Crime
Indiana courthouse becomes the scene of a vigilante justice shootout
S’Doni Pettis, a black career criminal “on probation after serving time for aggravated battery” (a downgraded charge as Pettis was facing attempted murder) reportedly led police on a high-speed pursuit in a stolen vehicle in February, a chase which ended almost as soon as it began: In less than 30 seconds, Pettis had “slammed” into an SUV with a father and his two young children on their way home from a pediatric check-up. The car “exploded into a fireball,” allegedly killing little 2-month-old Iris instantly, and burning the three-year-old Ares so badly, he died from his injuries shortly after.
‘An armed man on a vigilante mission to avenge the killing of his great-grandchildren was gunned down in a chaotic shootout with deputies escorting inmates in front of an Indiana courthouse Tuesday, according to family and officials.
The 65-year-old shooter, Mark Vawter, showed… pic.twitter.com/KQBd5kuPUb— The Daily Sneed™ (@Tr00peRR) May 8, 2025
FBI Director Says Release of Epstein Files Coming ‘In the Near Future’
U.S. authorities will soon release files on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, FBI Director Kash Patel said on May 8 in testimony to Congress.
“In the near future,” Patel told Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) during a hearing in Washington after being asked when he thinks the FBI will finish processing the materials and release them.
“Before I die?” Kennedy quipped.
HUNTER: Why was U.S. teen accused of Riverdale murders in Canada?
The 17-year-old accused of gunning down two Toronto men in Riverdale last month is an American citizen, the Toronto Sun has learned.
Cops say the boy — who can’t be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act — was arrested Saturday and charged with two counts of first-degree murder.
Investigators believe that Quentin Caza, 18, and Jeremy McNeil, 20, both of Toronto, were lured to the Riverdale area around 11 p.m. on April 15.
French police investigate spate of cryptocurrency millionaire kidnappings
French police are investigating a series of kidnappings of investors linked to cryptocurrency after a 60-year-old man had a finger chopped off by attackers who demanded his crypto-millionaire son pay a ransom.
In the latest of several kidnappings of cryptocurrency figures in France and western Europe, the man, who owned a cryptocurrency marketing company with his son, was freed from a house south of Paris on Saturday night. He had been held for more than two days.
One of the man’s fingers had been chopped off and investigators feared further mutilations could have happened if he had not been rescued.
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Ajax man charged after 14-year-old girl was allegedly confined and sexually assaulted, police say
Virginia Giuffre’s death could reveal size of Prince Andrew’s payout
The amount paid by the Duke of York in an out-of-court settlement to Virginia Giuffre could become apparent as her estate is bequeathed to her estranged husband and three children.
On April 26 her family announced that Giuffre, a victim of the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, had died by suicide at her home in Western Australia.
Rural areas face higher, more severe crime rate than Canadian cities: Statistics Canada
New data shows rural Canadians face a higher and more severe rate of crime than those living in the city.
In 2023, the police-reported crime rate was 34 per cent higher in rural communities than in urban centres, according to a new report released Tuesday from Statistics Canada. That same year, the violent crime rate, which includes homicides, intimate partner violence and assaults, was 1.7 times higher in rural areas.
“It’s scary to say the least,” said Tim Brodt, chairperson of the Saskatchewan Rural Crime Watch Association.
Sex Offenders Make Up Large Share of Homeless Population, New Report Shows
Most Americans understand the link between homelessness and crime. But activists and academics reject the connection, insisting that the homeless pose no elevated crime threat. A new report from the Cicero Institute complicates their argument, revealing that a large share of the nation’s homeless population is composed of registered sex offenders.
The report, covering 41 states, compared counts of sex offenders listed as “homeless” or “address unknown” on state registries with the federal Point-in-Time Count database to determine what proportion of a state’s homeless population appears on its sex-offender registry.
Man who attacked female tourist in Vancouver had been released from custody for separate assault hours earlier
The man who allegedly attacked a female tourist on the Seawall in Vancouver had been released from custody for a separate assault charge just hours earlier.
Britain is long overdue a migrant crime league table
“Lies, damned lies, and statistics.” It’s the phrase people reach for when the data makes their worldview wobble. But in a culture soaked in denial and distraction, statistics — the ugly, unvarnished kind — might be the closest thing we have to a truth serum. They strip away sentiment, they puncture euphemism, and they show us the world not as we wish it to be, but as it is.
And so is Canada.
HUNTER: Number of innocent bystander murders ramps up
In the files of the Toronto Sun, hundreds of hits appear when you type in “innocent bystander” from 2015 to 2025.
These aren’t gangbangers cut down in a beef over women, shoes, drugs or turf in a Scarborough strip plaza.
Their only crime was being at the wrong place at the wrong time.
DOJ Files First-Ever RICO Charges Against 27 Tren de Aragua Gang Members
The Department of Justice filed multiple federal charges against 27 members of the hyperviolent Tren de Aragua Venezuelan gang on Monday. The charges include Racketeering, Narcotics and Sex Trafficking, Robbery, and Firearms offenses. DOJ officials say this marks the first time RICO charges have been filed against Tren de Aragua gang members
Teenager dies after ‘exchange of gunfire’ with Toronto police: SIU
A 16-year-old boy from Toronto died in hospital Tuesday morning after being shot by police officers in North York during a gunfight on Sunday night, the province’s police watchdog says.
In a news release issued Tuesday, the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) said a Toronto police officer stopped an Infiniti car over a Highway Traffic Act infraction in the area of Sheppard Avenue W. and Bathurst Street at around 11 p.m. that night.
“There was an exchange of gunfire during which two police officers discharged their firearms,” the SIU said in the release. “The male was struck and was taken to hospital where he passed away this morning.”
Toronto police allegedly shot and killed a 16-year-old boy Sunday night after they pulled him over for not having a front license plate
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