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Protest Leader at Columbia Now Faces Deportation
Protest Leader at Columbia
Now Faces Deportation
THE RUNDOWN
Mar 10, 2025 11:57 AM CDT

Protest Leader at Columbia Now Faces Deportation

Mahmoud Khalil arrested by ICE agents under new crackdown

(Newser) - A former Columbia University grad student and Palestinian activist who helped organize anti-Israel protests at the school was arrested in his university-owned apartment over the weekend by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, reports the AP , which calls the move "a significant escalation in the Trump administration's pledge to...

Cops: He Posed as NBA Player Rep, Swallowed $770K in Bling

Police say Jaythan Gilder, 32, made off with jewelry from Tiffany & Co. store in Florida

(Newser) - A Texas man has been arrested after police say he stole nearly $770,000 worth of Tiffany jewelry in Florida in the most desperately creative way. According to an Orlando Police Department arrest warrant, 32-year-old Jaythan Gilder strolled into a Tiffany & Co. store in Orlando's Mall at Millennia...

Most-Wanted Fugitive Posed as Dead Classmate: Feds

Stephen Craig Campbell collected $100K, bought property before 4-decade ruse unraveled

(Newser) - A man who disappeared in 1983 while awaiting trial on attempted murder charges in Wyoming allegedly spent the next four decades living under the identity of a dead classmate before his arrest last month. Stephen Craig Campbell, 76, who found himself on the US Marshals' most-wanted list, was arrested Feb....

Ex-NFL Player Arrested in MAGA Protest
Ex-NFL Player
Arrested Protesting
MAGA Plaque
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Feb 21, 2025 10:53 AM CST

Ex-NFL Player Arrested Protesting MAGA Plaque

Ex-Viking Chris Kluwe went off in speech at City Council meeting in Huntington Beach, California

(Newser) - Former Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe pushed back against the "Make America Great Again" movement at a meeting of the California city of Huntington Beach City Council, earning an arrest for his efforts. The details:
  • Impetus: According to the New York Times , the 43-year-old showed up at the meeting
...

Michael Jordan's Son Arrested on DUI, Drug Charges

Marcus Jordan, 34, is also accused of resisting arrest in Florida

(Newser) - Marcus Jordan, son of basketball great Michael Jordan, has allegedly found himself on the wrong side of the law. The 34-year-old was arrested Monday in Florida and booked into an Orange County jail. He's accused of driving under the influence, cocaine possession, and resisting arrest, reports TMZ . His bond...

Booted From Bar, She Allegedly Returned to Burn It Down
Kicked Out of Bar, Woman
Returned to Burn It Down: Feds
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Jan 25, 2025 7:03 AM CST

Kicked Out of Bar, Woman Returned to Burn It Down: Feds

Danielle Bertothy of Missouri could face 20 years in prison over Puerto Rico fire

(Newser) - A Missouri woman was allegedly so infuriated after a bar in Puerto Rico kicked her out that she burned it down, along with an adjacent, fully booked hotel. Danielle Bertothy, 36, was arrested Thursday in Missouri, where she allegedly fled hours after the fire in the seaside town of Cabo...

Cops Stop Plane, Charge Pilot With DUI
Pilot Charged With DUI
Moments Before Takeoff
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Jan 19, 2025 12:40 PM CST

Pilot Charged With DUI Moments Before Takeoff

David Alsop was pulled off Southwest plane, arrested in Georgia after TSA officer smelled booze

(Newser) - Finding out your pilot was just arrested for DUI, moments before you were set to take off, isn't news any airline passenger wants to hear, yet here we have the story of Southwest Airlines Flight 3772. A source tells NBC News that a TSA officer at Savannah/Hilton Head International...

They Cut Barbed Wire, Scaled Walls to Arrest a President

President Yoon Suk Yeol's residence has been called a 'fortress' by some

(Newser) - An effort to arrest South Korea's president on Jan. 3 failed . A second attempt on Wednesday succeeded —with the help of what the BBC reports was a 1,000-person-strong arrest team. Impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol is under criminal investigation for insurrection after declaring martial law on Dec....

Capitol Police: Man in Line for Viewing Had a Machete

Arrest was made shortly before Trump arrived at building

(Newser) - Capitol Police arrested a man in line for the viewing of Jimmy Carter in the Capitol Rotunda on Wednesday who had a machete and three knives, officials said. The machete showed up as his bag went through the X-ray machine during a security screening at the Capitol Visitor Center, police...

JetBlue Passenger Opens Exit Door as Plane Taxis

Man arrested at Boston's Logan Airport after incident

(Newser) - An apparent argument between a man and his partner on a JetBlue flight out of Boston this week ended with him yanking opening an exit door as the plane was taxiing for takeoff, authorities say, per the AP . According to Massachusetts State Police rep Tim McGuirk, the incident around 7:...

Theft Suspect With a Lengthy Record Claims to Be Age 12

Cops say she's actually 29-year-old Corenesha Brooks, who was hit with new felony charges

(Newser) - A 29-year-old woman with a long track record of arrest thefts was discovered with more stolen property last week, then claimed to be a 12-year-old girl, according to California police. As a result, Corenesha Brooks of Antioch not only faces felony charges of organized retail theft and conspiracy, but also...

She Sang for 'the People I Love,' Then Got Arrested

YouTube footage of Iran's Parastoo Ahmadi, 27, showed her in sleeveless dress, not wearing a hijab

(Newser) - "I am Parastoo, a girl who wants to sing for the people I love." Those were the words of Parastoo Ahmadi, a performer in Iran who posted footage last week of her virtual concert. That nearly 30-minute video, which attracted more than 2 million views, now has the...

Cops: Boy, 16, Confessed to Killing His Family

Teen arrested after 4 bodies were found in New Mexico home, charged with first-degree murder

(Newser) - On Sunday, New Mexico State Police announced that four bodies had been found in a Valencia County home the previous day, the victims fatally gunned down—and that a 16-year-old boy had been arrested in connection with those deaths, reports the AP . Per a Sunday statement from the NMSP, the...

He Just Got Elected in W. Virginia. Now He's in Custody

Joseph de Soto, GOPer-turned-Dem in state House, is accused of threats against other pols

(Newser) - Joseph de Soto's celebration of his election last month to West Virginia's House of Delegates was a short-lived one. The 61-year-old Republican-turned-Democrat was arrested early Thursday by State Police in Martinsburg, after police say a probe found he'd made "several threatening/intimidating threats against government officials,"...

Colombia Busts Alleged Hitwoman 'the Doll'

Social media users pounce on the fact that she's an Aubrey Plaza doppelganger

(Newser) - An alleged Colombian hitwoman is off the streets after she was arrested last week and accused in a string of gang killings, per the Independent . Authorities say 23-year-old Karen Julieth Ojeda Rodriguez, known by the alias "la Muñeca," or "the Doll," is second-in-command of the...

Couple's Killer Caught by a Hair—Literally

Erik Sparre arrested in 1985 fatal church shootings in Georgia

(Newser) - A southeast Georgia man was arrested and charged in the 1985 killing of a couple at a Black church after the original suspect was exonerated on DNA evidence, authorities said Monday, per the AP . Erik Kristensen Sparre, 61, was jailed on charges of felony murder and aggravated assault in the...

'Operation RU Pharm' Nabs 7 in Rutgers Bust

7 have been arrested in what authorities say was a social media-run drug ring at New Jersey university

(Newser) - A monthslong probe into drug activity at New Jersey's Rutgers University has resulted in seven arrests, including that of a former student. Per a release from the office of Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone, the undercover sting dubbed "Operation RU Pharm" unearthed "a closed and private social...

15 Arrested at US Capitol, Including Chelsea Manning

Transgender activists stormed women's restroom in DC, also lobbied outside House speaker's office

(Newser) - House Republicans seem determined to keep transgender women out of women's restrooms on Capitol Hill, but transgender activists are equally adamant that they're not going to stand for such a ban. That push-and-pull came to a head on Thursday when trans activists entered a woman's bathroom inside...

Husband Charged With Killing Wife Who Vanished Months Ago

Naresh Bhatt was first charged with moving a body weeks after Mamta Kafle disappeared

(Newser) - Naresh Bhatt was charged with murder Monday, about four months after the Virginia man's wife disappeared. Bhatt's previous charge of concealing a body was upgraded to murder and physically defiling a dead body, the Washington Post reports. The 37-year-old's lawyer has argued Mamta Kafle Bhatt, 28, is...

In a Minnesota Hotel Room, Suitcases Full of Lululemon

Couple charged in Minnesota with $1M retail theft crime spree across the country

(Newser) - An East Coast couple arrested for alleged theft at a Lululemon store in Minnesota are now at the center of a probe into a wider $1 million crime spree in multiple states. The Star Tribune reports that 44-year-old Jadion Richards and 45-year-old Akwele Lawes-Richards of Danbury, Connecticut, were detained on...

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