A man who became know as the “Pizzagate” gunman died earlier this week after he was fatally shot by North Carolina police who had pulled him over in a traffic stop, authorities reported Thursday. The dead man, Edgar Maddison Welch, was charged years ago in 2016 after brandishing an assault weapon and revolver at a … Read more
A man’s bid to sue a council over his attempts to excavate a rubbish tip to find a Bitcoin hard drive worth nearly £600m has had his case thrown out of court by a judge. James Howells says his former partner had mistakenly dumped the hard drive in 2013, only for it to increase in … Read more
The Supreme Court will not stop Donald Trump’s sentencing in his criminal hush money trial, leaving the president-elect without any remaining options to block his imminent return to Manhattan criminal court. Trump is scheduled to face New York Justice Juan Merchan at 9 a.m. Friday — 10 days before his second inauguration to the presidency. … Read more
Police have said they fear further “serious youth violence” after a 14-year-old boy was stabbed to death on a bus in south-east London. Aspiring rapper Kelyan Bokassa was fatally injured on a route 472 bus in Woolwich Church Street, near Woolwich Ferry, just before 2.30pm on Tuesday. On Thursday, police said they had implemented orders … Read more
A woman whose remains were found in a Michigan house nearly two decades ago has been identified – and police believe she could be the victim of a serial killer. Darylnn Washington died just days before her remains were found in June 1996, but she remained a Jane Doe despite authorities’ attempts to identify her. … Read more
A Wisconsin woman who stabbed her classmate in order to please fictional horror character Slender Man is set to be released from a psychiatric hospital, a judge ruled on Thursday. Morgan Geyser, 22, has been at the Winnebago Mental Health Institute for nearly seven years after being convicted in the 2014 stabbing attack of Payton … Read more
A gang who targeted “vulnerable” women in Dundee have been convicted following an investigation into sexual exploitation, human trafficking and drug supply. At the High Court in Glasgow on Thursday, Marian Cumpanasoiu, 37, Remus Stan, 34, Calalan Dobre, 44, Cristian Urlanteanu, 41, and Alexandra Bugonea, 34, were found guilty, Police Scotland said. Detectives said the … Read more
The gunman involved in the 2016 “Pizzagate” conspiracy theory attack on a Washington DC pizza restaurant that was mistakenly thought to be at the center of a pedophile ring has died after being shot by police in North Carolina during a traffic stop. In a news release issued on Thursday, North Carolina’s Kannapolis police department … Read more
A former substitute teacher in Florida was arrested after she allegedly showed elementary school students sexually explicit photos. According to a release from the Lake Wales Police Department, Park Avenue Private Schools called for assistance on November 7 after they learned one of their substitute teachers, Gayle Wessell, 60, had allegedly shown a group of … Read more
A music teacher was convicted of assault after he held a pupil upside down by the ankles to “cheer her up”. Sean Haythornthwaite, who was described as having a “quiet and calm” manner, claimed he took on a “parental role” to try to make the girl laugh after she had been hiding under a table … Read more