
Chinese Catholic Churches Violently Closed
(International Christian Concern) –Catholics in Fujian faced a series of severe crackdown operations against churches that refused to join the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association (CPCA). A report from Bitter More...

Iran Violently Arrests 8 Christians
(International Christian Concern) –Eight Iranian Christians living in the Persian Gulf city of Bushehr were arrested after Ministry of Intelligence agents raided their homes and confiscated all Christian items. More...

Burnsville Man, Dontay Reese Sentenced to 324 Months for Violent Kidnapping
United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of DONTAY LAVARICE REESE, 38, to 324 months in prison for a violent kidnapping. REESE, who pleaded guilty on February 13, 2019, was sentenced More...

Egypt Approves 127 Churches previously Operating Without a Permit
(International Christian Concern) –A committee established by the Egyptian government has approved legalizing 127 churches who were previously operating without a permit. This brings the total number of legalized More...

Muslim Protestors Burn Christian Church in Niger Over Sheikhs Arrest
(International Christian Concern) –On Saturday, June 15th, 2019, a mob of Muslim protestors set a church ablaze in Maradi, the third largest city in Niger. The incident was a response to the arrest of a very prominent More...

Kuwaiti Christians File Lawsuit Against Hardline Cleric
(International Christian Concern) –Kuwaiti Christians have filed a lawsuit against Islamic cleric Othman al-Khamis for “stoking sectarian tension” after the Sheikh gave yet another sermon stoking violence More...

Sri Lankan Christians Continue to Live in Fear After Easter Attacks
(International Christian Concern) –Sri Lankan Christians have expressed deep trauma and fear following the Easter attacks which killed more than 250 people and left 300 injured in April 2019. The attacks, targeted More...

Defendant, Kristopher Sullivan Pleads Guilty for His Role in Red Lake Heroin Conspiracy
United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the guilty plea of KRISTOPHER SULLIVAN, a/k/a “Blood Money,” 24, for his role in a heroin distribution conspiracy that resulted in the shooting deaths More...

Las Vegas Man, Justin Hayward Sentenced to 9 Years for Random Stabbing
A Las Vegas man who pleaded guilty to randomly selecting his victim and stabbing the victim multiple times outside of a smoke shop was sentenced today to nine years in federal prison to be followed by three years More...

Violent West Baltimore Gang Member, Taurus Tillman Gets 25 Years for Racketeering and Drugs
U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake today sentenced Taurus Tillman, a/k/a Tash, age 30, of Baltimore, to 25 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiring to participate More...

Markara Man Sentenced for Threatening to Murder Family of FCC Chairman
A California man was sentenced today to more than one and a half years in prison for threatening to kill the family of Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. “Threatening to actually kill More...

California Man, Robert Chain Pleads Guilty to Making Violent Threats Against Boston Globe Employees
A California man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with making violent threats against Boston Globe employees in retaliation for the newspaper’s editorial response to political attacks More...

Waco Man, Dallas Bohannan Pleads Guilty to 2 Armed Bank Robberies
In Waco today, 25-year-old Dallas Scott Bohanan pleaded guilty to committing two armed bank robberies, one of which resulted in Bohanan firing his weapon at a police officer, announced United States Attorney John More...

Alleged Synagogue Shooter, John Earnest Charged with Federal Hate Crimes
The U.S. Department of Justice today charged a Rancho Peñasquitos man with federal hate crimes, including the murder of one person and the attempted murder of 53 others, for his actions during the April 27 shooting More...

Kingsmen Motorcycle Club Member, Edgar Dekay Sentenced for RICO Conspiracy
U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Edgar Dekay, 38, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of RICO conspiracy and possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking, was sentenced to serve More...

5 Canton men indicted for stealing 22 firearms from Canton gun store
Five Canton men were indicted in federal court for allegedly stealing dozens of guns from a firearms store in Canton in February. Four of the defendants were also indicted on charges of conspiring to steal firearms More...

St Louis Man, Jerrinon Tate Pleads Guilty to Armed Robberies
Jerrinon Tate, 28, of St. Louis, MO, pleaded guilty to two counts of brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. He appeared today before U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey who accepted his plea More...

Dallas Man, Said Azzam Mohamad Rahim Found Guilty of Conspiring to Support ISIS
A federal jury convicted a Dallas man on multiple terror charges, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox and Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers announced today. Following More...

Remaining Members of California White Supremacist Group Plead Guilty to Federal Rioting Charges
Benjamin Drake Daley and Michael Paul Miselis, members of the white-supremacist organization known as the Rise Above Movement (RAM), pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Charlottesville to one count of More...

Three Alleged MS 13 Gang Members Indicted in Connection with Murder
A federal grand jury in Las Vegas, Nevada returned a three-count indictment today against three alleged gang members of La Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) for their involvement in connection with a kidnapping and murder. Assistant More...