Crime

Convicted killer named as suspect in prison stabbing of rapper Tory Lanez An inmate who allegedly knifed hip-hop artist Tory Lanez inside a US prison is a convicted killer, say prison officials. The Canadian rapper was rushed to hospital after being stabbed 14 times on Monday morning at a housing unit at the California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi. The prisoner suspected of the attack, Santino Casio, 41, is serving a life sentence for murder, officials told the BBC. They said he has been placed in "restricted housing" pending an investigation...

A man who tried to open a cabin door and then attacked a flight attendant with a broken metal spoon on a passenger jet in 2023 has agreed to a deal that includes his release. Francisco Severo Torres, 34, agreed to plead guilty to assaulting or intimidating a flight crew member following the 2023 incident on a United Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Boston, prosecutors said Tuesday. The agreement, as filed in Boston federal court Monday, includes release for time served, 60 months of supervision upon release, compliance with...

The one-time ‘king’ of one of Haiti’s most violent criminal gang, already looking at spending 35 years in a U.S. prison for his role in a gunrunning conspiracy that funneled high-powered weapons to gang members using kidnapping proceeds, will soon learn if he will face more prison time in the United States for his alleged role in the abduction of 17 Christian missionaries, including five children. Germine Joly, better known as “Yonyon,” who served as leader of the 400 Mawozo gang in Port-au-Prince, was sentenced last year after pleading guilty...

Two undocumented immigrants are facing kidnapping charges after authorities discovered them in Florida with two missing teenage girls from North Carolina. The Clayton County Police Department said the 14- and 15-year-old girls were found unharmed and have since been reunited with their parents, Fox Orlando reported. The investigation began May 3 when officers responded to a report from concerned parents who said their daughters disappeared overnight. The teens were last seen at 1 a.m. Investigators said the girls left a note. The note said they had gone off with “some...

The legislation would allow the Secretary of the Treasury to revoke the tax exemptions of organization that provide ’material support' to terrorism. House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.) (L) and Ranking Member Rep. Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.)(R) speak ahead of a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 13, 2025. House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.) (L) and Ranking Member Rep. Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.)(R) speak ahead of a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 13, 2025....

“To the leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel: You are no longer the hunters. You are the hunted.” A news conference inside the U.S. Attorney’s San Diego office on Tuesday began with that dramatic opening from U.S. Attorney Adam Gordon, who was announcing the unsealing of a federal indictment charging multiple alleged leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel with narco-terrorism and material support of terrorism. It's the first time in U.S. history that drug traffickers have been charged with terrorism. The indictment follows an executive order issued by President Donald Trump that...

Federal prosecutors in San Diego unsealed a first-of-its-kind indictment Tuesday, alleging narco-terrorism charges against suspected drug traffickers linked to the Sinaloa cartel. The criminal indictment against members of the Beltrán Leyva organization, which prosecutors described as a violent faction of the Sinaloa cartel responsible for one of the largest fentanyl production networks in the world, is the first use of narco-terrorism charges against a Mexican-based drug-trafficking organization.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) - An indictment was unsealed today charging multiple alleged leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel with narco-terrorism and material support of terrorism, in what was described as the first indictment returned in the nation levying terrorism charges against the cartel's leadership. The indictment follows an executive order issued by President Donald Trump that designated the Sinaloa Cartel and other drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.

Two leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel were hit with narco-terrorism charges on Tuesday for their involvement in allegedly trafficking "massive" amounts of drugs into the United States, according to federal officials. Pedro Inzunza Noriega and his son, Pedro Inzunza Coronel, were both named in an unsealed federal indictment on Tuesday and charged with narco-terrorism, material support of terrorism, drug trafficking and money laundering as members of the Beltran Leyva Organization (BLO), which is a faction of the Sinaloa Cartel.

A local man accused of trying to stab a flight attendant in the neck with a broken metal spoon, and also trying to open the plane’s emergency exit door has pleaded guilty. Francisco Torres, 34, of Leominster, has pleaded guilty to one count of interference and attempted interference with flight crew members and attendants using a dangerous weapon, according to the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney’s Office. The incident on the United Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Boston was back on March 5, 2023. About 45 minutes before the plane was...