks County District Attorney's Office. He told one judge's wife in a message that he knows their address, to which the wife responded by notifying Berks County court administration, authorities said. Soon after, he lef…

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by Nicole Acosta
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York County Man Writes Bogus Bomb Threat At Chester County Recovery Center York County Man Writes Bogus Bomb Threat At Chester County Recovery Center
York County Man Writes Bogus Bomb Threat At Chester County Recovery Center A York County man was charged after allegedly writing a fake bomb threat on a dry-erase board at a Chester County drug and alcohol recovery center, authorities said. Officers responded to the West King Road location on June 17 after staff noticed a threat written in marker on a dry erase board in a lounge area of the facility, indicating a bomb would explode in the building at 3 p.m. that day, according to the Westtown-East Goshen Police Department. There, officers evacuated the center, and bomb detection canines with the Chester County Sherriff's office were ordered to the scene, police sa…

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by Nicole Acosta
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NYC Subway Bomber Sentenced To Life Plus 30 Years NYC Subway Bomber Sentenced To Life Plus 30 Years
NYC Subway Bomber Sentenced To Life Plus 30 Years A would-be suicide bomber who detonated a device strapped to his chest in a crowded subway station near the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan was sentenced Thursday to life in prison plus 30 years. Judge Richard J. Sullivan said the punishment fit the “heinous crime” when he sentenced Akayed Ullah for the December 2017 attack in subway tunnels beneath Times Square and the bus terminal. Ullah, a 31-year-old Bangladeshi immigrant, began researching how to build a bomb about a year before the attack, federal authorities said. That morning, packed a homemade device with metal screws bef…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJ Neo-Nazi Admits Masterminding Nationwide ‘Kristallnacht’ Attack On Blacks, Jews NJ Neo-Nazi Admits Masterminding Nationwide ‘Kristallnacht’ Attack On Blacks, Jews
NJ Neo-Nazi Admits Masterminding Nationwide ‘Kristallnacht’ Attack On Blacks, Jews A New Jersey member of a hardcore neo-Nazi group admitted Friday that he convinced two fellow white supremacists to vandalize property owned by Blacks and Jews. Richard Tobin, 19, of Brooklawn, dubbed the nationwide campaign “Operation Kristallnacht,” after a 1938 pogrom in which German Nazis slaughtered more than 90 Jews and burned their homes, synagogues, stores and schools, Acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Rachael A. Honig said. Tobin told a federal judge via video conference Friday that he “implored” two other members of “The Base” to break windows and slash tires, among other destru…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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GOTCHA! Police Nab Gunman Accused Of Firing Shots Into MontCo Democratic Committee Office GOTCHA! Police Nab Gunman Accused Of Firing Shots Into MontCo Democratic Committee Office
Gotcha! Police Nab Gunman Accused Of Firing Shots Into MontCo Democratic Committee Office A Pennsylvania gunman has been arrested weeks after sending a threatening email to an executive and firing shots at the Montgomery County Democratic Committee Office on Jan. 20, authorities announced. Executive Director Brian Levy told police he noticed the bullet holes in the front window of the Airy Street office building when he arrived around 4:45 p.m., Norristown police initially said on Facebook. Levy believed that the shots were fired into the building while it was unoccupied from Jan. 19 at 6:30 p.m. to Jan. 20 at 7:30 a.m., police said. Two of the three bullets were retrieved by o…

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by Nicole Acosta