Authorities are investigating a string of unprovoked attacks against women on the streets of New York in a concerning trend going viral on social media. The New York Police Department (NYPD) announced the arrest of 40-year-old Brooklyn resident Skiboky Stora on Wednesday in connection to one of the alleged attacks in Manhattan earlier this week. […]
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis.—The case of a 15-year-old Wisconsin boy accused of killing a 10-year-old girl after luring her into woods will remain in adult court, a judge has ruled. Chippewa County Judge Steven Gibbs, in a 22-page decision issued Monday, sided with the state in ruling that court proceedings in the slaying of 10-year-old Iliana […]
NEW YORK—Former Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr. has reached a plea deal in a New York City domestic assault case that will keep him out of jail if he completes a court-ordered treatment program and stays out of trouble. Mr. Porter, 23, pleaded guilty Tuesday to misdemeanor assault and a harassment violation in connection […]
A young Chinese man attacked Falun Gong practitioners and vandalized their information posters at a famous South Korean tourist attraction on Dec. 17. In a video clip supplied to The Epoch Times by a Falun Gong practitioner, a Chinese man stomped on all the information stands until the banners fell off, shoved the Falun Gong […]
LOS ANGELES—Charlie Sheen’s neighbor was arrested after being accused of assaulting the actor in a Malibu, California, home this week, authorities said. Electra Schrock was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement Friday. She was also taken into custody for force likely to create bodily […]
Actor Jonathan Majors has been convicted of assaulting and harassing his ex-girlfriend in a domestic dispute. This led to Marvel and Disney parting ways with him. NTD’s Christina Corona has more on the story.
NEW YORK—Jonathan Majors was convicted Monday of assaulting his former girlfriend after a two-week trial that the actor hoped would salvage his damaged reputation and restore his status as an emerging Hollywood star. A Manhattan jury found Mr. Majors, 34, guilty of one misdemeanor assault charge and one harassment violation. He was acquitted of a […]
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday declined to block a Democrat-backed “assault weapon” ban, leaving the restrictions in place—at least for now. In a Dec. 14 order, the Supreme Court denied an emergency application for a writ of injunction that would have frozen the Illinois prohibition on certain types of semiautomatic rifles and magazines, with […]
Vice President Kamala Harris has announced a new gun control initiative, including a state-level ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, which the White House says is aimed at helping curb violence involving guns. The White House published the new “Safer States Initiative,” which officials said will “provide states with additional tools and the support […]
DALLAS—Buffalo Bills linebacker Von Miller turned himself in to police in a Dallas suburb on Thursday after he was charged in a warrant with domestic violence against the mother of his children, who is pregnant, police said. Dallas police confirmed that the 34-year-old Miller surrendered to police in the suburb of Glenn Heights to face […]
Hollywood actor Jamie Foxx, whose real name is Eric Marlon Bishop, has been accused in a civil suit of sexual assault and battery by a woman filing claims against the actor regarding an encounter in a New York rooftop lounge back in 2015. According to court documents filed at the New York Supreme Court on […]
Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn.) has requested adequate sentencing for the man who assaulted her in Washington, D.C. earlier this year. Ms. Craig issued the request to a federal judge, stating the man who attacked her in the elevator of her apartment complex in February should be held accountable, and that this should be reflected in […]
MORENO VALLEY, Calif.—A Southern California school district has agreed to pay $27 million to settle a lawsuit by the family of an eighth grade boy who died after being assaulted by two other students at a middle school four years ago. The settlement with the Moreno Valley Unified School District was announced Wednesday by lawyers […]
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich.—A doctor who says he received the nickname “Hockey Doc” after spending more than two decades providing medical assistance to youth hockey teams in Michigan and Minnesota will stand trial on charges that he sexually assaulted patients. Zvi Levran faces 22 counts of third- and fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct involving 10 former hockey […]
PLAINVIEW, Texas—A 22-year-old inmate was captured Sunday about 250 miles (400 kilometers) from the West Texas prison he had escaped from hours earlier after climbing over a fence, officials said. Trent Thompson had last been seen at the Formby Unit in Plainview about 11:14 p.m. Saturday, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said. He was […]
A man accused of assaulting Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn.) in an elevator inside her Washington, D.C. apartment building in February pleaded guilty in federal court this week, officials said. Kendrick Hamlin, 26, pleaded guilty to one count of assault on a member of Congress, as well as two counts of assault on a law enforcement […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif.—A former correctional officer at the biggest women’s prison in California has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting at least 13 inmates over the past nine years, prosecutors said Wednesday. Gregory Rodriguez, who worked at the Central California Women’s Facility, faces 96 counts including rape, sodomy, sexual battery, and rape under color of […]
NEW YORK—Actor Jonathan Majors was arrested Saturday in New York on charges of strangulation, assault, and harassment, authorities said. On Sunday, an attorney for Majors said there’s evidence that he is “entirely innocent.” New York City police said that Majors, star of the recently released “Creed III” and “Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania,” was involved […]
SMYRNA, Tenn.—Kyle Chrisley, the son of reality TV star Todd Chrisley of the show “Chrisley Knows Best,” has been charged with aggravated assault in Tennessee, authorities said. The arrest comes just months after his father and stepmother, Julie Chrisley, were both sentenced to several years in prison for charges including bank fraud and tax evasion. […]
