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Jeremy Hogan/Getty Images (PHOENIX) — All charges were dropped Thursday against Tyron McAlpin, a disabled Black man in Arizona who had been facing charges of felony assault and resisting arrest after a pair of Phoenix police officers punched him and shocked him with a stun gun. McAlpin is deaf and has cerebral palsy. The incident, […]
Jason Marz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Federal prosecutors are expected to file criminal charges in connection with the alleged hack of emails from members of former President Donald Trump’s campaign, sources familiar with the matter confirmed to ABC News. The charges in connection with the hack, which the U.S. government has attributed to Iran, could be […]
J. David Ake/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department unsealed charges Tuesday targeting multiple senior members of Hamas’ leadership for their alleged involvement in the kidnapping and murdering of Americans during the terror group’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel. The criminal complaint, unsealed in the Southern District of New York, names six members of Hamas’ […]
Getty Images – STOCK (WASHINGTON) — Five people have been charged in connection with an alleged plot to bribe a juror with $120,000 cash during a federal trial over pandemic relief fraud. Federal prosecutors called the incident an “elaborate” and “chilling,” but ultimately foiled, scheme to infiltrate the jury. The alleged bribery attempt was reported […]
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Manhattan district attorney’s office on Thursday moved to dismiss the charges against most of the pro-Palestinian protesters arrested at Columbia University and nearby City College, though prosecutors are moving forward with cases against a handful of protesters who allegedly assaulted police officers. Prosecutors said they’re hamstrung by “extremely […]
Louisville Metro Police Department (LOUISVILLE, K.Y.) — All charges have been dismissed against star golfer Scottie Scheffler, who was arrested while in Louisville, Kentucky, for the PGA Championship earlier this month. Jefferson County Attorney Mike O’Connell addressed the court Wednesday on a motion to dismiss the charges. The golfer, ranked No. 1 in the world, […]
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (TULSA, Okla.) — No charges will be filed in connection with a fight that Oklahoma teen Nex Benedict was involved in a day before they died, the Tulsa County district attorney said Thursday. Benedict, a member of the 2SLGBTQ community, got into a physical fight with several other students in a bathroom […]
In this screen grab from a video, police officers are shown at the scene of a subway shooting in Brooklyn, New York, on March 14, 2024. — WABC (NEW YORK) — No charges are being filed against the 32-year-old man who fired a gun on a New York City subway, critically injuring one person, prosecutors […]
U.S. Department of Justice (NEW YORK) — The Justice Department unsealed new charges against a leader of the notorious Japanese Yakuza gang who they accuse of attempting to traffic weapons-grade nuclear materials from Burma to other countries, according to a newly announced superseding indictment. Prosecutors in Manhattan say that beginning in early 2020, Takeshi Ebisawa […]
amphotora/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A Kenosha County Circuit Court dismissed charges against a couple who were forcefully arrested while eating dinner at an Applebee’s in Wisconsin with their 1-year-old child earlier this year. The couple, Jermelle English, Jr. and Shanya Boyd, were dining with their son on July 20, when the police wrongfully suspected […]