Author: Jack Bogart

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A former New York state police officer who also served as a cop for the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program, admitted to selling drugs while on duty. Michael Tapscott pleaded guilty in Ontario County Court to 40 drug-related charges, Rochester First reported. He resigned from the Geneva Police Department last year after he was accused of selling Adderall, a Schedule II controlled substance, to someone at a used car dealership while on duty and in his squad car. Tapscott, a 13-year veteran of the police force, also served as an instructor with DARE,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Fallen U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Declan Coady, 20, spent his final hours in Kuwait sending steady updates home to ease his family’s fears amid the war with Iran — before silence replaced his messages and uniformed officers arrived at his parents’ door.Coady, a Drake University student from Des Moines, Iowa, was one of six Army Reserve soldiers killed Saturday in an Iranian drone attack at the Port of Shuaiba in Kuwait while supporting Operation Epic Fury, according to the Department of War (DoW).He was the youngest of the fallen soldiers identified by…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Footage captured a bizarre incident that unfolded in California Wednesday morning when an armed suspect surrendered to SWAT teams while wearing everything but pants. The incident occurred in a Santa Clarita neighborhood after Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) received reports of a man firing a gun in a school zone before barricading himself inside a home. The suspect was experiencing a mental health crisis, Fox 11 Los Angeles reported.During the response, several nearby schools were temporarily placed on a soft lockdown, the Saugus Union School District told Fox News Digital on Thursday.…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! In less than a week, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has gone from supporting U.S. actions against Iran to raising the issue that the U.S. and Israel “acted without engaging the United Nations or consulting with allies, including Canada” to on Wednesday not ruling out Canadian military participation in the conflict.”He’s been all over the place,” Nader Hashemi, a Canadian-born associate professor of Middle East politics at Georgetown University, told Fox News Digital. “It doesn’t look very good for him or for the government of Canada.””My own reading is that he’s influenced…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said Thursday that U.S. forces have delivered devastating blows to Iran’s military in the opening days of Operation Epic Fury, crippling key naval and missile capabilities while signaling that a larger and more sustained campaign is underway.Speaking alongside U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) Commander Adm. Brad Cooper at CENTCOM headquarters at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida, Hegseth described a fast-moving operation that has significantly degraded Iran’s ability to threaten U.S. forces and regional partners, as officials shift toward preventing Tehran from rebuilding its military strength.”In just…

Images by the author I recently acquired two AR rifles… a Ruger Harrier, and an HM Defense Stealth MS5 suppressed gun. I needed a way to transport them to my range and to have somewhere to keep them when they were out of the safe. I think I found a great way to do that… a GPS Double Bolt Rifle Case. This $120 dual case is made for bolt-action, scoped rifles, but it works very well with semi-autos, as I found out. The “bolt” part of the title refers to the fact that it is slightly larger than cases designed…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A California mother dubbed the “Los Gatos party mom” has been convicted of felony child abuse after prosecutors said she hosted alcohol- and sex-fueled parties for young teenagers during the COVID-19 pandemic.After a trial and several days of deliberations, a jury found Shannon O’Connor, 51, guilty of 48 charges, including two felony sex offenses. O’Connor, also known as Shannon Bruga, faces prison when she is sentenced later this year.If the court applies the aggravating circumstances, she could face more than 30 years in prison, Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen said.…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! U.S. and French authorities arrested a former U.S. government contractor accused of stealing $46 million in cryptocurrency, the FBI announced on Thursday.FBI Director Kash Patel highlighted the arrest in a statement on X, saying the arrest of John Daghita on the island of St. Martin was a joint operation between the FBI and the French Gendarmerie.”Last night, John Daghita – a U.S. government contractor who allegedly stole more than $46 million in cryptocurrency from the U.S Marshals Service – was arrested on the island of Saint Martin by the French Gendarmerie’s premier…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Sri Lanka began offloading 208 crew members from a second Iranian vessel a day after 87 people were killed and several others were still missing following a U.S. submarine strike on an Iranian warship in the same region.”After detailed discussions with all parties, Sri Lanka has decided to assist the Iranian vessel,” Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake told reporters at a press briefing in Colombo, Reuters reported.Among the crew members being offloaded the ship, which is near the port of Colombo, were 53 officials, 84 cadets, 48 senior sailors and 23…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Georgia sheriff was arrested last week after he was allegedly found swerving “all over the roadway” in a county-issued vehicle.Hall County Sheriff Gerald Couch had a blood alcohol content nearly three times the legal limit at the time of his arrest, which was 10:30 a.m. Feb. 27, police say. Hall was arrested and taken to jail, but he was released on bond that night.According to a police report obtained by local Fox 5 Atlanta, a Hall County deputy recognized Couch’s vehicle and said the sheriff “could not maintain lane at all.”Knowing…