Tag: Extortion and threats
Michigan St drops Florida football recruit after arrest
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State said Friday it has informed football recruit Steffan Johnson that he will not be a part of the...
Detroit ex-mayor’s pal wins release from prison years early
DETROIT — A Detroit contractor who got millions of dollars of city work through extortion will be released early from prison, a judge said...
Wandering cops shuffle departments, abusing citizens
St. Louis — Timothy Loehmann wanted to be a police officer like his father. He got a job in Independence, Ohio, but it didn’t...
DC police department hit by apparent extortion attack
WASHINGTON — The Washington, D.C., police department said Monday that its computer network was breached, and a Russian-speaking ransomware syndicate claimed to have stolen...
Defendant: Alleged threats against lawmakers were ‘blather’
NEW YORK — A man charged with threatening to kill members of Congress testified on Tuesday that his disturbing social media rants were the...
Italian jury to soon mull Americans’ fate over slain officer
ROME — An Italian jury will next week begin deliberating the fate of two young American men on trial for the slaying of a...
Corruption trial of young ex-Massachusetts mayor begins
BOSTON — Adult entertainment. A personal trainer. A helicopter tour of historic mansions in Newport, Rhode Island. Those were some of the things a...
1 verdict, then 6 police killings across America in 24 hours
Even as the Derek Chauvin case was fresh in memory — the reading of the verdict in a Minneapolis courtroom, the shackling of the...
1 verdict, then 6 police killings across America in 24 hours
Even as the Derek Chauvin case was fresh in memory — the reading of the verdict in a Minneapolis courtroom, the shackling of the...
US Capitol Police officer testifies in lawmaker threat case
NEW YORK — A U.S. Capitol Police officer testified Friday against a New York man accused of threatening to kill members of Congress, recounting...
