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A Florida Checkers employee allegedly shot and killed a customer in a fight over missing mayonnaise, according to authorities. Fast food server Elijah Mackey, 23, allegedly shot 40-year-old customer Wesley Robertson late Wednesday after Robertson complained about his order at the drive-thru window in a branch in Kissimmee, the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office said. A witness told deputies the incident was sparked by missing packets of mayo, according to his arrest warrant. Mackey allegedly climbed out of the drive-thru window, called Robertson a slew of insults, then pulled out a gun and shot him in the chest, the warrant said.

Police body cam video footage of Kilmar Abrego Garcia allegedly being involved in human smuggling, as noted by Tennessee State Troopers. The incident happened during a traffic stop in Tennessee in 2022. “He’s hauling these people for money,” a trooper could be heard saying”

Maryland Democrat Senator Chris Van Hollen, who is championing the jailed illegal migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia, has some loud American advice for El Salvador’s government: “They should just let him go.” The advice was delivered at a safe press conference in the United States, far from the busy streets of the Latin American country that until recently was wracked by MS-13 gangsters. The gang violence was wiped off the streets when the voters elected President Nayib Bukele with a mandate to restore law and order in their small country.

An Ohio substitute teacher was busted for allegedly offering a high school student $2,000 to kill her estranged husband in a bizarre murder-for-hire plot – that was foiled by the teen’s mother. Stephanie Demetrius, 44, was arrested Wednesday on first-degree conspiracy after the student’s mom discovered texts between her son and the sub at Academy for Urban Scholars High School discussing the lethal plan and contacted the police, according to court documents obtained by WSYX. “This particular teacher was attempting to groom this young person into committing murder,” Sgt. James Fuqua, with the Columbus Division of Police, told the outlet....

The husband of former Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) allegedly bilked taxpayers out of more than $20,000 in a COVID loan scheme and used the money for his “personal benefit and enjoyment,” according to the DC US Attorney’s Office. Cortney Merritts, 46, was charged in a federal indictment Thursday with two counts of wire fraud related to allegedly fraudulent applications he filed with the Small Business Administration in 2020 and 2021 that allowed him to collect – and never repay – government funds from the pandemic-era Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program (EIDL) and Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Merritts received an $8,500...

A violent recidivist sicko accused of trying to rape a woman on a Times Square subway was given $250,000 bail at his arraignment on felony charges Saturday night. Tyriek Martin, a 34-year-old homeless man who’s been busted at least 70 times, appeared in Manhattan Criminal Court late Saturday before Judge Robert Rosenthal on first-degree attempted rape, first-degree sexual abuse and third-degree assault charges. Rosenthal set bail at $250,000 at the request of prosecutors.

Shocking footage shows the moment a car exploded in Florida, killing a woman who police believe was targeted by her husband. Doorbell footage obtained by NBC 6 shows that the car was parked on a road in the Miami suburbs of Hialeah Gardens when it erupted into a fireball just before 6 a.m. on Feb. 1. The explosion was outside the home of Noel Ruiz Mestre, 50, who police now allege intentionally detonated a homemade bomb while his wife was sitting in the passenger seat. His wife, who has not publicly been identified, was killed in the blast.

CHICAGO — A woman accused of shooting a man who became “disrespectful” on a Red Line train in downtown Chicago was given a four-year sentence on Monday. Erica Berry, 39, pleaded guilty to a charge of aggravated discharge of a firearm before Judge James Obbish. Prosecutors dropped four counts of attempted murder, a more serious charge that Berry faced. In May 2023, prosecutors said Berry was sitting alone on a northbound train when a 35-year-old man strolled over and started a conversation around 8 p.m. Berry later told police that the man was flirting with her and that she “tried...

An investigation conducted by the Buckeye Reporter has uncovered a troubling conflict of interest involving Rob Rue, the mayor of Springfield, Ohio. The report alledges that Mayor Rue has been profiting directly from the ongoing Haitian crisis by renting out properties he owns to Haitian immigrants. This practice raises serious concerns among citizens who fear that the mayor is favoring low-wage, government-subsidized foreign residents over the local population. According to the Buckeye Reporter, a 37-year-old man who identified himself as “Works,” has confirmed that he and other imported Haitians are living in buildings owned by Rue. “Works” mentioned that he...

John Barnett, the former quality control manager for Boeing until 2017, was in the "midst of" the whistleblowing case when he allegedly took his own life — but his attorneys are demanding answers from police, seemingly calling his sudden passing suspicious, considering the timing and Barnett's positive outlook on the future, RadarOnline.com has learned. The former Boeing employee was allegedly in good spirits and looking forward to putting the retaliation lawsuit against Boeing behind him. Barnett's legal team, Robert Turkewitz and Brian Knowles, who were repping him in the legal battle, said their client was "in the midst of a...

A Houma, Louisiana, homeowner heard strange noises shortly after 5 a.m. Tuesday and went downstairs to find an alleged intruder, whom he shot in the forehead. 4WWL reported the alleged intruder, 34-year-old Dex Herbert, fled after being shot. Police used a K9 to find Herbert a few blocks away holed up in another house. WGNO noted a second suspect, a female named Tye Corbitt, was discovered in the same house as Herbert. She was allegedly holding a handgun when police located her and she was also arrested.

At least 20 people have died after Ukraine launched a devastating strike on a building housing a bakery, Russian officials claim. The blast rocked the Russian occupied city of Lysychansk in the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk today. Russia’s emergency ministry said its workers have recovered 20 bodies from the rubble following the attack. Videos shared by Moscow showed rescuers carrying people out on stretchers from the wreckage of the building. Maria Zakharova, Russia’s foreign ministry spokesperson, said ‘dozens of civilians’ were in the building when it was hit and also claimed that western weapons were used. The Russian-controlled Luhansk...

Gaza’s health ministry said the Israeli airstrike on Al-Ahli Arabi Baptist hospital in the centre of Gaza City has resulted in at least 500 casualties. The Hamas-run ministry said at least 500 people have been killed in an explosion that it says was caused by an Israeli airstrike.

Border Patrol agents assigned to the nine southwest border sectors apprehended more than two million migrants for the second consecutive year. September’s apprehension of approximately 218,000 migrants pushed the Fiscal Year 23 report to just over two million migrants, according to unofficial Border Patrol reports reviewed by Breitbart Texas. Since President Joe Biden took office in January 2021, Border Patrol agents apprehended more than 5.7 million migrants who illegally crossed the southwest border between ports of entry, the reports indicate.

Jessica Watkins, an American political prisoner who was sentenced to 8½ years in federal prison for protesting the stolen election at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, is being harassed and mentally tortured by correctional officers in the female maximum security jail of the DC Central Detention Facility, to the point where transgender Oath Keeper and military veteran is inflicting self-harm. During the Capitol riot, Watkins did not threaten anyone, did not vandalize anything, encouraged others not to vandalize, spoke with several police officers inside the Capitol, and followed their orders. Wicked U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta sentenced Watkins’...

"Our president knows how to surprise," says regional governor SEVASTOPOL, March 18./TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Sevastopol on the ninth anniversary of Crimea's reunification with Russia at the wheel of a car, Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozhayev said on his Telegram channel...

Five people are dead after a 73-year-old man allegedly went on a shooting spree inside a condominium in Toronto on Sunday night. Police were called and upon arrival confronted the attacker and killed him. Five killed in Toronto shooting: police York Regional Police say 5 people have been killed in a #shooting tonight at a condo building in Vaughan, Ontario, north of #Toronto #Canada pic.twitter.com/Nqcf0Kz1Ew — Chaudhary Parvez (@ChaudharyParvez) December 19, 2022 City News Toronto quoted York Regional Police Chief Jim MacSween saying it was a “horrendous scene.”

Another Conservative government minister has been sacked from his role in the government for allegedly groping a man, as the party continues to be plagued by sexual misconduct scandals. Conor Burns MP, a minister at the Department for International Trade, was fired from his government post by Prime Ministry Liz Truss on Friday over allegations of “serious misconduct” during the annual Conservative Party conference in Birmingham this week.

Former President Donald Trump allegedly had more than 700 pages of classified material in his possession, according to a May 10 letter from the National Archives to a lawyer representing Trump. The text of the letter was posted by conservative journalist John Solomon on Monday evening. The National Archives then posted a link to the letter on its FOIA website early Tuesday afternoon. The posted version of the letter confirms ABC News' previous reporting that documents with the highest levels of classification, including some labeled "Special Access Program" were found. While Solomon framed this as President Joe Biden taking a...

WASHINGTON — A little over a week ago, The Liberty Loft reported on the shocking data presented by attorney Thomas Renz at Senator Ron Johnson’s (R-Wisconsin) panel discussion titled COVID-19: A Second Opinion. Among the numbers were a 1,000% rise in neurological issues and 300% increases in cancer cases and miscarriages from the five-year average ever since the COVID-19 jabs have been used in the military.The numbers came from the Defense Medical Epidemiology Database (DMED) while three whistleblower doctors from the Department of Defense (DOD) provided the info the Renz.Now, allegations are emerging that the DOD is wiping data from...