Terrorism

Cops: FL Man Threatened NYC Subway Mass Shooting

Tampa’s NBC affiliate reports: A Pinellas Park man was arrested Wednesday after he was accused of threatening a mass shooting at the New York City subway on Thanksgiving. According to an arrest report from the Pinellas Park Police Department, an anonymous tip pointed officers to Robert Trout III, 19, who posted a video on social media threatening an attack. “I’m …

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Hamas Funneled Money Through Crypto Company

Bloomberg News reports: In February 2019, Binance Holdings Ltd.’s then-Chief Compliance Officer Samuel Lim acknowledged that the cryptocurrency exchange was being used to funnel money to Hamas, explaining to a colleague that terrorists normally sent “small sums.” That apparently nonchalant attitude caught up with Binance and its chief executive officer, Changpeng Zhao [photo], on Tuesday. In announcing $4.3 billion in …

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Election Offices In Three States Get Letters W/Fentanyl

The Associated Press reports: Authorities on Thursday were trying to determine who sent letters filled with fentanyl or other substances to local election offices, an attack that appears to have targeted multiple states in the latest instance of threats faced by election workers around the country. Election offices in Seattle’s King County and ones in Skagit, Spokane and Pierce counties …

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Would-Be Mass Shooter Kills Himself At CO Theme Park

The Associated Press reports: A heavily armed man killed himself rather than carry out an apparent plan to shoot up a mountaintop amusement park in Colorado, authorities said Monday. The 20-year-old man was found dead in a bathroom at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park by a maintenance crew on Saturday morning before it opened to the public, apparently entering the park …

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Police: Maine Mass Shooter Found Dead Of Suicide

CBS News reports: The gunman in the mass shootings that killed 18 people in Lewiston, Maine, 40-year-old Robert Card, has been found dead, the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Friday. The body of the suspect was found by law enforcement near a recycling plant in the Lisbon area, multiple law enforcement sources confirmed to CBS News. He died of a …

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Oregon Man Charged With Plotting Mass Shooting At “All Gender Identifications” Rock Climbing Fest [VIDEO]

NBC News reports: A Portland man was arrested for allegedly planning a shooting at a rock climbing festival over the weekend in Oregon, authorities said. Samson Zebturiah Garner, 39, was arrested Thursday after “evidence of a planned attack,” including a rifle and two handguns, were found in his vehicle. Garner was allegedly planning to attack a three day climbing festival …

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Hamas Releases Two American Hostages [VIDEO]

Reuters reports: Hamas’ armed wing, the Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades, has released two U.S. hostages from Gaza – a mother and her daughter – “for humanitarian reasons” in response to Qatari mediation efforts in the war with Israel, its spokesman Abu Ubaida said on Friday. Hamas says it took about 200 hostages during a deadly Oct. 7 rampage carried out …

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NYPD Steps Up Readiness After Call For “Day Of Rage”

NBC News reports: Local and federal law enforcement agencies across the U.S. are stepping up their patrols of Jewish houses of worship, Jewish-owned businesses and Israeli diplomatic buildings as calls for attacks on the Jewish community in the U.S. intensify online. Former Hamas leader Khaled Mashal recently called for Friday to be a global day of “anger” in support of …

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FL Man Charged With Planning School Mass Shootings

The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports: Police officers pulled over a 19-year-old recent graduate from Okeechobee High School because the headlight on his truck was out. Then they found handwritten pages detailing plans to kill everyone at his high school. Henry Horton IV, of Okeechobee, was arrested Thursday by Palm Beach County Sheriff’s detectives after they uncovered his plans for mass …

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Sailor Earns Heroism Medal For Actions During Club Q Mass Shooting, Says “I Wanted To Protect” My People

The Navy Times reports: A Navy sailor who intervened to halt a shooting at a Colorado nightclub in 2022 received the Navy and Marine Corps Medal on Thursday. Information Technician 2nd Class Thomas James and Army veteran Rich Fierro both confronted an assailant who began firing a high-powered rifle at an LGBTQ nightclub, Club Q, on Nov. 19, 2022, according …

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NYC Subway Mass Shooter Gets Ten Life Sentences

The New York Times reports: Frank James, who last year positioned himself in a subway car to create a “kill funnel” and then unleashed a barrage of bullets that miraculously killed no one, received 10 sentences of life in prison on Thursday. Mr. James, who walked away after the crime, had pleaded guilty to 10 counts of terrorism in January, …

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That Day: My September 11th Short Story

Some longtime readers may recall that this story was posted annually on this day for the first few years of JMG.   That Day Manhattan, September 11th, 2001 That day, I got to my office on 42nd Street at about 8:55am, a bit later than usual because that morning I’d voted for the first time as a New Yorker, pulling the …

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Catholic Activist Guilty Of Death Threats To LGBTQ Org

From the Justice Department: Adam Michael Nettina, age 34, of West Friendship, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to using the telephone to threaten a group that advocates for LGBTQI+ people. As part of his plea agreement, Nettina also admitted sending messages to Maryland and Virginia state delegates due to their statements in support of transgender people. According to court documents, on …

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California Library Gets Third Anti-LGBTQ Bomb Threat

The Sacramento Bee reports: A Sacramento-area library was evacuated Monday morning and a nearby elementary school and high school sheltered in place after law enforcement was notified of a bomb threat containing anti-LGBTQ hate speech, authorities said. It was the third threat against the library in the past week, police and deputies said. Much like the first reported bomb threat …

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New Jersey Extremist Indicted On 15 Counts For Pepper Spray And Smoke Bomb Attack On Pro-LGBTQ Church

Via press release from New Jersey’s Attorney General: Nicholas G. Mucci, 28, of Toms River, was indicted for aggravated arson (2nd degree); two counts of causing or risking widespread injury or damage (2nd degree); two counts of possession of a destructive device (3rd degree); unlawful possession of a weapon (4th degree); two counts of possession of a weapon for unlawful …

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Texas Church Firebombed After Visit By Extremists

NBC News reports: Authorities in Plano, Texas, are investigating what they call “an intentionally set fire” at a Unitarian Universalist church Sunday, just weeks after it was targeted for criticism in a video by an anti-LGBTQ Christian YouTuber. The church called the incident “a firebomb attack” in a statement on its Facebook page, saying “an incendiary device with a chemical accelerant …

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Threats Spur Capitol Police To Open More Field Offices

The Texas Tribune reports: In response to increasing threats against members of Congress, the U.S. Capitol Police plans to open regional field offices across the country, including in Texas. Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger announced the plans at a joint oversight hearing of the Capitol Police Board, describing a 300% increase in threats to members of Congress over the …

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Man Indicted For Terror Threats Against Nashville Pride

From the Justice Department: A Kansas man has been indicted for making online threats to commit acts of violence at an upcoming Nashville Pride event, announced United States Attorney Henry C. Leventis. An indictment unsealed this morning charges Joshua Hensley, aka Josh Echo, 25, of Hoisington, Kansas, with two counts of transmitting an interstate threat related to the upcoming Nashville …

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Austrian Police Thwart Attack On Vienna Pride Parade

Reuters reports: Austrian security services said on Sunday they had thwarted a planned attack on Saturday’s pride parade in the capital. Three suspects between the ages of 14 and 20 were arrested on suspicion of planning to attack the parade in Vienna, which was held to celebrate LGBTQ+ rights and attracted around 300,000 people, officials said. “Through the successful and …

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Synagogue Mass Shooter Found Guilty On All Counts

Pittsburgh’s CBS affiliate reports: The jury in the trial of Robert Bowers, the accused gunman in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting found him guilty on all counts. Just before noon, the jury returned from more than five hours of deliberations over two days. In total, Bowers was facing 63 counts. For counts 1-11, Bowers was found guilty on all counts of”obstruction …

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