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A 79-year-old Army veteran was brutally murdered on Monday during a carjacking in Southern California. James Norman was at a gas station in Norco, California, cleaning his Chevy Trailblazer with the engine running when 29-year-old Ryan Hewitt jumped in the driver’s seat and drove off. Norman was hanging out the back door and was dragged and then thrown from the vehicle. His family said he was just too frail to get out in time. Hewitt was charged with felony carjacking and second-degree murder. He is being held on $1 million bail. ... James Norman is survived by his beloved wife,...

Anthony, 17, is reportedly living with his family at the expensive home in the community of Richwoods, where the rent is estimated to be $3,500 a month, the Daily Mail reported. The home had a white Suburban, a black Acura, and a sedan in the driveway as of Tuesday. A neighbor told the outlet the family had just bought a new car. “He got a new car,” the resident alleged. “If you look at the license plate, it’s got a paper tag and it says it expires June 4.” Neighbors seemed to be initially unaware Anthony and his family are...

Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson So, this is the “Black community leader” the Corporate Media is saying was murdered by a police officer. Seemed like quite the leader. Body cams remain undefeated. 8:45 AM · Apr 16, 2025

The two females reportedly ate most of their food prior to insisting on their money back. Video captured two females physically attacking a waitress in a Chicago restaurant last weekend. The females are seen kicking, stomping, and punching the waitress — and the attack reportedly came after the waitress rejected the culprits' refund demand. Martha Garcia — owner of El Taco Azteca — told WBBM-TV two females wanted a full refund after they picked up a to-go order, departed, and then returned about 15 minutes later after having consumed nearly all their food and saying they didn't like it. 'I...

By now, Americans have grown painfully familiar with the new breed of soft-on-crime, far-left attorneys general. They’re everywhere—installed in one liberal hellhole after another like little ticking time bombs, handpicked to do one thing: dismantle law and order from the inside. They let violent criminals walk free, ignore looters, and go after political opponents instead of real threats—because that’s the whole point. These AGs aren’t just soft on crime; they’re part of the plan to destroy US cities. ... But the AG in Massachusetts? Well, she takes the cake. This isn’t just your run-of-the-mill Soros-style puppet. We’re talking about a...

SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY, Va. (7News) — Authorities have "all suspects" in custody after three people were killed and at least three more were injured after a shooting near Fredericksburg, Virginia, on Tuesday, according to the Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office (SCSO). Two 16-year-olds, one 17-year-old and an 18-year-old identified as Jeremiah Upson have been arrested and charged with "malicious wounding and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony unlawful assembly," according to an update by SCSO on Wednesday morning.

All suspects are in custody after a Tuesday evening shooting in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, left three dead and three wounded. WTOP reported 911 calls regarding the incident came in around 5:30 p.m. Spotsylvania Sheriff’s deputies arrived on scene to find multiple shooting victims, and later ascertained they were on the scene of an ” “illegal gun sale/robbery.” CBS News noted three people were pronounced dead at the scene and three others were wounded. On Wednesday morning, Spotsylvania Sheriff Roger L. Smith posted to Facebook, “In connection with the Olde Greenwich incident, all suspects are in custody and there is no...

A Florida middle school principal said he “did something dumb” after he was arrested at Walmart for trying a shoplifting tactic he claims his friends told him would work. Bok Academy North Principal Gregory Lewis was at a Winter Haven Walmart in Polk County on Saturday afternoon when an asset protection officer observed him “skip scanning” at the self-checkout, WFLA reported. The middle school principal, who admitted to the crime, told a Winter Haven police officer during his arrest that his friends had told him about the shoplifting tactic and that he wanted to try it out for himself.

The Perp FRISCO, Texas – A 17-year-old boy was arrested for allegedly stabbing another teenager to death during an altercation at a track meet, according to the Frisco Police Department. Karmelo Anthony is accused of fatally stabbing 17-year-old Austin Metcalf, a Frisco Memorial High School student. The stabbing happened around 10 a.m. on Wednesday in the 6900 block of Stadium Lane in Frisco, approximately 28 miles north of Dallas. Frisco police said an altercation between Anthony and Austin Metcalf began, which led to the stabbing. Austin Metcalf’s mother told Dallas ABC affiliate WFAA that his twin brother, Hunter Metcalf, was...

The watchdog group National Conservative has launched a comprehensive project to track interracial homicides in the United States, compiling a growing database with over 2,600 confirmed incidents from 2023 and 2024. The initiative, which began in December 2023, aims to provide a detailed account of such crimes, categorizing them by the race of both the perpetrators and victims. The database is intended to offer valuable insights into the patterns and frequency of interracial killings, making it a resource for public analysis.

Government said Rudekabana was a Welsh choir boy, said that he was not known to police, had no terror ties, just a "nutter with a knife," and it was all lies. Transcript linked to video.

Fayetteville police have arrested and charged a man Thursday in connection with the death of 25-year-old Heather Williams, who was previously reported missing and endangered. Detectives have charged Tyrell Siermons, 30, of Fayetteville with first-degree murder. During a follow-up investigation into the missing person case, police were led to the woods near Newark Avenue and State Avenue, where they found Williams' body. Police began investigating Heather's death as a homicide.

The family of a South Carolina bank teller gunned down during a 2017 robbery is livid after President Biden commuted her killer’s death sentence just days before Christmas. Now Donna Major’s family is left reeling through the holiday season, rattled by the news that the convicted criminal had been shown the mercy he refused to show others. “I was angry. I’m still angry. I am upset that this is even happening, that one man can make this decision without even talking to the victims, without any regard for what we’ve been through, what we’re going through, and completely hurt, frustrated...

A killer unexpectedly pleaded guilty to abducting and murdering an heiress elementary school teacher during her morning run. Cleotha Abston, 40, admitted to the September 2022 killing of Eliza Fletcher, 34, in a Memphis court Monday morning. The career criminal was branded 'evil' by Fletcher's family as he was sentenced to life without parole for first-degree murder and aggravated kidnaping. It was a surprise turn of events, as Abston was due to stand trial in February, 2024, and prosecutors had said they would seek the death penalty. The mom-of-two, a member of a billionaire Tennessee software family, vanished during an...

A 62-year-old Staten Island resident declared he wants to move after he was brutally attacked by a mob of teenagers during his daily evening stroll last month, according to reports. The man was walking near the intersection of Howard Avenue and Clove Road in the Sunnyside neighborhood just after 7 p.m. on July 15 when the group of delinquents began to harass him. Streetside surveillance cameras captured the moment when nine juveniles followed the man down the road, according to video obtained by silive.com. One of the delinquents rushed up behind the man who jumped into the middle of a...

Earl's 1,300 arrests (mostly alcohol-related offenses) are only documented back to 1992, when the Division of Community Corrections of Lexington Fayette Urban County Government began booking digitally. His lesser known criminal history dates back to the 1970s, which some speculate brings his cumulative total to over 1,500 arrests and over 6,000 days in jail. The first of over 1,300 arrests came in July of 1970 for carrying a concealed weapon at 20-years-old.

An autistic Florida teen who knocked a school staffer unconscious for threatening to take away his Nintendo Switch has filed a lawsuit against the district, accusing them of failing to meet his needs. Brendan Depa, 18, was just 17 when he was caught on video pummeling a teacher's aide, Joan Naydich, at Matanzas High School after she requested another teacher take away his gaming console. Depa was arrested and charged as an adult with aggravated battery on a school employee, a first-degree felony carrying a potential sentence of 30 years behind bars.

CHICAGO — Dexter Williams has been on a roll in Cook County. Since 2022, he’s been charged with misdemeanors six times, and prosecutors dropped all but one of those cases. Among the charges they dropped was a 2022 theft case that police filed against him after on-duty Chicago police officers said they saw Williams trying to steal a catalytic converter in Roscoe Village. The cops asked prosecutors to approve felony charges, but the state’s attorney’s office rejected that idea and then dropped the entire matter a few months later. Maybe Williams should have stayed in Cook County. He’s now being...

A suspected San Francisco serial bipper who was arrested, charged and released by a judge without bail allegedly went back to breaking into cars and was twice caught on camera by a YouTuber’s bait-car operation and hit with fart spray just three days after his release. But it wasn’t just the YouTuber’s bait car that attracted the suspect, Charvel Maurice Augustine. That same day, undercover police arrested him on suspicion of separate car break-ins. Augustine is set to stand trial on March 28 for two cases stemming from offenses last July and October. San Francisco is in the grips of...

Police arrested a suspect Wednesday after a brazen theft inside an Apple Store in Berkeley, California, where shocked customers watched the scene unfold. Detectives with the Emeryville Police Department took Tyler Mims into custody, Fox Business reported Thursday. Video footage shows the suspect, wearing all black and a pair of red shoes, allegedly grabbing items inside the store and ripping their cords out of the display tables. The store’s alarm is heard, and people are seen watching from a distance.