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The government of New York City plans to distribute free Apple AirTags as an attempt to deter car thefts, Mayor Eric Adams said Sunday. Mayor Adams said that a local nonprofit donated 500 AirTags which will be handed out to car owners in the city. Apple AirTags are GPS tracking devices that can be attached to personal belongings to keep track of them.  "The aggravated number of grand larceny autos continues to drive up crime in our city," Adams explained at a presser. "This simple device, this simple AirTag, hidden in a car location that a person is not aware, of is an excellent tracking device," "It’s easy to monitor. You can see in real-time where the vehicle is located," the mayor added. NYC MAN GETS LIFE FOR KILLING MEDIC WITH OWN AMBULANCE Adams explained that the 500 AirTags will be handed out by cops – including in the crime-ridden 43th Precinct in the Bronx. "We’re going to be handing them out in this precinct, which is really spiking i...

A suspect on the run in Texas after allegedly killing five neighbors execution-style Friday night when they complained about him firing a rifle on his property has been deported from the country five times, a source from ICE told Fox News Digital. The FBI said Sunday afternoon authorities have "no leads" in the search for Francisco Oropesa, 38, a Mexican national who is accused of the quintuple murder in Cleveland, Texas, outside Houston. The Texas governor’s office, state agencies and the FBI are offering a combined $80,000 reward for tips leading to his capture. "We do not know where he is, that’s why we’ve come up with this reward," FBI Houston Special Agent in Charge James Smith told reporters on Sunday, adding that he’s sure Oropesa has contacted friends since becoming a fugitive , but they need to know who.  FBI RELEASES NEW PHOTOS OF FUGITIVE IN COUNTRY ILLEGALLY, ACCUSED OF FATALLY SHOOTING 5 NEIGHBORS IN TEXAS   Oropesa was in the country illegally at...

Florida law enforcement officials arrested a six-time convicted felon last week, who was allegedly in possession of enough fentanyl to kill 7,000, with his 4-month-old baby in the vehicle. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office arrested Ricardo Guyton Jr. for armed trafficking of fentanyl, possessing a firearm as a felon and child neglect. The sheriff’s office said detectives with the department’s Opioid Overdose Investigations (OOI) investigated Guyton’s activities for two weeks before he was arrested. FLORIDA TEEN GIRLS ARRESTED OVER OMINOUS GRAFFITI IN SCHOOL BATHROOM When deputies arrested Guyton on April 27, a press release from the sheriff’s office read, he was allegedly in possession of 14 grams of fentanyl , which is enough to kill 7,000 people, and a loaded handgun that was reported stolen from an unlocked vehicle in Temple Terrace in 2021. The release also said Guyton’s 4-month-old infant was in the vehicle during the arrest, which led officers to charge the suspect ...

Police in Oregon are searching for a man they say lit a fire inside a Target store as a diversion to steal merchandise. In a Facebook post , the Marion County Sheriff’s Office said it received a report of a fire being intentionally set in the toy aisle of a Salem, Oregon Target on April 22. "Deputies learned this was done as a diversion by a suspect who stole merchandise and then fled out the back of the store," the post stated. It is believed that the suspect entered the store at 1:25 p.m. and started the fire at approximately 1:33 p.m. before fleeing out the back door at 1:39 p.m. CRIME TURNED PORTLAND INTO A ‘HOLLOWED OUT SHELL.’ ITS NEIGHBORS ARE TRYING TO KEEP IT FROM HAPPENING TO THEM The Marion County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public’s help to find the suspect.  "Deputy Tribby received information there were several people videoing at the time of the fire and is asking for you to contact him if you have any additional footage of the suspect an...

Ohio authorities say that at least 14 people have been hospitalized after a roof collapsed in Columbus Saturday evening. The collapse happened at a home near the campus of Ohio State University. Columbus Fire Battalion Chief Jeffrey Geitter told FOX 28 Columbus that between 15 and 45 people were on the roof.  The roof was not designed to support that amount of people, the fire chief said. OHIO GOV. DEWINE SIGNS $13.5 TRANSPORTATION BUDGET, RAIL SAFETY PACKAGE INTO LAW People allegedly heard a cracking noise before the roof gave way. All 14 injured people are in stable condition. An Ohio State University spokesperson told Fox News Digital that the incident happened at an off-campus building and not on university property. OHIO GOV. DEWINE SIGNS $13.5 TRANSPORTATION BUDGET, RAIL SAFETY PACKAGE INTO LAW "On behalf of the university, I can add that we are monitoring this serious situation closely and assisting first responders in any way possible," the spokesperson said....

The Army has released the identities of the three soldiers killed on Thursday in a helicopter crash. Two AH-64 Apache helicopters collided in midair on Thursday near Healy, Alaska and left three soldiers dead and an additional injured. The helicopters were from Fort Wainwright, which is based near Fairbanks. Chief Warrant Officer 3 Christopher Robert Eramo, 39; Chief Warrant Officer 2 Kyle D. McKenna, 28; and Warrant Officer 1 Stewart Duane Wayment, 32, were all killed in the crash. According to a press release from the Army, the fourth soldier was listed in stable condition at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital. ARMY GROUNDS HELICOPTER UNITS AMID SAFETY STAND-DOWN FOLLOWING DEADLY COLLISIONS The helicopters were returning to Fort Wainwright after a training mission when they collided nearly 50 miles east of Healy. "The battalion is devastated and mourning the loss of three of our best," said Lt. Col. Matthew C. Carlsen, the 1-25th AB commander. "Our loss, however, canno...

Florida authorities say they have arrested two teenage girls for allegedly writing a shooting threat in a middle school bathroom on Thursday. Lake County Sheriff's Department said two 13-year-old girls were arrested at Tavares Middle School over the incident. A middle school student initially reported the graffiti to the school resource deputy. The writing read: "School Shooting Friday @ 2:00". "EVERYBODY IS DEAD!" the threat added. FLORIDA COURT ISSUES SUMMONS IN DISNEY LAWSUIT AGAINST RON DESANTIS WHILE HE IS IN ISRAEL The school resource deputy quickly found the suspects. One girl admitted to writing the threat and named the other student involved. Officers were also able to find the markers that the girls allegedly wrote the threats with. "When deputies searched their backpacks, each one had markers that matched the writing on the mirror," the sheriff's department wrote on Facebook. WIFE OF FLORIDA MAN DISMEMBERED AFTER DELIVERING UBE...

Massachusetts recycling facility employees found the remains of an infant girl at their workplace on Thursday, police say.  The baby's remains were found in a trash collection at the Zero Waste Solutions recycling facility in Rochester. Police described the child as a newborn infant. Rochester Police Department officers arrived at the facility after receiving a 911 call about the incident on Thursday. EMS personnel on the scene determined the baby was deceased. Authorities believe the infant was transported to the facility from Martha’s Vineyard. BRIAN WALSHE HIRED PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR, SUSPECTED WIFE ANA WALSHE WAS CHEATING: PROSECUTOR "The baby was within a trash collection that appears to have originated from Martha’s Vineyard and was shipped to that facility for disposal," Massachusetts State Police said in a statement. Massachusetts' Office of the Chief Medical Examiner is conducting the post-mortem examination of the deceased infant. UPDATED DETAILED T...

Prosecutors in Florida plan to seek the death penalty in a murder case against a plastic surgeon accused of the "heinous" killing of a lawyer, despite the fact the victim's body hasn’t been found.  Dr. Tomasz Roman Kosowski, 44, killed Steven Cozzi, an attorney who had been representing defendants in a case brought by Kosowski, on March 21 at his Largo, Florida, law office, prosecutors allege. Cozzi was seen entering the building and then disappeared, police say.  Pinellas State Attorney Bruce Bartlett filed the notice of intent to seek the death penalty on Friday, according to FOX 13.  Kosowki was arrested and charged with first-degree murder in late March.  TEXAS WOMAN SARAH HARTSFIELD ACCUSED OF KILLING 5TH HUSBAND WITH INSULIN   Surveillance footage shows a man police believed to be Kosowski pull up in a gray Toyota Tundra at about 8:32 a.m. that day and enter the building "wearing gloves, carrying a large box and wearing a large backpack," according ...

This is the sixth story in a series about the open-air drug market in Kensington. Read the first , second , third , fourth and fifth parts. PHILADELPHIA – Giving food and providing other services to drug users in Kensington, a well-known open-air drug market in the City of Brotherly Love, only encourages dealers and perpetuates addiction, a local activist told Fox News. "The best way I can describe Kensington is it's a war zone," Dennis Payne said. "Kensington was given to the wolves, and the wolves are running with it. Payne spoke in front of McPherson Square, locally known as "Needle Point Park, where everything drug-related is taking place." The activist started the EyE of Kensington Facebook group, which acts as a sort of message board for the neighborhood. WATCH MORE FOX NEWS DIGITAL ORIGINALS HERE "It's a dead land," Payne said. "There's no good anything here anymore in Kensington. It's all slowly dying." T...

A Texas man and former fugitive was sentenced to 30 years in prison this week after he pleaded guilty to the murder of his former boss.  Gerardo Alvarez, 46, murdered groundskeeping supervisor Todd Fenton, 48, by shooting him several times inside a school district bus barn in October 2013, FOX 4 reported. Fenton was Alvarez’s boss with the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District at the time.  After Alvarez was named as a suspect due to surveillance video found at the scene, he fled to Mexico where he remained a fugitive until he was arrested by Mexican authorities in 2020.  ‘DANGEROUS’ HAWAII INMATE SCALES RAZER WIRE FENCE IN JAIL ESCAPE, RECAPTURED AFTER HOURS-LONG MANHUNT WASHINGTON INMATE ON THE LOOSE AFTER IMPERSONATING CELLMATE SET FOR RELEASE   He was extradited to Texas in 2021.  He pleaded guilty before he was expected to stand trial for the crime next month.  "At the end of the day, he thought it’d be best to just take the ...

A memorial honoring Mamie Till-Mobley, the mother of Emmett Till, will be unveiled Saturday outside the suburban Chicago high school she attended as a young woman, long before she became a critical player in the Civil Rights Movement. MISSISSIPPI SHERIFF DECLARES ARREST WARRANT FOR EMMETT TILL ACCUSER MOOT Emmett Till’s 1955 lynching in Mississippi and his mother’s insistence on an open-casket funeral for the 14-year-old served as a catalyst for civil rights. Till-Mobley was a civil rights activist for the rest of her life. The memorial opening to the public Saturday outside Argo Community High School in Summit, Illinois includes a bronze statue of Till-Mobley with hands spread wide and standing behind a podium, which bears bronze reliefs of her son, the Mississippi barn where he was killed and the Chicago funeral home where thousands of mourners gathered. CAROLYN BRYANT DONHAM, WOMAN WHO ACCUSED EMMETT TILL BEFORE HE WAS LYNCHED IN 1955, DEAD AT 88 No one has been held accounta...

A Villanova University student gave a ride to a Philadelphia-area police officer pursuing a suspect who fled a traffic stop on foot last week.  Phil Sandor, 22, was driving to class April 17, when he gave a ride to Radnor Police Office Kyle Hand, who was chasing a suspect on Lancaster Avenue, FOX Philadelphia reported.  PHILADELPHIA STUDENTS HOSPITALIZED AFTER DRINKING DRUG-LACED JUICE AT SCHOOL The suspect was running when he jumped over some electrified train tracks. Sandor was watching the chase from a nearby street when he asked Hand if he wanted a ride.  "In my head I was thinking, ‘there’s a good chance he might need help, because I don't see his car,' so I figured he'd been running a bit," Sandor told the news outlet.  Hand sat in the passenger seat while Sandor drove around the train tracks to help the officer continue the chase.  "I was really surprised," Hand told the station. "In my eight years of being a police officer that has n...

Liza Burke, the University of Georgia student who was hospitalized last month after suffering a brain hemorrhage on a spring break trip to Cabo San Lucas and was diagnosed with a brain tumor died early Friday morning, her family said.  "Liza has now been reunited with her sister and they are making up for lost time!" her family said in an update on a website where they chronicled her treatment. Her sister Edie died from a rare genetic disorder in 2008.  The family’s post continued, "Liza took a final breath, sighed, and transitioned into the next realm … After Hospice was called, we dressed Liza in colorful pajamas, gifted by her boyfriend’s mother and Jack’s girlfriend, Elli, braided her hair. Liza’s dad, uncle, and a few of my UGA friends came in to say their goodbyes." They said, "celebrations of Liza’s big energy" were being planned, including one in Athens, Georgia, held by her college friends and another in her hometown of Asheville, North Caroli...

Texas state authorities working with Austin police on Thursday seized a cache of deadly drugs and multiple firearms headed for Mexico.  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott attributed the seizure to the partnership between the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) and the Austin Police – a collaboration that drew some protest when it was first announced last month.  Abbott said the discovery came after DPS Special Agents assigned to the Austin Violent Crimes Task Force (AVCTF) observed a drug deal and made a felony arrest. An investigation led to DPS’ SWAT unit executing a search warrant.  The agents seized more than half-a-million lethal doses of fentanyl – or enough to kill roughly half of Austinites. The agents found methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin that had been smuggled in from Mexico.  EX-MINNEAPOLIS COP WHO KILLED BYSTANDER DURING CHASE PLEADS GUILTY DPS Special Agents also found thermal infrared binoculars, ballistic vests, ammunition, and a range of firearms ...

A man in Vermont was charged after he allegedly stalked a woman using an Apple AirTag. The Vermont State Police said that Alan Bjerke, 62, allegedly placed an AirTag behind the license plate of a woman's car. Officials say that Bjerke placed the AirTag in an attempt to lawfully take possession of the car because of a debt payment. However, police said that the man didn't have authorization or a warrant to track the woman's location. NEW YORK POLICE SAY UNLICENSED TEENAGER HIT SCHOOL BUS 'HEAD-ON,' SEVERAL LEFT WITH LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES Bjerke was charged with stalking on Tuesday. TEXAS MAN TOOK BREAK FROM DATE TO KILL FAKE PARKING ATTENDANT OVER $40 SCAM, POLICE SAY According to WCAX, Bjerke previously pleaded no contest to separate charges in 2006 after he allegedly used his cell phone to take a picture of a woman who was partially nude at a tanning salon. He will face a Washington County Superior Court judge in June. source https://www.foxnews.c...

A California judge sentenced convicted serial killer John Arthur Getreu to seven years to life Thursday for killing 21-year-old Stanford Law librarian Leslie Perlov in 1973. Getreu, 79, strangled both Perlov, and 21-year-old Stanford graduate Janet Taylor, daughter of university football coach Chuck Taylor, 13 months apart in 1973 and 1974, respectively, in what became known as "The Stanford Murders." Judge Hanley Chew's decision Thursday mirrors the sentence Getreu received and is currently serving for the murder of Taylor. Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen’s office said the retired security guard who is responsible for "decades of violence and mystery," will not be eligible for parole until at least 2031. SERIAL KILLER PLEADS GUILTY IN COLD-CASE MURDER OF 21-YEAR-OLD STANFORD LAW LIBRARIAN IN 1973 Getreu pleaded guilty to killing Perlov on Jan. 10, 2023. After more than 40 years of hiding in the shadows of his crimes, Santa Clara County Sh...

A boy grabbed the steering wheel on a school bus and hit the brakes, bringing the vehicle to a safe stop on a busy Detroit-area road after the driver had passed out, authorities said. "Someone call 911. Now!" seventh-grader Dillon Reeves shouted to dozens of other middle-school kids on the bus Wednesday. Dillon was hailed as a hero: He stopped the bus as it was veering toward oncoming traffic. NEW YORK SCHOOL BUS HEAD-ON CRASH SENDS SEVERAL TO THE HOSPITAL, INCLUDING 4 WITH LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES "In my 35-plus years of education, this was an extraordinary act of courage and maturity on his part," said Robert Livernois, superintendent of Warren Consolidated Schools . The incident was recorded on a video camera just above the driver. The video shows the driver fanning herself with a baseball cap and informing the transportation office that she needs to pull over. OHIO SCHOOL BUS DRIVER CALLED A 'HERO' AFTER SAVING STUDENT FROM PASSING CAR: VIDEO S...

A young black bear that was recently found wandering around Orlando, Florida, neighborhoods was fatally struck by a car, officials said. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) officials said they believe the bear was hit between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. Thursday. Officials and biologists were montioring the animal's activities after it was first seen near Orlando residences Monday. "Typically, these bears have moved along out of the city on their own and this is the first time that a dispersing bear has been hit by a car in the city of Orlando, based on reports to the FWC," a FWC spokesperson said in a Thursday statement obtained by FOX 35 Orlando.   TENNESSEE DOG RESCUED FROM CAVE AFTER FALLING OVER 50 FEET "In this situation, attempts were made to try and trap the bear for relocation, but the bear continued to be on the move," the statement added. Police have warned residents not to approach black bears, but a FWC official said their presenc...

An Atlanta teenager surrendered to police Wednesday in connection with the killing of a transgender woman known as Koko Da Doll. Jemarcus Jernigen, 17, turned himself to the Atlanta Police Department after warrants were issued for his arrest for murder, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, authorities said.  TRANS TIKTOKER'S EERIE VIRAL COMMENT RAISES CONCERN ON SOCIAL MEDIA: ‘THREATENING WOMEN’S SAFETY' Koko Da Doll, whose real name is Rasheeda Williams, was killed April at a shopping plaza near Martin Luther King Drive SW and Hamilton E. Holmes Drive, FOX 5 Atlanta said.  Williams was found just before 10:45 p.m. April 18 with a gunshot wound and pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators have not disclosed a motive for the killing.  Williams recently starred in the documentary "Kokomo City," which tells the story of four Black trans sex workers and the dichotomy between the Black community and the trans women, ...

Twelve students in Philadelphia were caught drinking opioid-laced juice Wednesday, prompting the school to lock down temporarily. Authorities said they believe two students at Crossroads Accelerated Academy in West Philadelphia brought in the drug-infused grape juice. The drink, which was laced with an opioid called "wonk," was passed around and consumed by the students, FOX 29 Philadelphia reported . The students, all between 12 and 16 years old, experienced headaches and vomiting.  Five of the students were transported to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in stable condition. FENTANYL OVERDOSES BECOME NO. 1 CAUSE OF DEATH AMONG US ADULTS, AGES 18-45: 'A NATIONAL EMERGENCY' Seven other students with more mild symptoms were picked up by their parents. Police and counterterrorism officers searched the school and instated the temporary lockdown at 12:15 p.m. OPIOID DRUGS CAUSE MORE THAN HALF OF YOUNG CHILDREN’S POISONING DEATHS: NEW STUDY School Dis...

Police in Indiana say that a man stabbed his mother and tried to kill her on Monday. The Brownsburg, Indiana Police Department said that Kyle Braun, 31, allegedly attacked his mother, 59-year-old Susan Early on Monday at around noon. Officers found Early lying in her front yard with multiple stab wounds and a "large kitchen knife protruding from her head," according to police. Early, who was conscious at the time that officers arrived, told officers that her son attacked and beat her in the kitchen of her home. NORTH CAROLINA MAN ALLEGEDLY PARTICIPATED IN SEX ACTS WITH DOG, SHARED VIDEO ON SOCIAL MEDIA: DEPUTIES After the alleged murder attempt , Braun fled from the area by foot. Neighbors were able to point officers in the general direction where he went. Police found Braun in the neighborhood and arrested him, according to officials. Early was taken to a local hospital where she was said to be in critical condition before undergoing an emergency surgery.  ARIZONA AI...

A surviving roommate of the Moscow, Idaho home where four people were killed in November 2022 has agreed to an interview with suspect Bryan Kohberger's defense counsel, according to a court filing. Kohberger, a former criminology Ph.D. candidate at Washington State University, is accused of entering a home near the University of Idaho campus on Nov. 13 at around 4 a.m. and stabbing four people inside. Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves, both 21, along with Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin, both 20, were killed. According to a police affidavit, one of the two survivors in the house heard a commotion and saw a masked man leave the house through a rear sliding door. The second roommate, who lives in Nevada, was named in a Washoe County court filing on Monday. According to the court filing made by Richard Bitonti, an investigator working for Kohberger's court-appointed attorney Anne Taylor, the second roommate allegedly heard or saw things that might clear the suspect. IDAHO STU...

Five staff members at a suburban Indianapolis school have been charged with neglect or failure to report neglect after a 7-year-old special education student was told to eat his own vomit. The Hendricks County Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday charged a teacher and instructional aide at Brown Elementary School in Brownsburg with neglect and they as well as a second teacher, a second aide and a behavioral technician have been charged with failure to report the incident. CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS SUED BY PARENTS OF SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS CLAIMING TEACHER ABUSED STUDENTS The teacher charged with neglect told the student during lunch that if he vomited, he would need to eat whatever he threw up, Brownsburg police said. The child vomited on a tray provided by the second teacher, and the aide charged with neglect then gave the child a spoon, police said . The boy ate some of the vomit, then used paper towels to clean up what remained, police said. The alleged incident occurred in February. C...

A 31-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison without parole on Wednesday for killing a New York City emergency medical technician by running her over with her own ambulance. Jose Gonzalez was convicted of first-degree murder last month in the March 2017 murder of Yadira Arroyo, a 14-year Fire Department veteran and mother of five, in the Bronx. Prosecutors said the fatal encounter started when Gonzalez grabbed the back of Arroyo's ambulance and rode on it, then jumped off and stole a man's backpack. SUSPECT IN KILLING OF EMT MOM OF 5 RUN OVER BY STOLEN AMBULANCE TOLD COPS HE WAS A 'HERO': REPORT The robbery victim flagged down the ambulance and Arroyo got out and spoke briefly to Gonzalez, Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark said. Gonzalez then jumped into the driver's seat of the ambulance, backed up over Arroyo and drove forward, dragging her across an intersection, Clark said. Arroyo was pronounced dead at a hospital. The case against Gonzalez was de...

Robert Contee III is stepping down as chief of Washington, D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department.  D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser confirmed Contee's departure in a statement.  "On behalf of our city, I want to congratulate Chief Contee on his retirement and thank him for his service to DC — for leading MPD with passion and purpose. He has pushed our criminal justice system to do more and be better," the mayor said.  "He has led MPD through an incredibly challenging time for our country – from the pandemic to January 6th and navigating the effects of a shrinking department during a time when gun violence is exploding across the nation." Sources told WTOP that Contee had accepted a role with the FBI. Fox News Digital has reached out to MPDC for comment.  VA DEMANDS CHANGE ON DC CRIME POLICIES AFTER RESIDENT'S BRUTAL MURDER The mayor tapped Contee to lead the force in December 2020. He was sworn in on January 2, 2021, and was officially confirmed as chief fo...

It's going to take some "doe" and a few "bucks" to make window repairs to a family's home after an adventurous deer barreled through their Michigan home . The Bay County Sheriff's Office in Michigan posted about the unusual incident, noting that this was not their usual breaking and entering suspect. Police shared that at 4 p.m. on Monday, April 24, a Monitor Township, Michigan family of five heard their front window smash. However, the loud crash was not from a human trespasser-- it was a deer who started dashing through the family's home. The family quickly enlisted the help of law enforcement and called 911. Law enforcement came and assisted the family in smoking the adventurous deer outside. "After a call to 911, deputies responded to assist in apprehending the "suspect"." The Bay County Sheriff's Office wrote in a Facebook post. "Deputy Austin Jobes was first on scene and was able to locate the suspect deer in ...

A middle school student in Gwinnett County, Georgia , brought marijuana and an unloaded handgun to school in his backpack on Tuesday, according to school officials. Trickum Middle School principal Ryan Queen sent a letter to parents stating that a staff member suspected the student had marijuana in their backpack, according to Fox 5 Atlanta. In accordance with school safety and security protocols, administrators brought the student to a secure location for questioning. After questioning, administrators searched the student's backpack and discovered marijuana and an unloaded handgun. The incident was then reported to campus police. GEORGIA BOY, 13, CHARGED IN EASTER SUNDAY MURDER OF MAN SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES "In accordance with safety and security protocols, bringing drugs, guns, or other weapons to school is not tolerated," Queen wrote in the letter. "It is not only a violation of our student disciplinary code; it is against the law. Rest assured, the student invol...

Authorities are responding to a person who climbed atop the KTLA5 radio tower in Los Angeles, California , sitting precariously on the ledge and holding a "Free Billie Eilish" sign.  According to the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), officers first received a call about the man at about 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 25 after a bystander noticed the unidentified man holding a handwritten sign in one hand and an electric guitar in the other.  The man was sitting approximately 30 feet on the narrow ledge of the KTLA5 digital sign holding the sign demanding for the pop singer's release. Authorities are calling the man a protester, but it is unclear what he is protesting against. It is unclear how the man got up to the ledge.  On other side of the handwritten sign another message read, "MK ultra sex slaves donald marshall clones." A large inflatable airbag was positioned below the tower as Los Angeles Fire Department crews and LAPD's crisis negotiation tea...

Some who live and work around Los Angeles' Hollywood Walk of Fame have raised concerns about safety in the popular tourist attraction following shootings and thefts.  On Sunday, two people were shot outside a convenience store at the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Wilcox Avenue, Fox Los Angeles reported. Ten days before that, a man was shot in the head on the Walk of Fame footsteps from the TCL Chinese Theater during an altercation between two males and a female. DANNY MASTERSON'S RAPE RETRIAL BEGINS WITH JURY SELECTION PROCESS IN LA COURTROOM "It's another world now. It's gone from heaven to hell," Gregg Donovan, known as "The Hollywood Ambassador," told the news outlet. "There used to be a police presence out here, horseback, bicycle patrol, they're not here anymore. These shootings in the last week have me looking behind my shoulder." "They (visitors) think it's glamorous and it's not the same anymore,...

A U.S. Air Force service member was found dead in their San Antonio home Monday morning, officials said.  Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas said San Antonio police officers discovered a deceased Air Force service member at an off-base residence just before 10:20 a.m.  The officers had been conducting a wellness check on the individual when they found the remains, JBSA-Lackland said.  Officials are not releasing the individual’s name until after the next of kin has been notified. The service member’s death remains under investigation.  CLASSIFIED DOCUMENT LEAKER'S GUARD UNIT PULLED FROM INTELLIGENCE DUTY, SADDLED WITH ‘BUSY WORK’: REPORT Fox News Digital has reached out to the San Antonio Police Department for more information.  The service member’s death comes more than a month after a military service member was found dead in a vehicle parked outside the Pentagon.  Pentagon press secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said officers responded to a ca...

There is an emerging controversy over the prospects of new Chinese-backed battery plants in Michigan. Critics are worried about national security risks. "Am I worried about national security implications? I have to tell you that I am," says Michigan Democratic Congresswoman Debbie Dingell. Rep. Dingell tells Fox News that the U.S. works with these Chinese companies because they are the ones who have the EV technology . Though the relationship is complicated. CHINA FUMES AS BIDEN PLOTS TO STARVE IT OF AI INVESTMENT: 'SCI-TECH BULLYING' "Let us be clear, if you are a Chinese business, the communist government is part of your business. So it's something that worries me every day," says Dingell. The company, Gotion, plans to break ground in West Central Michigan . Gotion Incorporated is a U.S. based company that makes batteries for electric cars. But, its parent company is based in China. Locals say the debate is dividing the community. MICHIGAN SCH...

A Texas man was sentenced on Tuesday to more than three years in prison for his role in an online romance scam in which the identities and images of real U.S. military generals were used to cheat victims from across the nation out of a total of $1.5 million, federal prosecutors said. In addition to three years and a month behind bars, Fola Alabi, 52, of Richmond, Texas, was also sentenced in U.S. District Court in Rhode Island to three years of probation, ordered to pay full restitution and forfeit his home valued at $560,000, according to a statement from the U.S. attorney's office. The victims were often women in their 70s and 80s and either widowed or divorced, according to court documents. TEXAS MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CHARGES OVER $1.6 MILLION ONLINE DATING SCAM In one case, a widow from Rhode Island was contacted by a member of the conspiracy claiming to be a "General Miller," who convinced the woman to hand over $60,000 to help pay for the shipment of his person...

A Georgia elementary school teacher is facing multiple counts of child pornography charges following a tip from the National Center of Missing and Exploited Children. James Andrew "Drew" Cecil, 38, a fourth-grade teacher at Poole's Mill Elementary in Cumming, was arrested after deputies investigated the tip reporting the online sexual exploitation of a child, according to Fox 5 Atlanta. The Forsyth County Sheriff's Office's Internet Crimes Against Children Unit began probing the allegations from the tip, which initially identified the individual involved as a teacher. During the investigation, Cecil was identified as the suspected teacher. He was eventually arrested and charged with nine counts of possession of child pornography and one count of sexual exploitation of children. GEORGIA BOY, 13, CHARGED IN EASTER SUNDAY MURDER OF MAN SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES The Forsyth County School System said Cecil was a teacher and volleyball coach at North Forsyth High Schoo...

An Ohio man has been federally charged with trying to firebomb a church with Molotov cocktails to prevent a drag queen story hour for children. Aimenn D. Penny, 20, was indicted for one count of using fire to commit a federal felony, one count of malicious use of explosive materials and one count of possessing a destructive device, the Justice Department said Monday.  WHITE HOUSE SAYS ‘TRANS COMMUNITY’ IS ‘UNDER ATTACK’ AFTER NASHVILLE SHOOTING "Violence and destruction are never an acceptable way to express a disagreement with a particular viewpoint," First Assistant U.S. Attorney Michelle Baeppler for the Northern District of Ohio said earlier this month after Penny's arrest. "While, as Americans, we enjoy the right to disagree, doing so peacefully is the only appropriate option." Penny tried to firebomb the Community Church of Chesterland (UCC) in Chesterland, Ohio, on March 25, authorities said.  In an April 1 Facebook post, the church thanked law enfo...