Tag: Extortion and threats
Defendant: Alleged threats against lawmakers were ‘blather’
NEW YORK — A man charged with threatening to kill members of Congress testified on Tuesday that his disturbing social media rants were the...
Corruption trial of young ex-Massachusetts mayor begins
BOSTON — Adult entertainment. A personal trainer. A helicopter tour of historic mansions in Newport, Rhode Island. Those were some of the things a...
Italian jury to soon mull Americans’ fate over slain officer
ROME — An Italian jury will next week begin deliberating the fate of two young American men on trial for the slaying of a...
1 verdict, then 6 police killings across America in 24 hours
Even as the Derek Chauvin case was fresh in memory — the reading of the verdict in a Minneapolis courtroom, the shackling of the...
1 verdict, then 6 police killings across America in 24 hours
Even as the Derek Chauvin case was fresh in memory — the reading of the verdict in a Minneapolis courtroom, the shackling of the...
US Capitol Police officer testifies in lawmaker threat case
NEW YORK — A U.S. Capitol Police officer testified Friday against a New York man accused of threatening to kill members of Congress, recounting...
U.S. man’s defense: fear played role in Italian’s slaying
ROME — A defense lawyer for a young American on trial for the slaying of an Italian police officer contended in court on Friday...
Italy investigates no-work hospital employee who earned 538K
ROME — Authorities have placed a half-dozen public hospital employees in southern Italy under investigation for abuse of office after they allegedly allowed a...
Police: Arrested Michigan lawmaker warned he’d call governor
LANSING, Mich. — A Michigan lawmaker who was arrested for drunken driving and resisting police threatened to call Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and told state...
NY man’s trial starts for Jan. 6-related online threats
NEW YORK — A prosecutor urged a jury in a trial's opening statement Wednesday to convict a New York man who threatened to kill...