Author: Jack Bogart

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Backlash is intensifying in Oklahoma after a teenager accused in a series of violent sex assaults avoided prison time, prompting swarms of people to protest outside a courthouse amid renewed scrutiny of how the justice system handled the case.Images show more than a hundred people gathering outside the Payne County Courthouse Wednesday carrying signs demanding justice after 18-year-old Jesse Butler avoided prison under Oklahoma’s youthful offender law, The Oklahoman reported.”Ponca Tribal Victim Services is standing in solidarity with survivors demanding Justice!,” the organization wrote in a post on Facebook. “Jesse Butler needs…

NEED TO KNOW Delano Middleton is accused of fatally stabbing 18-year-old J.T. SchroederMiddleton was on probation stemming from a 2021 stabbing incident, for which he pleaded guilty to aggravated assaultMiddleton is now charged with murder The man accused of fatally stabbing an 18-year-old who allegedly kicked his shopping cart at a Georgia Walmart was on probation at the time of the incident. Delano Middleton is charged with murder in connection with the Oct. 23 killing of J.T. Schroeder, according to court records. It is not immediately clear if he’s entered a plea. The Chatham County Police Department said Schroeder kicked…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Kansas leaders brought criminal charges Wednesday against Joe Ceballos, the mayor of a small city in rural Kansas, alleging he voted in several elections but is not a U.S. citizen.Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab and Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, both elected Republicans, announced they filed six charges in Comanche County against Ceballos, a lawful permanent resident from Mexico, for voting in elections in 2022, 2023 and 2024.Ceballos is the mayor of Coldwater and previously served as a city councilman.MAINE VOTERS DEFEAT VOTER ID BALLOT INITIATIVE, APPROVE ‘RED FLAG’ GUN RESTRICTIONSStates…

NEED TO KNOW Christopher Scholtes, 38, pleaded guilty to murder and child abuse charges in court last monthHe accidentally left his 2-year-old daughter in a hot car — where the temperature reached 109 degrees — while he was playing video games inside his homeOn Nov. 5, police found him dead inside a Phoenix home after receiving a call at 5:22 a.m., hours before Scholtes was due to turn himself in ahead of his Nov. 21 sentencing An Arizona man who pleaded guilty to murdering his 2-year-old daughter after she died in a hot car parked in the family’s driveway was found deceased…

NEED TO KNOW A 15-year-old boy is being charged as an adult for allegedly fatally shooting a high school classmate after the two bumped into each other in the hallwayThe Orange County Sheriff’s Office in Florida said Jacori Redding and 16-year-old Pinien Dalmacy agreed to fight at a nearby park after Dalmacy refused to apologize”My heart aches for Pinien’s family, who are grieving this unimaginable loss,” Sheriff John Mina said A 16-year-old Florida boy was fatally shot after bumping into a classmate at school — and now another teenager is being charged as an adult, authorities said. Jacori Redding, 15,…

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) recently published proposed changes to what is commonly called ATF Form 1, the application to make or register a firearm regulated under the National Firearms Act (NFA). And unlike under the Biden registration, these changes would be friendly to lawful gun owners, not antagonistic. According to a report at nraila.org, the October 30 publication follows changes first proposed in August and also allows additional time for public comment. “Information Collection (IC) OMB 1140-0011 is being revised to reflect an increase in the number of applicants per year, rising from 25,716 applicants during the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Washington, D.C., man accused of hurling a sandwich at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent is insisting the act was done out of protest – not a violent attack – in the first days of his federal trial.Sean Dunn is facing charges of allegedly assaulting, resisting, opposing, impeding, intimidating and interfering with a federal officer, according to The Associated Press. At the time of the alleged incident, Dunn was employed at the Justice Department as an international affairs specialist in its criminal division.The charges stem from an alleged incident in…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An Alabama judge rejected calls from prosecutors and community members to increase bond for a man charged with attempted murder as the suspect remains out of jail.The shooting took place on Oct. 4 just after 11:30 p.m. following the Morehouse-Tuskegee Classic college football game in Montgomery, Alabama. Montgomery Police Chief Jim Graboys said two people were killed and 12 were injured, adding that only one of the 14 victims was the intended target. He said there were multiple shooters.”This started as the result of an individual, one of these 14 (injured or…

NEED TO KNOW A speeding drunk driver was convicted of second-degree murder, second-degree assault and more criminal offenses for killing four people and injuring several others in a New York City crashDaniel Hyden, 46, drove through a chain link fence at Corlears Hook Park in Manhattan and struck a group of people celebrating the Fourth of July in 2024Hyden worked as substance abuse counselor and wrote a book about sobriety titled The Sober Addict A speeding drunk driver who plowed into a crowd of people celebrating Fourth of July at a New York City park — killing four — has…

When you think of .357 Magnum revolvers, you might be inclined to mentally picture a 6-inch barrel attached to a medium-sized frame. They are usually six-shooters, unless they’re in 5-shot snub-nose form. Hopefully, an adjustable rear sight adorns the frame. The mental image is completed by reflecting in the gun’s deep, polished blue finish. Well, sometimes our mental images get a bit fractured. Take the gun we have before us today… a Ruger GP100 .357. This gun sports a 4.2-inch barrel, a seven-shot cylinder, two-piece rubber and wood grips, and a beautiful satin stainless finish. A finely adjustable rear sight…