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Molotov Cocktail Plot: Massachusetts Trans Woman Sentenced In Plan To Firebomb Scott Bessent
A Massachusetts woman will spend more than six years in federal prison after admitting to bringing two homemade firebombs and a knife to Washington, D.C., in an attempt to kill then-Treasury secretary nominee Scott Bessent, federal authorities said.
Ryan Michael English, 26, of South Deerfield, previously pleaded guilty to two federal weapons charges. A judge sentenced English to 73 months in prison on Tuesday, Aug. 18, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia announced. English must also serve three years of supervised release.
The plot unfolded on Jan. 27, 2025, when Bessen…
CT Man Accused Of Driving Drunk With Child In Car For 2nd Time In 3 Years, Police Say
A Connecticut man previously arrested on an impaired-driving charge with his young son in the car now faces a second such case, police said.
Cirino Castillo-Lopez, 45, of Norwalk, was arrested in Wilton at about 5:39 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 9, after an officer saw his vehicle swerving within its lane on Danbury Road near Old Highway, police said.
During the traffic stop, Castillo-Lopez showed signs of impairment and failed roadside field sobriety tests, according to Wilton Police.
Police charged him with:
Risk of injury to a child
Operating under the influence with a child passenger, second…
Woman Gets Manslaughter Charge In 2025 Wreck That Killed CT Man, Cops Say
A woman has been indicted on a manslaughter charge more than a year and a half after a crash on I-684 in Putnam County left a Connecticut man dead, police announced.
Mount Vernon resident Makayla S. McIntyre was arrested on Monday, Aug. 17, in connection with the January 2025 crash in the town of Southeast that killed 65-year-old New Milford resident Michael T. Keller, New York State Police said on Tuesday, Aug. 18.
The crash happened around 7:15 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025, when McIntyre, who was 23 at the time, lost control of her vehicle while traveling north on I-684,…
CT Man Pleads Guilty In Years-Long Child Sex Abuse, Trafficking Case: State
A Connecticut man has admitted to sexually abusing a child and later forcing her to perform sexual acts with another man, prosecutors said.
Steven Lemieux, 45, of Vernon, pleaded guilty Friday, Aug. 14, to first-degree sexual assault, conspiracy to commit first-degree sexual assault, and trafficking in persons, the state Division of Criminal Justice announced Monday. A judge is set to sentence him on October 23.
Vernon police found that the abuse began in 2012, when the victim was 7 years old. Lemieux and a co-defendant repeatedly assaulted the child while she slept, investigators sai…
International Manhunt Ends With BF Captured After GF Found Slashed, Hidden In Closet: DA
An international manhunt for a man accused of slashing his girlfriend’s throat, hiding her body in a closet, and fleeing the country ended with his capture in Honduras, prosecutors announced on Monday, Aug. 17.
Darwin David Espinal-Del Cid, 27, of Telford, Pennsylvania, was taken into custody by Honduran agents with the Technical Agency for Criminal Investigation during an operation coordinated with the FBI early Monday in Pespire, Honduras, according to Bucks County District Attorney Joe Khan.
Espinal-Del Cid is accused of killing his girlfriend, 23-year-old Maria Bernarda Popol Garcia, as…
New Texts Emerge In Mystery Death Of Designer Aboard Investor’s Hamptons Boat: Report
A Long Island designer found dead on a boat last year complained of being “harassed” by her company’s only investor days before her body was found on his boat, according to a new report.
Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra, 33, had even blocked Christopher Durnan, 61, for months to ignore his calls and texts, the New York Post reported Saturday, Aug. 15.
But Nolan-O’Slatarra’s business partner, Dylan Grace, convinced her to unblock Durnan because he was now on the receiving end of Durnan’s communication, according to the Post. Durnan was concerned about fraud by the operators, according to texts obtain…
NY Cocaine Pipeline To Penn State Frats Lands Aspiring Lawyers, Entrepreneurs Charges (Update)
Aspiring lawyers, entrepreneurs, finance students, and former athletes are among 14 people accused in a cocaine trafficking operation that allegedly moved kilos of drugs from New York to Penn State fraternity houses, Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced on Monday, Aug. 17.
Thirteen defendants were Penn State students at or around the time of the alleged conduct in 2023 and 2024, while the 14th is the father of one of the accused students, according to the Attorney General's Office.
Agostino Abbatiello, of Westbury, New York, and Thomas Robinson, of Pittsburgh, were identified…
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