WEST VALLEY CITY, UT – A former Utah school bus driver, Michael Austin Ford, 58, is facing both federal and state arson charges. Ford is accused of setting his school bus on fire twice while dozens of children were on board. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Utah reports that Ford, a 25-year veteran of the Granite School District, was indicted by a grand jury in February. He was detained last Friday following …
CUNNINGHAM, TN – A Tennessee man has been arrested and charged by federal officials with conspiring to join a militia with plans to target migrants at the US southern border. However, claims made by the man’s son paint a different picture, alleging the accused is merely a “compulsive liar.” Paul Faye Sr. was taken into custody on Monday following a conversation with an undercover FBI agent, who was investigating a far-right militia group. Faye, 55, …
SIKESTON, MO – Legal troubles are mounting for Ben Patrick Mullavey, a 64-year-old Illinois resident, who stands accused of orchestrating a murder plot against his former business ally in Florida. The weapon of choice? A crossbow and arrow, law enforcement sources reveal. Prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri have disclosed that Mullavey was prepared to shell out as much as $10,000 to see his ex-partner dead. The motive behind …
TYBEE, GA – A Florida man, Reza Baluchi, was recently apprehended by the Coast Guard, 70 miles off Tybee Island, Georgia. The 44-year-old marathoner was found on August 26, attempting to traverse the Atlantic in a peculiar hamster wheel-like device, with the aim of reaching London. Baluchi now faces federal charges following his rescue. The unique vessel, described as a giant metal drum buoyed by inflatables and powered by the runner inside, was deemed “manifestly …
Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Dallas Eduardo A. Chávez has declared that two alleged fentanyl dealers are being federally charged in connection to up to ten juvenile overdoses, three of which were fatal. Luis Eduardo Navarrete, aged 21, and Magaly Mejia Cano, aged 29, have been accused of conspiring to dispense fentanyl and were apprehended at Navarrete’s home in Carrollton on Friday. They made their first court appearances on Monday afternoon. A criminal …