A Boston police officer who was fired after military-grade explosives were found at his house has to be rehired — and given more than a year’s worth of back pay — according to a Civil Service Commission ruling. Officer Kirk Merricks was fired in January 2017 after an internal investigation stemming from a 2013 arrest. … Read more
United Arab Emirates businessman Ahmed Al Menhali was in the United States last week for medical treatment. Instead, police body camera footage shows him collapsing outside an Avon, Ohio, hotel, after officers charged at him with guns raised and handcuffed him. They were responding to a false report that Al Menhali, dressed head-to-toe in traditional … Read more
In new court filings in a case related to the 2015 attack on a “Draw Muhammad” event in Garland, Texas, the government is now saying that a text message to “Tear Up Texas” sent from an undercover FBI agent to one of the terrorists who ultimately carried out the attack was “innocuous.” When Elton Simpson … Read more
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A former transit-agency police officer convicted in a sting operation of attempting to help the Islamic State was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison and 15 years of supervised release to follow. Nicholas Young, 38, of Fairfax, Virginia, was a patrol officer in the D.C. region’s Metrorail system. He was known … Read more
A Washington, D.C. area police officer who has been labeled both a terrorist sympathizer and white supremacist was convicted Monday of helping the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) and obstructing justice. A former officer for the D.C. Metro Transit Police Department, 38-year-old Nicholas Young was the first law enforcement officer ever to face terrorism charges … Read more
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Nicholas Young, the first police officer in the United States to be charged with providing material support to ISIS, brushed away tears Friday during closing arguments as his attorney recounted times Young spent praying with and confiding in an undercover FBI informant. “Mo met Nick in a place of religious worship,” attorney … Read more
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A defense attorney for the first U.S. police officer charged with providing material support to the Islamic State group told federal jurors Monday that Nicholas Young had been “seduced” and entrapped by the FBI. Appearing in court in a crisp blue suit and dark tie, the former Metro Transit Police Department officer … Read more
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The trial of Nicholas Young, the first police officer ever charged in the United States with providing material support to the Islamic State, is scheduled to get underway next week. Young , who worked for the Metro Transit Police Department in Washington, D.C., was arrested in Aug. 2016, on charges of providing … Read more
The fired Balch Springs police officer charged with murder in the shooting death of a teen faces more legal trouble. A grand jury will look into whether Roy Oliver will be charged with a separate incident when he was off duty involving his gun. The incident happened two weeks before Jordan Edwards’ shooting death. Defense … Read more
Isis has claimed responsibility for the Manchester Arena attack, hailing the bomber as a “soldier of the caliphate”. The terrorist group released statements in several languages through its central media body praising the atrocity, claiming more than 100 “crusaders” were killed or wounded at the “shameless” concert. “With Allah’s grace and support, a soldier of … Read more