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#criminal-charges

Barry George has been charged with rape and two indecent assaults against a teenager alleged to have happened almost four decades ago, police have said. The Metropolitan police said they had charged George who now lives in County Cork, Ireland. Police said the alleged offences happened in west London against a 14-year-old girl in September 1987. George, 65, was wrongly convicted of murdering the BBC journalist Jill Dando. He spent eight years in jail for the 1999 killing, before being released in 2008 after a unanimous acquittal.

Rest in peace Isabelle, fly high little girl. Forever two.

Two suspects are facing criminal charges after a Tuesday night shooting at a downtown Concord parking garage injured three people. Justino Lopez-Perez, of Bay Point, was charged with attempted murder, assault with a firearm, discharging a firearm from within a vehicle and more, according to the Concord Police Department. Erickson Melendez, of Concord, was charged with conspiracy and discharging a firearm from a vehicle.

This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is in crisis, call or text 988, or go to 988lifeline.org, to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. You can also call the network, previously known as the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, at 800-273-8255, or visit SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources. People - and especially parents - can't stop talking about the Netflix documentary, "Unknown Number: The High School Catfish," in which Michigan mom Kendra Licari cyberbullies her own teenage daughter, Lauryn Licari.

A 95-year-old woman was arrested in New York after allegedly bludgeoning her 89-year-old nursing home roommate to death with a wheelchair pedal. Galina Smirnova, 95, is charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon, according to officials. She was transferred to another hospital before her next hearing. Authorities said a nurse found 89-year-old Nina Kravtsov, a Holocaust survivor from Ukraine, covered in blood and unresponsive Sunday at the Seagate Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Coney Island, according to a report from affiliate FOX 5.

Ian Fotheringham, of Falmouth, is charged with threatened use of a deadly weapon in a public building, Cape and Islands District Attorney Robert Galibois announced Friday. He pleaded not guilty in court and was held without bail pending a dangerous hearing. In late August, Fotheringham was reported to police after he "indicated that he wanted to shoot up a school," the DA alleged.

WARNING: This story references child sexual assault. Ontario corrections officials have denied a request to transfer registered child sex offender Daniel Senecal to a women's jail as the 25-year-old awaits a bail hearing in another case, this one involving an attack on a girl in Welland. Senecal was released earlier this year after serving time for the sexual assault of a 12-year-old in the Niagara Region city. The latest charges involve a three-year-old over the Labour Day weekend.

Screenshot via Fox News. President Donald Trump told the Fox & Friends audience Friday that he had chosen not to watch the full videos of Charlie Kirk and Iryna Zarutska being killed, calling them just horrific. Kirk, 31, was the founder of Turning Point USA and a staunch Trump supporter. He was speaking at an event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday when he was fatally shot. On Friday, Utah authorities announced that the alleged shooter, Tyler Robinson, 22, had confessed to his father and was convinced to allow himself to be taken into custody.

While on scene, the driver of the Ford Explorer, later identified as Bezan, stumbled toward officers in a hysterical crying state. Bezan appeared erratic and unsteady on her feet with visible bruising on her arms consistent with an intravenous drug user. Bezan told officers that her sister, who is autistic, grabbed the steering wheel while she was backing out of a parking space, causing her to run a person over.

SAN JOSE The mother-daughter operators of a San Jose daycare center where two toddlers drowned in a swimming pool in 2023 were held to answer to charges of child endangerment by a judge following a preliminary hearing this week. The ruling, which means that there is sufficient evidence for the case to proceed to trial, was passed down by Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Ronald Toff, following a three-day preliminary hearing that concluded Thursday.

The alleged attack was estimated to cause 1m worth of damage to property at Elbit Systems UK's Bristol site in August 2024. The defendants were allegedly armed with sledgehammers when they broke into the defence firm's site in the early hours of 6 August. Elbit Systems UK is a subsidiary of the Israeli defence company Elbit Systems. They were told they could have to wait until February 2027 for their case to be tried.

A 16-year-old boy pleaded guilty to being an accessory after a mass shooting that left two men dead and three others injured in Etobicoke.

An investigation revealed that Officer Juan Jose Pesina Jr. abused his position by reportedly sexually assaulting multiple women while failing to activate his body-worn camera.

Jasveen Sangha, known as the 'Ketamine Queen,' has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges related to distributing ketamine that led to the death of actor Matthew Perry.

Merseyside Police report that 134 individuals were injured when Paul Doyle allegedly drove his Ford Galaxy Titanium into crowds celebrating Liverpool's title win.

Biggers faces six charges across two cases for allegedly refusing to leave a Midtown Manhattan apartment, escalating from a trespassing call to felony charges.

"The town police department has taken this matter extremely seriously, which is interesting and encouraging," said Patricia Belford's attorney, Glenn Wood. "I would say that we welcome the town police department's engagement."

One of the devices found on the rooftops contained about 30 grams of explosive powder - roughly 600 times the legal limit for consumer fireworks, according to court documents.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard confirmed that the Trump administration is considering pursuing criminal charges against former President Barack Obama. Gabbard reiterated that evidence suggests Obama led the manufacturing of a misleading intelligence assessment, indicating serious criminal implications.

The victim reported that after initially agreeing to work as a prostitute, she became reluctant and was subsequently threatened, assaulted, and raped by Buffin.