Author: Jack Bogart

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A transgender high school student in Indiana accused of plotting a Valentine’s Day mass shooting has reached a plea deal, pleading guilty to a single count of conspiracy to commit murder.Trinity J. Shockley, 18, was charged in February in Morgan Superior Court with conspiracy to commit murder and two counts of intimidation to commit terrorism.Shockley identifies as a transgender male and often goes by Jamie or Dex, according to authorities.Court records show a plea agreement was filed Friday, with a hearing held Monday where Shockley pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder,…

NEED TO KNOW By 1990, mob veteran John Stanfa took over from Nicky Scarfo as the leader of the Philadelphia familyNetflix’s Mob War: Philadelphia vs. The Mafia chronicles the crime war between him and Joseph “Skinny Joey” Merlino in the 1990sIn 1996, Stanfa was sentenced to life in prison Netflix is revisiting one of the most notorious showdowns in mob history: veteran mobster John Stanfa vs. young newbie Joseph “Skinny Joey” Merlino. When longtime boss Nicky Scarfo’s reign fell in the late 1980s, the Philly mob was in need of a new leader. The Five Families — who have historically…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Santa Rosa police say two people have been arrested in connection with the shooting death of Mark Calcagni, the general manager of San Francisco’s famous Condor Club, a North Beach landmark that bills itself as the nation’s first topless bar.Authorities identified the suspects as Richard Lund, 43, and Asia Morton, 25, both of Dublin, California. Police said the two were romantically involved and worked at an adult entertainment business managed by Calcagni, though it’s unclear whether it was the Condor Club or another venue he oversaw.Investigators believe Lund shot Calcagni after waiting…

NEED TO KNOW Asif Quereshi has been arrested on a murder charge in connection with the death of his estranged wife Aleena AsifThe mother of three was found dead after her teenager notified police she had not picked up her 7-year-oldQuereshi had allegedly exhibited a “pattern of stalking” prior to the killing and previously threatened to make his estranged wife swallow bleach, police said Authorities in New York have arrested a 53-year-old man in connection with the brutal killing of his wife, who was found dead with chemical burns to her face. Aleena Asif was found dead in her Long…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Brazilian boy with a reportedly lengthy criminal history and alleged ties to a gang apologized for his actions and asked a court to forgive him before a judge denied him bond during an immigration proceeding.The unidentified boy, a resident of Everett, appeared last week at a virtual court hearing from Virginia’s Northwest Regional Juvenile Detention Center, where he has been held since his Oct. 9 arrest.Before his request for release was denied, federal prosecutors argued the teen posed a public safety and flight risk, according to the Boston Globe, which spoke…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old suspected assassin accused of shooting Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk during a campus appearance at Utah Valley University last month, will no longer show his face in a Provo courthouse at a planned in-person hearing later this week.Robinson returned to court Monday for a virtual appearance where he spoke only briefly, off-camera, as the judge ruled on a motion to allow him to wear normal clothes in court going forward. Judge Tony Graf granted Robinson’s motion to appear in street clothes going forward but denied his motion to…

NEED TO KNOW People called 911 on Friday, Oct. 27 when they said they heard a man yelling in the woods in New Canaan, Conn.Shortly after, a man called 911 from a nearby home saying he had killed his mother, police allegeThe wealthy town of New Canaan has been home to CEOs, billionaires and celebrities including David Letterman and Harry Connick, Jr. A 20-year-old Connecticut man is in custody after allegedly admitting in a 911 call that he killed his mother. Sebastian Van Stockum of New Canaan was arrested on Friday, Oct. 24 and charged with murder in connection with…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The suspect accused in the Alabama bonfire shooting that left three injured and a cheerleader dead now faces a murder charge.Kimber Mills, 18, was shot and killed in the early hours of Oct. 19 in Pinson, Alabama, at a bonfire, officials said. The shooting took place at an area known locally as The Pit. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said the suspect, 27-year-old Steven Tyler Whitehead, showed up at around 12:24 a.m. and fired his gun several times after a verbal and physical fight.Whitehead was initially charged with three counts of attempted…

NEED TO KNOW Dahbia Benkired was sentenced to life in prison for the 2022 murder of Lola Daviet, 12, in ParisDaviet was raped, tortured and murdered before her body was found outside the building where she lived and where her family worksAccording to The New York Times, Benkired is the first woman to receive a life sentence in France The woman who raped and murdered a 12-year-old girl and left her body outside the building where her parents worked in Paris was sentenced to life in prison, the harshest possible sentence in France. Dahbia Benkired was convicted of raping, torturing…

NEED TO KNOW A Colombian porn star was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 42 years for brutally killing a couple at their English home in July 2024Prosecutors said Yostin Andres Mosquera, 35, dismembered Paul Longworth, 71, and Albert Alfonso, 62, and stuffed some of their remains in suitcases he tried to dispose of at a bridgeMosquera told authorities that he killed Alfonso because he lost control, but he denied murdering Longworth, alleging that Alfonso did it instead A porn star who was convicted of dismembering a couple and stuffing some of their remains in suitcases…