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Mangione taken out of the police car
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Health Care
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Pennsylvania

How New York prosecutors used a terrorism law in the charges against Luigi Mangione

Mangione was charged under a state law that allows for stiffer sentences for terrifying civilians or influencing government. He is currently jailed in Pennsylvania.

1 year ago

La'Quetta Small and Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr.
Criminal Justice
Government Accountability
New Jersey

Atlantic City mayor indicted for allegedly asking his daughter to recant claims that he abused her

Marty Small Sr., 50, is accused of asking his daughter to claim that a head injury she sustained on Jan. 13 occurred when she tripped and fell in her bedroom.

1 year ago

Larry Krasner speaks
Crime
Incarceration
Philadelphia
6abc

2 Philly corrections officers charged in separate contraband smuggling schemes

District Attorney Krasner announced the arrests Tuesday after authorities discovered inmates received phones, AirPods and drugs at Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility.

1 year ago

Luigi Nicholas Mangione
Gun Violence
Pennsylvania

Prosecutors charge suspect with killing UnitedHealthcare CEO as an act of terrorism

Luigi Mangione already was charged with murder in the Dec. 4 killing of Brian Thompson, but the indictment could help move along procedural steps toward extraditing him.

1 year ago

Rex Heuermann, center, charged in the Gilgo Beach serial killings on Long Island, appears for a hearing, Tuesday, July 30, 2024, at Suffolk County Court in Riverhead, N.Y.
Crime
National
Philadelphia

Suspect in Gilgo Beach serial killings is charged in the death of a Philly woman

Rex Heuermann, 61, is charged with killing six other women whose remains were found on Long Island.

1 year ago

a pool dyed green
Crime
New Jersey
Outdoors
6abc

Atlantic City man indicted after drone used to drop dye packs in pools

Prosecutors say the 31-year-old conspired with another man to fly the drone over pools between June and September of 2023.

1 year ago

Gov. Phil Murphy signs a pardon
Government
Incarceration
New Jersey

N.J. Gov. Murphy pardons 33 and commutes 3 sentences, including case supported by Kim Kardashian

Murphy's first use of his clemency authority comes after he set up a special review board in June aimed at bringing cases deserving of a pardon or commutation for review.

1 year ago

exterior of the federal courthouse in Harrisburg
Gun Violence
Pennsylvania
Policing

Knife-wielding suspect shot at federal courthouse in Harrisburg, authorities say

In a statement, the U.S. Marshals Service said security officers moved to stop the man after he entered the courthouse, brandishing a knife.

1 year ago

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel (center) joins Mayor Cherelle Parker in Dilworth Park outside City Hall to address a weekend of violence that ended with four people dead
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Policing
Public Safety

Weekend violence in Philly leaves 4 people dead, 20 others injured

Philadelphia police said they plan to increase law enforcement’s presence outside City Hall in the wake of a triple shooting in Dilworth Park.

1 year ago

Listen 1:10
Donald Trump and JD Vance stand and smile
Law
Media
National

ABC News agrees to give $15 million to Donald Trump’s presidential library to settle defamation lawsuit

The lawsuit pertains to anchor George Stephanopoulos' inaccurate, on-air misstatements about verdicts in E. Jean Carroll’s two civil lawsuits against the president-elect.

1 year ago

FILE - Assistant District Attorney Karen Agnifilo attends a news conference in Manhattan Supreme Court, in New York, Feb. 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
Crime
Criminal Justice
Health Care
Pennsylvania

Former Manhattan prosecutor to represent suspect in killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO

Friedman Agnifilo’s law firm confirmed late Friday that she had been retained to represent Mangione.

1 year ago

A lone ice skater skates on the rink in front of City Hall
Crime
Criminal Justice
Gun Violence
Philadelphia

14-year-old charged in shooting of 3 teens near Dilworth Park ice rink in Center City

Deputy Commissioner Frank Vanore said police believe there was a fight near the ice rink prior to the shooting.

1 year ago

Mangione taken out of the police car
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Policing
Technology

Federal ban on ghost guns unlikely, according to law enforcement expert

The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to weigh in on regulations on 3D-printed firearms after several states have filed lawsuits regarding their regulation.

1 year ago

Listen 1:06
New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin's office displays a photo of a so-called Glock switch in Newark, N.J. on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024,  (AP Photo/Mike Catalini)
Crime
Criminal Justice
Gun Violence
New Jersey
Policing

New Jersey, Minnesota sue Glock over switch that allows pistols to fire like machine gun

It's an early pushback by mostly Democratic-led states against President-elect Donald Trump’s 2nd administration, which Platkin said “routinely sides with the gun industry."

1 year ago

A Reward poster hung up on a light pole in front of the hotel
Gun Violence
Pennsylvania
Policing

McDonald’s employee in Altoona who called 911 in CEO’s shooting is eligible for a reward, but it will take time

Up to $60,000 in rewards from the FBI and the Crime Stoppers program had been offered to anyone calling in a tip leading to a break in the case.

1 year ago

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