Metropolitan Police Jacky Jhaj is on the sex offenders register, and is currently in pretrial detention in France The British paedophile charged in connection with organising a “mock wedding” to a child in Disneyland Paris is Jacky Jhaj, who was found guilty of sexual activity with two 15-year-olds in 2016, the BBC understands. Jhaj, 39, … Read more
A British man has been charged in connection with organising the “mock wedding” of a nine-year-old Ukrainian girl in Disneyland Paris. French prosecutors said the 39-year-old man was a convicted sexual offender who is wanted in the UK. His name has not been made public. He was arrested when police were called to the amusement … Read more
Three police officers in Kenya have been charged with the murder of a 31-year-old blogger who died in police custody earlier this month. Albert Ojwang’s death has sparked outrage in Kenya with protests held to demand justice. Mr Ojwang was arrested after Kenya’s deputy police chief Eliud Lagat filed a complaint, accusing the blogger of … Read more
A Wisconsin boyfriend and girlfriend have been charged with attempted murder for allegedly trying to poison two women the man previously dated after meeting them online, authorities said. Paul VanDuyne Jr., 43, and Andrea Whitaker, 41, have each been charged with attempted murder, aggravated battery, recklessly endangering the public and stalking, according to criminal cases … Read more
A Colorado man suspected of killing his wife was charged Friday for the second time with first degree murder in her 2020 death, the Twelfth Judicial District Attorney’s Office said in a release. Barry Morphew was previously charged with first degree murder, among other charges, in May 2021 in the killing of his wife, Suzanne … Read more
A North Dakota man has been charged after he allegedly emailed violent threats to a federal prosecutor and cited the weekend fatal shooting of Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband. Charles Dalzell, a 46-year-old from St. Thomas, was arrested on Monday by FBI agents and charged with interstate threats and threats against a … Read more
Seven Southern California men were charged in connection with what federal prosecutors described Tuesday as the largest jewelry heist in U.S. history. The defendants, all of whom are from the Los Angeles area, allegedly stole roughly $100 million in gold, diamonds, rubies, emeralds and luxury watches from an armored car in July 2022, according to … Read more
The owners of Jet Set, a popular nightclub in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, where 236 people were killed when its roof collapsed during a live concert in early April, have been arrested and charged with involuntary homicide, the Dominican Republic’s attorney general’s office says. The establishment’s roof collapsed in the small hours of April 8 … Read more
A doctor charged with giving Matthew Perry ketamine in the months leading up to the Friends star’s overdose death has agreed to plead guilty, authorities said Monday. Dr. Salvador Plasencia has agreed to plead guilty to four counts of distribution of ketamine, federal prosecutors said in a statement. They said the plea carries a maximum … Read more
The RCMP say the arrest of a Russian national who is alleged to have illegally exported goods to Russia came as a result of a transnational investigation, involving a number of ports outside of Canada. Anton Trofimov, who lives in Toronto, was arrested on May 5 and charged with one count of exporting a restricted good to Russia … Read more