DETROIT — Thirteen people were charged with plotting to kidnap Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer at her vacation home in reaction to what they viewed as her “uncontrolled power,” Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said. Six people were charged in a federal investigation, and the Michigan attorney general charged seven. […]
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LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Agents foiled a stunning plot to kidnap Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, authorities said Thursday in announcing charges in an alleged scheme that involved months of planning and even rehearsals to snatch her from her vacation home. Six men were charged in federal court with conspiring […]
Six men have been charged in federal court with plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer at her El Rapids vacation home, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Thursday, and filed Tuesday, in federal court. The FBI investigation, which involved multiple confidential sources and undercover FBI personnel, has been ongoing […]
FILE – In this photo Sept. 16, 2020 file photo, provided by the Michigan Office of the Governor, Gov. Whitmer addresses the state during a speech in Lansing, Mich. According to a criminal complaint unsealed Thursday, Oct. 8 six people plotted to try to kidnap Whitmer at her vacation home. […]
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A tractor-trailer driver from New Jersey caused a double-fatal crash on the New York State Thruway just west of Rochester last month when he made an illegal U-turn and fled the scene, authorities said. Quentin D. Campbell, 55, of Newark, was charged with two counts of manslaughter and leaving the […]
Federal prosecutors on Thursday unsealed indictments against one-time presidential aide Steve Bannon and three others on charges of taking money donated to help build a wall along the southern border. Bannon, Brian Kolfage, Andrew Badolato, Timothy Shea “and others orchestrated a scheme to defraud hundreds of thousands of donors,” according […]
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon was arrested Thursday on charges that he and three others ripped off donors to an online fundraising scheme to build a southern border wall, making him the latest in a long list of Trump associates to be indicted […]
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Two North Carolina men on spring break in Florida have been charged with drugging and raping a woman who later died, possibly of a drug overdose in Miami Beach, police said Tuesday. Meanwhile, in Panama City, a man has been charged with fatally shooting a […]
Jenna Ryan says it all began with an invitation from a “very cute guy” on Facebook: Would she join him on a private plane to the Jan. 6 Trump rally in Washington, D.C.? The decision was easy. Ryan, a Dallas-area real estate agent, is single, loves President Donald Trump and […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A 22-year-old California woman who wrongly accused a Black teenager of stealing her phone and tackled him at a New York City hotel in a widely seen video was charged after returning to the city on Saturday. Miya Ponsetto was charged with attempted robbery, grand larceny, […]
Tom Noie, South Bend Tribune Published 7:56 a.m. ET Jan. 6, 2021 CLOSE USA TODAY Sports’ Scott Gleeson breaks down the latest Ferris Mowers Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll. USA TODAY SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Ryan Ayers, a former Notre Dame men’s basketball assistant coach who left the program abruptly prior […]
ELK COUNTY/JOHNSONBURG, Pa. (WTAJ) — An Elk County man has been charged with arson after police say he intentionally set the Johnsonburg Hotel on fire last week. As firefighters worked to put out the December 30 blaze that destroyed the vacant former Johnsonburg Hotel at 615 E. Center Street, 30-year-old Andrew Higdon allegedly confessed to already […]
fox4now.com A Cuban-born man accused of supporting a foreign terrorist group by distributing propaganda videos on social media is being held in a Miami federal lock-up, according to court records. Jonathan Guerra Blanco, 23, was arrested this fall at his home near Fort Myers, denied bail and charged this past […]
Two West Michigan men charged in a plot to storm the state Capitol and kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer were released from jail Thursday, one day after a judge amended their bond conditions. Michael Null of Plainwell and William Null of Shelbyville, both 38, were released from custody around 4 p.m., […]
CLOSE A Milwaukee nurse has been charged with theft and fraud related to her billing for private-duty work. Paige O’Connor, 49, was charged in Dane County by the state Department of Justice after an investigation by its Medicaid Fraud Control and Elder Abuse unit. According the department, a mother hired O’Connor to […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska A man who was the first among a few Alaska residents to face charges for violating a coronavirus quarantine order was killed in a shooting. Duane Fields, 48, died Oct. 21 at the Anchorage hotel where he lived and worked, Alaska Public Media reported Monday. Fields helped another […]