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Dutch authorities detained a 24-year-old Amsterdam man as investigators examine his suspected role in the international hacking and extortion group. THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS — Dutch police have arrested a 24-year-old Amsterdam man suspected of playing a role in the ShinyHunters cybercrime group, an organization linked by authorities to major data breaches and recently connected to claims of stolen sensitive FBI information. The suspect was arrested Sept. 15 as part of an investigation by the Dutch …

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Alexus Williams received a 40-year prison sentence after admitting her role in the 2021 killings of a couple and their 6-year-old daughter. HOUSTON, TX — A woman accused of helping set in motion a deadly attack on a Houston family pleaded guilty Tuesday to three counts of murder and was sentenced to 40 years in prison, more than five years after a couple and their 6-year-old daughter were killed inside their apartment. Alexus Williams, 33, …

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Prosecutors allege Lee forged an employment document and overstated his income while seeking a $1 million home loan. SALT LAKE CITY, UT — Former Utah Rep. Trevor Lee faces four felony charges after prosecutors alleged he used false employment and income information, including a forged signature, to obtain a $1 million home loan. Charges filed Monday by the Utah Attorney General’s Office in 3rd District Court accuse Lee, a Republican from Layton, of communications fraud …

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Kristin Sargent, 21, is awake and talking in intensive care as police continue investigating the fall at an off-campus apartment complex. ATHENS, GA — A 21-year-old University of Georgia senior is awake and talking as she recovers from serious injuries suffered in an eight-story fall from an off-campus apartment building, according to her father and authorities. Kristin Sargent, a UGA senior studying finance and marketing, fell from an eighth-floor window at Rambler Athens on West …

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Police say surveillance footage and a clothing purchase helped investigators identify the 41-year-old suspect after an eight-hour abduction. ROSEVILLE, MN — A 41-year-old Isanti man has been charged with six felonies after authorities accused him of kidnapping a woman at gunpoint outside her Roseville workplace, holding her captive for about eight hours and sexually assaulting her before releasing her in St. Paul. Pao Yang was charged Monday in Ramsey County in connection with the Sept. …

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Trooper Hayden Phillips was fatally shot during an Interstate 65 traffic stop before authorities captured the suspect in Louisville. BOWLING GREEN, KY — A Kentucky State Police trooper was fatally shot during a traffic stop on Interstate 65 in Warren County on Monday, and a 51-year-old Portland, Tennessee, man was arrested hours later after a search that stretched across Kentucky, authorities said. Trooper Hayden Phillips, 30, was conducting the traffic stop at about 2 p.m. …

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Danette Colbert received 60 years in prison and Rickey White received 45 years after their convictions in a scheme targeting visitors. GRETNA, LA — Two people convicted in a yearslong scheme to drug and rob visitors in the New Orleans area were sentenced Monday to decades in prison in a case tied to the death of sports reporter Adan Manzano while he was covering the 2025 Super Bowl. Judge Nancy Miller of Louisiana’s 24th Judicial …

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Prosecutors said Davaris Washington mistakenly fired a handgun while trying to test a cordless drill near the 18-month-old girl. CHICAGO, IL — A 38-year-old Chicago man was ordered held pending trial Monday after prosecutors said he mistakenly fired a handgun while trying to operate a cordless drill, critically wounding an 18-month-old girl who was in a car seat inside a Southwest Side apartment. Davaris Washington faces four felony charges in connection with the early Saturday …

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Police said the two 77-year-old suspects are the victim’s parents-in-law and were detained within minutes of the Saturday shooting. DUBLIN, CA — A 77-year-old married couple was arrested on suspicion of murder after their 40-year-old son-in-law was fatally shot Saturday afternoon in the parking lot of Dublin Sports Grounds, authorities said. Dublin Police Services identified the victim as Jonathan McKinsey, 40, of Dublin. Police identified the suspects as Shouyong Zhang and Shili Chen, both 77 …

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Roger Bradford was arrested in Pennsylvania after authorities found his wife, Lisa Bradford, fatally shot at their Aldie home. ALDIE, VA — A Loudoun County man has been charged with first-degree murder after his wife was found fatally shot inside their Aldie home, prompting a multi-state search that ended with his arrest in Pennsylvania, authorities said. The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded at about 12:10 p.m. Sept. 22 to a report of a …

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