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Feds Seek to Drop US Capitol Riot Case Against NY Man Due to Lack of Evidence
Federal prosecutors told a federal judge Tuesday that they intend to drop a case against a New York man accused of being inside the Capitol during the Jan. 6 siege – marking the first of the nearly 500 Capitol riot cases to collapse for lack of evidence.
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Sheldon Silver, Former NY Assembly Speaker, Being Sent Back to Prison: Sources
Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is being sent back to federal prison after a request for community placement was denied, two sources familiar with the situation tell News 4. Silver is due to be returned to the federal prison in Otisville as soon as Thursday afternoon, the sources said. Silver was furloughed from Otisville earlier this week while…
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1 Dead, 2 Hurt in NY Stop & Shop Shooting; Suspect in Custody After 4-Hour Manhunt
A man wearing all black walked into an upstairs office area of a Long Island Stop & Shop late Tuesday morning and shot three people, killing one of them, in the town of West Hempstead before fleeing the scene, Nassau County police officials said. Gabriel DeWitt Wilson, a 31-year-old man who police said was responsible for the 11:20 a.m. gunfire…
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US Soldier Planned Attack on Members of Unit, Gave Classified Info to Neo-Nazi Group: Prosecutors
A U.S. Army soldier is facing a slew of terrorism charges after allegedly giving classified military information to a white supremacist group with Satanic leanings as part of a deadly plot against members of his own unit, prosecutors said. The charges announced Monday in Manhattan Federal Court allege that Army Private Ethan Melzer gave information about U.S. troops stationed...
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Who Is Cesar Sayoc, Currently in Custody in Florida in the Nationwide Mail Bomb Package Case?
Three officials identified the suspect as Cesar Sayoc, currently of Florida and formerly of New York. They said he has past arrests, including for assault, but little more was immediately known of him.
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Mail Bomb Suspect Charged With Five Federal Crimes; 14 IEDs Seized Across the Country
The man suspected of mailing more than a dozen crude package explosives to top Democrats and others nationwide in recent days faces five federal charges that could land the 56-year-old in prison for the rest of his life, authorities said Friday.
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Some Suspected Mail Bombs Were Not Capable of Exploding, Others Yet to Be Analyzed, Officials Say
Some of the 10 suspected mail bombs addressed to high-profile Democrats and others over the last few days were flawed and not capable of exploding, while others have yet to be analyzed, several investigators said.
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Judge Tosses 7 Counts in Sen. Robert Menendez Corruption Case
The judge who presided over the corruption trial of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez declared him innocent of seven of the counts on Wednesday.
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Port Authority Bomb Suspect Says He Was Angry About Muslim Killings, Meant Blast as Suicide Attack: Officials
A man with an ISIS-inspired suicide plot slipped went into one of New York City’s busiest subway corridors and detonated a “low-tech” pipe bomb strapped to his chest with velcro and zip ties just as Monday’s morning commute got underway, setting off mass evacuations but leaving no one but himself with serious injuries, according to city and state...
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As NYC, NJ Bombing Suspect Ahmad Rahami Recovers in Hospital, Federal Complaint Paints Chilling Portrait of a Jihadist
The 28-year-old New Jersey man suspected of planting bombs in New York City and his own state was still recovering from multiple gunshot wounds at a hospital in Newark Wednesday, a day after he had federal terror charges filed against him in Manhattan and New Jersey.
