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3 of 'Newburgh Four' convicted in 2009 New York synagogue bombing plot to be released, judge rules while blaming FBI
Three of the four Muslim converts convicted of a post-9/11 plot to bomb New York synagogues and shoot down planes were ordered to be released from prison by a judge...
Queen Elizabeth's crossbow-wielding would-be assassin was encouraged by his AI 'girlfriend'
Jaswant Singh Chail hashed out his plans to murder Queen Elizabeth with an AI chatbot he named "Sarai," which prosecutors said he was having a "sexual relationship" with.
Ex-NYPD cop convicted for acting as Chinese agent in 'Operation Fox Hunt'
A former NYPD sergeant was convicted of acting as a Chinese agent in a scheme called "Operation Fox Hunt" forcing people living abroad to return to China.
Woman arrested for hitman plot to kill wife of man she met on Match.com
An environmental compliance specialist allegedly tried to hire a hitman to kill the wife of her hiking buddy who she'd met on Match.com, prosecutors said. Melody Sasser, 47, is accused...
Ex-NYPD cop didn't know he was working as Chinese agent for 'Operation Fox Hunt': lawyer
An ex-NYPD sergeant didn't know that he was working as an agent of Beijing's "Operation Fox Hunt" when he took a private surveillance job, his lawyer argued.
Inmate accused of trying to hire hitman to kill her family for $2M inheritance
Jailed Tureygua Inaru, 29, allegedly offered her cellmates $50,000 per victim to have her parents and grandparents killed.
Ohio 'incel' faces life in prison in plot to massacre 3,000 sorority girls
Tres Genco, 22, pleaded guilty to planning to shoot up the unnamed university on Tuesday, federal prosecutors announced.
12-year-old girl shoots dad in alleged plot with friend to kill their families
For weeks, the girl and her pal had planned the brutal murder plot, which included killing their families and even their pets before driving off together to Georgia.
Nicholas Roske texted sister from outside Brett Kavanaugh's home: report
Nicholas Roske's sister convinced him to surrender when he contacted her after arriving outside Kavanaugh's home say police.
'On the geekier side': Brett Kavanaugh's would-be assassin was shy and awkward in HS: friend
Kenny Vergini said he was "absolutely floored" to learn of Nicholas John Roske's arrest near Kavanaugh's Maryland.
Family of man arrested over Brett Kavanaugh threat say 'he's a good kid’
The grandfather of Nicholas John Roske — the man arrested for allegedly threatening to kill Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh — said the charges against him are out of character.
Texas school district shuts campuses due to ‘credible threat of violence’
The Donna Independent School District said Tuesday that it had received a "credible threat of violence that is currently under investigation."
'Crazed lunatic': Husband of ex-NYPD cop jailed in murder-for-hire plot still fears for his life
Isaiah Carvalho Jr. said he still lives in fear even though his estranged wife, Valerie Cincinelli, was sentenced to four years in prison as part of her plea deal.
'Let's kill her': Tennessee man's text messages reveal alleged murder plot
A Tennessee man was arrested after his wife found text messages on his phone to another woman that revealed an alleged murder plot.
Ex-NYPD cop accused of murder-for-hire plot sentenced
The former NYPD cop accused of targeting her estranged husband and her boyfriend’s teenage daughter in a grisly murder-for-hire plot was sentenced to four years in prison Friday.
Alex Murdaugh 'cohort' boasted that cops wouldn't 'find anything': report
Curtis Smith is accused of shooting Alex Murdaugh on Sept. 4 in a botched suicidal fraud scheme.
Millionaire admits to botched kidnapping of estranged wife after hired henchmen drown
Prosecutors said Handley hired Sylvester Bracey and Arsenio Haynes, both 27, to kidnap Schanda from her Lafayette home on August 6, 2017.
'Incel' allegedly plotted mass slaughter of sorority girls, feds say
Tres Genco, who has described himself as an "incel," wrote that he would slaughter women at an Ohio college “out of hatred, jealousy and revenge," according to prosecutors.
NYC journalist targeted by Iranian spies in twisted kidnapping plot, feds say
Four Iranian intelligence operatives schemed to kidnap a journalist and smuggle her to Iran in a bid to silence her criticism of Iran's human-rights abuses, federal authorities said.
Woman accused of hiring four teens to kill ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend
Mykia Tyson allegedly hired four teens to to kill her ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend. The plot failed when one of the teens intentionally misfired. The five involved were all charged with...