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Man found deceased after pursuit and search in Frisco

9Nov

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Texas

Man found deceased after pursuit and search in Frisco

FRISCO, TX – A 24-year-old man was found deceased from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound following a multi-agency search that began after a vehicle pursuit in Frisco. According to the Frisco Police Department, the incident began around 10:39 p.m. on November 5, 2025, when officers assisted the Texas Department of Public Safety in locating a vehicle that had evaded troopers during a pursuit entering the city. The vehicle was later found crashed on southbound Dallas Parkway near Warren Parkway. The driver, identified as Marshawn Kneeland of Plano, fled the scene on foot. Frisco officers established a perimeter and initiated a search using K-9 and drone units. During the search, police learned that Kneeland had expressed suicidal thoughts. He was located around 1:31 a.m., dec...

Belorussian woman extradited from France to face U.S. charges for illegally exporting aircraft equipment to Russia

9Nov

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U.S.

Belorussian woman extradited from France to face U.S. charges for illegally exporting aircraft equipment to Russia

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A Belorussian citizen has been extradited from France to the United States to face charges of conspiring to violate the Export Control Reform Act, smuggling, money laundering, and defrauding the United States, according to U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro and Assistant Attorney General John Eisenberg of the Justice Department’s National Security Division. Yana Leonova, also known as “Yana Liavonava,” 33, made her initial appearance in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia after being extradited on an indictment alleging she illegally procured and exported U.S.-made avionics and aircraft components to Russia through intermediary countries following Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. According to the indictment, Leonova and co-conspirators in the...

19 arrested in $40 million international elder fraud scheme targeting U.S. seniors

9Nov

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U.S.

19 arrested in $40 million international elder fraud scheme targeting U.S. seniors

SAN DIEGO, CA – Nineteen individuals have been arrested in connection with a large-scale international fraud network accused of scamming more than 500 elderly Americans out of over $40 million, according to the FBI San Diego Field Office and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California. The arrests followed a coordinated operation on November 5, 2025, led by the FBI’s Elder Justice Task Force and more than 100 law enforcement personnel. The defendants were charged in a federal indictment with conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering as part of an international tech support and refund scam targeting seniors. Investigators say the scheme operated from call centers in India, Thailand, and the United Arab Emirates, using...

Former Corning scientist convicted of stealing U.S. military research for China

9Nov

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U.S.

Former Corning scientist convicted of stealing U.S. military research for China

ROCHESTER, NY – A federal jury has convicted Ji Wang, 63, of Painted Post, New York, on multiple charges of economic espionage and theft of trade secrets related to sensitive U.S. defense research. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of New York, Wang was found guilty of two counts of economic espionage, one count of theft of trade secrets, one count of attempted economic espionage, and one count of attempted theft of trade secrets. Prosecutors said Wang, a former Corning Incorporated employee, stole hundreds of confidential files from a joint research project funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and Corning between 2002 and 2007. The $11.4 million project focused on developing optical fibers for high-powered laser systems w...

Santa Maria man arrested on $1 million warrant for attempted murder in domestic violence case

9Nov

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California

Santa Maria man arrested on $1 million warrant for attempted murder in domestic violence case

SANTA MARIA, CA – A 19-year-old Santa Maria man wanted in connection with an attempted murder stemming from a domestic violence incident was arrested Thursday night. According to the Santa Maria Police Department, officers responded around 10:30 p.m. on November 6, 2025, to a residence in the 1600 block of Chianti Lane to locate the suspect, identified as Anthony Jacob Amador. Amador was wanted on a $1 million warrant related to an October 22, 2025, domestic violence incident in which he allegedly used a firearm. Police said Amador fled the scene at that time and had remained at large despite ongoing search efforts. Officers observed signs of activity at the Chianti Lane residence and made contact. Amador was found inside and taken into custody without incident. He was book...

Texas attorney general halts school districts from using taxpayer money for electioneering

9Nov

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U.S.

Texas attorney general halts school districts from using taxpayer money for electioneering

AUSTIN, TX – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that his office has stopped several school districts from unlawfully using taxpayer funds to promote ballot propositions aimed at raising local taxes. According to the Attorney General’s Office, investigations found that Garland ISD, Judson ISD, Liberty Hill ISD, and Northwest ISD used district resources to encourage voters to support tax-related ballot measures. Texas law prohibits school districts from using public funds or resources to advocate for or against any candidate, measure, or political party. “School districts should focus on teaching children reading, writing, and arithmetic instead of unlawfully using taxpayer funds to meddle in elections that will raise taxes even higher,” said Attorney General Paxton. “ISDs...

Former Kansas credit union manager sentenced to more than five years for $750,000 embezzlement scheme

8Nov

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U.S.

Former Kansas credit union manager sentenced to more than five years for $750,000 embezzlement scheme

KANSAS CITY, KS – A former credit union manager has been sentenced to 63 months in federal prison for stealing more than $750,000 from her long-time employer and compromising the stability of the financial institution. According to court documents, 71-year-old Rita Hartman of Atchison pleaded guilty to one count of making false entries in federal credit union records. Hartman managed Muddy River Credit Union (formerly Atchison Casting Credit Union and Bradken Federal Credit Union) for 30 years, overseeing all financial operations. Between 2007 and 2021, Hartman stole approximately $346,000 in customer deposits and fraudulently credited about $430,000 in fictitious deposits and loan payments to her or her relatives’ accounts. She concealed the theft by falsifying ledgers, altering...

38 charged in Middle Tennessee under new Homeland Security Task Force initiative

8Nov

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U.S.

38 charged in Middle Tennessee under new Homeland Security Task Force initiative

NASHVILLE, TN – Thirty-eight individuals, including eight members and associates of the MS-13 gang, have been charged in a series of federal cases involving drug trafficking, firearms offenses, assault on law enforcement, and immigration violations, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Robert E. McGuire for the Middle District of Tennessee. The charges stem from investigations conducted under the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) initiative, established by Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion. The initiative targets criminal cartels, foreign gangs, and transnational criminal organizations operating in the United States. The Nashville HSTF includes agents from Homeland Security Investigations, the ATF, FBI, IRS Criminal Investigations, U.S. Marshal...

Texas attorney general sues Galveston ISD for refusing to display Ten Commandments in classrooms

8Nov

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U.S.

Texas attorney general sues Galveston ISD for refusing to display Ten Commandments in classrooms

AUSTIN, TX – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against the Galveston Independent School District after its board voted to not display the Ten Commandments in classrooms, citing a violation of recently enacted state law. File Photo (November 2022) According to the Attorney General’s Office, the district’s refusal violates Senate Bill 10, which requires public schools to display the Ten Commandments. In a statement, Paxton said, “America is a Christian nation, and it is imperative that we display the very values and timeless truths that have historically guided the success of our country.” The lawsuit follows a Galveston ISD board meeting in which members voted against implementing the measure. Paxton’s office had previously issued a legal advisory affirming that...

Court rules Wells Fargo not responsible for fatal DUI crash involving employee

8Nov

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Georgia

Court rules Wells Fargo not responsible for fatal DUI crash involving employee

ATLANTA, GA – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has upheld a lower court’s decision clearing Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., of liability in a fatal drunk driving crash involving one of its employees. The case stemmed from an August 2019 collision in which Derrick Khalid Hambrick was killed after being struck by Maurice Watson, a Wells Fargo employee who was driving intoxicated. Hambrick’s estate argued that Wells Fargo violated Georgia’s dram shop law by serving alcohol to Watson before the crash. The court found no admissible evidence that Wells Fargo provided alcohol to Watson. Judges noted that Watson’s statement to police about coming from a “work function” was inadmissible hearsay and that the company had no records of hosting an event that evening. The Eleventh...