Author: Jack Bogart

NEED TO KNOW Officers from the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Transit Police are searching for four suspects they allege assaulted a man in a wheelchair in BostonThe MBTA Transit Police alleged the four suspects kicked the man, causing him to fall down a flight of stairsThe alleged incident happened on June 7 at the Chinatown Orange Line T Stop Police in Boston are asking the public to help identify four people they allege kicked a man in a wheelchair, causing him to fall down a flight of stairs at the city’s Chinatown Orange Line T Stop in June. The Massachusetts…

NEED TO KNOW A man in his 50s has been hospitalized in critical condition after contracting the Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV) in New South Wales, Australia This is the first confirmed case of the virus in the state and fourth overall in Australia, NSW Health announcedNSW Health Protection director Keira Glasgow called this case “a very tragic situation” in a statement following the diagnosis A man is in critical condition after contracting a rare bat virus in Australia. The first confirmed case of Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV) has been reported in the state of New South Wales, involving a man…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Idaho murders suspect Bryan Kohberger is expected to plead guilty Wednesday when he returns to court after accepting a deal earlier this week in a move that has been slammed by some of the victims’ family members.Kohberger, 30, is accused of killing University of Idaho students Madison Mogen, 21, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20, in a 4 a.m. home invasion attack Nov. 13, 2022.He may not have to explain the crime as part of the plea agreement, a source familiar with the matter told Fox News Digital…

NEED TO KNOW One Night in Idaho: The College Murders, a new Prime Video docuseries premiering July 11, and a book debuting on July 14, The Idaho Four: An American Tragedy, by James Patterson and Vicky Ward, shed new light on the shocking 2022 Idaho murders In a surprise move, on Monday, June 30, Bryan Kohberger, 30, asked to plead guilty to the murders to avoid the death penalty University of Idaho student Hunter Johnson, who found the bodies of Xana Kernodle and her boyfriend Ethan Chapin, and girlfriend, Emily Alandt, are speaking out for the first time since the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Department of Homeland Security is pulling back the curtain on widespread abuse and exploitation of unaccompanied minors who crossed the U.S. border during the last administration and were placed with unvetted sponsors.DHS launched a national child welfare initiative in February to identify and locate at-risk kids who may have been placed with improperly vetted or unvetted sponsors — some of whom had been paid off by smugglers — when they came to the United States.”Children’s safety and security is non-negotiable,” ICE spokesperson Laszlo Baksay said in a statement. “The previous administration’s…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An ICE Homeland Security Investigations probe in Maryland led to the sentencing of a man who “used his position of authority” to sexually abuse a 2-year-old and who produced and distributed child sex abuse material online.U.S. District Judge Ellen Lipton Hollander sentenced Maryland man Mark Rice, 38, to 30 years in federal prison and a lifetime of supervised release for producing and distributing child sexual abuse material. The sentence was part of a plea deal.A statement by the Department of Justice said Rice pleaded guilty to one count of producing child sexual…

NEED TO KNOW Patrick D. Proefriedt pleaded guilty to second degree murder of his infant daughterHe attacked the child and her mother during a domestic argument with the woman in June 2023The crossbow bolt pierced into the infant’s upper torso, killing her A New York State man will spend 25 years behind bars for the 2023 murder of his infant daughter, whom he killed using a crossbow.  Patrick D. Proefriedt pleaded guilty to second degree murder on Feb. 28, nearly two years after he killed 3-week-old daughter Eleanor Carey and injured his wife in a Colesville, N.Y. home, the Broome…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A federal appeals court ruled that Alabama prosecutors violated the constitutional rights of a Black man who was sentenced to death in 1990, noting that Black people were rejected from the jury during his trial.Michael Sockwell, 62, is now eligible for a retrial after ruling on Monday by a three-judge panel on the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. He was convicted of killing former Montgomery County Sheriff Isaiah Harris in 1988 when he was 26-years-old.In a 2-1 opinion, the panel ruled that Alabama prosecutors violated Sockwell’s 14th Amendment rights by “repeatedly and…

NEED TO KNOW The two firefighters who were killed in an ambush shooting near Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, on Sunday, June 29 have been identifiedOfficials said the fatal victims are Kootenai County Fire and Rescue Battalion Chief Frank Harwood, 42, and Coeur d’Alene Fire Department Battalion Chief John Morrison, 52Officials said the suspect, 20-year-old Wess Roley, deliberately set the fire to ambush the first responders Officials have identified the two firefighters who were killed in an ambush shooting as they responded to a wildfire report near Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, on Sunday, June 29. The firefighters who were fatally shot have been…

NEED TO KNOW Jurors have already reached verdicts on four of the five charges against Sean “Diddy” Combs but they remain deadlocked on one count of racketeeringNeama Rahmani, a former federal prosecutor and legal commentator, says he’s “doubtful” the jury will convict on either of the two sex trafficking counts, citing the high bar required to prove force, fraud or coercionMore than 30 witnesses testified during the weeks long trial including Combs’ ex-girlfriend and the prosecution’s star witness Casandra “Cassie” Ventura A former federal prosecutor tells PEOPLE he believes Sean “Diddy” Combs will be acquitted on sex trafficking charges —…