Author: Jack Bogart

NEED TO KNOW A 59-year-old man was allegedly kidnapped and threatened by a group of four men before being forced to travel more than 600 miles in his own car from Adelaide, Australia, to SydneyHe reportedly asked a gas station attendant for help under the guise of getting the group of men cigarettes, who then alerted policePolice intercepted the man’s car containing two of the suspects, including Kitione Mahe, and found the 59-year-old injured inside A 59-year-old man was allegedly kidnapped by a group of men and forced to travel more than 600 miles from Adelaide to Sydney, Australia in…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Squatters have moved into Yosemite National Park’s campgrounds and rule-breakers are pushing boundaries as ranger patrols are stretched thin during the prolonged federal shutdown, according to a park employee who described growing disorder inside the park.”There are lots of squatters in the campgrounds,” the employee told SFGATE. “There are lots of people that truly believe they can do whatever they want because of the lack of rangers. They’ve told us.”The employee said only one wilderness ranger is currently working the entire park — and that person is technically a volunteer, not a…

NEED TO KNOW On Wednesday, Oct. 8, a witness called police about suspicious activity at an abandoned property in New Britain, Conn., authorities saidOfficers found a plastic container holding the remains of a badly decomposed child, authorities saidThe remains were those of Jacqueline “Mimi” Torres-Garcia, 12, of Farmington, Conn., who was murdered, police said The remains of a 12-year-old girl who had been missing for a year were found inside a container near a Connecticut home — and now the child’s mother and two others are charged in connection with her death. On Wednesday, Oct. 8, officers with the New…

NEED TO KNOW Josef Fritzl, who held his daughter captive for 24 years and fathered her seven children, was denied release from prisonFritzl was transferred last year from a special prison unit to a normal unitFritzl’s attorney said her client has dementia and would be better served at a dementia center The Austrian man who held his daughter captive in his basement and had seven children with her over the course of 24 years has been denied release. Josef Fritzl, 90, is serving a life sentence after his 2009 conviction for incest, rape, coercion, false imprisonment, enslavement and negligent homicide…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump said he could legally invoke the Insurrection Act to tackle violent crime in Chicago and urged Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker to “beg for help,” intensifying the long-running standoff between the two leaders.Trump, speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on his way home from Egypt after wrapping up his Middle East peace tour, was remarking on earlier comments he made about that country’s approach to violent crime, saying their apparent success was down to strong leadership. He said U.S. governors in crime-ravaged jurisdictions should follow their lead. “I want them…

NEED TO KNOW Donna Adelson has been sentenced to life in prison for her involvement in the 2014 murder-for-hire killing of her ex-son-in-law Daniel MarkelThe Florida matriarch was found guilty of murder last monthBefore she was handed her sentence, Donna maintained her innocence in a statement, saying, “I swear to you on my life I was not involved in any way with Danny’s murder” Donna Adelson, the matriarch of a wealthy Florida family who was convicted of murder for the death of her former son-in-law, has been sentenced to life in prison. On Monday, Oct. 13, Donna, 75, was sentenced to…

We reported recently how Minnesota governor and failed vice presidential candidate Tim Walz was calling a special session of the state legislature to try to get new gun control laws passed and also how he was surprised that Republican wouldn’t just sit back and let the new proposals be passed. Walz brought up the special session following the August 27 shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church, where a trans man fired into the windows of the church during the school’s first Mass of the year. Democrats had said that during the special session, they would be seeking not only the ban on so-called…

NEED TO KNOW Missouri father Maurice Fox is facing harassment and assault charges after allegedly instructing his 6-year-old daughter to attack another student on a busFerguson police released footage of the incident, which occurred on Oct. 9 which showed Fox repeatedly instructing his daughter to punch another student in the face while on the busA search warrant has reportedly been issued for Fox’s arrest with a $100,000 bond A man is facing several charges after allegedly instructing his 6-year-old daughter to attack another student on a bus in Missouri. The man, identified as 36-year-old Maurice Fox, has been charged by…

Springfield Armory has been a strong contender and industry-leader when it comes to concealed carry pistols because of their immensely popular Hellcat series. From threaded barrels to optic cuts and all the tactical colors we could ask for, they have a little bit of everything. Now, they are deviating from their normal path to bring us one in .38 Auto: the all-new Springfield Armory Hellcat OSP .380 Auto! Springfield Armory Hellcat OSP .380 Auto This new concealed carry iteration hailing from the Hellcat series is currently being retailed for $653, which places the new Hellcat OSP .380 Auto in a…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Israel identified two of the four deceased hostages whose coffins it received from Hamas via the Red Cross on Monday and gave their causes of death.”IDF representatives informed the families of Guy Iluz, Bipin Joshi, and two additional deceased hostages, whose names have not yet been cleared for publication by their families, that their loved ones have been brought back for burial,” the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Tuesday.The IDF said its intelligence indicates that Iluz was kidnapped alive and injured by Hamas after escaping the Nova music festival. He later succumbed…