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'I Obey': Man Threw Bomb At Satanic Temple In Salem Because God Told Him To, Feds Say 'I Obey': Man Threw Bomb At Satanic Temple In Salem Because God Told Him To, Feds Say
'I Obey': Man Threw Bomb At Satanic Temple In Salem Because God Told Him To, Feds Say An Oklahoma man has been arrested and charged with throwing a pipe bomb at the Satanic Temple in Salem after the group did not heed his God's warnings to repent, federal authorities said.  Sean Patrick Palmer, 49, of Perkins, Okla., is charged with using an explosive to cause damage to a building used in interstate or foreign commerce, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said.  Surveillance video taken just before 4:15 a.m. shows a person in all-black clothing, a black face mask, a tactical vest, and gloves approach and throw something at the "temple." Moments later, the prosec…
Serial CVS Thief Who Threatened Pregnant Woman's Belly With Gun In DC Gets Prison Time Serial CVS Thief Who Threatened Pregnant Woman's Belly With Gun In DC Gets Prison Time
Serial CVS Thief Who Threatened Pregnant Woman's Belly With Gun In DC Gets Prison Time A serial robber who targeted CVS locations across DC during a months-long crime spree will spend years in prison, authorities announced. District resident Lonnell Hart, 50, was sentenced to 132 months in prison after pleading guilty last summer to four counts of interfering with interstate commerce by robbery (Hobbs Act), following a string of thefts that stretched from August 2017 and October 2017. According to court documents, between Aug. 15, 2017, and Oct. 25, 2017, Hart robbed four Washington, DC CVS pharmacies.  During each of those incidents, Hart brandished a loaded gun and po…
'There Will Be Death!': Middleton Ex-Naval Officer Sentenced For Threatening Ex-Wife, Her Mom 'There Will Be Death!': Middleton Ex-Naval Officer Sentenced For Threatening Ex-Wife, Her Mom
'There Will Be Death!': Middleton Ex-Naval Officer Sentenced For Threatening Ex-Wife, Her Mom A former US Navy police officer who admitted to making several threats of violence to his ex-wife and her mother was sentenced to 18 months in prison, federal authorities said.  Luis De Leon, 30, of Middleton, pleaded guilty to three counts of making threats in interstate commerce in March, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. A judge sentenced him on Thursday, May 18, to prison and three years of parole.  De Leon was stationed at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in New Hampshire in April 2022 when he called his ex-wife in Iowa and made several violent threats, the prosecutor…
Newly Minted Millionaires Made Bank Cutting Catalytic Converters In Mass, NH: Feds Newly Minted Millionaires Made Bank Cutting Catalytic Converters In Mass, NH: Feds
Newly Minted Millionaires Made Bank Cutting Catalytic Converters In Mass, NH: Feds Seven men who police say are responsible for stealing nearly 500 catalytic converters from cars in Massachusetts and New Hampshire since last year were arrested Wednesday, April 12. The stolen car parts were worth about $2 million.  According to the US Attorney for Massachusetts, the theft ring included — Rafael Davila, a/k/a “Robin Hood,” 35, of Feeding Hills, Mass.; Jose Torres, a/k/a “Goldy,” a/k/a “Goldy Tech,” 37, of Springfield, Mass.; Nicolas Davila, 25, of Springfield, Mass.; Jose Fonseca, a/k/a “Charlito,” 26, of Springfield, Mass.; Zachary Marshall, 26, of Holyoke, Mass.; Santo …
Date From Hell: Man Tried To Extort His Massachusetts Matches For Cash Date From Hell: Man Tried To Extort His Massachusetts Matches For Cash
Date From Hell: Man Tried To Extort His Massachusetts Matches For Cash Dating is hard, but a Baltimore man made it criminally difficult for several women in Massachusetts when he allegedly extorted them following their rendezvous, officials said.  Brandon D. Kane, 27, of Baltimore, is charged with making extortionate threats in interstate commerce, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said.  Kane is accused of matching with women in Eastern Massachusetts on various dating apps, and during their dates, he would secretly film them using drugs or having sex with him, the prosecutor said. He'd then threaten to send those videos to their family members …
'There Will Be Death': Middleton Ex-Naval Officer Admits Of Threatening Wife, Her Mom, Feds Say 'There Will Be Death': Middleton Ex-Naval Officer Admits Of Threatening Wife, Her Mom, Feds Say
'There Will Be Death': Middleton Ex-Naval Officer Admits Of Threatening Wife, Her Mom, Feds Say A former US Navy officer pleaded guilty to sending his ex-wife and her mom in Iowa threats, authorities announced.  Luis De Leon, 30, of Middleton, confessed to three counts of making threats in interstate commerce, but the court had not decided on a sentence, the US Attorney for Massachusetts announced Monday, Jan. 30.  The prosecutor said De Leon called his ex-wife on April 30, 2022, and threatened "war in the street." “You’re gonna f****** pay! Do you understand!? There will be death! There will be war in the street! You wanna to go war!? I’ll take you to f****** war!" prosecu…
Middle-Man Gets Life In Prison For Role In Maryland Murder-For-Hire Involving Jilted Husband Middle-Man Gets Life In Prison For Role In Maryland Murder-For-Hire Involving Jilted Husband
Middle-Man Gets Life In Prison For Role In Maryland Murder-For-Hire Involving Jilted Husband A third co-conspirator will spend the rest of his life behind bars after being convicted for his role in a murder-for-hire conspiracy in Maryland involving a cheating wife and vengeful husband, federal officials announced. Jose David Navarro Cervellon, 41, of Norcross, Georgia, has been sentenced to life in federal prison after being convicted following an eight-day trial on federal charges for serving as a middle-man involving a husband who wanted his wife killed for cheating, prosecutors announced. Specifically, Cervellon was convicted for the use of interstate commerce facilities in the …
Hoaxster With Foot Fetish Threatened To Hurt Tufts Students In Calls To Police: Feds Hoaxster With Foot Fetish Threatened To Hurt Tufts Students In Calls To Police: Feds
Hoaxster With Foot Fetish Threatened To Hurt Tufts Students In Calls To Police: Feds For hours, Tufts University police in Medford scrambled from building to building in search of a man who repeatedly called and taunted them by saying he was hiding beneath a bed in a dorm room with a Taser and pistols. And he planned to use them on the student who found his hiding spot.  None of it was true.  Sammy Sultan, 49, of Hayward, Calif., plans to plead guilty to one count of making threats in interstate commerce related to calls he made in May 2021, the US Attorney for Massachusetts announced this week. Police arrested him in March.  Investigators said Sultan m…
New Haven Man Admits To Cyberstalking, Threatening Massachusetts Woman New Haven Man Admits To Cyberstalking, Threatening Massachusetts Woman
New Haven Man Admits To Cyberstalking, Threatening Massachusetts Woman A 31-year-old Connecticut man has admitted to threatening, harassing, and intimidating a Massachusetts woman through email and social media.  Marshall Nicholas Fain, of New Haven, pleaded guilty on Wednesday, Aug. 31, to one count of cyberstalking and one count of transmitting threats through interstate commerce, United States Attorney Rachael Rollins announced on Wednesday, Sept. 7. Fain was arrested and charged on Feb. 2, the US Attorney's Office said. According to the report, Fain was in a relationship with the victim for about two years, and the relationship ended in August 2…
New Haven  Man Admits To Cyberstalking, Threatening Massachusetts Woman New Haven  Man Admits To Cyberstalking, Threatening Massachusetts Woman
New Haven Man Admits To Cyberstalking, Threatening Massachusetts Woman A Connecticut man has admitted to cyberstalking and threatening his ex-girlfriend from Massachusetts after their relationship ended last year, the US Attorney's Office for Massachusetts reports.  According to court documents, Marshall Fain, age 31, of New Haven, dated his ex-girlfriend for two years up until their breakup in August 2021.  A month later in September, Fain started sending death threats to his ex-girlfriend and members of her family via email and social media, the office reports. This continued through December.  Some of the messages included phrases like …
Western Mass Man Sentenced For Racketeering Offenses Relating To Prostitution Western Mass Man Sentenced For Racketeering Offenses Relating To Prostitution
Western Mass Man Sentenced For Racketeering Offenses Relating To Prostitution A Western Massachusetts man has been sentenced to time served and three years of supervised released for racketeering offenses relating to the promotion of commercial sex. Hampden County resident Kevin Smoot, age 60, was sentenced on Thursday, Aug. 19.  He pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to use a facility of interstate commerce to promote prostitution offenses and seven counts of use of a facility of interstate commerce to promote prostitution offenses, said the US Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts.  According to officials, between February 2019 and J…
Feds: South Jersey Man Contacted 'Murder-For-Hire' Dark Web Site To Kill Child Porn Victim, 14 Feds: South Jersey Man Contacted 'Murder-For-Hire' Dark Web Site To Kill Child Porn Victim, 14
Feds: South Jersey Man Contacted 'Murder-For-Hire' Dark Web Site To Kill Child Porn Victim, 14 A South Jersey man facing charges of child pornography has been arrested for trying to pay a "dark web" hitman $20,000 in Bitcoin to kill the 14-year-old victim, authorities said. John Michael Musbach, 31, formerly of Galloway was first arrested on child pornography charges in March 2016, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Two months after that arrest, Musbach began communicating with a murder-for-hire website on internet, Carpenito said. The website he visited advertised that they were the right guys "if you wanted to kill someone or beat the s--- out of him," the U.S. Attorney said on Th…
Rise In Grocery Prices Prompted By Shortage Of Truck Drivers, New Report Says Rise In Grocery Prices Prompted By Shortage Of Truck Drivers, New Report Says
Rise In Grocery Prices Prompted By Shortage Of Truck Drivers, New Report Says A new report has shown a link between the rise in grocery costs and the national shortage of long-distance truck drivers, according to Supermarket News. The analysis, which was released Monday, Dec. 3 by Florida-based driver virtual simulation company Advanced Training Systems (ATS), demonstrated that higher freight costs and even ingredients costs are the culprits.  Several major food manufacturers have already announced their price hikes for the upcoming year, including Hershey, Nestle, Unilever, Mondelez, and Coca-Cola. John Kearney, CEO of ATS, said that the situation is some…