Author: Jack Bogart

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! For too long, Democratic leaders in Washington, D.C., have treated criminals better than cops – and President Donald Trump is absolutely right to end this mess and bring back law and order.Washington, D.C., is the seat of our national government and the international symbol of America’s democracy. Every year, millions of Americans and thousands of Arkansans come to our nation’s capital to celebrate the beauty, culture, history and values that have defined and shaped our great nation for more than 200 years. Visitors climb the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, watch Congress in…

NEED TO KNOW Troy Dugas of Texas was “mistakenly released” from prison on Sunday, Aug. 17, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office saidOn Monday, Aug. 18, local police issued a public plea to help find DugasDugas, 36, was set to begin a five-year sentence in state prison after assaulting a family member Police in Texas are pleading with the public to help them find an inmate who was “mistakenly released.” On Sunday, Aug. 17, at 4:30 a.m. local time, Troy Dugas, 36, was “mistakenly released from jail,” the Harris County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook release on Monday, Aug. 18.…

NEED TO KNOW Conrad Ashcraft, 3, suffocated to death in May after being held down under a weighted blanket by daycare director Tiffany Hedrick, authorities allege in court documentsHedrick was indicted on Aug. 15 and charged with second-degree murder and other countsConrad loved swimming, pizza and the movie Toy Story, his family said A Missouri daycare director accused of killing a nonverbal boy with autism in her care by covering him with a weighted blanket has been indicted on a charge of murder. Tiffany Hedrick, 40, of Park Hills, was indicted by a grand jury in St. Francois County on…

NEED TO KNOW Sergeant Lee Sorensen and Officer Eric Estrada were fatally shot when they both separately responded to what was determined later to be a domestic violence callAuthorities arrested a suspect from the sceneThe first officer was shot as he spoke to another person in the residence, who was reporting an apparent domestic disturbance incident to him Two officers responding to what was determined later to be a domestic violence call in Utah were fatally shot over the weekend. A man was taken into custody over the Sunday, Aug. 17, incident, Brigham City Police Department said in their statement.…

NEED TO KNOW Since late July, a dozen children have been reported missing in North Dakota and nine have still not been locatedAgent Steven Harstad of the state’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation told The Forum the rise is “concerning”The cases are not believed to be related Since late July, nearly a dozen children and teenagers have gone missing in North Dakota. The North Dakota Attorney General’s Office missing person’s registry lists that nine juveniles remain missing, with the longest stint being since July 28. The Forum first reported that a dozen children had gone missing since late July, though some…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An Indiana woman is facing federal charges after allegedly making deadly threats against President Donald Trump via social media, including one in which she wanted to disembowel the commander in chief. Nathalie Rose Jones, 50, of Lafayette, Indiana, is charged with threatening to take the life of, kidnap, or inflict bodily harm upon the President of the United States, and transmitting in interstate commerce communications containing threats to kidnap any person or any threat to injure the person of another, the Justice Department said. “Threatening the life of the President is one of the most…

NEED TO KNOW Retired MLB pitcher Daniel Serafini was set to be sentenced on Monday, Aug. 18, for killing his father-in-law, Gary Spohr, and attempting to kill his mother-in-law, Wendy WoodInstead, the judge in the case granted his motion for a continuance and will hear arguments from the defense about granting Serafini a new trial in OctoberSerafini was found guilty in July following a six-week trial Former Major League Baseball pitcher Daniel Serafini was set to be sentenced on Monday, Aug. 18, for killing his father-in-law and attempting to kill his mother-in-law in 2021. That did not happen. Instead, the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The illegal immigrant truck driver accused of causing a crash that killed three people in Florida was given a work permit under the Biden administration, officials said Monday. Harjinder Singh, who was arrested on Saturday in Stockton, California, on three counts of vehicle homicide, entered the United States illegally and his work authorization was rejected under the Trump Administration on September 14, 2020, said Tricia McLaughlin, the Homeland Security assistant secretary for public affairs. ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT ACCUSED OF KILLING 3 IN FLORIDA HIGHWAY CRASH CROSSED BORDER INTO CALIFORNIA IN 2018: DHS McLaughlin noted Singh’s…

NEED TO KNOW Donna Adelson’s anticipated trial on accusations of ordering a hit on her son-in-law begins Tuesday, Aug. 19, in FloridaAdelson, the matriarch of a wealthy Florida family, was allegedly furious that her son-in-law wouldn’t let her daughter move closer to her with their two sonsAdelson’s son, dentist Charlie Adelson, was convicted in 2023 of the charges she now faces, including first-degree murder, conspiracy and solicitation The long-awaited trial of the matriarch of a wealthy Florida family accused of being the mastermind behind a murder-for-hire plot to kill her professor son-in-law in 2014 is set to begin on Tuesday,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – On the heels of another fatal shooting in New York City, Mayor Eric Adams told Fox News Digital that he isn’t worried about federal intervention in the New York City Police Department (NYPD). On Monday morning, Adams announced an expansion across Staten Island of the NYPD’s Quality of Life Division, a program that aims to clean up homeless encampments, address outdoor drug use and respond to noise complaints, among other public safety-related issues. The announcement was made one day after a fatal shooting in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Adams confirmed on…